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BMC Infectious Diseases is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in all aspects of the prevention, diagnosis and management of infectious and sexually transmitted diseases in humans, as well as related molecular genetics, pathophysiology, and epidemiology.
BMC Infectious Diseases (ISSN 1471-2334) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, MEDLINE, CAS, Scopus, EMBASE, Thomson Reuters (ISI) and Google Scholar.
BMC Infectious Diseases 2008, 8 :114
A new simplified model of a hypothetical hospital ward suggests that if staphylococcal transmission is only mediated via healthcare worker hands, then compliance of over 40% in hand washing is enough to prevent most infection outbreaks.
BMC Infectious Diseases 2008, 8 :113
Although human rabies was previously under control in China, a recent increase in reported cases, associated with the failure of timely post-exposure prophylaxis, highlights the need for increased vigilance and stringent implementation of control measures.
BMC Infectious Diseases 2008, 8 :103
Cost effectiveness modeling shows that the addition of rotavirus vaccination to Mexico's national immunization program could guard children under 5 against this leading cause of diarrheal deaths for less than US$15 per dose.
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Research article
Increasing the frequency of hand washing by healthcare workers does not lead to commensurate reductions in staphylococcal infection in a hospital ward. Clive B Beggs, Simon J Shepherd, Kevin G Kerr BMC Infectious Diseases 2008, 8 :114 (2 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Rabies trend in China (1990-2007) and post-exposure prophylaxis in the Guangdong province Han Si, Zhong-Min Guo, Yuan-Tao Hao, Yu-Ge Liu, Ding-Mei Zhang, Shao-Qi Rao, Jia-Hai Lu BMC Infectious Diseases 2008, 8 :113 (21 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Neonatal tetanus in Turkey; what has changed in the last decade? Bunyamin Dikici, Hakan Uzun, Ebru Yilmaz-Keskin, Taskin Tas, Ali Gunes, Halil Kocamaz, Capan Konca, Mehmet A Tas BMC Infectious Diseases 2008, 8 :112 (19 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Seroprevalence of HHV-8, CMV, and EBV among the general population in Ghana, West Africa Andrew A Adjei, Henry B Armah, Foster Gbagbo, Isaac Boamah, Clement Adu-Gyamfi, Isaac Asare BMC Infectious Diseases 2008, 8 :111 (18 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Schistosomiasis transmission at high altitude crater lakes in Western Uganda Rubaihayo John, Moghusu Ezekiel, Clouds Philbert, Abaasa Andrew BMC Infectious Diseases 2008, 8 :110 (11 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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The Recent-Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains among Iranian and Afghan Relapse Cases: a DNA-fingerprinting using RFLP and spoligotyping Parissa-Farnia, Mohammad Reza Masjedi, Mohammad Varahram, Mehdi Mirsaeidi, Mojtaba Ahmadi, Mehdi Khazampour, Payam Tabarsi, Parvaneh Baghei, Mojtaba Marjane, Muslam Bahadori, Abolhasan Zia Zarifi, Ali Akbar Velayati BMC Infectious Diseases 2008, 8 :109 (6 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Regional differences in HIV prevalence among drug users in China: potential for future spread of HIV? Mirjam Kretzschmar, Weidong Zhang, Rafael T Mikolajczyk, Lan Wang, Xinhua Sun, Alexander Kraemer, Fan Lv BMC Infectious Diseases 2008, 8 :108 (4 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Cytomegalovirus Infections among African-Americans Isca R Wilms, Al M Best, Stuart P Adler BMC Infectious Diseases 2008, 8 :107 (1 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Uptake of HIV testing and outcomes within a Community-based Therapeutic Care (CTC) programme to treat Severe Acute Malnutrition in Malawi: a descriptive study Paluku Bahwere, Ellen Piwoz, Marthias C Joshua, Kate Sadler, Caroline H Grobler-Tanner, Saul Guerrero, Steve Collins BMC Infectious Diseases 2008, 8 :106 (31 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Molecular epidemiology of drug-resistant malaria in western Kenya highlands Daibin Zhong, Yaw Afrane, Andrew Githeko, Liwang Cui, David M Menge, Guiyun Yan BMC Infectious Diseases 2008, 8 :105 (31 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research
The identification of disease-induced biomarkers in the urine of BSE infected cattle Sharon LR Simon, Lise Lamoureux, Margot Plews, Micheal Stobart, Jillian LeMaistre, Ute Ziegler, Catherine Graham, Stefanie Czub, Martin Groschup, J. David Knox Proteome Science 2008, 6 :23 (5 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Adherence to antiretroviral therapy in young children in Cape Town, South Africa, measured by medication return and caregiver self-report: a prospective cohort study. Mary-Ann Davies, Andrew Boulle, Tanzeem Fakir, James Nuttall, Brian Eley BMC Pediatrics 2008, 8 :34 (4 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Methodology article
Phi29 polymerase based random amplification of viral RNA as an alternative to random RT-PCR Nicolas Berthet, Anita K Reinhardt, India Leclercq, Sven van Ooyen, Christophe Batejat, Philip Dickinson, Rayna Stamboliyska, Iain G Old, Katherine A Kong, Laurent Dacheux, Herve Bourhy, Giulia C Kennedy, Christian Korfhage, Stewart T Cole, Jean-Claude Manuguerra BMC Molecular Biology 2008, 9 :77 (4 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Research
Var2CSA DBL6-epsilon domain expressed in HEK293 induces limited cross-reactive and blocking antibodies to CSA binding parasites Pablo Fernandez, Nicola K Viebig, Sebastien Dechavanne, Catherine Lepolard, Jurg Gysin, Artur Scherf, Benoit Gamain Malaria Journal 2008, 7 :170 (4 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Original research
An alternative approach to combination vaccines:
intradermal administration of isolated components for control of anthrax, botulism, plague and staphylococcal toxic shock
Garry L Morefield, Ralph F Tammariello, Bret K Purcell, Patricia L Worsham, Jennifer Chapman, Leonard A Smith, Jason B Alarcon, John A Mikszta, Robert G Ulrich Journal of Immune Based Therapies and Vaccines 2008, 6 :5 (3 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Case report
Exudative pleurisy of coccidioidomycosis: a case report and review of the literature Kamyar Afshar, Ayana BoydKing, Om P Sharma Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008, 2 :291 (3 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Simultaneous circulation of genotypes I and III of dengue virus 3 in Colombia Jose A Usme-Ciro, Jairo A Mendez, Antonio Tenorio, Gloria J Rey, Cristina Domingo, Juan C Gallego-Gomez Virology Journal 2008, 5 :101 (2 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Case report
Primary Kaposi sarcoma of the subcutaneous tissue Liron Pantanowitz, John Mullen, Bruce J Dezube World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2008, 6 :94 (2 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Development of human antibody fragments
using antibody phage display for the detection and diagnosis of Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (VEEV) Martina INGA Kirsch, Birgit Hulseweh, Christoph Nacke, Torsten Rulker, Thomas Schirrmann, Hans-Jurgen Marschall, Michael Hust, Stefan Dubel BMC Biotechnology 2008, 8 :66 (2 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Review
Developing novel anthelmintics from plant cysteine proteinases Jerzy M Behnke, David J Buttle, Gillian Stepek, Ann Lowe, Ian R Duce Parasites & Vectors 2008, 1 :29 (1 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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