BMC Infectious Diseases

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CD4+ specificity in HIV-1 infections

Activation levels of herpes virus-specific CD4+ T cell populations are significantly elevated in untreated HIV+ individuals, suggesting that the elevated level of immune activation that characterizes chronic HIV infection may be influenced by the persistence of other antigens

BMC Infectious Diseases 2013, 13:100
Typing tuberculosis

Both restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) and 24 loci variable number of tandem repeat (VNTR) typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing genotypes show high discrimination, indicating that the faster VNTR method is suitable for investigation of transmission of these strains.

BMC Infectious Diseases 2013, 13:63
PCR diagnosis of acute schistosomiasis

Detection of Schistosoma DNA in serum is more sensitive than serology or microscopy, regardless of the endemic region where the infection was contracted, indicating that this is a good method for diagnosis of acute schistosomiasis.

BMC Infectious Diseases 2013, 13:55
Bacterial meningitis diagnostics

Real-time PCR and Gram stain display relative accuracy in diagnosing meningitis when compared with cerebrospinal fluid culture and are less affected by antibiotic presence suggesting that these methods may be useful when antibiotics have been previously administered.

BMC Infectious Diseases 2013, 13:26
Evidence lacking in vaginal microbicide HIV prevention

A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials on the use of vaginal microbicides in HIV prevention does not provide sufficient evidence to recommend these treatments for the prevention of sexually acquired HIV in women.

BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:289
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