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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, EMBASE, Scopus, Thomson Reuters (ISI) and Google Scholar.
BMC Infectious Diseases 2010, 10 :45
Stephen Baker and colleagues discuss how new insights into the microorganisms that cause typhoid fever might be used alongside technological improvements in blood culture, serology and DNA detection methods to develop simple, reliable and cheap diagnostic tests.
BMC Infectious Diseases 2010, 10 :6
Partial adherence to the induction phase of protease-sparing triple-drug regimens to treat HIV may be tolerable depending on the drug cocktail, according to mathematical modeling of pharmacokinetic data.
BMC Infectious Diseases 2010, 10 :1
Rats with pneumococcal meningitis show more hippocampal neural apoptosis than animals with meningitis where bacteremia is attenuated by the administration of pneumococcal antibodes, showing the importance of systemic infection in the development of hippocampal injury during meningitis.
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Research article
The burden and characteristics of tuberculosis/human immunodeficiency virus (TB/HIV) in South Korea
: a study from a population database and a survey Chang-Hoon Lee, Ji-young Hwang, Dae-Kyu Oh, Mee-Kyung Kee, Eunjung Oh, Jung-wook An, Jinhyun Kim, Heonsook Do, Hee-Jin Kim, Sung Soon Kim, Hwahyun Kim, Jeong-Gu Nam BMC Infectious Diseases 2010, 10 :66 (12 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Role of Culex and Anopheles mosquito species as potential vectors of rift valley fever virus in Sudan outbreak, 2007 AlaaEddeen M Seufi, Fatma H Galal BMC Infectious Diseases 2010, 10 :65 (11 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Case report
Kikuchi Fujimoto disease associated with cryptogenic organizing pneumonia: case report and literature review
Feng Hua, Lei Zhu BMC Infectious Diseases 2010, 10 :64 (11 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Population-based type-specific prevalence of high-risk human papillomavirus infection in Estonia Anneli Uuskula, Mart Kals, Liina Kosenkranius, Louise-Anne McNutt, Jack DeHovitz BMC Infectious Diseases 2010, 10 :63 (11 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Description of two measles outbreaks in the Lazio Region, Italy (2006-2007). Importance of pockets of low vaccine coverage in sustaining the infection Filippo Curtale, Fabrizio Perrelli, Jessica Mantovani, Marta Ciofi degli Atti, Antonietta Filia, Loredana Nicoletti, Fabio Magurano, Piero Borgia, Domenico Di Lallo BMC Infectious Diseases 2010, 10 :62 (11 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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The prevalence of common skin infections in four districts in Timor-Leste: a cross sectional survey Milena ML dos Santos, Salvador Amaral, Sonia P Harmen, Hayley M Joseph, Jose L Fernandes, Megan L Counahan BMC Infectious Diseases 2010, 10 :61 (10 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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The effect of age on the response to the pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine Hyunju Lee, Moon H Nahm, Kyung-Hyo Kim BMC Infectious Diseases 2010, 10 :60 (10 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Population-based seroprevalence of HSV-2 and syphilis in Andhra Pradesh state of India John A Schneider, Vemu Lakshmi, Rakhi Dandona, G. Anil Kumar, Talasila Sudha, Lalit Dandona BMC Infectious Diseases 2010, 10 :59 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Telling partners about chlamydia: how acceptable are the new technologies? Carol A Hopkins, Meredith J Temple-Smith, Christopher K Fairley, Natasha L Pavlin, Jane E Tomnay, Rhian M Parker, Frank J Bowden, Darren B Russell, Jane S Hocking, Marcus Y Chen BMC Infectious Diseases 2010, 10 :58 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Diagnosis and follow-up of treatment of latent tuberculosis; the utility of the QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-tube assay in outpatients from a tuberculosis low-endemic country Anne M Dyrhol-Riise, Gerd Gran, Tore Wenzel-Larsen, Bjorn Blomberg, Christel Gill Haanshuus, Odd Morkve BMC Infectious Diseases 2010, 10 :57 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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GCN5-dependent acetylation of HIV-1 integrase enhances viral integration Mariaelena Terreni, Paola Valentini, Vania Liverani, Maria Ines Gutierrez, Cristina Di Primio, Armida Di Fenza, Valentina Tozzini, Awatef Allouch, Alberto Albanese, Mauro Giacca, Anna Cereseto Retrovirology 2010, 7 :18 (12 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Preferences for health outcomes associated with Group A Streptococcal disease and vaccination Grace M Lee, Joshua A Salomon, Charlene Gay, James K Hammitt Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010, 8 :28 (12 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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CASE: a framework for computer supported outbreak detection Baki Cakici, Kenneth Hebing, Maria Grunewald, Paul Saretok, Anette Hulth BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2010, 10 :14 (12 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Dynamics of pfcrt alleles CVMNK and CVIET in chloroquine-treated Sudanese patients infected with Plasmodium falciparum Nahla B Gadalla, Salah Eldin Elzaki, Ebtihal Mukhtar, David C Warhurst, Badria El-Sayed, Colin J Sutherland Malaria Journal 2010, 9 :74 (12 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Proteomic analysis of PBMCs: characterization of potential HIV-associated proteins Lijun Zhang, Xiaofang Jia, Xiaojun Zhang, Jianjun Sun, Xia Peng, Tangkai Qi, Fang Ma, Lin Yin, Yamin Yao, Chao Qiu, Hongzhou Lu Proteome Science 2010, 8 :12 (12 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Tax gene expression and cell cycling but not cell death are selected during HTLV-1 infection in vivo Linda Zane, David Sibon, Lionel Jeannin, Marc Zandecki, Marie-Helene Delfau-Larue, Antoine Gessain, Olivier Gout, Christiane Pinatel, Agnes Lancon, Franck Mortreux, Eric Wattel Retrovirology 2010, 7 :17 (11 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Synthetic sex pheromone attracts the leishmaniasis vector Lutzomyia longipalpis to experimental chicken sheds treated with insecticide Daniel P Bray, Graziella B Alves, Maria E Dorval, Reginaldo P Brazil, J GC Hamilton Parasites & Vectors 2010, 3 :16 (11 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Canadian survey on pandemic flu preparations Paul Ritvo, Kumanan Wilson, J L Gibson, C Guglietti, C S Tracy, J X Nie, A R Jadad, R EG Upshur, the University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics Pandemic Ethics Working Group BMC Public Health 2010, 10 :125 (11 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Review
The development of drugs for treatment of sleeping sickness: a historical review Dietmar Steverding Parasites & Vectors 2010, 3 :15 (10 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Suppressive effect of azithromycin on Plasmodium berghei mosquito stage development and apicoplast replication Shoichi Shimizu, Yoshio Osada, Tamotsu Kanazawa, Yoshiya Tanaka, Meiji Arai Malaria Journal 2010, 9 :73 (10 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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