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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.
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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.
BMC Infectious Diseases 2009, 9 :195
Increasing the dose and duration of nitaoxanide treatment for cryptosporidiosi in HIV positive children does not improve the clinical outcome compared to treatment with a placebo.
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Bayesian mapping of pulmonary tuberculosis in Antananarivo,Madagascar Rindra V Randremanana, Vincent Richard, Fanjasoa Rakotomanana, Philippe Sabatier, Dominique J Bicout BMC Infectious Diseases 2010, 10 :21 (5 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Mapping of hormones and cortisol responses in patients after Lyme neuroborreliosis. Ivar Tjernberg, Martin Carlsson, Jan Ernerudh, Ingvar Eliasson, Pia Forsberg BMC Infectious Diseases 2010, 10 :20 (5 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Occupational injury history and universal precautions awareness: a survey in Kabul hospital staff Ahmad SHAH Salehi, Paul Garner BMC Infectious Diseases 2010, 10 :19 (30 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Association of HIV infection with distribution and viral load of HPV types in Kenya: a survey with 820 female sex workers Stanley MF Luchters, Davy Vanden Broeck, Matthew F Chersich, Annalene Nel, Wim Delva, Kishor Mandaliya, Christophe E Depuydt, Patricia Claeys, John-Paul Bogers, Marleen Temmerman BMC Infectious Diseases 2010, 10 :18 (26 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Prognostic factors in left-sided endocarditis: results from the andalusian multicenter cohort Juan Galvez-Acebal, Jesus Rodriguez.Bano, Francisco J Martinez-Marcos, Jose M Reguera, Antonio Plata, Josefa Ruiz, Manuel Marquez, Jose M Lomas, Javier de la Torre-Lima, Carmen Hidalgo-Tenorio, Aristides de Alarcon, Grupo para el Estudio de las Infecciones Cardiovasculares de la Sociedad Andaluza de Enfermedades Infecciosas (SAEI) BMC Infectious Diseases 2010, 10 :17 (22 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Black race, sex, and extrapulmonary tuberculosis risk: an observational study Christina T. Fiske, Marie R Griffin, Erin Holt, Jon Warkentin, Lisa Kaltenbach, Patrick G Arbogast, Timothy R Sterling BMC Infectious Diseases 2010, 10 :16 (22 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Duration of shedding of respiratory syncytial virus in a community study of Kenyan children Emelda A Okiro, Lisa J White, Mwanajuma Ngama, Patricia A Cane, Graham F Medley, D JAMES Nokes BMC Infectious Diseases 2010, 10 :15 (22 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Public health and economic impact of vaccination with 7-valent pneumococcal vaccine (PCV7) in the context of the annual influenza epidemic and a severe influenza pandemic Jaime L Rubin, Lisa J McGarry, Keith P Klugman, David R Strutton, Kristen E Gilmore, Milton C Weinstein BMC Infectious Diseases 2010, 10 :14 (21 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Population dynamics of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Shanghai, China: a comparative study Loubna Tazi, Marcos Perez-Losada, Weiming Gu, Yang Yang, Lin Xue, Keith A Crandall, Raphael P Viscidi BMC Infectious Diseases 2010, 10 :13 (21 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Effect of heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccination on invasive pneumococcal disease in preterm born infants Simon Rueckinger, Mark van der Linden, Rudiger von Kries BMC Infectious Diseases 2010, 10 :12 (19 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research
Sepsis biomarkers: A review Charalampos Pierrakos, Jean-Louis Vincent Critical Care 2010, 14 :R15 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Short Report
Distribution study of Chlamydia trachomatis genotypes in symptomatic patients in Buenos Aires, Argentina: association between genotype E and neonatal conjunctivitis. Lucia Gallo Vaulet, Carolina Entrocassi, Ana I Corominas, Marcelo Rodriguez Fermepin BMC Research Notes 2010, 3 :34 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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PFGE diversity within the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clonal lineage ST398 Thijs Bosch, Albert J de Neeling, Leo M Schouls, Kim W van der Zwaluw, Jan AJW Kluytmans, Hajo Grundmann, Xander W Huijsdens BMC Microbiology 2010, 10 :40 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Research
Chronic infection during placental malaria is associated with up-regulation of cycloxygenase-2 Demba Sarr, Delphine Aldebert, Laurence Marrama, Emilie Frealle, Alioune Gaye, Hamoud O Brahim, Makhtar Niang, Jean Marie Dangou, Odile Mercereau-Puijalon, Jean Yves Le Hesran, Ronan Jambou Malaria Journal 2010, 9 :45 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Commentary
Gender & sexuality: emerging perspectives from the heterosexual epidemic in South Africa & implications for HIV risk and prevention
Rachel Jewkes, Robert Morrell Journal of the International AIDS Society 2010, 13 :6 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Trichomonas vaginalis vast BspA-like gene family: evidence for functional diversity from structural organisation and transcriptomics Christophe J Noel, Nicia Diaz, Thomas Sicheritz-Ponten, Lucie Safarikova, Jan Tachezy, Petrus Tang, Pier-Luigi Fiori, Robert P Hirt BMC Genomics 2010, 11 :99 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Case report
Isolated hepatic actinomycosis: a case report Thomas Lall, Thomas M Shehab, Paul Valenstein Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010, 4 :45 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Research article
Transcriptional profiling of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae
during the acute phase of a natural infection in pigs
Vincent Deslandes, Martine Denicourt, Christiane Girard, Josee Harel, John H.E. Nash, Mario Jacques BMC Genomics 2010, 11 :98 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Study protocol
The EVERT (effective verruca treatments) trial protocol: a randomised controlled trial to evaluate cryotherapy versus salicylic acid for the treatment of verrucae The EVERT Trial Team, Sarah Cockayne Trials 2010, 11 :12 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Research
Control of pyrethroid and DDT-resistant Anopheles gambiae by application of indoor residual spraying or mosquito nets treated with a long-lasting organophosphate insecticide, chlorpyrifos-methyl
Raphael N'Guessan, Pelagie Boko, Abibathou Odjo, Joseph Chabi, Martin Akogbeto, Mark Rowland Malaria Journal 2010, 9 :44 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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