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Severe influenza cases in paediatric intensive care units in Germany during the pre-pandemic seasons 2005 to 2008

Andrea Streng, Veit Grote, Johannes G Liese BMC Infectious Diseases 2011, 11:233 (31 August 2011)

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Direct association between pharyngeal viral secretion and host cytokine response in severe pandemic influenza

Raquel Almansa, Andres Anton, Paula Ramirez, Ignacio Martin-Loeches, David Banner, Tomás Pumarola, Luoling Xu, Jesús Blanco, Longsi Ran, Guillermo Lopez-Campos, Fernando Martin-Sanchez, Lorenzo Socias, Ana Loza, David Andaluz, Enrique Maravi, Mónica Gordón, Maria C Gallegos, Victoria Fernandez, Cristobal León, Pedro Merino, Maria Marcos, Francisco Gandía, Felipe Bobillo, Salvador Resino, Jose Mª Eiros, Carmen Castro, Paula Mateo, Milagros Gonzalez-Rivera, Jordi Rello, Raul de Lejarazu, David J Kelvin, Jesus F Bermejo-Martin et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2011, 11:232 (31 August 2011)

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Tolerability of inhaled N-chlorotaurine in an acute pig streptococcal lower airway inflammation model

Martin Schwienbacher, Benedikt Treml, Anna Pinna, Ralf Geiger, Hannes Reinstadler, Iris Pircher, Elisabeth Schmidl, Christian Willomitzer, Johannes Neumeister, Michael Pilch, Maria Hauer, Thomas Hager, Consolato Sergi, Sabine Scholl-Bürgi, Thomas Giese, Alexander Löckinger, Markus Nagl BMC Infectious Diseases 2011, 11:231 (29 August 2011)

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An analysis of national target groups for monovalent 2009 pandemic influenza vaccine and trivalent seasonal influenza vaccines in 2009-10 and 2010-11

Sophia Ng, Peng Wu, Hiroshi Nishiura, Dennis KM Ip, Esther ST Lee, Benjamin J Cowling BMC Infectious Diseases 2011, 11:230 (26 August 2011)

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Clusters of spatial, temporal, and space-time distribution of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in Liaoning Province, Northeastern China

Wei Wu, Junqiao Guo, Peng Guan, Yingwei Sun, Baosen Zhou BMC Infectious Diseases 2011, 11:229 (26 August 2011)

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Comparison of the virulence of exopolysaccharide-producing Prevotella intermedia to exopolysaccharide non-producing periodontopathic organisms

Takeshi Yamanaka, Kazuyoshi Yamane, Tomoyo Furukawa, Chiho Matsumoto-Mashimo, Chieko Sugimori, Takayuki Nambu, Noboru Obata, Clay B Walker, Kai-Poon Leung, Hisanori Fukushima BMC Infectious Diseases 2011, 11:228 (25 August 2011)

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The role of schools in the spread of mumps among unvaccinated children: a retrospective cohort study

Wilhelmina LM Ruijs, Jeannine LA Hautvast, Reinier P Akkermans, Marlies EJL Hulscher, Koos van der Velden BMC Infectious Diseases 2011, 11:227 (24 August 2011)

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School nurses' experiences of delivering the UK HPV vaccination programme in its first year

Shona Hilton, Kate Hunt, Helen Bedford, Mark Petticrew BMC Infectious Diseases 2011, 11:226 (24 August 2011)

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Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of childhood pandemic 2009 H1N1 virus infection: an observational cohort study

Jung-Woo Rhim, Kyung-Yil Lee, You-Sook Youn, Jin-Han Kang, Ji-Chang Kim BMC Infectious Diseases 2011, 11:225 (24 August 2011)

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Diagnostic accuracy of procalcitonin in critically ill immunocompromised patients

Nicolas Bele, Michael Darmon, Isaline Coquet, Jean-Paul Feugeas, Stéphane Legriel, Nadir Adaoui, Benoît Schlemmer, Élie Azoulay BMC Infectious Diseases 2011, 11:224 (24 August 2011)

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Extended antimicrobial treatment of bacterial vaginosis combined with human lactobacilli to find the best treatment and minimize the risk of relapses

Per-Göran Larsson, Erik Brandsborg, Urban Forsum, Sonal Pendharkar, Kasper Andersen, Salmir Nasic, Lennart Hammarström, Harold Marcotte BMC Infectious Diseases 2011, 11:223 (19 August 2011)

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Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella isolated from lactating cows and in contact humans in dairy farms of Addis Ababa: a cross sectional study

Zelalem Addis, Nigatu Kebede, Zufan Sisay, Haile Alemayehu, Alehegne Wubetie, Tesfu Kassa BMC Infectious Diseases 2011, 11:222 (19 August 2011)

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Non-nosocomial healthcare-associated infective endocarditis in Taiwan: an underrecognized disease with poor outcome

Kuan-Sheng Wu, Susan Lee, Hung-Chin Tsai, Shue-Ren Wann, Jui-Kuang Chen, Cheng-Len Sy, Yung-Hsin Wang, Yu-Ting Tseng, Yao-Shen Chen BMC Infectious Diseases 2011, 11:221 (17 August 2011)

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Real-time PCR detection of Human Herpesvirus 1-5 in patients lacking clinical signs of a viral CNS infection

Birgitta Sundén, Marie Larsson, Tina Falkeborn, Jakob Paues, Urban Forsum, Magnus Lindh, Liselotte Ydrenius, Britt Åkerlind, Lena Serrander BMC Infectious Diseases 2011, 11:220 (17 August 2011)

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Tuberculosis in Sudan: a study of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain genotype and susceptibility to anti-tuberculosis drugs

Ghada S Sharaf Eldin, Imad Fadl-Elmula, Mohammed S Ali, Ahmed B Ali, Abdel Latif GA Salih, Kim Mallard, Christian Bottomley, Ruth McNerney BMC Infectious Diseases 2011, 11:219 (16 August 2011)

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Forecasting incidence of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in China using ARIMA model

Qiyong Liu, Xiaodong Liu, Baofa Jiang, Weizhong Yang BMC Infectious Diseases 2011, 11:218 (15 August 2011)

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Young male patients are at elevated risk of developing serious central nervous system complications during acute Puumala hantavirus infection

Timo Hautala, Nina Hautala, Saara-Mari Mähönen, Tarja Sironen, Eija Pääkkö, Ari Karttunen, Pasi I Salmela, Olli Vainio, Seppo Rytky, Alexander Plyusnin, Antti Vaheri, Olli Vapalahti, Heikki Kauma BMC Infectious Diseases 2011, 11:217 (14 August 2011)

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Effect of variable transmission rate on the dynamics of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa

Diego F Cuadros, Philip H Crowley, Ben Augustine, Sarah L Stewart, Gisela García-Ramos BMC Infectious Diseases 2011, 11:216 (11 August 2011)

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Clinical characteristics and cerebrospinal fluid parameters in patients with peripheral facial palsy caused by Lyme neuroborreliosis compared with facial palsy of unknown origin (Bell's palsy)

Daniel Bremell, Lars Hagberg BMC Infectious Diseases 2011, 11:215 (10 August 2011)

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Prognostic factors related to sequelae in childhood bacterial meningitis: Data from a Greek meningitis registry

Vasiliki A Vasilopoulou, Maria Karanika, Kalliopi Theodoridou, Antonios T Katsioulis, Maria N Theodoridou, Christos S Hadjichristodoulou BMC Infectious Diseases 2011, 11:214 (10 August 2011)

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Anemia and iron homeostasis in a cohort of HIV-infected patients in Indonesia

Rudi Wisaksana, Rachmat Sumantri, Agnes R Indrati, Aleta Zwitser, Hadi Jusuf, Quirijn de Mast, Reinout van Crevel, Andre van der Ven BMC Infectious Diseases 2011, 11:213 (9 August 2011)

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Could peak proteinuria determine whether patient with dengue fever develop dengue hemorrhagic/dengue shock syndrome? - A prospective cohort study

Farhad F Vasanwala, Rukshini Puvanendran, Stephanie Fook-Chong, Joo-Ming Ng, Sufi M Suhail, Kheng-Hock Lee BMC Infectious Diseases 2011, 11:212 (5 August 2011)

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Efficacy of interventions to increase the uptake of chlamydia screening in primary care: a systematic review

Rebecca J Guy, Hammad Ali, Bette Liu, Simone Poznanski, James Ward, Basil Donovan, John Kaldor, Jane Hocking BMC Infectious Diseases 2011, 11:211 (5 August 2011)

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The ProPrems trial: investigating the effects of probiotics on late onset sepsis in very preterm infants

Suzanne M Garland, Jacinta M Tobin, Marie Pirotta, Sepehr N Tabrizi, Gillian Opie, Susan Donath, Mimi LK Tang, Colin J Morley, Leah Hickey, Linh Ung, Susan E Jacobs, the ProPrems Study Group BMC Infectious Diseases 2011, 11:210 (4 August 2011)

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Characterization of early host responses in adults with dengue disease

Thomas Tolfvenstam, Anna Lindblom, Mark J Schreiber, Ling Ling, Angelia Chow, Eng Ooi, Martin L Hibberd BMC Infectious Diseases 2011, 11:209 (2 August 2011)

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Temporal changes in HCV genotype distribution in three different high risk populations in San Francisco, California

Paulo Dias, Judith A Hahn, Eric Delwart, Brian R Edlin, Jeff Martin, Paula Lum, Jennifer Evans, Alex Kral, Steve Deeks, Michael P Busch, Kimberly Page BMC Infectious Diseases 2011, 11:208 (2 August 2011)

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Mitigating effects of vaccination on influenza outbreaks given constraints in stockpile size and daily administration capacity

Maytee Cruz-Aponte, Erin C McKiernan, Marco A Herrera-Valdez BMC Infectious Diseases 2011, 11:207 (1 August 2011)

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