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Systematic reviews on infectious diseases

Guest Editor(s):
Chester Kalinda: University of Global Health Equity, Rwanda
Elvis Temfack: Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Ethiopia



BMC Infectious Diseases called for submissions to our collection on Systematic reviews on infectious diseases. Systematic reviews and meta-analyses can be powerful tools able to offer a comprehensive overview of the available clinical evidence, point out research gaps in our current understanding, and be a base for decision-making in health policies. This collection aimed to gather excellent evidence-based systematic reviews following sound methodological and reporting standards.

Meet the Guest Editors

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Chester Kalinda: University of Global Health Equity, Rwanda

Dr Chester Kalinda is an Assistant Professor at University of Global Health Equity (UGHE) in Rwanda. Broadly, Chester’s research interests are in ecology and public health, with a special focus on understanding how the interactions between vectors and the environment influence infectious disease risk among humans especially those from resource constrained communities. His research interests also include neglected tropical diseases and health metrics

Elvis Temfack: Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Ethiopia

Dr Elvis Temfack is a Senior Research Officer at the Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Ethiopia. During his training, HIV became a major public health issue in Sub-Saharan Africa, which stirred his passion in Central nervous system associated infections in HIV, an area in which he has published several peer-reviewed publications focused on HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis. Currently, as a Senior Research Officer at the Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Ethiopia, Elvis works to build adequate research capacity to generate evidence to target priority public health problems in Africa.  

About the Collection

BMC Infectious Diseases is calling for submissions to our collection on Systematic Reviews on infectious diseases. 

During the last decades, our society has been experiencing a constant increase in research output, resulting in the need to compile, evaluate and reassess our clinical knowledge. Systematic reviews and meta-analyses can be powerful tools able to offer a comprehensive overview of the available clinical evidence, point out research gaps in our current understanding, and be the base for decision-making in health policies. 

We welcome Systematic reviews and meta-analysis submissions covering 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. The collection will not consider reviews of in vitro studies.

As with any other research article, it is crucial that systematic reviews follow a robust study design and scientifically sound methodology. Therefore, all submissions to this collection must comply with the following minimal requirements:

PRISMA GUIDELINES: The authors must submit a populated checklist and figure from the relevant reporting guidelines, including the PRISMA checklist and Flowchart Diagram or the most appropriate PRISMA extension for variations to the standard Systematic Reviews methodology. The flow diagram should be included and referenced in the main body of the text, and the checklist should be provided as an additional file. A Word file of the checklist and flow diagram can be downloaded here.     

Registration of the Systematic Review: Be registered, ideally prospectively, in an online database such as PROSPERO, INPLASY, Research Registry, OSF Registries, or another registry dedicated to Systematic Reviews.

BMC Infectious Diseases also strongly encourages that all datasets on which the conclusions of the paper rely should be available to readers. We encourage authors to ensure that their datasets are either deposited in publicly available repositories (where available and appropriate) or presented in the main manuscript or additional supporting files whenever possible. Please see Springer Nature’s information on recommended repositories.


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  1. Noroviruses are the second leading cause of death in children under the age of 5 years old. They are responsible for 200 million cases of diarrhoea and 50,000 deaths in children through the word, mainly in low...

    Authors: Dako Dakouo, Djénéba Ouermi, Abdoul Karim Ouattara, Abibou Simpore, Tégwendé Rebecca Compaore, Mah Alima Esther Traore, Zakaria Gamsore, Abdou Azaque Zoure, Lassina Traore, Théodora Mahoukèdè Zohoncon, Albert Théophane Yonli, P. Denise Ilboudo, Florencia Wendkuuni Djigma and Jacques Simpore
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:547
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  2. Oral candidiasis (OC) is a prevalent opportunistic infection in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. The increasing resistance to antifungal agents in HIV-positive individuals suffering ...

    Authors: Amirreza Keyvanfar, Hanieh Najafiarab, Niki Talebian, Mahdi Falah Tafti, Gelareh Adeli, Zahra Ghasemi and Shabnam Tehrani
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:546
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  3. Brain-heart infusion agar supplemented with 4 µg/mL of vancomycin (BHI-V4) was commonly used for the detection of heterogeneous (hVISA) and vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (VISA). However, its diagn...

    Authors: Xin Cheng, Juntong Zhou, Fan Yuan, Jingxin Ma, Shuilong Guo and Jianrong Su
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:494
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  4. Thromboembolic (TE) complications [myocardial infarction (MI), stroke, deep vein thrombosis (DVT), and pulmonary embolism (PE)] are common causes of mortality in hospitalised COVID-19 patients. Therefore, this...

    Authors: Hanies Yuhana Othman, Izzati Abdul Halim Zaki, Mohamad Rodi Isa, Long Chiau Ming and Hanis Hanum Zulkifly
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:484
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  5. Human adenoviruses (HAdVs) have always been suggested as one of the main causes of gastroenteritis in children. However, no comprehensive report on the global epidemiology of these viruses in pediatric gastroe...

    Authors: Pegah Khales, Mohammad Hossein Razizadeh, Saied Ghorbani, Afagh Moattari, Jamal Sarvari, Hassan Saadati, Shirin Sayyahfar, Zahra Salavatiha, Morteza Haghighi Hasanabad, Vahdat Poortahmasebi and Ahmad Tavakoli
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:478
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  6. Despite antiretroviral treatment (ART), the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) continues to pose a considerable health burden in resource-poor countries. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to deter...

    Authors: Beshada Zerfu Woldegeorgis, Yordanos sisay Asgedom, Amanuel Yosef Gebrekidan, Gizachew Ambaw Kassie, Ushula Deboch Borko and Mohammed Suleiman Obsa
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:471
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  7. Tuberculosis (TB) ranks as the second leading cause of death globally among all infectious diseases. This problem is likely due to the lack of biomarkers to differentiate the heterogeneous spectrum of infectio...

    Authors: Harinisri Gunasekaran, Pavithra Sampath, Kannan Thiruvengadam, Muniyandi Malaisamy, Rathinasabapati Ramasamy, Uma Devi Ranganathan and Ramalingam Bethunaickan
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:402
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  8. Cutaneous bacillary angiomatosis (cBA) is a vascular proliferative disorder due to Bartonella spp. that mostly affects people living with HIV (PLWH), transplanted patients and those taking immunosuppressive drugs...

    Authors: Salvatore Rotundo, Maria Teresa Tassone, Nadia Marascio, Helen Linda Morrone, Simona Gigliotti, Angela Quirino, Alessandro Russo, Giovanni Matera, Enrico Maria Trecarichi and Carlo Torti
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:380
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  9. There is considerable interest in the use of doxycycline post exposure prophylaxis (PEP) to reduce the incidence of bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs). An important concern is that this could sel...

    Authors: Thibaut Vanbaelen, Sheeba Santhini Manoharan-Basil and Chris Kenyon
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:376
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  10. Annually, 175.4 million people are infected with scabies worldwide. Although parasitic infections are important nosocomial infections, they are unrecognized compared to bacterial, fungal, and viral infections....

    Authors: Dong-Hee Kim, Yujin Kim, Sook Young Yun, Hak Sun Yu, Hyun-Chang Ko and MinWoo Kim
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:353
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  11. Aspergillus spp liver abscess is a relatively rare entity and thus far no systematic review has been performed examining patients’ demographics, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, management, and outcome.

    Authors: Igor Dumic, Enzo Marasco Caetano, Sidney Marcel Domingues, Ivana Pantic, Milan Radovanovic, Libardo Rueda Prada, Charles W Nordstrom, Marina Antic, Tamara Milovanovic, Magdalena Kotseva, Amteshwar Singh and Shweta FNU
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:345
    Content type: Systematic Review Published on:

  12. Procalcitonin (PCT) has garnered attention as a potential diagnostic biomarker for infection in cancer patients. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of procal...

    Authors: Yi-Chih Lee, Hsin-Tzu Yeh, Sz-Wei Lu, Yi-Chun Tsai, Yu-Chen Tsai and Chieh-Ching Yen
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:278
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  14. Invasive Aspergillosis (IA) is a life-threatening fungal disease with significant mortality rates. Timely diagnosis and treatment greatly enhance patient outcomes. This study aimed to explore the association b...

    Authors: Elena Shekhova, Fabián Salazar, Alessandra Da Silva Dantas, Tanmoy Chakraborty, Eva L. Wooding, P. Lewis White and Adilia Warris
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:220
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  15. A lack of health resources is a common problem after the outbreak of infectious diseases, and resource optimization is an important means to solve the lack of prevention and control capacity caused by resource...

    Authors: Yu-Yuan Wang, Wei-Wen Zhang, Ze-xi Lu, Jia-lin Sun and Ming-xia Jing
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:200
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  16. Sepsis not only causes inflammation, but also damages the heart and increases the risk of death. The glycolytic pathway plays a crucial role in the pathogenesis of sepsis-induced cardiac injury. This study aim...

    Authors: Long Huang, Xincai Wang, Bawei Huang, Yu Chen and Xiaodan Wu
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:173
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  18. Bloodstream infection of Klebsiella pneumoniae (BSI-KP) were associated with increased mortality. Klebsiella pneumoniae was tested to susceptible to colistin by E-test and broth microdilution method in clinical l...

    Authors: Tao Wang, Hongcheng Liu, Huiqing Huang, Yuesong Weng and Xiaojun Wang
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:161
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  19. The pathological consequences of inflammation persist in people living with the human immunodeficiency virus (PLWH), regardless of the positive outcomes of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). The cur...

    Authors: Sihle E. Mabhida, Zandile J. Mchiza, Kabelo Mokgalaboni, Sidney Hanser, Joel Choshi, Haskly Mokoena, Khanyisani Ziqubu, Charity Masilela, Bongani B. Nkambule, Duduzile E. Ndwandwe, André P. Kengne and Phiwayinkosi V. Dludla
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:160
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  20. Healthcare-associated infections (HCAI) place a significant burden on healthcare systems globally. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to investigate the prevalence, risk factors, and aetiologic age...

    Authors: Gabriel Kambale Bunduki, Effita Masoamphambe, Tilly Fox, Janelisa Musaya, Patrick Musicha and Nicholas Feasey
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:158
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  21. Bacterial infections are considered a leading cause of hospitalization and death globally. There is still a need for a rapid and feasible biomarker for bacterial infections. Heparin-binding protein (HBP) was s...

    Authors: Amira Mohamed Taha, Khaled Abouelmagd, Mohamed Mosad Omar, Qasi Najah, Mohammed Ali, Mohammed Tarek Hasan, Sahar A. Allam, Roua Arian, Omar El Sayed Rageh and Mohamed Abd-ElGawad
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:150
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  22. The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic occurred due to the dispersion of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Severe symptoms can be observed in COVID-19 patients with lipid-...

    Authors: Wan Amirul Syazwan Wan Ahmad Munawar, Marjanu Hikmah Elias, Faizul Helmi Addnan, Pouya Hassandarvish, Sazaly AbuBakar and Nuruliza Roslan
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:124
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  23. Detecting pathogens in pediatric central nervous system infection (CNSI) is still a major challenge in medicine. In addition to conventional diagnostic patterns, metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) s...

    Authors: Sike He, Ying Xiong, Teng Tu, Jiaming Feng, Yu Fu, Xu Hu, Neng Wang and Dapeng Li
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:103
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  24. Recent pandemics have had far-reaching effects on the world’s largest economies and amplified the need to estimate the full extent and range of socioeconomic impacts of infectious diseases outbreaks on multi-s...

    Authors: Ely Zarina Samsudin, Siti Munira Yasin, Nur-Hasanah Ruslan, Nik Nairan Abdullah, Ahmad Faiz Azhari Noor and Ahmad Fitri Abdullah Hair
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:93
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  25. With the development of society, pulmonary fungal diseases, represented by pulmonary aspergillosis and pulmonary cryptococcosis, have become increasingly common. However, there is a lack of clear understanding...

    Authors: Xidong Wang, Shaoqiang Li, Mangui Zhu, Ye Qiu, Yilei Hui, Yongming Li, Yangqing Zhan, Yan Wang, Feng Ye and Zhengtu Li
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:92
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  26. In recent decades, the prevalence of antibiotic resistance is increasing in Haemophilus influenzae (Haemophilus influenzae), which poses important challenges to global health. This research offers a comprehensive...

    Authors: Mohammad Abavisani, Masoud Keikha and Mohsen Karbalaei
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:90
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  27. Human papillomavirus (HPV) is one of the most prevalent sexually transmitted diseases worldwide. The present review was conducted to accumulate evidence on the relationship between cervicovaginal human papillo...

    Authors: Seyedeh Maryam Khalili, Elnaz Haji Rafiei, Marjan Havaei, Leila Alizadeh, Fereshte Ghahremani, Zohreh Keshavarz, Ali Montazeri and Hedyeh Riazi
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:80
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  28. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) remains a significant global health burden, particularly affecting vulnerable populations residing in slum areas which is characterized by overcrowding, poverty, and limited ...

    Authors: Meysam Behzadifar, Seyed Jafar Ehsanzadeh, Banafshe Darvishi Teli, Samad Azari, Ahad Bakhtiari and Masoud Behzadifar
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:52
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  29. In the first reported cases of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, people living with HIV (PLHIV) suffered weight loss, which was an independent predictor of mortality. Highly active antiretroviral t...

    Authors: Sarah Almeida Cordeiro, Tainá Costa Pereira Lopes, Antonio Luiz Boechat and Roberta Lins Gonçalves
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:34
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  30. It is estimated that more than 4% of the causes of inpatient deaths in 2017 were due to diarrheal diseases. The current study is aimed to provide pooled prevalence of microorganisms causing diarrhea among Suda...

    Authors: MM Badawi, MA SalahEldin, AB Idris, EB Idris and SG Mohamed
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:30
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  31. There is no systematic review on the prevalence of HIV drug resistance (HIVDR) in Iran. We aimed to estimate the prevalence of HIVDR among people living with HIV (PLHIV) in Iran. We assessed HIVDR prevalence i...

    Authors: Hossein Mirzaei, Sana Eybpoosh, Fatemeh Mehrabi, Mohammad Reza Shojaei, Ali Mirzazadeh, Mehrdad Khezri, Naser Nasiri and Hamid Sharifi
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:29
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  32. Dyslipidemia is responsible for more than half of the global ischemic heart disease (IHD) and more than 4 million deaths annually. Assessing the prevalence of dyslipidemia can be crucial in predicting the futu...

    Authors: Ousman Mohammed, Ermiyas Alemayehu, Habtu Debash, Melaku Ashagrie Belete, Alemu Gedefie, Mihret Tilahun, Hussen Ebrahim and Daniel Gebretsadik Weldehanna
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:27
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  33. Currently, some meta-analyses on COVID-19 have suggested that glucocorticoids use can reduce the mortality rate of COVID-19 patients, utilization rate of invasive ventilation, and improve the prognosis of pati...

    Authors: Qiaolan He, Chen Wang, Yingqin Wang, Guannan Chen, Yue Zhou, Yuanyuan Wu and Ming Zhong
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:896
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  34. Scrub typhus is a bacterial mite-borne disease associated with poor clinical outcomes if not treated adequately. The study aimed to compare the time to defervescence, clinical failure, mortality and treatment-...

    Authors: Nitin Gupta, Carl Boodman, Christelle Genevieve Jouego and Steven Van Den Broucke
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:884
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  35. COVID-19 has caused millions of deaths globally, with vulnerable populations such as people experiencing homelessness (PEH) at higher risk. This systematic review and meta-analysis aims to identify the prevale...

    Authors: Dung Anh Nguyen, Habib Olatunji Alagbo, Toka Adel Hassan, Leonardo D. Mera-Lojano, Esraa Osama Abdelaziz, Nguyen Pham Nguyen The, Abdelrahman M. Makram, Omar M. Makram, Randa Elsheikh and Nguyen Tien Huy
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:880
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  36. It is unclear whether Saccharomyces boulardii (S. boulardii) supplementation in standard triple therapy (STT) is effective in eradicating Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection in children. We therefore conduc...

    Authors: Lian-Hua Liu, Bin Han, Jing Tao, Kai Zhang, Xi-Ke Wang and Wen-Yu Wang
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:878
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  37. Lymphopenia is defined as a decrease below normal value (often 1.0 x 109 cells/L) of blood circulating lymphocyte count. In the general population, lymphopenia is associated with an increased risk of hospitalisat...

    Authors: ZC Elçioğlu, L Errington, B Metes, W Sendama, J Powell, AJ Simpson, AJ Rostron and TP Hellyer
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:848
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  38. The neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR), an inflammatory biomarker, measures innate-adaptive immune system balance. In this systematic review and meta-analysis, we aim to analyze the current literature to eva...

    Authors: Jingyang Chen, Sanaz Yasrebinia, Arshin Ghaedi, Monireh Khanzadeh, Stephan Quintin, Abeer Dagra, Rodeania Peart, Brandon Lucke-Wold and Shokoufeh Khanzadeh
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:837
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  39. Both tuberculosis (TB) and diabetes mellitus (DM) are major public health problems threatening global health. TB patients with DM have a higher bacterial burden and affect the absorption and metabolism for ant...

    Authors: Guisheng Xu, Xiaojiang Hu, Yanshu Lian and Xiuting Li
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:813
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  40. Persons with non-O and Rh-positive blood types are purported to be more susceptible to infection, including SARS-CoV-2, but there remains uncertainty about the degree to which this is so for both non-viral and...

    Authors: Emily Ana Butler, Rushil Parikh, Sonia M. Grandi, Joel G. Ray and Eyal Cohen
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:797
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  41. Men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women (TGW) have a disproportionately higher risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection than other groups. Oral HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is ...

    Authors: Nathalia Sernizon Guimarães, Laio Magno, Gabriel Marinho Bahia Monteiro, Izabel Cristina Neves Ramos, Caroline Tianeze de Castro, Thais Regis Aranha-Rossi, Marcos Pereira and Inês Dourado
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:793
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  42. Parasitological investigation of bone marrow, splenic or lymph node aspirations is the gold standard for the diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis (VL). However, this invasive test requires skilled clinical and ...

    Authors: Tamalee Roberts, Suzanne H. Keddie, Sayaphet Rattanavong, Santiago Rayment Gomez, John Bradley, Ruth H. Keogh, Oliver Bärenbold, Jane Falconer, Petra F. Mens, Heidi Hopkins and Elizabeth A. Ashley
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:782
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  43. Clinical evidence suggests that pregnant women are more vulnerable to COVID-19, since they are at increased risk for disease progression and for obstetric complications, such as premature labor, miscarriage, p...

    Authors: Francesco Di Gennaro, Giacomo Guido, Luisa Frallonardo, Francesco Vladimiro Segala, Rosalba De Nola, Gianluca Raffaello Damiani, Elda De Vita, Valentina Totaro, Mario Barbagallo, Emanuele Nicastri, Antonella Vimercati, Ettore Cicinelli, Giuseppina Liuzzi, Nicola Veronese and Annalisa Saracino
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:776
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  44. Previous studies have demonstrated an association between diabetes mellitus (DM) and latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI). This study was conducted to update the current understanding of the association betwee...

    Authors: Guozhong Zhou, Xin Guo, Shunli Cai, Yu Zhang, Yuanyuan Zhou, Rong Long, Yingchen Zhou, Hanse Li, Nan Chen and Chao Song
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:770
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  45. As current trend for physician tools, ChatGPT can sift through massive amounts of information and solve problems through easy-to-understand conversations, ultimately improving efficiency. Mycosis is currently ...

    Authors: Yi Jin, Hua Liu, Bin Zhao and Weihua Pan
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:731
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  46. In recent years, improved access to effective antiretroviral therapy has meant that people living with human immune virus are living longer than before. The burden of non-communicable diseases particularly, hy...

    Authors: Kirubel Dagnaw Tegegne, Getachew Asmare Adela, Gizachew Ambaw Kassie, Misganaw Asmamaw Mengstie, Mohammed Abdu Seid, Melkamu Aderajaw Zemene, Sefineh Fenta Feleke, Tadesse Asmamaw Dejenie, Endeshaw Chekol Abebe, Denekew Tenaw Anley, Anteneh Mengist Dessie, Molalign Melese Gesese, Nega Yimer and Natnael Atnafu Gebeyehu
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:724
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  47. Leptospirosis is an emerging neglected tropical zoonotic disease of public health importance causing substantial morbidities and mortalities among humans. The infection is maintained within the population thro...

    Authors: Jacob Mugoya Gizamba and Lawrence Mugisha
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:649
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  49. Human cystic echinococcosis (CE), is a common health problem in low- and middle-income countries. Cardiac involvement is a relatively rare manifestation of Echinococcus infection. This study aims to summarize the...

    Authors: Erfan Banisefid, Kosar Baghernezhad, Rasa Beheshti, Sina Hamzehzadeh, Soheil Nemati, Zahra Samadifar, Hamid Owaysee Osquee, Elnaz Javanshir and Amirreza Naseri
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:600
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  50. Influenza infection is a highly preventable transmissible viral disease associated with mild upper respiratory symptoms and more severe conditions such as lethal pneumonia. Studies have shown that a broader sp...

    Authors: Rodrigo Luiz Carregaro, Alessandra N. C. P. Roscani, Augusto Cesar Sousa Raimundo, Larissa Ferreira, Tazio Vanni, Maria da Graça Salomão, Livia Fernandes Probst and Juliana Yukari K. Viscondi
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:563
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This Collection welcomes submission of Research Articles. Before submitting your manuscript, please ensure you have read our submission guidelines. Articles for this Collection should be submitted via our submission system, Snapp. During the submission process you will be asked whether you are submitting to a Collection, please select ["Systematic Reviews on Infectious Diseases"] from the dropdown menu.

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The Guest Editors have no competing interests with the submissions which they handle through the peer review process. The peer review of any submissions for which the Guest Editors have competing interests is handled by another Editorial Board Member who has no competing interests.