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Wild HB, Aumuller J, Kuei J, Simon M, Palm A, et al.

2025-06-04 • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

This case report presents a rare instance of concomitant splenic tuberculosis (TB), Epstein–Barr virus (EBV)-related T-cell leukemia/lymphoma, and malaria in a 28-year-old pregnant wo...

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Petersen E, Hvid U, Tomori O, Pedersen AG, Wallinga J, et al.

2025-04-01 • International Journal of Infectious Diseases

The recent expansion of mpox in Africa is characterized by a dramatic increase in zoonotic transmission (cl...

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Chandna A, Koshiaris C, Mahajan R, Ahmad RA, Anh DTV, et al.

2025-02-05 • medRxiv

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Circulating markers of immune and endothelial activation risk stratify infection syndromes agnostic to disease aetiology. However, their utility in c...

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Nsio JM, Ardiet DL, Coulborn RM, Grellety E, Albela M, et al.

2023-01-01 • Lancet Infectious Diseases

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In its earliest phases, Ebola virus disease's rapid-onset, high fever, and gastrointestinal symptoms are largely indistinguishable from other infectious illnesses. We aime...

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Browne L, Menkir Z, Kahi V, Maina G, Asnakew S, et al.

2015-05-22 • Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

In early April 2014, two South Sudanese refugees in the Gambella region of western Ethiopia experienced acute onset of jaundice, accompanied by fever. One patient was a pregnant woman ag...

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Rao VB, Johari N, du Cros PAK, Messina J, Ford NP, et al.

2015-05-05 • Lancet Infectious Diseases

An estimated 150 million people worldwide are infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV). HIV co-infection accelerates the progression of HCV and represents a major public health challenge. W...

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Easterbrook PJ, Roberts TR, Sands A, Peeling RW

2017-05-01 • Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS

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Ford NP, Wiktor SZ, Kaplan K, Andrieux-Meyer I, Hill AM, et al.

2015-05-18 • International Journal of Drug Policy

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Heiden D, Saranchuk P

2011-11-24 • BMC Infectious Diseases

AIDS-related CMV retinitis is a common clinical problem in patients with advanced HIV/AIDS in China and Southeast Asia. The disease is causing blindness, and current clinical management,...

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Dallatomasinas S, Crestani R, Squire JS, Declerck H, Caleo GNC, et al.

2015-01-07 • Tropical Medicine and International Health

To describe Ebola cases in the district Ebola Management Centre of in Kailahun, a remote rural district of Sierra Leone, in terms of geographic origin, patient and hospitalization charac...

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Ford NP, Singh K, Cooke GS, Mills EJ, von Schoen-Angerer T, et al.

2012-03-19 • Clinical Infectious Diseases

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Merens A, Guerin PJ, Guthmann JP, Nicand E

2009-06-01 • Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Biological samples collected in refugee camps during an outbreak of hepatitis E were used to compare the accuracy of hepatitis E virus RNA amplification by real-time reverse transcriptio...

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Cooke GS, Andrieux-Meyer I, Applegate TL, Atun R, Burry J, et al.

2019-02-01 • Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Viral hepatitis is a major public health threat and a leading cause of death worldwide. Annual mortality from viral hepatitis is similar to that of other major infectious diseases such a...

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le Polain de Waroux O, Cohuet S, Ndazima D, Kucharski AJ, Juan-Giner A, et al.

2018-04-11 • BMC Infectious Diseases

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Quantification of human interactions relevant to infectious disease transmission through social contact is central to predict disease dynamics, yet data from low-resource ...

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Daniels J, Khogali MA, Mohr E, Cox V, Moyo S, et al.

2015-11-10 • PLOS One

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Khayelitsha, South Africa, with high burdens of rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (RR-TB) and HIV co-infection.

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To describe time to antiretroviral trea...

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Vernier L, Lenglet AD, Hogema B, Moussa AM, Ariti C, et al.

2018-06-26 • BMC Infectious Diseases

From September 2016-April 2017, Am Timan, Chad, experienced a large HEV outbreak in an urban setting with a limited impact in terms of morbidity and mortality. To better understand HEV e...

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Fitzpatrick G, Vogt F, Gbabai O, Decroo T, Keane M, et al.

2015-05-22 • Journal of Infectious Diseases

This paper describes patient characteristics, including Ebola viral load, associated with mortality in an MSF Ebola case management centre. Out of 780 admissions between June and October...

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Laurent C, Bourgeois A, Mpoudi-Ngole E, Kouanfack C, Ciaffi L, et al.

2010-01-01 • HIV medicine

OBJECTIVES: To investigate the presence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA and hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA in HIV-infected patients initiating antiretroviral therapy in Cameroon. METHODS: Ba...

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Khalid GG, Kyaw KWY, Bousquet C, Auat R, Dmytro Donchuk, et al.

2018-12-28 • International Health

Background In the high-prevalence setting of Pakistan, screening, diagnosis and treatment services for chronic hepatitis C (CHC) patients are commonly offered in specialized facilities. ...

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Baggi FM, Taybi A, Kurth A, Van Herp M, Di Caro A, et al.

2014-12-11 • Eurosurveillance

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Concomitant splenic tuberculosis and Epstein–Barr virus-related T-cell leukemia/lymphoma in a 28-year-old pregnant woman in South Sudan

Possible scenarios for the spread of mpox outside the endemic focus in Africa

Risk stratification of childhood infection using host markers of immune and endothelial activation: A multi-country prospective cohort study in Asia (Spot Sepsis)

Differential symptomology of possible and confirmed Ebola virus disease infection in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a retrospective cohort study

Notes from the field: Hepatitis E Outbreak Among Refugees from South Sudan - Gambella, Ethiopia, April 2014- January 2015

Hepatitis C seroprevalence and HIV co-infection in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Diagnosis of viral hepatitis

Ten priorities for expanding access to HCV treatment for people who inject drugs in low- and middle-income countries

CMV retinitis in China and SE Asia: the way forward

Ebola outbreak in rural West Africa: epidemiology, clinical features and outcomes

Expanding access to treatment for hepatitis C in resource-limited settings: Lessons from HIV/AIDS

Outbreak of hepatitis E virus infection in Darfur, Sudan: effectiveness of real-time reverse transcription-PCR analysis of dried blood spots

Accelerating the elimination of viral hepatitis: a Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology Commission

Characteristics of human encounters and social mixing patterns relevant to infectious diseases spread by close contact: a survey in Southwest Uganda

Time to ART initiation among patients treated for rifampin-resistant tuberculosis in Khayelitsha, South Africa: Impact on mortality and treatment success

Seroprevalence and risk factors of recent infection with hepatitis E virus during an acute outbreak in an urban setting in Chad, 2017

The contribution of Ebola viral load at admission and other patient characteristics to mortality in a Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Ebola Case Management Centre (CMC), Kailahun, Sierra Leone, June -October, 2014

High rates of active hepatitis B and C co-infections in HIV-1 infected Cameroonian adults initiating antiretroviral therapy

From Risk to Care: The Hepatitis C Screening and Diagnostic Cascade in a Primary Health Care Clinic in Karachi, Pakistan—a Cohort Study

Management of pregnant women infected with Ebola virus in a treatment centre in Guinea, June 2014