Infectious Diseases (except HIV/AIDS)

Type I interferon responses contribute to immune protection against mycobacterial infection

1. Andrea Szydlo-Shein
2. Blanca Sanz-Magallón Duque de Estrada
3. Joshua Rosenheim
4. Carolin T Turner
5. Aneesh Chandran
6. Evdokia Tsaliki
7. Marc CI Lipman
8. Heinke Kunst
9. Gabriele Pollara
10. Philip M Elks
11. Jean-Pierre Levraud
12. Elspeth M Payne
13. Mahdad Noursadeghi
14. Gillian S Tomlinson

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  This useful study shows a protective role of type 1 IFN during Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. It shows that the type 1 IFN response in human skin TST inversely correlates with TB severity, suggesting its protective role. Considering that type I IFN is usually shown to be pro-pathogenic, the higher vulnerability of zebrafish larvae lacking stat2 to M marinum infection is a strong result. However, the conclusion that IFN-I is protective during mycobacterial infection remains indirect and incomplete; the study requires additional mechanistic insights and validation.

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Intestinal mucosal immune responses to novel oral poliovirus vaccine type 2 in newborns

1. Audrey Godin
2. Elizabeth B. Brickley
3. Ruth I Connor
4. Wendy F. Wieland-Alter
5. Joshua A. Weiner
6. Margaret E. Ackerman
7. John F. Modlin
8. Omar M. Sajjad
9. Minetaro Arita
10. Chris Gast
11. Bernardo A. Mainou
12. Khalequ Zaman
13. Masuma Hoque
14. Sohel Rana
15. Ananda S. Bandyopadhyay
16. Peter F. Wright

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Dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine plus sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine versus either drug alone for intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy: a double-blind, randomized, controlled trial

1. Abel Kakuru
2. Jimmy Kizza
3. Miriam Aguti
4. Harriet Adrama
5. John Ategeka
6. Peter Olwoch
7. Miriam Nakalembe
8. Joaniter I. Nankabirwa
9. Bishop Opira
10. Nida Ozarslan
11. Anju Ranjit
12. Erin dela Cruz
13. Tamara D. Clark
14. Michelle E. Roh
15. Stephanie L. Gaw
16. Prasanna Jagannathan
17. Philip J. Rosenthal
18. Moses R. Kamya
19. Grant Dorsey

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The long-term risk of tuberculosis among individuals with Xpert Ultra “trace” screening results: a longitudinal follow-up study

1. Joowhan Sung
2. Mariam Nantale
3. Annet Nalutaaya
4. Patrick Biché
5. James Mukiibi
6. Joab Akampurira
7. Rogers Kiyonga
8. Francis Kayondo
9. Michael Mukiibi
10. Caitlin Visek
11. Caleb E Kamoga
12. David W Dowdy
13. Achilles Katamba
14. Emily A Kendall

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Stem-like CD8+ T cells preserve HBV-specific responses in HBV/HIV co-infection

1. Jay Preechanukul
2. Aljawharah Alrubayyi
3. Bo Sun
4. Edward Arbe-Barnes
5. Jonida Kokici
6. Frances Gorou
7. Sarun Prasitdumrong
8. Kelly A.S. da Costa
9. Natasha Fisher-Pearson
10. Noshin Hussain
11. Stephanie Kucykowicz
12. Indrajit Ghosh
13. Fiona Burns
14. Sabine Kinloch
15. Pedro Simoes
16. Sanjay Bhagani
17. Patrick T F Kennedy
18. Mala K Maini
19. Rachael Bashford-Rogers
20. Upkar S Gill
21. Dimitra Peppa

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Pregnant women’s attitudes and intentions toward tuberculosis, malaria, group B streptococcus, and respiratory syncytial virus vaccines in pregnant: Findings from pregnant women living in Brazil, Ghana, Kenya, and Pakistan

1. Rupali J Limaye
2. Jessica L Schue
3. Berhaun Fesshaye
4. Prachi Singh
5. Emily S Miller
6. Renato T Souza
7. Saleem Jessani
8. Marleen Temmerman
9. Caroline Dinam Badzi
10. Molly Sauer
11. Vanessa Brizuela
12. Ruth A Karron

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Uptake and feasibility of task-shifting of Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra testing from laboratory technicians to nurses to increase access and reduce time to results: a multi-country mixed method research

1. Eden Masama Ngu
2. Basant Joshi
3. Bandana Bhatta
4. Minh Huyen Ton Nu Nguyet
5. Manon Lounnas
6. Rodney Kaitano
7. Marcelle N’Guessan
8. Kunda Kasakwa
9. Emelva Manhiça
10. Song Yin
11. Jacob Mugisha
12. Timothée Ouassa
13. Jean-Voisin Taguebue
14. Raoul Moh
15. Guillaume Breton
16. Juliet Mwanga-Amumpere
17. Laurence Borand
18. Chishala Chabala
19. Celso Khosa
20. Eric Wobudeya
21. Olivier Marcy
22. Joanna Orne-Gliemann
23. Maryline Bonnet

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From multiplicity of infection to force of infection for sparsely sampled Plasmodium falciparum populations at high transmission

1. Qi Zhan
2. Kathryn E Tiedje
3. Karen P Day
4. Mercedes Pascual

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  The ability to estimate the force of infection for Plasmodium falciparum from other more directly measurable epidemiological quantities would contribute to malaria epidemiology. The authors propose a method to accomplish this using genetic data from the var genes of the Pf genome and novel applications of existing methods from queueing theory. After revising the manuscript, this is a useful contribution to the field, and the authors provide solid evidence to support it.

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Evolution of Pandemic Cholera at its Global Source

1. Amber Barton
2. Mokibul Hassan Afrad
3. Alyce Taylor-Brown
4. Nisha Singh
5. Chetan Thakur
6. Taufiqul Islam
7. Sadia Isfat Ara Rahman
8. Marjahan Akhtar
9. Yasmin Ara Begum
10. Taufiqur Rahman Bhuiyan
11. Ashraful Islam Khan
12. Neelam Taneja
13. Nicholas R. Thomson
14. Firdausi Qadri

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Whole genome sequencing and transmission analysis of Vibrio cholerae isolates from Eastern and Southern Africa: a genomic epidemiology study

1. Shaoming Xiao
2. Ahmed Abade
3. Waqo Boru
4. Watipaso Kasambara
5. John Mwaba
6. Francis Ongole
7. Mariam Mmanywa
8. Nídia Sequeira Trovão
9. Roma Chilengi
10. Geoffrey Kwenda
11. Christopher Garimoi Orach
12. Innocent Chibwe
13. Godfrey Bwire
14. O. Colin Stine
15. Aaron M. Milstone
16. Justin Lessler
17. Andrew S. Azman
18. Wensheng Luo
19. Kelsey Murt
20. David A. Sack
21. Amanda K. Debes
22. Shirlee Wohl

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