Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases

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1. High-resolution characterization of nasal microbial dynamics in young children

   This article has 18 authors:

   1. Dennis Hoving
   2. Rosanne A.M. Steenbergen
   3. Youvika Singh
   4. Dima El Safadi
   5. Ester L. German
   6. Ivana Barros de Campos
   7. Elandri Fourie
   8. Mara van Roermund
   9. Alicia C. de Kroon
   10. Iris van der Valk
   11. Debby Bogaert
   12. Els Wessels
   13. Jutte J.C. de Vries
   14. Willem R. Miellet
   15. Krzysztof Trzciński
   16. Daniela M. Ferreira
   17. Marlies A. van Houten
   18. Simon P. Jochems

   Reviewed by Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases

2. Evaluation of the Clinical Performance of Two New Onchocerciasis Rapid Diagnostic Tests

   This article has 19 authors:

   1. Dziedzom K. de Souza
   2. Yvonne Ashong
   3. Selassie Afatodzie
   4. Mawunyo Dogbe
   5. Abena Akyeamaa Nyarko
   6. Bernard Logonia
   7. Kwadwo Frempong
   8. Carson Moore
   9. Lee Hundley
   10. Philip Kutjok
   11. Jessica Prince-Guerra
   12. Scott E. Elder
   13. Kimberly Y. Won
   14. Christophe Vedrine
   15. Philippe Leissner
   16. Annelyse Duvoix
   17. Emily Adams
   18. Marco Biamonte
   19. Daniel A. Boakye

   Reviewed by Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases, PREreview

3. Role of zinc in growth, stress response and virulence gene expression of pathogenic Mucorale Rhizopus arrhizus

   This article has 4 authors:

   1. Rachna Singh
   2. Anjna Kumari
   3. Pavneet Kaur
   4. Jasdeep Kaur

   Reviewed by Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases

4. Child and parent physical activity, sleep and screen time during COVID-19 compared to pre-pandemic nationally representative data and associations with mental health

   This article has 13 authors:

   1. Lisa Olive
   2. Emma Sciberras
   3. Tomer S Berkowitz
   4. Erin Hoare
   5. Rohan.Telford
   6. Antonina Mikocka-Walus
   7. Subhadra Evans
   8. Delyse Hutchinson
   9. Jane McGillivray
   10. Samantha Teague
   11. Amanda Wood
   12. Craig Olsson
   13. Elizabeth Westrupp

   Reviewed by Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases

5. In silico repurposed drugs against monkeypox virus

   This article has 3 authors:

   1. Hilbert Yuen In Lam
   2. Jia Sheng Guan
   3. Yuguang Mu

   Reviewed by Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases

6. MAMS_6 - A Novel Transcriptome-Informed Quantitative Real-Time PCR-Based Signature for Monitoring Tuberculosis Treatment Success

   This article has 15 authors:

   1. Mohamed I.M. Ahmed
   2. Lisa Rogers
   3. Olga Baranov
   4. Mairi McClean
   5. Meino Rohlfs
   6. Nyanda Elias Ntinginya
   7. Rodney Dawson
   8. Jodie Schildkraut
   9. Michael Hölscher
   10. Norbert Heinrich
   11. Caroline Friedel
   12. Christof Geldmacher
   13. Ulrich von Both
   14. Kathrin Held
   15. PanACEA Consortium Group

   Reviewed by Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases

7. PrEP Surfing: HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP ) Use of Sexual Partners as HIV Prevention Strategy Among Men Who Have Sex with Men, an Analysis of the Amsterdam Cohort Studies

   This article has 7 authors:

   1. Carien Blomaard
   2. Jeffrey Koole
   3. Elske Hoornenborg
   4. Maria Prins
   5. Janneke Heijne
   6. Udi Davidovich
   7. Maarten F. Schim van der Loeff

   Reviewed by Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases, PREreview

8. Interferon-α Nasal Spray to Prevent COVID-19 and Respiratory Viral Infections in Cancer Patients; a Randomised, Double-Blinded Placebo-Controlled Trial

   This article has 21 authors:

   1. Michelle K. Yong
   2. Karin Thursky
   3. Megan Crane
   4. Tim Spelman
   5. Robert K. Mahar
   6. Julie A. Simpson
   7. Andrew M. Scott
   8. Simon Harrison
   9. Jeff Szer
   10. Marc Pellegrini
   11. Senthil Lingaratnam
   12. Ken C. Pang
   13. Surekha Tennakoon
   14. Beatrice Z. Sim
   15. Emily Blyth
   16. Hui K. Gan
   17. Hang Quach
   18. Michelle P. McIntosh
   19. Hayley Page
   20. Rachel Woolstencroft
   21. Monica A. Slavin

   Reviewed by Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases, PREreview

9. An expanded method for malaria parasite genetic surveillance using targeted nanopore sequencing

   This article has 16 authors:

   1. Alexandria J. R. Harrott
   2. Collins M. Morang'a
   3. Richard D. Pearson
   4. Mona-Liza Sakyi
   5. Ahmed Osumanu
   6. Enock K. Amoako
   7. Fagdéba David Bara
   8. Myra Hosmillo
   9. Kess Rowe
   10. Yaw Aniweh
   11. Gordon A. Awandare
   12. Francis Zeukeng
   13. Ian Goodfellow
   14. Cristina V. Ariani
   15. Lucas N. Amenga-Etego
   16. William L. Hamilton

   Reviewed by Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases, PREreview

10. Optimisation and application of a T-cell antigen-specific activation assay as diagnostic and treatment-monitoring tool for tuberculosis

    This article has 20 authors:

    1. Munyaradzi Musvosvi
    2. Elisa Nemes
    3. Michele Tameris
    4. Simon C. Mendelsohn
    5. Michelle Fisher
    6. Elizabeth Filander
    7. Suzette Visagie
    8. Hadn Africa
    9. Lungisa Jaxa
    10. Humphrey Mulenga
    11. Ashley Veldsman
    12. Mark Hatherill
    13. Catherine Riou
    14. Laura E. Via
    15. Stephanus T. Malherbe
    16. Gerhard Walzl
    17. Ray Y. Chen
    18. Clifton E. Barry
    19. Robert J. Wilkinson
    20. Thomas J. Scriba

    Reviewed by Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases