Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases

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1. In-home molecular testing of tongue swabs and sputum to inform household-level screening with diagnostic escalation strategies for tuberculosis contact investigation: a prospective cohort study in South Africa

   This article has 8 authors:

   1. Andrew Medina-Marino
   2. Sharon Olifant
   3. Maria Pieruccini
   4. Kuhle Fiphaza
   5. Nondumiso Ngcelwane
   6. Morten Ruhwald
   7. Adam Penn-Nicholson
   8. Bernard Fourie

   Reviewed by Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases

2. Safety and immunogenicity of a vaccine against coxsackieviruses B (PRV-101) – follow-up of the first-in-human phase 1 trial

   This article has 11 authors:

   1. Jutta E. Laiho
   2. Jussi P. Lehtonen
   3. Leena Puustinen
   4. Susanna Kääriäinen
   5. Taina Härkönen
   6. Sami Oikarinen
   7. Francisco León
   8. Miguel Sanjuan
   9. Mika Scheinin
   10. Mikael Knip
   11. Heikki Hyöty

   Reviewed by Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases

3. Selective effects of cyclin dependent kinase inhibitors in gammaherpesvirus reactivation from latency

   This article has 2 authors:

   1. Joy E Gibson
   2. Linda F van Dyk

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4. Estimating malaria attributable fraction using quantitative PCR in a longitudinal cohort in Eastern Uganda

   This article has 17 authors:

   1. Anne C Martin
   2. Qiyu Wang
   3. Shakira Babirye
   4. Emmanuel Arinaitwe
   5. Maato Zedi
   6. Isaac Ssewanyana
   7. Felistas Nankya Namirimu
   8. Patience Nayebare
   9. Peter Olwoch
   10. Stephen Tukwasibwe
   11. Prasanna Jagannathan
   12. Joaniter I. Nankabirwa
   13. Moses Kamya
   14. Grant Dorsey
   15. Bryan Greenhouse
   16. Jessica Briggs
   17. Isabel Rodriguez-Barraquer

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5. Associations Between QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus IFN _γ Concentrations and Progression to Symptomatic Tuberculosis in Global High-Burden TB Settings

   This article has 23 authors:

   1. Justine Sunshine
   2. Michael Shaffer
   3. Linda L. Han
   4. Deepali Gaikwad
   5. Amelia A. Houana
   6. Maria Tarcela Gler
   7. Sri Rezeki Hadinegoro
   8. Willem A. Hanekom
   9. Javier R. Lama
   10. Monde Muyoyeta
   11. Sissy Musala
   12. Videlis Nduba
   13. Valeria C. Rolla
   14. Tapash Roy
   15. Jayne S. Sutherland
   16. Celso Khosa
   17. Anne Wajja
   18. Timothy M. Walker
   19. Amy Cinar
   20. Alexander C. Schmidt
   21. Alemnew F. Dagnew
   22. Nicole Frahm
   23. TBV02-E01 Study Group

   Reviewed by Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases

6. Spiperone targets HBV cccDNA via ER stress–induced innate immune activation and epigenetic silencing

   This article has 6 authors:

   1. Junghwa Jang
   2. Ziyun Kim
   3. Eunseo Kim
   4. Jisung Park
   5. Yu-Min Choi
   6. Bum-Joon Kim

   Reviewed by Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases

7. Development of the Susceptibility-Spectrum Discrepancy Index (S2DI): A novel metric for antimicrobial stewardship in hospitalised patients

   This article has 6 authors:

   1. Shinya Tsuzuki
   2. Ryuji Koizumi
   3. Yusuke Asai
   4. Yuuki Hashimoto
   5. Norihiko Inoue
   6. Norio Ohmagari

   Reviewed by Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases

8. Tracking cross-border transmission of Rwanda’s successful dominant rifampicin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis clone using genomic markers

   This article has 16 authors:

   1. Isabel Cuella-Martin
   2. Wim Mulders
   3. Jelle Keysers
   4. Francois Hakizayezu
   5. Hosee Niyompano
   6. Docteur Runyambo
   7. Willem Bram De Rijk
   8. Jody Phelan
   9. Yves Mucyo Habimana
   10. Patrick Migambi
   11. Michel Sawadogo
   12. Claude Mambo Muvunyi
   13. Bouke C. de Jong
   14. Jean Claude Semuto Ngabonziza
   15. Leen Rigouts
   16. Conor J. Meehan

   Reviewed by Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases, PREreview

9. Proteomic Screening Identifies HNRNPA2B1 as an Epigenetic Repressor of Epstein-Barr Virus Reactivation

   This article has 3 authors:

   1. Febri Gunawan Sugiokto
   2. Yuxin Liu
   3. Renfeng Li

   Reviewed by Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases

10. Legacy 4(1 H )-quinolone scaffolds activity against acute and chronic Toxoplasma gondii infection

    This article has 6 authors:

    1. Melissa A. Sleda
    2. Khaly Diagne
    3. Victoria M. Clifton
    4. Baihetiya Baierna
    5. Roman Manetsch
    6. Silvia NJ Moreno

    Reviewed by Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases