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1. Do community-level factors play a role in HIV self-testing uptake, linkage to services and HIV-related outcomes? A mixed methods study of community-led HIV self-testing in rural Zimbabwe

   This article has 11 authors:

   1. Mary K. Tumushime
   2. Nancy Ruhode
   3. Melissa Neuman
   4. Constancia Watadzaushe
   5. Miriam Mutseta
   6. Miriam Taegtmeyer
   7. Cheryl C. Johnson
   8. Karin Hatzold
   9. Elizabeth L. Corbett
   10. Frances M. Cowan
   11. Euphemia L. Sibanda

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2. Age and gender profiles of HIV infection burden and viraemia: novel metrics for HIV epidemic control in African populations with high antiretroviral therapy coverage

   This article has 20 authors:

   1. Andrea Brizzi
   2. Joseph Kagaayi
   3. Robert Ssekubugu
   4. Lucie Abeler-Dörner
   5. Alexandra Blenkinsop
   6. David Bonsall
   7. Larry W. Chang
   8. Christophe Fraser
   9. Ronald M. Galiwango
   10. Godfrey Kigozi
   11. Imogen Kyle
   12. Mélodie Monod
   13. Gertrude Nakigozi
   14. Fred Nalugoda
   15. Joseph G. Rosen
   16. Oliver Laeyendecker
   17. Thomas C. Quinn
   18. M. Kate Grabowski
   19. Steven J. Reynolds
   20. Oliver Ratmann

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3. Broadly inhibitory antibodies to severe malaria virulence proteins

   This article has 29 authors:

   1. Raphael A. Reyes
   2. Sai Sundar Rajan Raghavan
   3. Nicholas K. Hurlburt
   4. Viola Introini
   5. Sebastiaan Bol
   6. Ikhlaq Hussain Kana
   7. Rasmus W. Jensen
   8. Elizabeth Martinez-Scholze
   9. María Gestal-Mato
   10. Borja López-Gutiérrez
   11. Silvia Sanz
   12. Cristina Bancells
   13. Monica Lisa Fernández-Quintero
   14. Johannes R. Loeffler
   15. James Alexander Ferguson
   16. Wen-Hsin Lee
   17. Greg Michael Martin
   18. Thor G. Theander
   19. John P. A. Lusingu
   20. Daniel T. R. Minja
   21. Isaac Ssewanyana
   22. Margaret E. Feeney
   23. Bryan Greenhouse
   24. Andrew B. Ward
   25. Maria Bernabeu
   26. Marie Pancera
   27. Louise Turner
   28. Evelien M. Bunnik
   29. Thomas Lavstsen

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4. A new method using rapid Nanopore metagenomic cell-free DNA sequencing to diagnose bloodstream infections: a prospective observational study

   This article has 6 authors:

   1. Morten Eneberg Nielsen
   2. Kirstine Kobberøe Søgaard
   3. Søren Michael Karst
   4. Anne Lund Krarup
   5. Hans Linde Nielsen
   6. Mads Albertsen

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5. Development of a simple and highly sensitive virion concentration method to detect SARS-CoV-2 in saliva

   This article has 4 authors:

   1. Yasuko Yamazaki
   2. Uxía Alonso Alonso
   3. Remil L. Galay
   4. Wataru Yamazaki

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6. Current water contact and Schistosoma mansoni infection have distinct determinants: a data-driven population-based study in rural Uganda

   This article has 6 authors:

   1. Fabian Reitzug
   2. Narcis B. Kabatereine
   3. Anatol M. Byaruhanga
   4. Fred Besigye
   5. Betty Nabatte
   6. Goylette F. Chami

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7. Safety and immunogenicity of an inactivated recombinant Newcastle disease virus vaccine expressing SARS-CoV-2 spike: A randomised, comparator-controlled, phase 2 trial

   This article has 19 authors:

   1. Vu Dinh Thiem
   2. Dang Duc Anh
   3. Vu Hai Ha
   4. Nguyen Van Thom
   5. Tran Cong Thang
   6. Jose Mateus
   7. Juan Manuel Carreño
   8. Rama Raghunandan
   9. Nguyen Mai Huong
   10. Laina D. Mercer
   11. Jorge Flores
   12. E. Alexandar Escarrega
   13. Ariel Raskin
   14. Duong Huu Thai
   15. Le Van Be
   16. Alessandro Sette
   17. Bruce L. Innis
   18. Florian Krammer
   19. Daniela Weiskopf

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8. Baseline malaria infection status and RTS,S/AS01E malaria vaccine efficacy

   This article has 32 authors:

   1. Michal Juraska
   2. Angela M. Early
   3. Li Li
   4. Stephen F. Schaffner
   5. Marc Lievens
   6. Akanksha Khorgade
   7. Brian Simpkins
   8. Nima S. Hejazi
   9. David A. Benkeser
   10. Qi Wang
   11. Laina D. Mercer
   12. Samuel Adjei
   13. Tsiri Agbenyega
   14. Scott Anderson
   15. Daniel Ansong
   16. Dennis K. Bii
   17. Patrick B.Y. Buabeng
   18. Sean English
   19. Nicholas Fitzgerald
   20. Jonna Grimsby
   21. Simon K. Kariuki
   22. Kephas Otieno
   23. François Roman
   24. Aaron M. Samuels
   25. Nelli Westercamp
   26. Christian F. Ockenhouse
   27. Opokua Ofori-Anyinam
   28. Cynthia K. Lee
   29. Bronwyn L. MacInnis
   30. Dyann F. Wirth
   31. Peter B. Gilbert
   32. Daniel E. Neafsey

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9. Anthrax knowledge, perception, and preventive practices of livestock workers and household animal owners in Nigeria

   This article has 18 authors:

   1. Eniola Cadmus
   2. Hezekiah K. Adesokan
   3. Emmanuel J. Awosanya
   4. Paul M. Iziomo
   5. Victor O. Akinseye
   6. Mathias A. Besong
   7. Adeyemi O. Jolaoso
   8. Nma Bida Alhaji
   9. Okuonghae O. Pere-ere
   10. Ephraim Nwanga
   11. Terese G. Orum
   12. Ayokunle O. Omileye
   13. Adeola A. Adeleye
   14. Samuel Owoicho
   15. Olalekan J. Taiwo
   16. Rashid Ansumana
   17. Columba Vakuru
   18. Simeon I. Cadmus

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10. Day 3 parasitemia and Plasmodium falciparum Kelch 13 mutations among uncomplicated malaria patients treated with artemether-lumefantrine in Adjumani district, Uganda

    This article has 8 authors:

    1. Martin Kamilo Angwe
    2. Norah Mwebaza
    3. Sam Lubwama Nsobya
    4. Patrick Vudriko
    5. Savior Dralabu
    6. Denis Omali
    7. Maria Agnes Tumwebaze
    8. Moses Ocan

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