Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases

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1. Population impact of new TB vaccines may depend on efficacy against infectious asymptomatic TB: a modelling study

   This article has 12 authors:

   1. Hira Tanvir
   2. Rebecca A Clark
   3. Tom Sumner
   4. Katherine C Horton
   5. Tomos O Prŷs-Jones
   6. Roel Bakker
   7. Kirankumar Rade
   8. Vidya Mave
   9. Mark Hatherill
   10. Gavin Churchyard
   11. Rein MGJ Houben
   12. Richard G White

   Reviewed by Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases

2. Evaluating the Cost-Effectiveness of Levofloxacin Therapy for Household Contacts of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Vietnam

   This article has 10 authors:

   1. Tasnim Hasan
   2. Nguyen Thu Anh
   3. Nguyen Hoa Binh
   4. Nguyen Nhung Viet
   5. H. Manisha Yapa
   6. Stephen M. Graham
   7. Ben Marais
   8. Guy B. Marks
   9. Thomas Lung
   10. Gregory J. Fox

   Reviewed by Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases

3. Pre-existing YFV-17D immunity mediates T cell cross-protection against DENV-2 infection

   This article has 5 authors:

   1. Prince Baffour Tonto
   2. Sebastian Gallon
   3. Reem Alatrash
   4. Wei-Kung Wang
   5. Bobby Brooke Herrera

   Reviewed by Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases, PREreview

4. Transient JAK/STAT inhibition by ruxolitinib modulates malaria-specific CD4 ⁺ T cell responses and enhances recall immunity in volunteers experimentally infected with Plasmodium falciparum

   This article has 13 authors:

   1. Luzia Bukali
   2. Damian Oyong
   3. Fabian de Labastida Rivera
   4. Jessica Engel
   5. Rebecca Webster
   6. Fiona Amante
   7. Michael Leipold
   8. Gerlinde Obermoser
   9. Holden Maecker
   10. James S. McCarthy
   11. Bridget E Barber
   12. Michelle J. Boyle
   13. Christian R. Engwerda

   Reviewed by Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases

5. A novel broad-spectrum antibiotic targets multiple-drug-resistant bacteria with dual binding targets and no detectable resistance

   This article has 11 authors:

   1. Wenyan He
   2. Xueting Huan
   3. Yinchuan Li
   4. Qisen Deng
   5. Tao Chen
   6. Wen Xiao
   7. Yijun Chen
   8. Lingman Ma
   9. Nan Liu
   10. Zhuo Shang
   11. Zongqiang Wang

   Reviewed by Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases

6. Structure of a new capsid form and comparison with A-, B- and C-capsids clarify herpesvirus assembly

   This article has 7 authors:

   1. Alexander Stevens
   2. Saarang Kashyap
   3. Ethan Crofut
   4. Ana Lucia Alverez-Cabrera
   5. Jonathan Jih
   6. Yun-Tao Liu
   7. Z. Hong Zhou

   Reviewed by Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases

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

   This article has 16 authors:

   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

   Reviewed by Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases

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

   This article has 19 authors:

   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

   Reviewed by Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases

9. Excess HIV infections and costs associated with reductions in HIV prevention services in the United States: Projection using real-world data

   This article has 10 authors:

   1. Patrick S Sullivan
   2. Kristin M Wall
   3. Marta Juhasz
   4. Greg Millett
   5. Jeffrey Crowley
   6. Chris Beyrer
   7. Stephanie DuBose
   8. Kamaria Brisco
   9. Gordon Le
   10. Kenneth Mayer

   Reviewed by Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases, PREreview

10. The global demand and potential public health impact of oral antiviral treatment stockpile for influenza pandemics

    This article has 3 authors:

    1. Alvin X. Han
    2. Katina D. Hulme
    3. Colin A. Russell

    Reviewed by Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases