Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases

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1. Malaria parasite resistance to azithromycin is not readily transmitted by mosquitoes

   This article has 7 authors:

   1. Hayley D. Buchanan
   2. Robyn McConville
   3. Lee M. Yeoh
   4. Michael F. Duffy
   5. Justin A. Boddey
   6. Geoffrey I. McFadden
   7. Christopher D. Goodman

   This article has been curated by 1 group:

   • Curated by eLife

     eLife assessment

     This important work addressed the identifcation of antimalarial drug resistance mutations that do not readily transmit to new human hosts, focusing on azithromycin resistance. The technically challenging analyses of azithromycin-resistant parasites as they traverse the mosquito host and human liver are conducted using state-of-the-art tools, including humanized mice. While the claim regarding the lack of transmission by atovaquone-resistant P. berghei is convincing, the evidence for the lack of transmission by atovaquone-resistant P. falciparum is insufficient. This work will appeal to biologists and biomedical scientists in parasitology and drug discovery, offering insights into combating antimalarial drug resistance and understanding the fitness costs associated with drug-resistant parasites.

   Reviewed by eLife, Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases

2. Blood transcriptomics analysis offers insights into variant-specific immune response to SARS-CoV-2

   This article has 10 authors:

   1. Markus Hoffmann
   2. Lina-Liv Willruth
   3. Alexander Dietrich
   4. Hye Kyung Lee
   5. Ludwig Knabl
   6. Nico Trummer
   7. Jan Baumbach
   8. Priscilla A. Furth
   9. Lothar Hennighausen
   10. Markus List

   Reviewed by Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases

3. The title and authors for this article are not available from our external data provider yet:
   10.2139/ssrn.4645056

4. Neuroinflammation in post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) as assessed by [ ¹¹ C]PBR28 PET correlates with vascular disease measures

   This article has 8 authors:

   1. Michael B. VanElzakker
   2. Hannah F. Bues
   3. Ludovica Brusaferri
   4. Minhae Kim
   5. Deena Saadi
   6. Eva-Maria Ratai
   7. Darin D. Dougherty
   8. Marco L. Loggia

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5. A “suicide” BCG strain provides enhanced immunogenicity and robust protection against Mycobacterium tuberculosis in macaques

   This article has 17 authors:

   1. Alexander A Smith
   2. Hongwei Su
   3. Joshua Wallach
   4. Yao Liu
   5. Pauline Maiello
   6. H Jacob Borish
   7. Caylin Winchell
   8. Andrew W Simonson
   9. Philana Ling Lin
   10. Mark Rodgers
   11. Daniel Fillmore
   12. Jennifer Sakal
   13. Kan Lin
   14. Valerie Vinette
   15. Dirk Schnappinger
   16. Sabine Ehrt
   17. JoAnne L. Flynn

   Reviewed by Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases

6. Effect of Informational Videos on Vaccine Perceptions Among Unvaccinated Individuals: A Randomized Control Trial

   This article has 6 authors:

   1. Seung-Keun Martinez
   2. Silvia Sonderegger
   3. Andy Brownback
   4. Guillermo Cruces
   5. Monika Pompeo
   6. Joanne R. Morling

   Reviewed by Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases

7. Protective non-neutralizing mAbs Ab94 and Ab81 retain high-affinity and potent Fc-mediated function against SARS-CoV-2 variants from Omicron to XBB1.5

   This article has 4 authors:

   1. Arman Izadi
   2. Magdalena Godzwon
   3. Mats Ohlin
   4. Pontus Nordenfelt

   Reviewed by Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases, PREreview

8. Characterizing the blood stage antimalarial activity of pyronaridine in healthy volunteers experimentally infected with Plasmodium falciparum

   This article has 13 authors:

   1. Bridget E. Barber
   2. Rebecca Webster
   3. Adam J. Potter
   4. Stacey Llewellyn
   5. Nischal Sahai
   6. Indika Leelasena
   7. Susan Mathison
   8. Karsten Kuritz
   9. Julia Flynn
   10. Stephan Chalon
   11. Anne Claire Marrast
   12. Nathalie Gobeau
   13. Joerg J. Moehrle

   Reviewed by Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases

9. Frequency and determinants of COVID-19 prevention behaviours: assessment of large-scale programmes in seven countries

   This article has 7 authors:

   1. Sarah Bick
   2. Sian White
   3. Astrid Hasund Thorseth
   4. Max N D Friedrich
   5. Ian Gavin
   6. Om Prasad Gautam
   7. Robert Dreibelbis

   Reviewed by Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases, PREreview

10. Population dynamics of HIV drug resistance during treatment scale-up in Uganda: a population-based longitudinal study

    This article has 19 authors:

    1. Michael A. Martin
    2. Steven James Reynolds
    3. Brian T. Foley
    4. Fred Nalugoda
    5. Thomas C. Quinn
    6. Steven A. Kemp
    7. Margaret Nakalanzi
    8. Edward Nelson Kankaka
    9. Godfrey Kigozi
    10. Robert Ssekubugu
    11. Ravindra K. Gupta
    12. Lucie Abeler-Dörner
    13. Joseph Kagaayi
    14. Oliver Ratmann
    15. Christophe Fraser
    16. Ronald Moses Galiwango
    17. David Bonsall
    18. M. Kate Grabowski
    19. the Rakai Health Sciences Program

    Reviewed by Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases