Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases

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1. Diagnostic accuracy of Chest X-Ray Computer Aided Detection software and blood biomarkers for detection of prevalent and incident tuberculosis in household contacts followed up for 5 years

   This article has 24 authors:

   1. Liana Macpherson
   2. Sandra V. Kik
   3. Matteo Quartagno
   4. Francisco Lakay
   5. Marche Jaftha
   6. Nombuso Yende
   7. Shireen Galant
   8. Saalikha Aziz
   9. Remy Daroowala
   10. Richard Court
   11. Arshad Taliep
   12. Keboile Serole
   13. Rene T. Goliath
   14. Nashreen Omar Davies
   15. Amanda Jackson
   16. Emily Douglass
   17. Bianca Sossen
   18. Sandra Mukasa
   19. Friedrich Thienemann
   20. Taeksun Song
   21. Morten Ruhwald
   22. Robert J. Wilkinson
   23. Anna K. Coussens
   24. Hanif Esmail

   Reviewed by Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases

2. Estimating the burden of mpox among MSM in South Africa

   This article has 3 authors:

   1. Ruth McCabe
   2. Leigh F Johnson
   3. Lilith K Whittles

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3. Lower Tuberculosis Incidence Among People with HIV Who Completed Isoniazid Preventive Therapy in Ukraine, a High-Burden Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Setting: A Retrospective Cohort Study

   This article has 11 authors:

   1. Olutomi Sodeke
   2. Sarita Shah
   3. Sherri Pals
   4. Serhii Riabokon
   5. Olena Samsonova
   6. Fadimatu Mishara
   7. Ivan Doan
   8. Larysa Hetman
   9. Ezra Barzilay
   10. Nataliya Podolchok
   11. Juliana da Silva

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4. RBD amplicon sequencing of wastewater reveals patterns of variant emergence and evolution

   This article has 13 authors:

   1. Xingwen Chen
   2. John Balliew
   3. Cici X. Bauer
   4. Jennifer Deegan
   5. Anna Gitter
   6. Blake M. Hanson
   7. Anthony W. Maresso
   8. Michael J. Tisza
   9. Catherine L. Troisi
   10. Janelle Rios
   11. Kristina D. Mena
   12. Eric Boerwinkle
   13. Fuqing Wu

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5. Validation of optimised methods for avian influenza virus isolation in specific pathogen-free embryonated fowls’ eggs

   This article has 9 authors:

   1. Scott M. Reid
   2. Vivien J. Coward
   3. Joe James
   4. Rowena D. E. Hansen
   5. Colin Birch
   6. Mayur Bakrania
   7. Sharon M. Brookes
   8. Ian H. Brown
   9. Ashley C. Banyard

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6. High-sensitivity detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA in tongue swab samples

   This article has 10 authors:

   1. Alaina M. Olson
   2. Rachel C. Wood
   3. Kris M. Weigel
   4. Alexander J. Yan
   5. Katherine A. Lochner
   6. Rane B. Dragovich
   7. Angelique K. Luabeya
   8. Paul Yager
   9. Mark Hatherill
   10. Gerard A. Cangelosi

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7. The title and authors for this article are not available from our external data provider yet:
   10.3386/w32785

8. Efficacy and Safety of Albendazole 400 mg for 30 Days in Adults Patients with Low Loa loa Microfilaremia: A Non-Inferiority Randomized Controlled Trial Compared to Ivermectin

   This article has 8 authors:

   1. Luccheri Ndong Akomezoghe
   2. Noé Patrick M’Bondoukwé
   3. Denise Patricia Mawili Mboumba
   4. Jacques Mari Ndong Ngomo
   5. Moutombi Ditombi Bridy Chesli
   6. Hadry Roger Sibi Matotou
   7. Valentin Migueba
   8. Marielle Karine Bouyou Akotet

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9. Therapeutic DNA Vaccine Targeting Mycobacterium tuberculosis Persisters Shortens Curative Tuberculosis Treatment

   This article has 24 authors:

   1. Styliani Karanika
   2. Tianyin Wang
   3. Addis Yilma
   4. Jennie Ruelas Castillo
   5. James T. Gordy
   6. Hannah Bailey
   7. Darla Quijada
   8. Kaitlyn Fessler
   9. Rokeya Tasneen
   10. Elisa M. Rouse Salcido
   11. Harley T. Harris
   12. Rowan E. Bates
   13. Heemee Ton
   14. Jacob Meza
   15. Yangchen Li
   16. Alannah D. Taylor
   17. Jean J. Zheng
   18. Jiaqi Zhang
   19. J David Peske
   20. Theodoros Karantanos
   21. Amanda R. Maxwell
   22. Eric Nuermberger
   23. Richard B. Markham
   24. Petros C. Karakousis

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10. Mapping and sequencing of cases from an ongoing outbreak of Clade Ib monkeypox virus in South Kivu, Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo between September 2023 to June 2024

    This article has 16 authors:

    1. Leandre Murhula Masirika
    2. Jean Claude Udahemuka
    3. Leonard Schuele
    4. David F. Nieuwenhuijse
    5. Pacifique Ndishimye
    6. Marjan Boter
    7. Justin Bengehya Mbiribindi
    8. Cris Kacita
    9. Trudie Lang
    10. Christian Gortázar
    11. Jean Pierre Musabyimana
    12. Saria Otani
    13. Frank M. Aarestrup
    14. Freddy Belesi Siangoli
    15. Bas B. Oude Munnink
    16. Marion Koopmans

    Reviewed by Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases