Medical Student - Infectious Disease News & Articles

1 Therapy for Hepatitis C Virus Infection Increases Survival of Patients With Pretreatment Anemia Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology , May 21, 2013    Clinical Article

2 Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Impact of Isolated Antibody to Hepatitis B Core Antigen and Occult Hepatitis B Virus Infection in HIV-1-Infected Pregnant Women Clinical Infectious Diseases, May 21, 2013    Clinical Article

3 Test-and-Treat in Los Angeles: A Mathematical Model of the Effects of Test-and-Treat for the Population of Men Who Have Sex With Men in Los Angeles County Clinical Infectious Diseases, May 21, 2013    Clinical Article

4 HLA-DP and IL28B Polymorphisms: Influence of Host Genome on Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Seroclearance in Chronic Hepatitis B Clinical Infectious Diseases, May 21, 2013    Review Article

5 Pharmacodynamics of Liposomal Amphotericin B and Flucytosine for Cryptococcal Meningoencephalitis: Safe and Effective Regimens for Immunocompromised Patients The Journal of Infectious Diseases, May 21, 2013    Clinical Article

6 Omega-3 fatty acid therapy reduces triglycerides and interleukin-6 in hypertriglyeridemic HIV patients HIV Medicine, May 21, 2013    Clinical Article

7 Atazanavir pharmacokinetics, efficacy and safety in pregnancy: a systematic review Antiviral Therapy , May 21, 2013    Clinical Article

8 T1-Weighted Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MR Evaluation of Different Stages of Neurocysticercosis and Its Relationship with Serum MMP-9 Expression American Journal of Neuroradiology, May 21, 2013    Clinical Article

9 Stavudine extended release (once-daily, Bristol-Myers Squibb) for the treatment of HIV/AIDS Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy, May 21, 2013    Clinical Article

10 Etravirine for the treatment of HIV/AIDS Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy, May 21, 2013    Clinical Article

11 Bayesian estimation of the effective reproduction number for pandemic influenza A H1N1 in Guangdong Province, China Annals of Epidemiology , May 21, 2013    Review Article

12 Erectile dysfunction, testosterone deficiency, and risk of coronary heart disease in a cohort of men living with HIV in Belgium The Journal of Sexual Medicine, May 21, 2013    Clinical Article

13 Shiga toxin 2 reduces complement inhibitor CD59 expression on human renal tubular epithelial and glomerular endothelial cells Infection and Immunity, May 21, 2013    Review Article

14 Polymorphism of the parasite lactate dehydrogenase gene from Plasmodium vivax Korean isolates Full Text Malaria Journal, May 21, 2013    Review Article

15 Characterizing PvARP, a novel Plasmodium vivax antigen Full Text Malaria Journal, May 21, 2013    Review Article

16 Diversity and function of bacterial microbiota in the mosquito holobiont Full Text Parasites & Vectors, May 21, 2013    Review Article

17 Comparison of the standard WHO susceptibility tests and the CDC bottle bioassay for the determination of insecticide susceptibility in malaria vectors and their correlation with biochemical and molecular biology assays in Benin, West Africa Full Text Parasites & Vectors, May 21, 2013    Review Article

18 Effect of Aedes aegypti exposure to spatial repellent chemicals on BG-SentinelTM trap catches Full Text Parasites & Vectors, May 21, 2013    Review Article

19 Prevalence of intestinal protozoa in communities along the Lake Victoria region of Uganda International Journal of Infectious Diseases, May 21, 2013    Review Article

20 Malignant diseases and mortality in blood donors infected with human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 in Israel International Journal of Infectious Diseases, May 21, 2013    Review Article

1 Risks and Benefits Associated With Antibiotic Use for Acute Respiratory Infections: A Cohort Study Annals of Family Medicine, March 22, 2013    Free full text

2 Perceived seriousness of seasonal and A(H1N1) influenzas, attitudes toward vaccination, and vaccine uptake among U.S. adults: Does the source of information matter Preventive Medicine, September 17, 2010

3 Continuous versus intermittent infusions of antibiotics for the treatment of severe acute infections Cochrane Reviews, March 29, 2013    Review Article

4 Attributable mortality of ventilator-associated pneumonia: a meta-analysis of individual patient data from randomised prevention studies The Lancet Infectious Diseases, April 26, 2013    Evidence Based Medicine

5 Prolonged university outbreak of meningococcal disease associated with a serogroup B strain rarely seen in the US Clinical Infectious Diseases, April 22, 2013    Review Article

6 A composite score combining procalcitonin, C-reactive protein and temperature has a high positive predictive value for the diagnosis of intensive care-acquired infections BMC Infectious Diseases, April 8, 2013    Free full text    Review Article

7 Clinical prediction model to aid emergency doctors managing febrile children at risk of serious bacterial infections: diagnostic study British Medical Journal, April 12, 2013

8 Whole-exome sequencing identifies Coronin-1A deficiency in 3 siblings with immunodeficiency and EBV-associated B-cell lymphoproliferation The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, March 28, 2013    Review Article

9 Shedding of HIV and human herpesviruses in the semen of effectively treated HIV-1 infected men who have sex with men Clinical Infectious Diseases, April 22, 2013

10 Chinese medicinal herbs for influenza Cochrane Reviews, April 11, 2013