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  • PulseNet International survey on the implementation of whole genome sequencing in low and middle-income countries for foodborne disease surveillance 
    Davedow, Taylor; Carleton, Heather; Kubota, Kristy; Palm, Daniel; Schroeder, Morgan; Gerner-Smidt, Peter; Al-Jardani, Amina; Chinen, Isabel; Kam, Kai Man; Smith, Anthony M.; Nadon, Celine (Mary Ann Liebert, 2022-05)
    PulseNet International (PNI) is a global network of 88 countries who work together through their regional and national public health laboratories to track foodborne disease around the world. The vision of PNI is to implement ...
  • Genital inflammatory status and the innate immune response to contraceptive initiation 
    Radzey, Nina; Harryparsad, Rushil; Meyer, Bahiah; Chen, Pai Lien; Gao, Xiaoming; Morrison, Charles; Taku, Ongeziwe; Williamson, Anna-Lise; Mehou-Loko, Celia; Lefebvre d’Hellencourt, Florence; Buck, Gregory; Smit, Jennifer; Strauss, Jerome; Nanda, Kavita; Ahmed, Khatija; Beksinska, Mags; Serrano, Myrna; Bailey, Veronique; Masson, Lindi; Deese, Jennifer (Wiley, 2022-08)
    PROBLEM : Data on the effects of contraceptives on female genital tract (FGT) immune mediators are inconsistent, possibly in part due to pre-existing conditions that influence immune mediator changes in response to ...
  • The importance of Escherichia coli clonal complex 10 and ST131 among Tanzanian patients on antimicrobial resistance surveillance programs 
    Seni, Jeremiah; Peirano, Gisele; Mshana, Stephen E.; Pitout, Johann D.D.; DeVinney, Rebekah (Springer, 2023)
    Please read abstract in the article.
  • Population-based epidemiology of Escherichia coli ST1193 causing blood stream infections in a centralized Canadian region 
    Peirano, Gisele; Matsumara, Yasufumi; Nobrega, Diego; DeVinney, Rebekah; Pitout, Johann D.D. (Springer, 2023)
    Please read abstract in the article.
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae ST147 : and then there were three carbapenemases 
    Mataseje, L.F.; Chen, L.; Peirano, Gisele; Fakharuddin, K.; Kreiswith, B.; Mulvey, M.; Pitout, Johann D.D. (Springer, 2022-12)
    Please read abstract in the article.
  • Sexually transmitted infection screening to prevent adverse birth and newborn outcomes: study protocol for a randomized‑controlled hybrid‑effectiveness trial 
    Medina‑Marino, Andrew; Cleary, Susan; Muzny, Christina A.; Taylor, Christopher; Tamhane, Ashutosh; Ngwepe, Phuti; Bezuidenhout, Charl; Facente, Shelley N.; Mlisana, Koleka; Peters, Remco P.H.; Klausner, Jeffrey D (BMC, 2022-05)
    BACKGROUND : Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) during pregnancy are associated with adverse birth outcomes, including preterm birth, low birth weight, perinatal death, and congenital infections such as increased ...
  • Genetic variation in the MBL2 gene is associated with Chlamydia trachomatis infection and host humoral response to Chlamydia trachomatis infection 
    Verweij, Stephan P.; Peters, Remco P.H.; Catsburg, Arnold; De Vries, Henry J.C.; Ouburg, Sander; Morre, Servaas A. (MDPI, 2022-08-18)
    This study aims to assess the potential association of MBL2 gene single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) to Chlamydia trachomatis infection. We analysed a selected sample of 492 DNA and serum specimens from Dutch Caucasian ...
  • Predicting the environmental suitability for onchocerciasis in Africa as an aid to elimination planning 
    Ahmadpour, Ehsan; Beshir Ahmed, Muktar; Akalu, Temesgen Yihunie; Al- Aly, Ziyad; Alanezi, Fahad Mashhour; Alanzi, Turki M.; Alipour, Vahid; Andrei, Catalina Liliana; Ansari, Fereshteh; Ansha, Mustafa Geleto; Anvari, Davood; Appiah, Seth Christopher Yaw; Arabloo, Jalal; Arnold, Benjamin F.; Ausloos, Marcel; Ayanore, Martin Amogre; Baig, Atif Amin; Banach, Maciej; Barac, Aleksandra; Barnighausen, Till Winfried; Bayati, Mohsen; Bhattacharyya, Krittika; Bhutta, Zulfiqar A.; Bibi, Sadia; Bijani, Ali; Bohlouli, Somayeh; Bohluli, Mahdi; Brady, Oliver J.; Bragazzi, Nicola Luigi; Butt, Zahid A.; Carvalho, Felix; Chatterjee, Souranshu; Chattu, Vijay Kumar; Chattu, Soosanna Kumary; Cormier, Natalie Maria; Dahlawi, Saad M.A.; Damiani, Giovanni; Daoud, Farah; Darwesh, Aso Mohammad; Daryani, Ahmad; Deribe, Kebede; Dharmaratne, Samath Dhamminda; Diaz, Daniel; Do, Hoa Thi; Zaki, Maysaa El Sayed; Tantawi, Maha El; Elemineh, Demelash Abewa; Faraj, Anwar; Harandi, Majid Fasihi; Fatahi, Yousef; Feigin, Valery L.; Fernandes, Eduarda; Foigt, Nataliya A.; Foroutan, Masoud; Franklin, Richard Charles; Gubari, Mohammed Ibrahim Mohialdeen; Guido, Davide; Guo, Yuming; Haj-Mirzaian, Arvin; Abdullah, Kanaan Hamagharib; Hamidi, Samer; Herteliu, Claudiu; De Hidru, Hagos Degefa; Higazi, Tarig B.; Hossain, Naznin; Hosseinzadeh, Mehdi; Househ, Mowafa; Ilesanmi, Olayinka Stephen; Ilic, Milena D.; Ilic, Irena M.; Iqbal, Usman; Irvani, Seyed Sina Naghibi; Jha, Ravi Prakash; Joukar, Farahnaz; Jozwiak, Jacek Jerzy; Kabir, Zubair; Kalankesh, Leila R.; Kalhor, Rohollah; Matin, Behzad Karami; Karimi, Salah Eddin; Kasaeian, Amir; Kavetskyy, Taras; Kayode, Gbenga A.; Karyani, Ali Kazemi; Kelbore, Abraham Getachew; Keramati, Maryam; Khalilov, Rovshan; Khan, Ejaz Ahmad; Khan, Md Nuruzzaman Nuruzzaman; Khatab, Khaled; Khater, Mona M.; Kianipour, Neda; Kibret, Kelemu Tilahun; Kim, Yun Jin; Kosen, Soewarta; Krohn, Kris J.; Kusuma, Dian; La Vecchia, Carlo; Lansingh, Charles; Lee, Paul H.; LeGrand, Kate E.; Li, Shanshan; Longbottom, Joshua; Abd El Razek, Hassan Magdy; Abd El Razek, Muhammed Magdy; Maleki, Afshin; Mamun, Abdullah A.; Manafi, Ali; Manafi, Navid; Mansournia, Mohammad Ali; Martins- Melo, Francisco Rogerlandio; Mazidi, Mohsen; McAlinden, Colm; Meharie, Birhanu Geta; Mendoza, Walter; Mengesha, Endalkachew Worku; Mengistu, Desalegn Tadese; Mereta, Seid Tiku; Mestrovic, Tomislav; Miller, Ted R.; Miri, Mohammad; Moghadaszadeh, Masoud; Mohammadian-Hafshejani, Abdollah; Mohammadpourhodki, Reza; Mohammed, Shafiu; Mohammed, Salahuddin; Moradi, Masoud; Moradzadeh, Rahmatollah; Moraga, Paula; Mosser, Jonathan F.; Naderi, Mehdi; Nagarajan, Ahamarshan Jayaraman; Naik, Gurudatta; Negoi, Ionut; Nguyen, Cuong Tat; Nguyen, Huong Lan Thi; Nguyen, Trang Huyen; Nikbakhsh, Rajan; Oancea, Bogdan; Olagunju, Tinuke O.; Olagunju, Andrew T.; Bali, Ahmed Omar; Onwujekwe, Obinna E.; Pana, Adrian; Pourjafar, Hadi; Rahim, Fakher; Rahman, Mohammad Hifz Ur; Rathi, Priya; Rawaf, Salman; Rawaf, David Laith; Rawassizadeh, Reza; Resnikoff, Serge; Reta, Melese Abate; Rezapour, Aziz; Rubagotti, Enrico; Rubino, Salvatore; Sadeghi, Ehsan; Saghafipour, Abedin; Sajadi, S. Mohammad (Public Library of Science, 2021-07-28)
    Recent evidence suggests that, in some foci, elimination of onchocerciasis from Africa may be feasible with mass drug administration (MDA) of ivermectin. To achieve continental elimination of transmission, mapping surveys ...
  • Southern African HIV Clinicians Society 2022 guideline for the management of sexually transmitted infections : moving towards best practice 
    Peters, Remco P.H.; Garret, Nigel; Chandiwana, Nomathemba; Kularatne, Ranmini; Brink, Adrian J.; Cohen, Karen; Cohen, Karen; Chidarikire, Thato; Wattrus, Camilla; Nel, Jeremy S.; Moosa, Mahomed Y.S.; Bekker, Linda‑Gail (AOSIS, 2022-09-27)
    Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are among the most common acute conditions worldwide with sub-Saharan Africa ranking among the regions with the highest burdens globally. Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW), people ...
  • Immunological non-inferiority of a new fully liquid presentation of the MenACWY-CRM vaccine to the licensed vaccine : results from a randomized, controlled, observer-blind study in adolescents and young adult 
    Diez Domingo, Javier; Tinoco, Juan Carlos; Poder, Airi; Dinleyici, Ener Cagri; Nell, Haylene; Salamanca de la Cueva, Ignacio; Ince, Tolga; Moreira, Edson Duarte Jr; Ahmed, Khatija; Luz, Kleber; Kovshirina, Yulia; Medina Pech, Carlos Eduardo; Akhund, Tauseefullah; Romolini, Valerio; Costantini, Marco; Mzolo, Thembile; Kunnel, Barry; Lechevin, Isabelle; Aggravi, Marianna; Tiberi, Paola; Narendran, K.; Garcia Martinez, Juan Antonio; Basile, Venere; Fragapane, Elena; Lattanz, Maria; Pellegrini, Michele (Taylor and Francis, 2022)
    A fully liquid MenACWY-CRM vaccine presentation has been developed, modifying the meningococcal serogroup A (MenA) component from lyophilized to liquid. The safety and immunogenicity of the liquid presentation at the end ...
  • Molecular epidemiological analysis of Mycoplasma genitalium shows low prevalence of azithromycin resistance and a well-established epidemic in South Africa 
    Laumen, Jolein G.E.; Van Alphen, Lieke B.; Maduna, Liteboho Daniel; Hoffman, Charlotte M.; Klausner, Jeffrey D; Medina‑Marino, Andrew; Kock, Marleen M.; Peters, Remco P.H. (BMJ Publishing Group, 2021-03)
    OBJECTIVES: Macrolide resistance in Mycoplasma genitalium is emerging globally. There is paucity of data from sub-Saharan Africa where syndromic management is used to treat sexually transmitted infections (STIs). We conducted ...
  • Single-dose azithromycin for genital lymphogranuloma venereum biovar Chlamydia trachomatis infection in HIV-infected women in South Africa : an observational study 
    Peters, Remco P.H.; Maduna, Liteboho Daniel; Kock, Marleen M.; McIntyre, James A.; Klausner, Jeffrey D; Medina‑Marino, Andrew (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2021-02)
    We conducted an observational study of lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) biovar Chlamydia trachomatis infection in HIV-infected women in South Africa. The LGV biovar was detected in vaginal specimens of 17 (20%) of 85 women ...
  • HLA diversity in Saudi population : high frequency of homozygous HLA alleles and haplotypes 
    Chentoufi, Aziz Alami; Uyar, F. Aytul; Chentouf, Hiba A.; Alzahrani, Khalid; Paz, Maria; Bahnassy, Ahmed; Elyamany, Ghaleb; Elghazaly, Assem (Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-06-09)
    Human leukocyte antigens (HLA) diversity has a tremendous impact on shaping the transplantation practices, transfusion-associated graft versus host disease prevention strategies, and host–pathogen interactions. Here, we ...
  • The ins and outs of susceptibility testing for new b-lactam/b-lactamase inhibitor combinations for gram-negative organisms 
    Dingle, Tanis; Pitout, Johann D.D. (Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2022-07)
    Ceftazidime-avibactam, meropenem-vaborbactam, and imipenem-relebactam are among the newest b-lactam/b-lactamase inhibitors (BL/BLIs) introduced to the North American antibiotic market. All have broad Gram-negative activity, ...
  • Antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Mycoplasma genitalium isolates from the private healthcare sector in South Africa : a pilot study 
    Maduna, Liteboho Daniel; Peters, Remco P.H.; Kingsburgh, C.; Strydom, K.A.; Kock, Marleen M. (SA MEDICAL ASSOC, 2021-10)
    BACKGROUND. Reports have emerged globally of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Mycoplasma genitalium infections. In South Africa (SA), there are substantial differences between private and public ...
  • Indicator-focussed technical assistance in South Africa’s HIV programme : a stepped-wedge evaluation 
    Jobson, Geoffrey; Railton, Jean.; Mutasa, Barry; Ranoto, Lucy; Maluleke, Christine; McIntyre, James; Struthers, Helen; Peters, Remco P.H. (AOSIS, 2021-06-15)
    BACKGROUND : There is a lack of research on technical assistance (TA) interventions in low- and middle-income countries. Variation in local contexts requires tailor-made approaches to TA that are structured and replicable ...
  • Population dynamics of Escherichia coli causing bloodstream infections over extended time periods 
    Pitout, Johann D.D. (American Society for Microbiology, 2021-12-22)
    Escherichia coli is a leading cause of community-acquired and health careassociated bloodstream infections (BSIs) worldwide. Limited information is available regarding the changes in population dynamics of human E. coli ...
  • Correlation between CT features of active tuberculosis and residual metabolic activity on end-of-treatment FDG PET/CT in patients treated for pulmonary tuberculosis 
    Lawal, Ismaheel Opeyemi; Mokoala, K.M.G. (Kgomotso); Mathebula, Matsontso; Moagi, Ingrid; Popoola, Gbenga O.; Moeketsi, Nontando; Nchabeleng, Maphoshane; Hikuam, Chris; Ellner, Jerrold J.; Hatherill, Mark; Fourie, Bernard; Sathekge, Mike Machaba (Frontiers Media SA, 2022-02-22)
    Patients who complete a standard course of anti-tuberculous treatment (ATT) for pulmonary tuberculosis and are declared cured according to the current standard of care commonly have residual metabolic activity (RMA) in ...
  • Potential mosquito vectors for Shuni Virus, South Africa, 2014-2018 
    Guarido, Milehna M.; Motlou, Thopisang; Riddin, Megan A.; MacIntyre, Caitlin; Manyana, Sontaga Cris; Johnson, Todd; Schrama, Maarten; Gorsich, Erin E.; Brooke, Basil D.; Almeida, Antonio Paulo Gouveia; Venter, Marietjie (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2021-12)
    Shuni virus is associated with neurologic and febrile illness in animals and humans. To determine potential vectors, we collected mosquitoes in South Africa and detected the virus in species of the genera Mansonia, Culex, ...
  • Evaluation of the rapid ResaPolymyxin Acinetobacter/Pseudomonas NP test for rapid colistin resistance detection in lactose non-fermenting Gram-negative bacteria 
    Jung, Hyunsul; Pitout, Johann D.D.; Mitton, Barend C.; Strydom, Kathy-Anne; Kingsburgh, Chanel; Coetzee, Jennifer; Ehlers, Marthie Magdaleen; Kock, Marleen M. (Microbiology Society, 2021-06)
    INTRODUCTION : Colistin is one of the last-resort antibiotics for treating multidrug-resistant (MDR) or extensively drug-resistant (XDR) lactose non-fermenting Gram-negative bacteria such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa and ...