Mechanical Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in the COVID-19 Pandemic Era: A Critical Challenge in the Intensive Care Units by Mircea Stoian, Adina Andone, Sergiu Rareș Bândilă, Danusia Onișor, Sergiu Ștefan Laszlo, Gabriela Lupu, Alina Danielescu, Dragoș-Florin Baba, Anca Meda Văsieșiu, Andrei Manea, Adina Stoian

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Optimising Xpert-Ultra and culture testing to reliably measure tuberculosis prevalence in the community: findings from surveys in Zambia and South Africa by Richard Hayes, Sarah Fidler, Sian Floyd, María Rupérez, Helen Ayles, Redwaan Vermaak, Kwame Shanaube, Albertus Schaap, Eveline Klinkenberg, Petra de Haas, Barry Kosloff, Thomas Gachie, Pete J Dodd, Chali Wapamesa, Michael J Burnett, Nico Kalisvaart, Tila Mainga, Linda Mureithi

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Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth in Various Specialties of Medical Practice (Literature Review and Expert Council Resolution) by V. T. Ivashkin, V. V. Fomin, O. N. Tkacheva, O. S. Medvedev, E. A. Poluektova, D. I. Abdulganieva, S. R. Abdulkhakov, O. P. Alexeeva, S. A. Alekseenko, D. N. Andreev, A. Yu. Baranovsky, M. S. Zharkova, O. Yu. Zolnikova, K. V. Ivashkin, I. L. Kliaritskaia, N. V. Korochanskaya, S. N. Mammaev, R. V. Maslennikov, R. G. Myazin, M. V. Perekalina, A. V. Povtoreyko, A. I. Ulyanin, M. V. Fadeeva, I. B. Khlynov, V. V. Tsukanov, O. S. Shifrin

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Do doctors in dispensing practices with a financial conflict of interest prescribe more expensive drugs? A cross-sectional analysis of English primary care prescribing data by Ben Goldacre, Carl Reynolds, Anna Powell-Smith, Alex J Walker, Tom A Yates, Richard Croker, Liam Smeeth

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Sustained immunogenicity of bivalent protein COVID-19 vaccine SCTV01C against antigen matched and mismatched variants by Guiqiang Wang, Kexin Zhao, Xiuli Zhao, Yimin Cui, Peng He, Tianzuo Zhang, Yanchao Wang, Rui Shi, Yanhua Li, Qian Wang, Yanping Ren, Zhisong Chen, Xuedan Zhao, Zekang Xie, Yufei Liang, Qingyun Tian, Jing Pan, Chao Zhang, Ying Han, Yuyang Dai, Siyang Ni, Yun Zhang, Xinjie Yang, Yongpan Fu, Dongfang Liu, Jing Li, Miaomiao Zhang, Zhongyu Hu, Liangzhi Xie

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Physical and molecular identification of fish and shrimp diseases in some farms of West Java, Banten and Jakarta, Indonesia by Adam Saba Anggara, Ida Ayu Mirah Meliana Dewi, Kismono Kudoasmoro, Putu Eka Sudaryatma, Putu Angga Wiradana

“… Infectious disease is a major challenge in fish and shrimp farming systems caused by microorganisms including bacteria, viruses and parasites. …”
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Recent advances in the role of high-salt diet in anti- and pro-cancer progression by Shiwei Tang, Juan Xu, Ping Wan, Ping Wan, Ping Wan, Shumen Jin, Ying Zhang, Ying Zhang, Linting Xun, Linting Xun, Jinli Wang, Jinli Wang, Mei Luo, Mei Luo, Wenjie Chen, Wenjie Chen, Zan Zuo, Zan Zuo, Zan Zuo, Hui Tang, Hui Tang, Jialong Qi, Jialong Qi, Jialong Qi, Jialong Qi, Jialong Qi

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Invited review: Improved control of Johne's disease in dairy cattle through advancements in diagnostics, testing, and management of young stock by Larissa Martins, Karin Orsel, Razieh Eshraghisamani, Jose Miguel Hernández-Agudelo, A. Caroline Pereira, Waseem Shaukat, Ad P. Koets, John P. Bannantine, Caroline Ritter, David F. Kelton, Richard J. Whittington, Maarten F. Weber, Antonio Facciuolo, Navneet K. Dhand, Karsten Donat, Susanne Eisenberg, Miguel A. Salgado, John P. Kastelic, Jeroen De Buck, Herman W. Barkema

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Spotted fever group rickettsiae in black rats, pets, and humans in Zungarococha community, A rural area in the surroundings of Iquitos, Peru by Cusi Ferradas, Guillermo Salvatierra, David Payahuanca, Winnie Contreras, Andrés M. López-Pérez, Therangika A. Hangawatte, Diana León, Bruno M. Ghersi, Ricardo Gamboa, Katia Manzanares Villanueva, Viviana Pinedo-Cancino, Risa Pesapane, Gabriela Salmón-Mulanovich, Andrés G. Lescano, Janet Foley

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Influence of Genetics, Immunity and the Microbiome on the Prognosis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD Prognosis Study): the protocol for a Copenhagen IBD Inception Cohort Study by Johan Burisch, Lene Terslev, Mikkel Østergaard, Annette Bøjer Jensen, Frank Krieger Jensen, Flemming Bendtsen, Charlotte Wiell, Mohamed Attauabi, Klaus Theede, Viktoria Fana, Hartwig Roman Siebner, Henrik S Thomsen, Jakob M Møller, Simon Francis Thomsen, Gorm Roager Madsen, Anne Vibeke Wewer, Rune Wilkens, Johan Ilvemark, Nora Vladimirova, Sanja Bay Hansen, Yousef Jesper Wirenfeldt Nielsen, Helene Andrea Sinclair Ingels, Trine Boysen, Jacob T Bjerrum, Christian Jakobsen, Maria Dorn-Rasmussen, Sabine Jansson, Yiqiu Yao, Ewa Anna Burian, Frederik Trier Møller, Kristina Bertl, Andreas Stavropoulos, Jakob B Seidelin

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An observational study evaluating the epidemiological and entomological impacts of piperonyl butoxide insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) compared to a combination of indoor residual s... by Banchamlak Tegegne, Delenasaw Yewhalaw, Emily R Hilton, Sarah Zohdy, Cecilia Flatley, Kelly M Davis, Amha Worku, Meshesha Balkew, Peter Mumba, Sheleme Chibsa, Jon Eric Tongren, Gudissa Assefa, Achamyelesh Sisay, Dawit Teshome, Mastewal Worku, Mulat Yimer, Melissa Yoshimizu, Isabel Swamidoss, Carla Mapp, Jimee Hwang, Wendy Inouye, Aklilu Seyoum, Dereje Dengela, Sarah M Burnett

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Micronutrient dose response (MiNDR) study among women of reproductive age and pregnant women in rural Bangladesh: study protocol for double-blind, randomised, controlled trials by Tahmeed Ahmed, Hasmot Ali, Michael Rosenblum, Daniel J Erchick, Towfida Jahan Siddiqua, Rezwanul Haque, Parul Christian, Sarah Baker, Eleonor Zavala, Kerry J Schulze, SM Tafsir Hasan, Khalid Bin Ahsan, Sulagna Bandyopadhyay, Hasan Mahmud Sujan, Md. Hafizur Rahman, Katherine K Stephenson, Ximing Ge, Ethan K Gough, Brooke Langevin, Lee Shu Fune Wu, Brian Dyer, Anjan Kumar Roy, Mohammad Jubair, Amena Al Nishan, Mathangi Gopalakrishnan, Klaus Kraemer

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STAGER checklist: Standardized testing and assessment guidelines for evaluating generative artificial intelligence reliability by Jinghong Chen, Lingxuan Zhu, Weiming Mou, Anqi Lin, Dongqiang Zeng, Chang Qi, Zaoqu Liu, Aimin Jiang, Bufu Tang, Wenjie Shi, Ulf D. Kahlert, Jianguo Zhou, Shipeng Guo, Xiaofan Lu, Xu Sun, Trunghieu Ngo, Zhongji Pu, Baolei Jia, Che Ok Jeon, Yongbin He, Haiyang Wu, Shuqin Gu, Wisit Cheungpasitporn, Haojie Huang, Weipu Mao, Shixiang Wang, Xin Chen, Loïc Cabannes, Gerald Sng Gui Ren, Iain S. Whitaker, Stephen Ali, Quan Cheng, Kai Miao, Shuofeng Yuan, Peng Luo

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Dynamic Challenges of Active Tuberculosis: Prevalence and Risk Factors of Co-Infection in Clinical and Microbiological Characteristics at King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah... by Mokhtar JA, Attallah DM, Jiman-Fatani AA, Al-Rabia MW, Alqarni MA, Saleh BH, Amboon MM, Altorki TA, Alkuwaity KK, Abujamel T, Kaki R, Albarakati TN, Daghistani H, Ismail MA, Alharbi O, Abu ITM, Alfadil A, Ibrahem K, Mufrrih M, Sait AM

“…Jawahir A Mokhtar,1– 3 Dalya M Attallah,2 Asif Ahmad Jiman-Fatani,1,2 Mohammed W Al-Rabia,1 Mona Abdulrahman Alqarni,1 Bandar Hasan Saleh,1,2 Maysaa Mohammed Amboon,4 Tarfa A Altorki,3,4 Khalil K Alkuwaity,3,4 Turki Abujamel,3,4 Reham Kaki,5,6 Taghreed Nassir Albarakati,7 Hussam Daghistani,8,9 Mazen A Ismail,10 Ohood Alharbi,11 Ibrahim Ismail Mohammed Abu,12 Abdelbagi Alfadil,1,13 Karem Ibrahem,1,2 Mohammed Mufrrih,4,14 Ahmad M Sait4,9 1Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; 2Department of Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia; 3Vaccines and Immunotherapy Unit, King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia; 4Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia; 5Department of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; 6Department of Infectious Disease & Infection Control and Environmental Health, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; 7Microbiology Unite in King Fahd General hospital Jeddah (KFHJ), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; 8Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University Jeddah, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia; 9Regenerative Medicine Unit, King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia; 10Department of Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia; 11Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia; 12Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jedda, 21589, Saudi Arabia; 13Centre of Research Excellence for Drug Research and Pharmaceutical Industries, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; 14Special Infectious Agents Unit BSL-3, King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaCorrespondence: Karem Ibrahem, Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. …”
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Multiple large language models versus experienced physicians in diagnosing challenging cases with gastrointestinal symptoms by Xintian Yang, Tongxin Li, Han Wang, Rongchun Zhang, Zhi Ni, Na Liu, Huihong Zhai, Jianghai Zhao, Fandong Meng, Zhongyin Zhou, Shanhong Tang, Limei Wang, Xiangping Wang, Hui Luo, Gui Ren, Linhui Zhang, Xiaoyu Kang, Jun Wang, Ning Bo, Xiaoning Yang, Weijie Xue, Xiaoyin Zhang, Ning Chen, Rui Guo, Baiwen Li, Yajun Li, Yaling Liu, Tiantian Zhang, Shuhui Liang, Yong Lv, Yongzhan Nie, Daiming Fan, Lina Zhao, Yanglin Pan

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Hepatitis D virus infection triggers CXCL9-11 upregulation in hepatocytes and liver infiltration of CXCR3+ CD4 T cells by Jan-Hendrik Bockmann, Lena Allweiss, Annika Volmari, David da Fonseca Araújo, Matin Kohsar, Anastasia Hyrina, Janine Kah, Zhijuan Song, Josolyn Chan, Katja Giersch, Tassilo Volz, Marc Lütgehetmann, Jeffrey J. Wallin, Dmitry Manuilov, Meghan M. Holdorf, Simon P. Fletcher, Ansgar W. Lohse, Antonio Bertoletti, Julian Schulze zur Wiesch, Maura Dandri

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Recombinant Marek’s disease virus expressing VP1 and VP2 proteins provides robust immune protection against chicken infectious anemia virus by Chengfei Ge, Hangqiong Lu, Jinze Han, Guorong Sun, Shihao Li, Xingge Lan, Yongzhen Liu, Mengmeng Yu, Xinyun Hu, Mingxue Hu, Xiaole Qi, Hongyu Cui, Yulu Duan, Suyan Wang, Yuntong Chen, Xiaomei Wang, Xiaomei Wang, Yanping Zhang, Yulong Gao, Changjun Liu

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Methicillin-Resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>: The Shifting Landscape in the United Arab Emirates by Syrine Boucherabine, Rania Nassar, Lobna Mohamed, Maya Habous, Anju Nabi, Riyaz Amirali Husain, Mubarak Alfaresi, Seema Oommen, Hamda Hassan Khansaheb, Mouza Al Sharhan, Handan Celiloglu, Mubarak Hussain Raja, Eman Abdelkarim, Nishi Ali, Salman Tausif, Victory Olowoyeye, Nelson Cruz Soares, Mahmood Hachim, Danesh Moradigaravand, Dean Everett, Elke Mueller, Stefan Monecke, Ralf Ehricht, Abiola Senok

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Application of compound lidocaine cream for preemptive analgesia in placement of stereotactic head frames for Gamma Knife treatment (复方利多卡因乳膏超前镇痛在伽玛刀治疗固定立体定位头架中的应用)... by WU XunXin (吴逊欣), LI Dongna (李冬娜), ZENG Dongyu (曾冬玉)

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Evaluation of the needs assessment process of the training courses for the staff of the general sports and youth departments by Shahin Hayati, Haleh Fazel, Lora Chapari

“…Based on the results of infectious disease control, education was the highest priority, while the implementation of health promotion programs had a relatively low priority. …”
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