Impact of non-pharmacological interventions on the first wave of COVID-19 in Portugal 2020 by Dinis B. Loyens, Constantino Caetano, Carlos Matias-Dias

“…This research will help inform future pandemic decision-making and infectious disease modeling worldwide.…”
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Assessment of caries diagnostic threshold of DMFT, and ICDAS II in the estimation of caries prevalence rate in first permanent molars among students of College of Dentistry-Hawler... by Razawa Kareem Saeed, Mustafa Isa Omer, Neenor Nazar Hanna, Hallo Khals Ghafour

“… Background: Dental caries is a common chronic infectious disease resulting from tooth-adherent cariogenic bacteria primarily S. …”
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Modeling the role of healthcare access inequalities in epidemic outcomes by Oscar Patterson-Lomba, Muntaser Safan, Sherry Towers, Jay Taylor

“…Urban areas, with large and dense populations, offer conditions that favor the emergence and spread of certain infectious diseases. One common feature of urban populations is the existence of large socioeconomic inequalities which are often mirrored by disparities in access to healthcare. …”
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Study on Seroprevalence and Leptospiral Antibody Distribution Among Livestock Breeders and Farmers in Golestan Province by Malihe Naderi, Vahideh Hamidi Sofiani, Reza Hoseinpour, Amir Mohammad Alborzi, Seyed Amir Soltani

“…Conclusion Leptospirosis is a common disease among farmers, and in Golestan province, considering traditional farming methods, it is considered an important infectious disease. Therefore, health and safety measures should be expanded to control and prevent this disease. …”
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Evaluation of the performance of nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) in detection of chlamydia and gonorrhoea infection in vaginal specimens relative to patient infection stat... by Minttu M Rönn, Louise Mc Grath-Lone, Bethan Davies, Janet D Wilson, Helen Ward

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Psychological Safety in Saudi Arabian Healthcare: A Scoping Review by Yumna Ali, Roaya Alqurashi, Ahmed M. Asfahani, Mark Leonard, Catherine Elisa John, Yasuhiro Kotera

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Predicting the Number of COVID-19 Sufferers in Malang City Using the Backpropagation Neural Network with the Fletcher–Reeves Method by Syaiful Anam, Mochamad Hakim Akbar Assidiq Maulana, Noor Hidayat, Indah Yanti, Zuraidah Fitriah, Dwi Mifta Mahanani

“…COVID-19 is a type of an infectious disease that is caused by the new coronavirus. …”
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Immunogenic characteristics of <i>Avibacterium paragallinаrum</i> (serogroup B) isolates and strains by M. S. Firsova, V. A. Yevgrafova, A. V. Potekhin, R. V. Yashin, O. V. Pruntova, V. S. Russaleyev

“…Infectious disease of chickens caused by the bacterium Avibacterium paragallinarum remains one of the urgent problems of the poultry industry, as evidenced by numerous reports of recurrent infectious coryza outbreaks in chickens around the world. …”
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Autoimmune hepatitis under the COVID-19 veil: an analysis of the nature of potential associations by Chaojie Yu, Wenrui Wang, Qian Zhang, Zhenjing Jin

“…In recent years, the novel coronavirus infectious disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), has led to over 670 million infections and nearly 7 million deaths worldwide. …”
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Two-centers machine learning analysis for predicting acid-fast bacilli results in tuberculosis sputum tests by Jichong Zhu, Yong Zhao, Chengqian Huang, Chenxing Zhou, Shaofeng Wu, Tianyou Chen, Xinli Zhan

“…Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic respiratory infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, typically diagnosed through sputum smear microscopy for acid-fast bacilli (AFB) to assess the infectivity of TB. …”
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A Mathematical Model for the Growth Dynamics of Demand in the Fashion Industry within the Era of the COVID-19 Pandemic by John Awuah Addor, Anthony Joe Turkson, Douglas Yenwon Kparib

“…The basic reproductive number R0, which measures the transmission potential of an infectious disease, is extremely important in the study of epidemiology. …”
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A Five-Year Trend of Intestinal Parasite Prevalence among Students Attending Clinic at University of Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia by Adane Derso, Gizachew Yenealem, Ayenew Addisu

“…Intestinal parasitic infections are the cause of the highest worldwide infectious disease and the major public health problems in developing countries. …”
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A social ecological approach to identify the barriers and facilitators to COVID-19 vaccination acceptance: A scoping review. by Penny Lun, Jonathan Gao, Bernard Tang, Chou Chuen Yu, Khalid Abdul Jabbar, James Alvin Low, Pradeep Paul George

“…<h4>Background</h4>COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus that has caused substantial impact on population health, healthcare, and social and economic systems around the world. …”
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Perspectives from the 2nd International Post-Tuberculosis Symposium: mobilising advocacy and research for improved outcomes by B.W. Allwood, R. Nightingale, G. Agbota, S. Auld, G.P. Bisson, A. Byrne, R. Dunn, D. Evans, G. Hoddinott, G. Günther, Z. Islam, J.C. Johnston, G. Kalyatanda, C. Khosa, S. Marais, G. Makanda, O.M. Mashedi, J. Meghji, C. Mitnick, C. Mulder, E. Nkereuwem, O. Nkereuwem, O.B. Ozoh, A. Rachow, K. Romanowski, J.A. Seddon, I. Schoeman, F. Thienemann, N.F. Walker, D.T. Wademan, R. Wallis, M.M. van der Zalm

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Inhibition of NF-κB/IL-33/ST2 Axis Ameliorates Acute Bronchiolitis Induced by Respiratory Syncytial Virus by Liwen Zhang, Yu Wan, Liang Ma, Kaihong Xu, Baojin Cheng

“…Bronchiolitis is a common acute lower respiratory tract infectious disease in infants. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection is one of the main causes. …”
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Catastrophic Brain Aspergillosis after Liver Transplantation by Mohammadmahdi Abbasi, Shirin Shams Ardakani, Nasir Fakhar, Hamid Eshaghi, Hosein Alimadadi, Toktam Faghihi, Behdad Gharib, Meisam Sharifzadeh, Masoomeh Safaei

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The changing landscape of antimicrobial resistance and use in South Africa: The need for access to new antibiotics: A position paper by H Finlayson, V Chibabhai, P Jeena, S Kolman, W Lowman, T C Manzini, T Nana, J Nuttall, A Parker, P Skosana, V Ueckermann, A Wise

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Exceeding the limits of paediatric heat stress tolerance: the risk of losing a generation to climate inaction by Sulani Nyimbili, Anna Bershteyn, Alexander Azan, Oyinkansola O Babayode

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Improving vaccination uptake in pediatric Cochlear implant recipients by Lisa Jin, Paula Téllez, Ruth Chia, Daphne Lu, Neil K. Chadha, Julie Pauwels, Simon Dobson, Hazim Al Eid, Frederick K. Kozak

“…Abstract Background An Infectious Disease vaccine specialist joined our institution’s Cochlear Implant Team in 2010 in order to address the high percentage of non-compliance to immunization prior to surgery identified previously from an internal review. …”
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Multiscale modelling of hepatitis B virus at cell level of organization by Huguette Laure Wamba Makeng, Ivric Valaire Yatat-Djeumen, Bothwell Maregere, Rendani Netshikweta, Jean Jules Tewa, Winston Garira

“…Multiscale modelling is a promising quantitative approach for studying infectious disease dynamics. This approach garners attention from both individuals who model diseases and those who plan for public health because it has great potential to contribute in expanding the understanding necessary for managing, reducing, and potentially exterminating infectious diseases. …”
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