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Infectious Diseases
**ang-Mei Ye
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Open AccessA Cohort Study on Deficiency of ADA2 from China
Deficiency of adenosine deaminase 2 (DADA2), an autosomal recessive autoinflammatory disorder caused by biallelic loss-of-function variants in adenosine deaminase 2 (ADA2), has not been systemically investigat...
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Open AccessCost-effectiveness analysis of the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV
The number of HIV-positive pregnant women accounted for about 10% of China’s total over the past few years in Liangshan Prefecture, Sichuan province in China. Although cost-effectiveness of the PMTCT of HIV ha...
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Syphilis in HIV/AIDS Patients
Syphilis and HIV infection share the same high-risk groups and transmission ways, so coinfection is common. Syphilis enhances the risk of the transmission and acquisition of HIV. The natural history and clinic...
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Open AccessDetection of varicella-zoster virus from cerebrospinal fluid using advanced fragment analysis in a child with encephalitis: a case report
Varicella zoster virus (VZV) encephalitis is an infectious inflammatory disease of brain that can cause irreversible mental damage without timely treatment. In fact, many viruses can cause encephalitis, and th...
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Open AccessTPPA titer as a new adaptation for early diagnosis of congenital syphilis: a retrospective analysis of observation over three years in Yunnan, China
Early diagnosis of congenital syphilis (CS) is difficult. This study aimed to determine the serological response discipline of syphilis passive antibody (SPA) in infants born to mothers with syphilis and provi...
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Open AccessFactors associated with needle sharing among people who inject drugs in Yunnan, China: a combined network and regression analysis
Network analyses have been widely utilized to evaluate large datasets, but have not yet been used to explore factors associated with risk behaviours. In combination with traditional regression analysis, networ...
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Open AccessA practical community-based response strategy to interrupt Ebola transmission in sierra Leone, 2014–2015
The Ebola virus disease spread rapidly in West Africa in 2014, leading to the loss of thousands of lives. Community engagement was one of the key strategies to interrupt Ebola transmission, and practical commu...
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Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) is an infectious disease in the lungs that is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The bacteria spread primarily via the respiratory tract directly from the patients excreting the ba...
