Patients infected with antifungal-resistant fungi often do not respond to therapy, substantially increasing mortality risk. Some fungi are inherently resistant to particular antifungals, underscoring the importance of rapid genus identification or, ide...
On Aug 13, 2024, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention declared mpox a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security in Africa. The following day, mpox was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by WHO.1 The trans...
On Aug 13, 2024, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention declared mpox a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security in Africa. The following day, mpox was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by WHO.1 The trans...
A two-phase polio vaccination campaign in Gaza began on Sept 1, 2024, and so far is exceeding expectations. Talha Burki reports.
A two-phase polio vaccination campaign in Gaza began on Sept 1, 2024, and so far is exceeding expectations. Talha Burki reports.
Our study shows the feasibility of real-time estimation of antibody kinetics before SARS-CoV-2 variant emergence. This estimation is valuable for understanding how specific combinations of SARS-CoV-2 exposures influence antibody kinetics and for examin...
The complex and ever-evolving immunity landscape associated with SARS-CoV-2, combined with immune evasion by omicron subvariants such as XBB, XBB 1.5, and BQ 1.1,1 is a substantial challenge in defining vaccine compositions and developing effective vac...
Mpox is a viral infection that causes acute disease in humans and can be fatal. On Aug 14, 2024, the WHO declared the ongoing mpox outbreak to be a global public health emergency. Shifting transmission patterns via sexual routes are a novel feature of ...
The escalating incidence of mpox in Africa has led the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention to declare its first-ever Public Health Emergency of Continental Security and prompted WHO to issue its highest global health alert—a Public Health...
Mosquito-borne viruses pose a substantial global threat, to which arboviruses are major contributors. Pathogens such as dengue virus, yellow fever virus, and Zika virus contributed to upwards of 59 million estimated infections in 2021,1 with other deng...
The findings of this study highlight the widespread burden posed by URIs and otitis media across all age groups and both sexes. There is a continued need for surveillance, prevention, and management to better understand and reduce the burden associated...
Post-COVID-19 condition (also known as long COVID)—the term that encapsulates the long-term health effects caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection—is a complex multisystemic chronic disease with profound consequences.1,2 Shortly after long COVID was first repor...
In a vaccinated population, people treated with molnupiravir for acute COVID-19 felt better, experienced fewer and less severe COVID-19 associated symptoms, accessed health care less often, and took less time off work at 6 months. However, the absolute...
Upper respiratory infections (URIs) are some of the most common infections and are caused by a variety of pathogens. Treatment for URIs is usually symptomatic only, if needed, unless a person also has a chronic respiratory condition, such as asthma, wh...
We read with interest the Correspondence by Concetta Castilletti and colleagues1 and the Editorial2 on the current Oropouche virus outbreak and imported cases in Europe. As of July 25, 2024, human-to-human transmission has not been identified, and alth...
On Aug 14, WHO declared the worsening mpox situation in Africa a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Esther Nakkazi reports.