WHO reported that as of the end of June, 2024, the multicountry mpox outbreak had caused a total of 99 176 laboratory-confirmed cases.1 The WHO has proposed developing mpox control and elimination plans from 2024 to 2025 in the Strategic Framework for ...
WHO reported that as of the end of June, 2024, the multicountry mpox outbreak had caused a total of 99 176 laboratory-confirmed cases.1 The WHO has proposed developing mpox control and elimination plans from 2024 to 2025 in the Strategic Framework for ...
The SARS-CoV-2 JN.1 variant (BA.2.86.1.1), arising from BA.2.86.1 with spike protein (S) substitution S:L455S, outcompeted the previously predominant XBB lineages by the beginning of 2024.1 Subsequently, JN.1 subvariants including KP.2 (JN.1.11.1.2) an...
Mindy Nichols Wendell's book Light and air discusses important issues relating to tuberculosis, such as sanatoria, tuberculosis-associated stigma, and equity in tuberculosis care. In the book, Wendell, a noted author of historical fiction for young peo...
In their book The outbreak atlas, authors Rebecca Katz and Mackenzie S Moore, both affiliated to the Center for Global Health Science & Security, Washington DC, USA, sketch various aspects of disease outbreaks. They also portray fascinating case studie...
This study confirms the presence of ART-R in Tanzania, although artemether–lumefantrine and artesunate–amodiaquine showed high efficacy. A context-specific response strategy and vigilance to detect the reduced efficacy of current antimalarial treatment...
In The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Deus S Ishengoma and colleagues1 confirm Tanzania as the fourth African country—alongside Rwanda, Uganda, and Eritrea—to meet the WHO criteria for falciparum malaria with artemisinin partial resistance (ART-R). This f...
PfSPZ Vaccine was safe and well tolerated in adults in Mali. The 9 × 105 and 1·8 × 106 doses of PfSPZ Vaccine administered as per the 4-week schedule, which incorporated presumptive antimalarial treatment before the first vaccine dose, showed significa...
Pregnant women are among the most susceptible to malaria infection, especially in sub-Saharan Africa where more than 12 million pregnant women are at risk each year.1 Infection in pregnancy can lead to placental malaria, in which red blood cells seques...
vYF has a similar safety and immunogenicity profile to YF-VAX. In general, the vYF 5 Log CCID50 dose appeared to show optimal viraemia, safety, and immunogenicity, and was chosen for subsequent development.
In this issue of The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Kayvon Modjarrad and colleagues1 report on the safety and immunogenicity of a next-generation life-attenuated Vero cell line derived yellow fever vaccine, vYF-247. The prospect of a new yellow fever vacc...
Improving the cleaning and disinfection of shared medical equipment significantly reduced HAIs, underscoring the crucial role of cleaning in improving patient outcomes. Findings emphasise the need for dedicated approaches for cleaning shared equipment.
Antibiotic resistance is a persistent global health threat.1 Our ability to accurately assess changes in the overall burden of resistant pathogens, the effects of these changes on key clinical outcomes, and the effects of control interventions on antib...
Antibiotic resistance is a persistent global health threat.1 Our ability to accurately assess changes in the overall burden of resistant pathogens, the effects of these changes on key clinical outcomes, and the effects of control interventions on antib...
In their editorial, The Lancet Infectious Diseases editors highlight regarding the uptake of H5N1 influenza A testing on farms that: “Testing is largely voluntary, and uptake has been low, so the true extent of spread is unclear”.1 Farm owners have bee...
In their editorial, The Lancet Infectious Diseases editors highlight regarding the uptake of H5N1 influenza A testing on farms that: “Testing is largely voluntary, and uptake has been low, so the true extent of spread is unclear”.1 Farm owners have bee...