Geraldine Surman, Karla Hemming, Mary Jane Platt, Jackie Parkes et al.
Increasingly, more very-low-birthweight infants in the developed world are now expected to survive the neonatal period than was previously the case. There are concerns that there may be a related increase in the number of infants developing severe sensorimotor impairments. Pooled data from five regi...
Jie Liu, Paul F. Garcia Bardales, Kamrul Islam, Sheikh Jarju et al.
Abstract Background Quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) targeting ipaH has been proven to be highly efficient in detecting Shigella in clinical samples compared to culture-based methods, which underestimate Shigella burden by 2- to 3-fold. qPCR assays have also been developed for Shigella ...
Taufiqur Rahman Bhuiyan, Jie Liu, Jane Juma, Bri’Anna Horne et al.
Abstract Shigella is a leading cause of diarrhea and dysentery in children under 5 in low- resource settings and several vaccines are in development. Due to its fastidious nature, Shigella can be difficult to culture and eventual vaccine trials will need to optimize the isolation of Shigella to ensu...
Md Taufiqur Rahman Bhuiyan, Jie Liu, Jane Juma, Bri'Anna Horne et al.
ABSTRACT Shigella is a leading cause of diarrhea and dysentery in children younger than 5 years of age in low-resource settings, and several vaccines are in development. Due to its fastidious nature, Shigella can be difficult to culture, and eventual vaccine trials will need to optimize the isolatio...