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HSC Medicine, Dentistry and Healthcare Sciences Current Awareness Bulletins: Infectious Diseases

Infectious Diseases current awareness bulletin

Frequency: Bi-monthly

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July 2025

Aerosol emission and exposure in non-invasive ventilation

BCG revaccination for the prevention of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection

Bird flu and other assorted pestilences

Clinical presentation and epidemiological assessment of confirmed human mpox cases in DR Congo

Communication-based interventions to increase COVID-19 vaccine willingness and uptake

Differences in chest imaging between Omicron and non–Omicron coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients

Driving under viral impairment: linking acute SARS-CoV-2 infections to elevated car crash risks

Efficacy of baloxavir treatment in preventing transmission of influenza

Enhancing the response to avian influenza in the US and globally

Identification and validation of programmed cell death related biomarkers for the treatment and prevention COVID-19

Impact of nirsevimab on RSV and non‐RSV severe respiratory infections in hospitalized infants

Long COVID clinical evaluation, research and impact on society: a global expert consensus

Malaria (NEJM review)

Microbial laden mobile phones from international conference attendees pose potential risks to public health and biosecurity

Parasitic infection and treatment linked to cancer-related gene activity in the cervix

Persistent immune dysregulation and metabolic alterations following SARS-CoV-2 infection (preprint)

Measuring the fitted filtration efficiency of cloth masks, medical masks and respirators

Short and long-term trajectories of the post COVID-19 condition (EuCARE POSTCOVID)

Tecovirimat for clade I MPXV infection in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Treatment options to support the elimination of hepatitis C

Trends in incidence and epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia, six emerging infections program surveillance sites, 2005-2022

Sources

Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials (Apr); Annals of Medicine (Apr); BMC Infectious Diseases (Apr); BMJ Open (May); EurekAlert website (Apr); Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses (Apr); Infection, Disease & Health (May); Lancet, The (May); Lancet Regional Health – Americas, The (Apr); medRxiv (Apr); NEJM (Apr-May); Open Forum Infectious Diseases (May); PLOS Global Public Health (Apr); PLOS One (Apr); Protean Magazine (Apr); Scientific Reports (Apr)

May 2025

Antiretroviral drugs for treatment and prevention of HIV in adults: 2024 recommendations of the International Antiviral Society–USA Panel

Assessment and management of dengue (BMJ practice pointer)

Burden of RSV infections among young children in primary care: a prospective cohort study in five European countries (2021–23)

Capacitive biosensor for rapid detection of avian (H5N1) influenza and E. coli in aerosols

Cost-benefit analysis of far-UVC lamps for reducing indoor infection transmission in Switzerland and Germany

Discrepancies in neglected tropical diseases burden estimates in China: comparative study of real-world data and Global Burden of Disease 2021 data (2004-2020)

Epidemiological and clinical features of mpox during the clade Ib outbreak in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo: a prospective cohort study

Ethical and legal considerations in the care of children and young people with high consequence infectious diseases (HCIDs): an approach to decision making

Evidence of zero-risk transmission of HIV in the era of antiretroviral therapy

Evolving epidemiology of mpox in Africa in 2024

Highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) virus infections in humans

How to recognise and manage measles (BMJ practice pointer)

Human African trypanosomiasis

Identifying and mitigating the public health consequences of meta-ignorance about "Long COVID" risks

Incidence and prevalence of post-COVID-19 myalgic encephalomyelitis (RECOVER-Adult)

Large-scale computational modelling of H5 influenza variants against HA1-neutralising antibodies

Low-dose yellow fever vaccine in adults in Africa

Pandemic monitoring with global aircraft-based wastewater surveillance networks

Psittacosis outbreak in Europe: a concern for public health

Seroprevalence of highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5) virus infections among bovine veterinary practitioners — United States, September 2024

Tuberculosis (Lancet review)

Unlocking the key to HPV prevention: exploring factors influencing HPV vaccination decisions among young people and their parents

Use of face shield as a COVID-19 safety protocol: a meta-analysis

Sources

ACS Sensors (Feb); BMJ, The (Feb-Mar); CDC website (Feb); Clinica Respiratory Journal, The (Mar); eBioMedicine (Apr); International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology (Mar); JAMA (Feb); Journal of General Internal Medicine (Jan); Lancet, The (Feb-Mar); Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, The (Mar); Lancet Respiratory Medicine, The (Feb); Nature Medicine (Jan); NEJM (Feb); Public Health (Jan-Apr)

March 2025

4 in 10 Minnesota COVID survivors report having at least 1 lingering symptom

            See also: Impact of Long COVID symptoms in Minnesota

Ask an expert: HIV in primary care (BMJ practice pointer)

Association between prenatal antibiotic exposure and adverse long-term health outcomes in children

Birth outcomes after pertussis and influenza diagnosed in pregnancy

The blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier as a potential entry site for the SARS-CoV-2 virus

Building a bridge between the mechanism of EBV reactivation and the treatment of EBV-associated cancers

Burden of infections in early life and risk of infections and systemic antibiotics use in childhood

Dynamic changes and trends of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies induced by infection and vaccination across multiple time points

HepB-CpG vs HepB-alum vaccine in people with HIV and prior vaccine nonresponse (BEe-HIVe)

Highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) virus infection in cats, South Korea, 2023

Immune damage in Long Covid

Incidence and prevalence of post-COVID-19 myalgic encephalomyelitis (RECOVER-Adult)

Interventions to reduce non‐prescription antimicrobial sales in community pharmacies (new Cochrane intervention review)

It won’t end with COVID: countering the next phase of American antivaccine activism 2025–29

Metabolic reprogramming in Epstein–Barr virus associated diseases

Modulation of cell cycle kinases by Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus

The “pandemic of abandonment”: navigating friendships five years into COVID-19

Pasteurisation temperatures effectively inactivate influenza A viruses in milk

Risk of invasive pneumococcal disease during pregnancy and postpartum and association with adverse maternal and foetal outcomes: a prospective cohort study, England, 2014-19

RSV-bacterial co-infection is associated with increased illness severity in hospitalized children

SARS-CoV-2 productively infects human hepatocytes and induces cell death

Severity and long-term mortality of COVID-19, influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus

Suspected and confirmed mpox cases in DR Congo: a retrospective analysis of national epidemiological and laboratory surveillance data, 2010–23

Systematic review of avian influenza virus infection and outcomes during pregnancy

Sources

BJOG (Feb); BMJ, The (Feb); CIDRAP website (Jan); Cochrane Library (Jan-Feb); Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jan); JAMA Internal Medicine (Jan); JAMA (Dec); JAMA Network Open (Jan); Journal of General Internal Medicine (Jan); Journal of Infection (Jan); Journal of Medical Virology (Jan-Feb); Lancet, The (Jan); Minnesota Department of Health website (Jan); Nature Communications (Jan); PLOS Global Public Health (Jan); Science (Jan); Sick Times website (Jan)

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