Background and Aim: Decisions on public health issues are dependent on reliable
epidemiological data. A comprehensive review of the literature was used to gather country‐specific …

The healthy lung has previously been considered to be a sterile organ because standard
microbiological culture techniques consistently yield negative results. However, culture-…

Analysis of the specificity and kinetics of neutralizing antibodies (nAbs) elicited by SARS-CoV-2
infection is crucial for understanding immune protection and identifying targets for …

Background The level of evidence for HIV transmission risk through condomless sex in
serodifferent gay couples with the HIV-positive partner taking virally suppressive antiretroviral …

Chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD) is the major limitation of long-term survival after
lung transplantation. Chronic lung allograft dysfunction manifests as bronchiolitis obliterans …

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) induces chronic infection in 50% to 80% of
infected persons; approximately 50% of these do not respond to therapy. We performed a …

… e One patient discontinued because of use of a prohibited medication and 1 patient was …
Dr Bernasconi reported that his institution has received fees for his participation in advisory …

… Active hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection was defined as positive HBV surface antigen or
HBV e antigen or HBV DNA. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection was defined as positive HCV …

Background Mortality among HIV ‐infected persons is decreasing, and causes of death are
changing. Classification of deaths is hampered because of low autopsy rates, frequent …

ContextAcquired immunodeficiency syndrome–related opportunistic illnesses (OIs)
continue to occur after initiation of potent antiretroviral therapy in patients with human …