Infectious Disease Reports, Vol. 16, Pages 435-447: Estimating Partnership Duration among MSM in Belgium—A Modeling Study Infectious Disease Reports doi: 10.3390/idr16030032 Authors: Achilleas Tsoumanis Wim Vanden Berghe Niel Hens Christophe Van Dijck Mathematical modeling is widely used for describing infection transmission and evaluating interventions. The lack of reliable social parameters in the literature has been mentioned by many modeling studies, leading to limitations in the validity and interpretation of the results. Using data from the European MSM Internet survey 2017, we ..read more

Infectious Disease Reports, Vol. 16, Pages 423-434: Evaluating Hepatotoxicity: A Comparative Analysis of New Generation versus Historical Antiretroviral Agents Infectious Disease Reports doi: 10.3390/idr16030031 Authors: Abu-Awwad Abu-Awwad Suba Lazureanu Bolovan Rosca Turaiche Benea Hogea (1) Background: Since the advent of zidovudine in 1987, antiretroviral therapy has undergone significant evolution, marked by the introduction of 34 antiretroviral drugs and 24 fixed-dose combinations. Despite these advances, hepatotoxicity remains a formidable challenge, influencing morbidity, mortality, an ..read more

Infectious Disease Reports, Vol. 16, Pages 407-422: The Impact of Comorbidities among Ethnic Minorities on COVID-19 Severity and Mortality in Canada and the USA: A Scoping Review Infectious Disease Reports doi: 10.3390/idr16030030 Authors: Christina Mac Kylem Cheung Tala Alzoubi Can Atacan Hibah Sehar Shefali Liyanage Bara’ Abdallah AlShurman Zahid Ahmad Butt (1) Current literature on ethnic minorities, comorbidities, and COVID-19 tends to investigate these factors separately, leaving gaps in our understanding about their interactions. Our review seeks to identify a relationship between ethnic ..read more

Infectious Disease Reports, Vol. 16, Pages 380-406: Narrative Review Explaining the Role of HLA-A, -B, and -C Molecules in COVID-19 Disease in and around Africa Infectious Disease Reports doi: 10.3390/idr16020029 Authors: Lisa Naidoo Thilona Arumugam Veron Ramsuran The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has left a devasting effect on various regions globally. Africa has exceptionally high rates of other infectious diseases, such as tuberculosis (TB), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and malaria, and was not impacted by COVID-19 to the extent of other continents Globally, COVID-19 has cause ..read more

Infectious Disease Reports, Vol. 16, Pages 367-379: Global Measles Surveillance: Trends, Challenges, and Implications for Public Health Interventions Infectious Disease Reports doi: 10.3390/idr16020028 Authors: Francesco Branda Marta Giovanetti Chiara Romano Domenico Benvenuto Alessandra Ciccozzi Daria Sanna Massimo Ciccozzi Fabio Scarpa Measles, a highly contagious disease primarily affecting children, carries serious health risks, including complications and mortality. Vaccination remains the most effective preventive measure against measles transmission. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbate ..read more

Infectious Disease Reports, Vol. 16, Pages 317-355: Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections in Recipients of Bone Marrow Transplants: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Infectious Disease Reports doi: 10.3390/idr16020026 Authors: Matteo Riccò Salvatore Parisi Silvia Corrado Federico Marchesi Marco Bottazzoli Davide Gori Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is a common cause of respiratory tract infections. Usually associated with infants and children, an increasing amount of evidence suggests that RSV can cause substantial morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised individuals, includin ..read more

Infectious Disease Reports, Vol. 16, Pages 298-316: Current Progress and Future Perspectives in Contact and Releasing-Type Antimicrobial Coatings of Orthopaedic Implants: A Systematic Review Analysis Emanated from In Vitro and In Vivo Models Infectious Disease Reports doi: 10.3390/idr16020025 Authors: Angelos Kaspiris Elias Vasiliadis Evangelia Pantazaka Ioanna Lianou Dimitra Melissaridou Matthaios Savvidis Fotios Panagopoulos Georgios Tsalimas Michail Vavourakis Ioannis Kolovos Olga D. Savvidou Spiros G. Pneumaticos Background: Despite the expanding use of orthopedic devices and the applicati ..read more

Infectious Disease Reports, Vol. 16, Pages 281-288: A One Health Platform for Future Epidemic Preparedness Infectious Disease Reports doi: 10.3390/idr16020023 Authors: Francesco Branda Fabio Scarpa Nicola Petrosillo Massimo Ciccozzi Here, we introduce the EpiConnect Intelligence Platform (ECIP), a platform facilitating rapid, transparent data sharing and analysis to support researchers and public health officials in Europe, with a focus on Italy. ECIP provides reliable, concise, machine-readable data to aid in epidemiological understanding, standardize case characteristics, and estimate key pa ..read more

Infectious Disease Reports, Vol. 16, Pages 269-280: Whipple Disease Presenting as Isolated Transverse Myelitis with Permanent Neurological Damage in a Patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Case Report of a Difficult Diagnosis with a Literature Review Infectious Disease Reports doi: 10.3390/idr16020022 Authors: Carolina Saffioti Marta Nebiolo Roberta Caorsi Alessio Mesini Mariasavina Severino Giacomo Brisca Elio Castagnola Marco Gattorno We describe an atypical case of Whipple disease exclusively involving the spinal cord in an adolescent receiving immunosuppressive therapy for systemic ..read more

Infectious Disease Reports, Vol. 16, Pages 260-268: A Vulnerability Index to Assess the Risk of SARS-CoV-2-Related Hospitalization/Death: Urgent Need for An Update after Diffusion of Anti-COVID Vaccines Infectious Disease Reports doi: 10.3390/idr16020021 Authors: Francesco Lapi Ettore Marconi Alexander Domnich Iacopo Cricelli Alessandro Rossi Ignazio Grattagliano Giancarlo Icardi Claudio Cricelli There are algorithms to predict the risk of SARS-CoV-2-related complications. Given the spread of anti-COVID vaccination, which sensibly modified the burden of risk of the infection, these tools need ..read more