July 2021

Editorial Board
Published in issue: July 2021
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Reviews

Epidemiology and organ specific sequelae of post-acute COVID19: A narrative review
• Eleni Korompoki,
• Maria Gavriatopoulou,
• Rachel S Hicklen,
• ...
• Carin A Hagberg,
• Meletios A Dimopoulos,
• Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis
Published online: May 13, 2021
p1-16

Recent advances in meningococcal B disease prevention: real-world evidence from 4CMenB vaccination
• Federico Martinón-Torres,
• Angelika Banzhoff,
• Chiara Azzari,
• ...
• Mariagrazia Pizza,
• Rino Rappuoli,
• Rafik Bekkat-Berkani
Published online: April 29, 2021
p17-26
Open Access

Prevalence of aminoglycoside-induced hearing loss in drug-resistant tuberculosis patients: A systematic review
• Lauren K. Dillard,
• Ricardo X. Martinez,
• Lucero Lopez Perez,
• Amanda M. Fullerton,
• Shelly Chadha,
• Catherine M. McMahon
Published online: May 16, 2021
p27-36
Open Access

Original Articles

Bacteria and Bacterial Diseases


Genomic epidemiology of group B streptococci spanning 10 years in an Irish maternity hospital, 2008–2017
• Mary Meehan,
• Maeve Eogan,
• Naomi McCallion,
• ...
• Martin C.J. Maiden,
• Odile B. Harrison,
• Richard J. Drew
Published online: April 13, 2021
p37-45

Nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease and associated risk factors in China: A prospective surveillance study
• Yaoju Tan,
• Yunfeng Deng,
• Xiaofeng Yan,
• ...
• Liang Li,
• Qingge Li,
• Yu Pang
Published online: May 24, 2021
p46-53

TB-QUICK: CRISPR-Cas12b-assisted rapid and sensitive detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
• I Kuan Sam,
• Ying-ying Chen,
• Jun Ma,
• ...
• Jin Wang,
• Wei Sha,
• Ying Wang
Published online: May 02, 2021
p54-60

Apoptotic caspases suppress Mycobacterium bovis-induced IFN-β production in murine macrophage
• Yinjuan Song,
• Yuhui Dong,
• Yi Liao,
• Zhengmin Liang,
• Jiao Yao,
• Xiangmei Zhou
Published online: April 19, 2021
p61-68

Viruses and Viral Diseases


Recombinant GII.P16 genotype challenges RT-PCR-based typing in region A of norovirus genome
• Floriana Bonura,
• Noemi Urone,
• Celestino Bonura,
• ...
• Vito Martella,
• Giovanni M. Giammanco,
• Simona De Grazia
Published online: April 19, 2021
p69-75

Molecular surveillance of HIV-1 newly diagnosed infections in Shenzhen, China from 2011 to 2018
• Dong Zhang,
• Chenli Zheng,
• Hanping Li,
• ...
• Jingyun Li,
• Jin Zhao,
• Lin Li
Published online: April 28, 2021
p76-83
Open Access

Real-world SARS CoV-2 testing in Northern England during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic
• Hamzah Z. Farooq,
• Emma Davies,
• Benjamin Brown,
• ...
• Shazaad Ahmad,
• Malcolm Guiver,
• Nicholas Machin
Published online: April 20, 2021
p84-91
COVID-19 transmission in Hong Kong despite universal masking
• Mario Martín-Sánchez,
• Wey Wen Lim,
• Amy Yeung,
• ...
• Kwok-Yung Yuen,
• Gabriel M. Leung,
• Benjamin J. Cowling
Published online: April 21, 2021
p92-95

Genetic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in renal dialysis units – A high risk community-hospital interface
• Kathy K. Li,
• Y. Mun Woo,
• Oliver Stirrup,
• ...
• Emma C. Thomson,
• Patrick B. Mark
• The COVID-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) consortium
Published online: April 22, 2021
p96-103
Open Access

Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in university students: Cross-sectional study, December 2020, England
• Amoolya Vusirikala,
• Heather Whitaker,
• Samuel Jones,
• ...
• Shamez N Ladhani,
• Kevin E Brown,
• Gayatri Amirthalingam
Published online: April 28, 2021
p104-111

Fungi and fungal diseases


Fungal keratitis at a tertiary eye care in Northern Thailand: Etiology and prognostic factors for treatment outcomes
• Napaporn Tananuvat,
• Phit Upaphong,
• Chulaluck Tangmonkongvoragul,
• Muanploy Niparugs,
• Winai Chaidaroon,
• Monsicha Pongpom
Published online: May 23, 2021
p112-118

Letters to the Editor

Early observations on the impact of a healthcare worker COVID-19 vaccination programme at a major UK tertiary centre
• Mark I. Garvey,
• Martyn A C Wilkinson,
• Elisabeth Holden,
• ...
• Alastair Robertson,
• Alex Richter,
• Simon Ball
Published online: April 28, 2021
p119-145

The 501Y.V2 SARS-CoV-2 variant has an intermediate viral load between the 501Y.V1 and the historical variants in nasopharyngeal samples from newly diagnosed COVID-19 patients
• Elisa Teyssou,
• Cathia Soulie,
• Benoit Visseaux,
• ...
• Diane Descamps,
• Vincent Calvez,
• Anne Geneviève Marcelin
Published online: April 28, 2021
p119-145
Can we do better? A guide to pandemics – some Dos and Don'ts for the next one
• Julian W Tang,
• Kin On Kwok,
• Tze Ping Loh,
• Chun Kiat Lee,
• Jean-Michel Heraud,
• Stephanie J Dancer
Published online: April 21, 2021
p119-145

Risk stratification of cardiac sequelae detected using cardiac magnetic resonance in late convalescence at the six-month follow-up of recovered COVID-19 patients
• Hang Fu,
• Na Zhang,
• Yongli Zheng,
• ...
• Keke Hou,
• Xiaoyu Niu,
• Yingkun Guo
Published online: April 18, 2021
p119-145

A cross-sectional seroepidemiology study of seven major enteroviruses causing HFMD in Guangdong, China
• Fan Gao,
• Lian-lian Bian,
• Lei Chen,
• ...
• Shan-shan Yao,
• Xiao-ming Yang,
• Zheng-lun Liang
Published online: April 16, 2021
p119-145

Secondary bacterial infection in immunocompetent patients with refractory cryptococcal meningitis: A curse or a blessing?
• Yuheng Shan,
• Jiatang Zhang,
• Yuying Cen,
• Ruishu Tan,
• Jiahua Zhao
Published online: April 17, 2021
p119-145

Rapid spread and high impact of the variant of concern P.1 in the largest city of Brazil
• Gabriela Rodrigues Barbosa,
• Luiz Vinicius Leão Moreira,
• Alberto Fernando Oliveira Justo,
• ...
• Paola Cristina Resende,
• Marilda Mendonça Siqueira,
• Nancy Bellei
Published online: April 15, 2021
p119-145
Concerns about the clinical usefulness of saliva specimens for the diagnosis of COVID-19
• Masahiro Kodana,
• Yutaro Kitagawa,
• Rina Takahashi,
• ...
• Shigefumi Maesaki,
• Tetsuo Ikezono,
• Takuya Maeda
Published online: April 15, 2021
p119-145
First isolation of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis from cattle and swine in Xinjiang, China
• Yitao Li,
• Yaling Li,
• Chenyu Wang,
• ...
• Peidong Li,
• Yayin Qi,
• Chencheng Xiao
Published online: April 15, 2021
p119-145
Asymptomatic COVID-19 cases among older patients despite BNT162b2 vaccination: A case series in a geriatric rehabilitation ward during an outbreak
• Cristiano Donadio,
• Antonio Rainone,
• Adéline Gouronnec,
• Joël Belmin,
• Carmelo Lafuente –Lafuente
Published online: April 11, 2021
p119-145

Effect of varying storage conditions on diagnostic test outcomes of SARS-CoV-2
• Satoshi Oguri,
• Shinichi Fujisawa,
• Keisuke Kamada,
• ...
• Yoichi Ohiro,
• Ayato Takada,
• Satoshi Konno
Published online: April 02, 2021
p119-145
Retrospective serosurveillance for anti-SARS-CoV-2 immunoglobulin during a time of low prevalence: A cautionary tale
• Paul William Bird,
• Christopher Holmes,
• Oliver Fletcher,
• Vinay Badhwar,
• Oliver Toovey,
• Julian Wei-Tze Tang
Published online: March 17, 2021
p119-145

First report of Autochthonous Furuncular Myiasis caused by Dermatobia Hominis in Europe.
• Lula Maria Nieto-Benito,
• Enrique Rodriguez-Lomba,
• Pablo Martin-Rabadan-Caballero,
• Ana Pulido Perez
Published online: February 05, 2021
p119-145

Letters to the Editor-Online only

Lateral flow antigen tests can sensitively detect live cultured virus of the SARS-CoV-2 B1.1.7 lineage
• Konstantina Kontogianni,
• Ana I. Cubas-Atienzar,
• Dominic Wooding,
• ...
• Jilian A. Sacks,
• Emily R. Adams,
• Thomas Edwards
Published online: May 29, 2021
e1-e4


The UK Leicester COVID-19 ‘exceedance’ May–July 2020: An analysis of hospitalised cases
• Julian W Tang,
• Paul W Bird,
• Christopher W Holmes,
• ...
• Christopher Moore,
• Patrick McClure,
• Matthew Loose
Published online: May 29, 2021
e5-e7

Effective screening strategy against SARS-CoV-2 on self-collected saliva samples in primary school setting: A pilot project
• Licia Bordi,
• Gabriella Parisi,
• Giuseppe Sberna,
• ...
• Maria Rosaria Capobianchi,
• Fabrizio D'Alba,
• Francesco Vaia
Published online: May 20, 2021
e8-e10

Secukinumab in severe COVID-19 pneumonia: Does it have a clinical impact?
• Md. Jahidul Hasan,
• Raihan Rabbani,
• Ahmad Mursel Anam,
• Shihan Mahmud Redwanul Huq
Published online: May 20, 2021
e11-e13


Mortality risk in patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 of the lineage B.1.1.7 in the UK
• Chia Siang Kow,
• Hamid A. Merchant,
• Syed Shahzad Hasan
Published online: May 13, 2021
e14-e15

COVID-19 mortality in Italy: The first wave was more severe and deadly, but only in Lombardy region
• Francesco Chirico,
• Gabriella Nucera,
• Lukasz Szarpak
Published online: May 13, 2021
e16


Effectiveness of BNT162b2 vaccine against the B.1.1.7 variant of SARS-CoV-2 among healthcare workers in Brescia, Italy.
• E. Sansone,
• M. Tiraboschi,
• E. Sala,
• ...
• M. Lombardo,
• F. Castelli,
• G. De Palma
Published online: May 06, 2021
e17-e18

Development of a multiplex RT-qPCR using the drop out strategy to screen the SARS-CoV-2 South African 501Y.V2 variant
• François Maclot,
• Sébastien Bontems,
• Cécile Meex,
• ...
• Vincent Bours,
• Keith Durkin,
• Marie-Pierre Hayette
Published online: May 03, 2021
e19-e21

Gastrointestinal manifestations are associated with severe pediatric COVID-19: A study in tertiary hospital
• Camila Sanson Yoshino de Paula,
• Giovanna Gavros Palandri,
• Taiane Siraisi Fonseca,
• ...
• Clovis Artur Almeida Silva,
• Heloisa Helena de Sousa Marques
• Pediatric COVID HC-FMUSP Study Group
Published online: April 29, 2021
e22-e25

Household clustering of SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern B.1.1.7 (VOC-202012–01) in England
• Dimple Y. Chudasama,
• Joe Flannagan,
• Simon M. Collin,
• ...
• Katherine A. Twohig,
• Theresa Lamagni,
• Gavin Dabrera
Published online: April 29, 2021
e26-e28


Duration of culturable SARS-CoV-2 within different specimens among mild and severe COVID-19 patients: A longitudinal study
• Yae Jee Baek,
• Youn-Jung Lee,
• Jae Sun Yoon,
• ...
• Nam Su Ku,
• Joon-Sup Yeom,
• Jun Yong Choi
Published online: April 28, 2021
e29-e31

Differences between the waves in Northern Italy: How the characteristics and the outcome of COVID-19 infected patients admitted to the emergency room have changed
• Marco Bongiovanni,
• Rossana Arienti,
• Francesco Bini,
• Bruno Dino Bodini,
• Elisa Corbetta,
• Luigi Gianturco
Published online: April 28, 2021
e32-e33

Lower household transmission rates of SARS-CoV-2 from children compared to adults
• Lukas Galow,
• Luise Haag,
• Elisabeth Kahre,
• ...
• Christian Lück,
• Reinhard Berner,
• Jakob P. Armann
Published online: April 27, 2021
e34-e36


COVID-19 protective measures prevent the spread of respiratory and intestinal infectious diseases but not sexually transmitted and bloodborne diseases
• Shuilian Chen,
• Xixing Zhang,
• Yinzhu Zhou,
• Kewei Yang,
• Xin Lu
Published online: April 21, 2021
e37-e39