Gianluca Gessoni, Sara Valverde, Francesca Gessoni, Giovanni Roveroni, Lauretta Moro, Carla Rossi, Giulia de Fusco, Enza Coluccia, Gianni Tidore, Luca Collodel, Rosaria Piatti, Federica Mazzetto, Gabriella Mazzaro, Michela Pivetta, Cecilia Callari & Silvia da Ros·Asian Journal of Research in Infectious Diseases·2026
Background: Mortality risk among patients with severe COVID-19 is determined by interacting clinical, respiratory and systemic factors. This study evaluated whether routinely available respiratory and biomarker information could provide incremental prognostic information in a coh...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2026/v17i10595
Yaw Manu Boateng, Kwaku Gyamfi Oppong, Mustapha Bin Usman, Miriam Gborglah, Martha Masata Adeyiga, Marshall Asare Owusu, Yaa Gyaa Fynn, Paul Gyan, Richard Delali Agbeko Djochie & Felicia Oppong·Asian Journal of Research in Infectious Diseases·2026
Background: Antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence estimates in Ghana differ by setting and measurement method, and evidence from semi-rural municipal services using pill-count data remains limited. Objective: To estimate ART adherence and examine individual, psychosocial, treatm...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2026/v17i10596
Background: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major threat to global public health. Its emergence is fuelled by the inappropriate use of antimicrobials, self-medication, premature discontinuation of treatment, and the sharing of antibiotics. People’s knowledge, attitudes, and p...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2026/v17i10593
Zemane Guelilou, Konaté Issa, Gnamou Arouna, Ouedraogo Gafourou Arsène, Ouedraogo Dramane, Sanfo Salmata, Diallo Ismael, Kafando Lassané & Barry Boubacar·Asian Journal of Research in Infectious Diseases·2026
Introduction: Measles is a widespread exanthematous febrile illness caused by a paramyxovirus of the genus Morbillivirus. The reservoir is exclusively human, and transmission occurs between humans. It is one of the most contagious infectious diseases. In Burkina Faso, measles rem...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2026/v17i10594
Itiav Igber Wueseter, Otumala John Egbere, Adamu Ishaku Akyala, Ishaku Giwa Innocent, Abba Ogwuche Joseph, Affia Ubokobong Elija & Gowon Aondohemba Godwin·Asian Journal of Research in Infectious Diseases·2026
Background: Malaria remains an important cause of maternal and adverse pregnancy outcomes in Nigeria, with pregnant women particularly vulnerable to infection because of physiological and immunological changes during pregnancy. Socioeconomic deprivation may further increase this...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2026/v17i10592
Antimicrobial resistance complicates the selection of timely, effective, and appropriately narrow-spectrum antibiotic therapy. Clinical decision support systems can combine the suspected infection syndrome, illness severity, prior microbiology, recent antimicrobial exposure, loca...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2026/v17i10591
Dengue control is entering a period in which vaccination, direct-acting antiviral development and increasingly sophisticated diagnostics can no longer be evaluated as separate technical domains. Vaccine performance is shaped by baseline dengue serostatus, circulating serotype and...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2026/v17i10590
Background: Scrub typhus is an important infectious disease in India and can affect multiple organ systems. Although fever and eschar are useful clinical clues, they may be absent, leading to diagnostic challenges and potential delays in treatment. This case series was undertaken...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2026/v17i10589
Background: Buruli ulcer, caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, is the third most common mycobacterial infection in immunocompetent individuals and is endemic in West Africa. Lesions predominantly involve the limbs and are characteristically painless; head and neck involvement is rar...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2026/v17i10588