Respiratory syncytial virus is the second most common cause of infant mortality and a major
cause of morbidity and mortality in older adults (aged >60 years). Efforts to develop a …

Background Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the most common cause of acute lower
respiratory infection in young children. We previously estimated that in 2015, 33·1 million …

Background Pneumonia is the leading cause of death among children younger than 5 years.
In this study, we estimated causes of pneumonia in young African and Asian children, using …

… using the NucliSens EASYMAG system (bioMerieux, Marcy l’Etoile, France).We used reverse
… doi:10.1056/NEJMc2014960 7 Nordling L. ‘Our epidemic could exceed a million cases’ - …

Background: In sub-Saharan Africa, there is scanty data on the causes of neonatal sepsis
and antimicrobial resistance among common invasive pathogens that might guide policy and …

Background. Antibiotic exposure and specimen volume are known to affect pathogen detection
by culture. Here we assess their effects on bacterial pathogen detection by both culture …

Background Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a leading cause of pediatric death, with >99%
of mortality occurring in low- and lower middle-income countries. At least half of RSV-…

… After vortexing to elute samples, total nucleic acid for PCR was extracted using the EasyMAG
system (Biomerieux, Marcy L’Etoile, France).21 We ran PCR for 45 cycles using the US …

Background While sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) has long been recognized as a
leading preventable cause of infant mortality in high-income countries, little is known about the …

Mentoring is beneficial to mentors, mentees, and their institutions, especially in low-and
middle-income countries (LMICs), that are faced with complex disease burdens, skills shortages, …