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Original Research

Published on 09 Sep 2025

Disparities in the burden of tuberculosis associated with urbanization across 178 countries and territories: an observational study

in Infectious Diseases: Epidemiology and Prevention

Yaping Wang
Qiao Liu
Zhongdan Chen
Min Liu
Bin Chen
Yanlin Zhao
Jue Liu

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1658814

1,462 views

Review

Published on 05 Sep 2025

Invasive pneumococcal disease in the Gulf region: a narrative review of incidence, burden, and vaccine strategies

in Infectious Diseases: Epidemiology and Prevention

Eiman Mokaddas
Amina Khalfan Al-Jardani
Nermin Kamal Saeed
Sanjay Doiphode
Abiola Senok
Jean Joury
Mohamed Egaila

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1589366

2,501 views

Original Research

Published on 05 Sep 2025

Pandemic preparedness and response: a survey among experts from high- and low-middle-income countries about the “100 Days Mission”

in Infectious Diseases: Epidemiology and Prevention

Vanessa Pencelli
Ralf Clemens
Mihai Alexandru Bica
Sue Ann Costa Clemens

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1617066

2,299 views

Original Research

Published on 05 Sep 2025

Prevalence and genotype assessment of HPV in 73,697 females from Beijing, China

in Infectious Diseases: Epidemiology and Prevention

Mingjian Bai
Yunxiang Li
Fucun Ma
Qian Gao
Zhiyong Lv
Yueming Xu
Jing Feng
Fengxian Fu
Guowei Liang

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1623627

1,577 views

Original Research

Published on 04 Sep 2025

Impact of multiple environmental factors on influenza–like illness in Fujian Province, China, 2015–2023: a multicity study

in Infectious Diseases: Epidemiology and Prevention

Xiaoyan Yao
Yanhua Zhang
Yuemei Hu
Enjun Cui
Fen Lin
Guangmin Chen
Jianfeng Xie
Yuwei Weng
Kuicheng Zheng

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1656880

1,695 views

Original Research

Published on 04 Sep 2025

The role of expanded close contact screening in the tuberculosis outbreak at a school in China

in Infectious Diseases: Epidemiology and Prevention

Liai Peng
Jinzhou Mei
Fangxiang Hu
Mingbin Xie
Zhenyang Liu
Yanfang Guo
Chongguang Yang
Yunxia Wang

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1655711

1,347 views

Original Research

Published on 04 Sep 2025

Trends in the disease burden of maternal sepsis and other maternal infections attributable to iron deficiency from 1990 to 2021 and its projection until 2050

in Infectious Diseases: Epidemiology and Prevention

Chunfeng Zhu
Zhiyuan Yang
Haiyun Yuan
Chunyan Yang

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1658505

2,110 views

Systematic Review

Published on 04 Sep 2025

It’s not just droplets: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the modes of transmission of Group A Streptococcus

in Infectious Diseases: Epidemiology and Prevention

Dylan D. Barth
Jessica Daw
Stephanie L. Enkel
Tracy McRae
Jonathan R. Carapetis
Rosemary Wyber
Asha C. Bowen
Mark E. Engel

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1630054

2,530 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 03 Sep 2025

Self-testing for 5 respiratory viruses in adult VACCELERATE volunteers in Germany—a pilot study on multi-pathogen rapid antigen testing to monitor community-acquired acute respiratory infections

in Infectious Diseases: Epidemiology and Prevention

Julia A. Nacov
Jon Salmanton-García
Sarah Grimm
Fiona A. Stewart
Louise M. Cremer
Lisa Marie Rochel
Erik Müller
Carolin Joisten
Christina Többen
Ben Mechtel

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1638280

3,656 views
1 citation

Editorial

Published on 03 Sep 2025

Editorial: Strategies for mitigating zoonotic influenza outbreaks: a comprehensive preparedness approach

in Infectious Diseases: Epidemiology and Prevention

Sneha Vishwanath
Hazel Stewart
Sankaran Sandhya

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1685224

1,212 views

Original Research

Published on 02 Sep 2025

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on number of deaths in Ghana: an application of ARIMA with intervention analysis

in Infectious Diseases: Epidemiology and Prevention

Christian Akrong Hesse
Emmanuel Dodzi Kpeglo
Dominic Buer Boyetey
Saralees Nadarajah

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1649498

1,588 views

Original Research

Published on 02 Sep 2025

Integrating hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus and human immunodeficiency virus screening for migrants from endemic countries into travel-related and sexual health care in Amsterdam, the Netherlands

in Infectious Diseases: Epidemiology and Prevention

Ellen Generaal
Yara Bachour
Sara Klijzing
Akke Cornelissen
Roel Toering
Elske Hoornenborg
Eline Op de Coul
Nora Hamdiui
Annemarie Meiberg
Evelien Siedenburg

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1636918

1,749 views

Original Research

Published on 02 Sep 2025

Improving the specimen referral system in Ghana: findings from a landscape assessment

in Infectious Diseases: Epidemiology and Prevention

Christopher Nkrumah
Paa Kobina Forson
Bernard Nkrumah
Richard Owusu
Mohammed Aminu Andrew Musah
Doreenda Enyonam Ahiataku
Gifty Boateng
Pearl Nanka-Bruce
Franklin Asiedu-Bekoe
Horlali Yao Gudjinu

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1645873

2,695 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 02 Sep 2025

Molecular epidemiological characteristics of pertussis in a pediatric hospital in Jinan City, China, 2022 to 2024

in Infectious Diseases: Epidemiology and Prevention

Miao Liu
Xiaoling Wei
Jing Sun
Yanqin Liu
Lu Cheng
Yuling Han
Xiang Ma

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1657953

2,554 views

Mini Review

Published on 01 Sep 2025

HIV response financing challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa: barriers to achieving the 95-95-95 UNAIDS targets

in Infectious Diseases: Epidemiology and Prevention

Benard W. Kulohoma
Colette A. Wesonga

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1658229

3,823 views
2 citations

Original Research

Published on 01 Sep 2025

Assessment of the ability of HPV vaccines to induce neutralizing antibodies based on pseudovirus-based neutralization assay

in Infectious Diseases: Epidemiology and Prevention

Zhihua Wu
Xuejie Li
Beibei Zhang

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1636491

2,178 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 01 Sep 2025

Successfully addressing non-compliance with behavioral and social infection control measures is a critical component in management of healthcare worker COVID-19 outbreaks: learning outcomes from the first staff outbreak in the main maternity hospital in Qatar

in Infectious Diseases: Epidemiology and Prevention

Hawabibee Mahir Petkar
Bonnie George
Eman Mostafa
Imelda Caseres-Chiuco
Mahmoud Mohamed
Andrew Jeremijenko
Peter Valentine Coyle
Hebah Atef Mohammad AlKhatib
Fatiha Benslimane
Meryem Bensaad

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1534421

1,794 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 01 Sep 2025

Analysis of the trends and predictions of tuberculosis burden in China from 1990 to 2021 based on the GBD database

in Infectious Diseases: Epidemiology and Prevention

Zhi-Qiang Lu
Shi-Cheng Feng
Min Feng
Jie Shen

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1626232

3,023 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 01 Sep 2025

Influenza: temporal trends in mortality, hospitalization, and vaccination in the older adults population aged 60 and more years, Brazil, 2000–2023

in Infectious Diseases: Epidemiology and Prevention

Erly Catarina Moura
Juan Jose Cortez-Escalante
Fabrício Vieira Cavalcante
Leonor Maria Pacheco Santos
Wallace Enrico Boaventura Gonçalves Dos Santos

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1615503

2,041 views

Original Research

Published on 01 Sep 2025

Epidemiological characteristics of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome and the relationship with meteorological factors in Jiangsu Province, China

in Infectious Diseases: Epidemiology and Prevention

Yuhao Tao
Wendong Liu
Yin Wang
Shuyi Liang
Xiaochen Wang
Zhifeng Li
Wenxin Gu
Xin Liu
Xinru Zeng
Changjun Bao

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1662670

2,134 views

Editorial

Published on 29 Aug 2025

Editorial: Global infectious disease surveillance technologies and data sharing protocols

in Infectious Diseases: Epidemiology and Prevention

Jie Huang
Zhiyan Ding
Jiaying Li

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1676987

3,070 views

Original Research

Published on 29 Aug 2025

Evaluating infection prevention and control programs in Zambian hospitals using the WHO infection prevention and control assessment framework tool

in Infectious Diseases: Epidemiology and Prevention

Steward Mudenda
Joseph Yamweka Chizimu
Linus Ndegwa
Maisa Kasanga
Ilunga Mutwale
Aubrey Chichonyi Kalungia
Evelyn Wesangula
Adriano Focus Lubanga
James C. L. Mwansa
Martha Mwaba

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1642119

2,964 views

Original Research

Published on 29 Aug 2025

Multicenter epidemiological distribution, pathogens, and drug-resistance characteristics of chronic osteomyelitis in Central China

in Infectious Diseases: Epidemiology and Prevention

Zemin Liu
Guochao Jin
Le Zhang
Ruqi Zhang
Dong Wang
Min Liu
Yan Li
Yonghong Zhang

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1654861

2,142 views

Brief Research Report

Published on 29 Aug 2025

The statistical illusion of a global HIV endgame: disparities in regional progress toward 95–95–95 targets

in Infectious Diseases: Epidemiology and Prevention

Shaoming Chen

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1602711

1,814 views

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Disparities in the burden of tuberculosis associated with urbanization across 178 countries and territories: an observational study

Invasive pneumococcal disease in the Gulf region: a narrative review of incidence, burden, and vaccine strategies

Pandemic preparedness and response: a survey among experts from high- and low-middle-income countries about the “100 Days Mission”

Prevalence and genotype assessment of HPV in 73,697 females from Beijing, China

Impact of multiple environmental factors on influenza–like illness in Fujian Province, China, 2015–2023: a multicity study

The role of expanded close contact screening in the tuberculosis outbreak at a school in China

Trends in the disease burden of maternal sepsis and other maternal infections attributable to iron deficiency from 1990 to 2021 and its projection until 2050

It’s not just droplets: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the modes of transmission of Group A Streptococcus

Self-testing for 5 respiratory viruses in adult VACCELERATE volunteers in Germany—a pilot study on multi-pathogen rapid antigen testing to monitor community-acquired acute respiratory infections

Editorial: Strategies for mitigating zoonotic influenza outbreaks: a comprehensive preparedness approach

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on number of deaths in Ghana: an application of ARIMA with intervention analysis

Integrating hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus and human immunodeficiency virus screening for migrants from endemic countries into travel-related and sexual health care in Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Improving the specimen referral system in Ghana: findings from a landscape assessment

Molecular epidemiological characteristics of pertussis in a pediatric hospital in Jinan City, China, 2022 to 2024

HIV response financing challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa: barriers to achieving the 95-95-95 UNAIDS targets

Assessment of the ability of HPV vaccines to induce neutralizing antibodies based on pseudovirus-based neutralization assay

Successfully addressing non-compliance with behavioral and social infection control measures is a critical component in management of healthcare worker COVID-19 outbreaks: learning outcomes from the first staff outbreak in the main maternity hospital in Qatar

Analysis of the trends and predictions of tuberculosis burden in China from 1990 to 2021 based on the GBD database

Influenza: temporal trends in mortality, hospitalization, and vaccination in the older adults population aged 60 and more years, Brazil, 2000–2023

Epidemiological characteristics of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome and the relationship with meteorological factors in Jiangsu Province, China

Editorial: Global infectious disease surveillance technologies and data sharing protocols

Evaluating infection prevention and control programs in Zambian hospitals using the WHO infection prevention and control assessment framework tool

Multicenter epidemiological distribution, pathogens, and drug-resistance characteristics of chronic osteomyelitis in Central China

The statistical illusion of a global HIV endgame: disparities in regional progress toward 95–95–95 targets