Background. Randomized trials assessing BCG vaccine protection against tuberculosis
have widely varying results, for reasons that are not well understood. Methods. We …

Leprosy continues to be a challenge to health worldwide, with about 250 000 new cases
being detected every year. Despite widespread implementation of effective multidrug …

The recent emergence and re-emergence of viral infections transmitted by vectors—Zika,
chikungunya, dengue, Japanese encephalitis, West Nile, yellow fever and others—is a …

Objective: To establish the incidence and aetiology of infectious intestinal disease in the
community and presenting to general practitioners. Comparison with incidence and …

The protective effect of BCG against tuberculosis (TB) estimated in randomized controlled
trials and observational studies ranges from negative to dose to a 100%. One of the many …

Objectives To estimate, overall and by organism, the incidence of infectious intestinal
disease (IID) in the community, presenting to general practice (GP) and reported to national …

Background Most of the effort directed at understanding the role infections have in
preventing allergy has focused on bacteria and viruses and their ability to divert the immune …

Background Comorbidities associated with systemic inflammation including cardiovascular
disease (CVD), stroke and diabetes mellitus (DM) are common among individuals with …

Despite pronounced reductions in the number of deaths due to infectious diseases over the
past six decades, infectious diseases are still a public health problem in Brazil. In this report …

Background. Several studies have shown an inverse association between helminth
infections and atopy, but none have clearly established that the pathogens themselves …