Objectives COVID-19 has been arguably the most important public health concern
worldwide in 2020, and efforts are now escalating to suppress or eliminate its spread. In this …

Background Maternal rectovaginal colonization with group B Streptococcus (GBS) is the
most common pathway for GBS disease in mother, fetus, and newborn. This article, the …

Background Toxoplasma gondii infection, if acquired as an acute infection during
pregnancy, can have substantial adverse effects on mothers, fetuses and newborns. Latent …

Background Ascariasis is one of the most important neglected tropical diseases of humans
worldwide. The epidemiology of Ascaris infection appears to have changed with …

Abstract Background Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a difficult to treat
infection, particularly in residents of elderly care centers (ECCs). Despite the substantial …

Group B streptococcus (GBS) or Streptococcus agalactiae is a β-hemolytic, Gram-positive
bacterium that is a leading cause of neonatal infections. GBS commonly colonizes the lower …

The most common dysbiosis of the vaginal microbiome (defined here as a vaginal
microbiome not dominated by lactobacilli) is bacterial vaginosis, an anaerobic polybacterial …

Objective To evaluate whether ethnicity is independently associated with vaginal microbiota
(VMB) composition in women living in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, as has been shown for …

Group B Streptococcus (GBS) colonizes the gastrointestinal and vaginal epithelium of a
significant percentage of healthy women, with potential for ascending intrauterine infection …

Background There are an estimated 2.6 million stillbirths each year, many of which are due
to infections, especially in low-and middle-income contexts. This paper, the eighth in a …