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The HIV-Exposed but Uninfected (HEU) Infant: How Can the Excess Morbidity and Mortality be Explained?

This project has expanded beyond the initial STIAS realm and is the outgrowth of an initiative developed between STIAS and the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies (PWIAS), associated with the University of British Columbia.

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Ecological super‐spreaders drive host–range oscillations: Omicron and risk space for emerging infectious disease

Boeger, Walter A., Daniel R. Brooks, Valeria Trivellone, Salvatore J. Agosta and Eric P. Hoberg. 2022. Ecological super‐spreaders drive host...

Daniel Brooks Daniel Brooks Salvatore Agosta Salvatore Agosta

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Addressing the Need for a Rapid Diagnostic for Childhood Tuberculosis

TB rates are at unprecedented high levels in sub Saharan Africa [2].

Nicole Sampson Nicole Sampson

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Infectious causes of human cancers: results and perspectives

During the past decades it became evident that at least 21% of the global cancer incidence is linked to viral, bacterial and parasitic infections.

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