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Effect of restrictive direct-acting antiviral policies for chronic hepatitis C on all-cause mortality in people co-infected with HIV

Restrictive direct-acting antiviral policies may decrease overall survival in patients co-infected with HIV and hepatitis C virus

Burden of congenital cytomegalovirus in low-middle income countries

The prevalence of congenital CMV in Soweto, Johannesburg was 2.5%, much higher than the global estimate of 0.64%. This seems to be partly due to the increased susceptibility for cCMV in HIV-exposed neonates and CMV co-infection may also lead to an increased risk of in utero HIV infection.

Effect of prior dengue virus infection on symptomatic Zika virus infection in children

Prior or recent dengue virus infection may protect children from symptomatic, but not asymptomatic, Zika virus infections

Annual cases of enterovirus D68 in France, 2018

Between August and November 2018 there were 54 cases of enterovirus D68 in France, with the majority of typed viruses belonged to clade D1