What is the diagnostic accuracy of antibody tests for the detection of infection with the COVID‐19 virus?Background

In this ‘Meet the CIDG staff’ feature we chat with Tilly Fox, who joined the CIDG editorial base as a Research Assistant in June 2021. In June 2022, Tilly was appointed CIDG Review Synthesis Delivery Specialist, responsible for guiding Cochrane Reviews through the production and publication cycle and providing support to review authors.

Which permanent and temporary changes to the water environments of immature mosquitoes work better to reduce malaria in people?Why is it important to reduce malaria in people?

Warm congratulations to Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group (CIDG) Editor Dr Eleanor Ochodo-Opondo, for winning Cochrane's prestigious 2022 Kenneth Warren Prize. This prize is awarded annually to a Cochrane Review author publishing on a health issue relevant to low-and middle-income countries (LMICs), which is of high methodological quality.

(First published on 20 March 2019; updated on 24 March 2020, 23 March 2021, 23 March 2022 on the Cochrane Library, and updated 7 November 2022 on the CIDG website)

During October 2022, the CIDG published one updated review, in Issue 10 2022 of the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Further details are below.Updated review 

Installing mosquito screening over house windows and closing the gaps in house eaves can help reduce infection with Plasmodium parasites and the number of people with anaemia in the household, according to an updated Cochrane Review published this week.

During September 2022, the CIDG published one new protocol, one new review, and two review updates in Issue 9, 2022 of the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.  New Protocol

Is the combination nirmatrelvir plus ritonavir effective for treating or preventing COVID‐19?Key messagesNirmatrelvir/ritonavir (Paxlovid®) is evaluated for the treatment of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19).

This year the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR) Journal Impact Factor is 12.008; this is an increase on the 2020 Journal Impact Factor which was 9.289. In addition, our (unofficial) CIDG impact factor is 34.275 (40 publications cited 1371 times). This is great news for the CIDG and justifies our strategy set some years ago to concentrate on only high-impact, timely reviews and updates.