NOTE: the CIDG editorial base closed permanently on Thurs 19 Dec 2024.
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Meet the CIDG team: Dr Rebecca Kuehn, Clinical Research Associate
In this ‘Meet the CIDG staff’ feature, we talk with Dr Rebecca Kuehn.
What's New! CIDG publications November 2022
During November 2022, the CIDG published one new protocol, one new review, and two updated reviews in Issue 11 2022 of the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Further details are below. New protocol
New review: Treatment of enteric fever (typhoid and paratyphoid fever) with cephalosporins
Cephalosporin antibiotics for the treatment of enteric fever (typhoid fever)Key messages• There may be no difference in the performance of ceftriaxone (a type of cephalosporin) compared with azithromycin, fluoroquinolones, or chloramphenicol (other antimicrobial medicines) for adults and children with enteric fever (typhoid fever).
CIDG end of year message 2022
As the end of 2022 approaches, the Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group (CIDG) editorial base in Liverpool conveys thanks to its readers, authors, referees, and Editors for their continued support to the CIDG’s work. In this 2022 newsletter, we reflect on the past 12 months, and consider the year ahead.
Review Update: Antibody tests for identification of current and past infection with SARS‐CoV‐2
What is the diagnostic accuracy of antibody tests for the detection of infection with the COVID‐19 virus?Background
Meet the CIDG team: Tilly Fox, Review Synthesis Delivery Specialist
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.
Review Update: Mosquito aquatic habitat modification and manipulation interventions to control malaria
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?
CIDG Editor Eleanor Ochodo-Opondo wins the 2022 Kenneth Warren Prize
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.
Updated CIDG Collection: diagnosing tuberculosis
(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)
What's New! CIDG publications October 2022
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