Clinical Infectious Diseases (CID) – Volume 61 Issue 7 October 1, 2015

Clinical Infectious Diseases (CID)
Volume 61 Issue 7 October 1, 2015
http://cid.oxfordjournals.org/content/current

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Study of Ebola Virus Disease Survivors in Guinea
Adnan I. Qureshi, Morad Chughtai, Tokpagnan Oscar Loua, Jean Pe Kolie, Hadja Fatou Sikhe Camara, Muhammad Fawad Ishfaq, Cheikh Tidane N’Dour, and Kezely Beavogui
Clin Infect Dis. (2015) 61 (7): 1035-1042 doi:10.1093/cid/civ453
This survey study is an effort to recognize symptoms experienced by Ebola virus disease survivors. Subjects reported symptoms including arthralgia, anorexia, and pain at various bodily sites and overall functional recovery

Editor’s choice: Mortality Associated With Seasonal and Pandemic Influenza Among Pregnant and Nonpregnant Women of Childbearing Age in a High-HIV-Prevalence Setting—South Africa, 1999–2009
Stefano Tempia, Sibongile Walaza, Adam L. Cohen, Claire von Mollendorf, Jocelyn Moyes, Johanna M. McAnerney, and Cheryl Cohen
Clin Infect Dis. (2015) 61 (7): 1063-1070 doi:10.1093/cid/civ448
Among South African women of childbearing age, the majority of seasonal influenza–associated deaths occurred among human immunodeficiency virus-infected individuals. Pregnant women experienced about a 3-fold increased risk of death associated with seasonal and A(H1N1)pdm09 influenza infection compared with nonpregnant women.