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Human Norovirus Replication in Human Intestinal Enteroids as Model to Evaluate Virus Inactivation (Volume 24, Number 8—August 2018) Read Article69 - Asymptomatic and Human-to-Human Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in a 2-Family Cluster, Xuzhou, China (Volume 26, Number 7—July 2020) Read Article65 - Identifying and Interrupting Superspreading Events—Implications for Control of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (Volume 26, Number 6—June 2020) Read Article64 - Ceftriaxone-Resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Canada, 2017 (Volume 24, Number 2—February 2018) Read Article59 - Plasmid-Encoded Transferable mecB-Mediated Methicillin Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus (Volume 24, Number 2—February 2018) Read Article59 - Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Transmission (Volume 26, Number 2—February 2020) Read Article59 - Possible Bat Origin of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (Volume 26, Number 7—July 2020) Read Article57 - Rat Hepatitis E Virus as Cause of Persistent Hepatitis after Liver Transplant (Volume 24, Number 12—December 2018) Read Article57 - Estimating Risk for Death from Coronavirus Disease, China, January–February 2020 (Volume 26, Number 6—June 2020) Read Article57 - Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 RNA Detected in Blood Donations (Volume 26, Number 7—July 2020) Read Article54 - Potential Fifth Clade of Candida auris, Iran, 2018 (Volume 25, Number 9—September 2019) Read Article50 - Human Endophthalmitis Caused By Pseudorabies Virus Infection, China, 2017 (Volume 24, Number 6—June 2018) Read Article50 - Inactivation of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 by WHO-Recommended Hand Rub Formulations and Alcohols (Volume 26, Number 7—July 2020) Read Article49 - Major Threat to Malaria Control Programs by Plasmodium falciparum Lacking Histidine-Rich Protein 2, Eritrea (Volume 24, Number 3—March 2018) Read Article49 - Contact Tracing during Coronavirus Disease Outbreak, South Korea, 2020 (Volume 26, Number 10—October 2020) Read Article47 - Human Usutu Virus Infection with Atypical Neurologic Presentation, Montpellier, France, 2016 (Volume 24, Number 5—May 2018) Read Article45 - Infectious Dose of African Swine Fever Virus When Consumed Naturally in Liquid or Feed (Volume 25, Number 5—May 2019) Read Article44 - Community Responses during Early Phase of COVID-19 Epidemic, Hong Kong (Volume 26, Number 7—July 2020) Read Article43 - Fatal Invasive Aspergillosis and Coronavirus Disease in an Immunocompetent Patient (Volume 26, Number 7—July 2020) Read Article41 - Epidemiology of Recurrent Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease, China, 2008–2015 (Volume 24, Number 3—March 2018) Read Article40 - Endemic Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome, Vietnam (Volume 25, Number 5—May 2019) Read Article39 - Novel Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N6) Virus in the Netherlands, December 2017 (Volume 24, Number 4—April 2018) Read Article39 - Resurgence of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases in Venezuela as a Regional Public Health Threat in the Americas (Volume 25, Number 4—April 2019) Read Article39 - Nonpharmaceutical Measures for Pandemic Influenza in Nonhealthcare Settings—Personal Protective and Environmental Measures (Volume 26, Number 5—May 2020) Read Article38 - Cluster of Coronavirus Disease Associated with Fitness Dance Classes, South Korea (Volume 26, Number 8—August 2020) Read Article38 - Pathology and Pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2 Associated with Fatal Coronavirus Disease, United States (Volume 26, Number 9—September 2020) Read Article37 - Evaluating the Effectiveness of Social Distancing Interventions to Delay or Flatten the Epidemic Curve of Coronavirus Disease (Volume 26, Number 8—August 2020) Read Article
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Complexity of the Basic Reproduction Number (R0) (Volume 25, Number 1—January 2019) Read Article121 - Indirect Virus Transmission in Cluster of COVID-19 Cases, Wenzhou, China, 2020 (Volume 26, Number 6—June 2020) Read Article115 - Invasive Infections with Multidrug-Resistant Yeast Candida auris, Colombia (Volume 23, Number 1—January 2017) Read Article114 - Zika Virus RNA Replication and Persistence in Brain and Placental Tissue (Volume 23, Number 3—March 2017) Read Article106 - Transmission of Mycobacterium chimaera from Heater–Cooler Units during Cardiac Surgery despite an Ultraclean Air Ventilation System (Volume 22, Number 6—June 2016) Read Article106 - Early Growth and Neurologic Outcomes of Infants with Probable Congenital Zika Virus Syndrome (Volume 22, Number 11—November 2016) Read Article106 - Risk for Transportation of Coronavirus Disease from Wuhan to Other Cities in China (Volume 26, Number 5—May 2020) Read Article105 - Zika Virus Seroprevalence, French Polynesia, 2014–2015 (Volume 23, Number 4—April 2017) Read Article102 - 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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 from Patient with Coronavirus Disease, United States (Volume 26, Number 6—June 2020) Read Article89 - Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Viruses and Generation of Novel Reassortants, United States, 2014–2015 (Volume 22, Number 7—July 2016) Read Article89 - Lack of Durable Cross-Neutralizing Antibodies Against Zika Virus from Dengue Virus Infection (Volume 23, Number 5—May 2017) Read Article85 - Nanopore Sequencing as a Rapidly Deployable Ebola Outbreak Tool (Volume 22, Number 2—February 2016) Read Article85 - Feasibility of Using Convalescent Plasma Immunotherapy for MERS-CoV Infection, Saudi Arabia (Volume 22, Number 9—September 2016) Read Article84 - Variation in Aedes aegypti Mosquito Competence for Zika Virus Transmission (Volume 23, Number 4—April 2017) Read Article84 - MERS-CoV Antibody Responses 1 Year after Symptom Onset, South Korea, 2015 (Volume 23, Number 7—July 2017) Read Article84 - Human Infection with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H7N9) Virus, China (Volume 23, Number 8—August 2017) Read Article84 - Case-Fatality Risk Estimates for COVID-19 Calculated by Using a Lag Time for Fatality (Volume 26, Number 6—June 2020) Read Article81 - Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus and Discovery of a Recombinant Swine Enteric Coronavirus, Italy (Volume 22, Number 1—January 2016) Read Article81 - Expanding Distribution of Lethal Amphibian Fungus Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in Europe (Volume 22, Number 7—July 2016) Read Article81 - Candida auris in Healthcare Facilities, New York, USA, 2013–2017 (Volume 24, Number 10—October 2018) Read Article81 - Rhabdomyolysis as Potential Late Complication Associated with COVID-19 (Volume 26, Number 7—July 2020) Read Article81 - Coronavirus Disease Outbreak in Call Center, South Korea (Volume 26, Number 8—August 2020) Read Article79 - Molecular Characterization of African Swine Fever Virus, China, 2018 (Volume 24, Number 11—November 2018) Read Article77 - Infectious SARS-CoV-2 in Feces of Patient with Severe COVID-19 (Volume 26, Number 8—August 2020) Read Article76 - New Hepatitis E Virus Genotype in Bactrian Camels, Xinjiang, China, 2013 (Volume 22, Number 12—December 2016) Read Article76 - Changing Epidemiology of Human Brucellosis, China, 1955–2014 (Volume 23, Number 2—February 2017) Read Article
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