Melody Xiao

Journal article The Journal of infection · March 2025 BackgroundPneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) introduced in childhood national immunization programs lowered vaccine-type invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD), but replacement with non-vaccine-types persisted throughout the PCV10/13 follow-up pe ... Full text Cite

Global impact of 10-and 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccines on pneumococcal meningitis in all ages: The PSERENADE project

Journal article JOURNAL OF INFECTION · March 2025 Full text Link to item Cite

Case-area targeted interventions and free chlorine residual in household drinking water: An observational cohort study during a cholera outbreak in Northeast Nigeria.

Journal article PLoS neglected tropical diseases · January 2025 BackgroundCholera outbreaks are surging worldwide. Growing research supports case-area targeted interventions (CATIs), whereby teams provide a package of interventions to case and neighboring households, as an effective strategy in cholera outbrea ... Full text Cite

Case-area targeted interventions during a large-scale cholera epidemic: A prospective cohort study in Northeast Nigeria.

Journal article PLoS medicine · May 2024 BackgroundCholera outbreaks are on the rise globally, with conflict-affected settings particularly at risk. Case-area targeted interventions (CATIs), a strategy whereby teams provide a package of interventions to case and neighboring households wi ... Full text Cite

Yersinia pseudotuberculosis doxycycline tolerance strategies include modulating expression of genes involved in cell permeability and tRNA modifications.

Journal article PLoS pathogens · May 2022 Antibiotic tolerance is typically associated with a phenotypic change within a bacterial population, resulting in a transient decrease in antibiotic susceptibility that can contribute to treatment failure and recurrent infections. Although tolerant cells m ... Full text Cite