Publications by authors named "G Rahav"
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- The herpes simplex viruses, HSV-1 and HSV-2, are common globally and currently have no definitive cure, prompting an analysis of their distinct characteristics based on various factors such as gender, age, and health conditions.
- A study was conducted using data from the Israeli Central Virology Laboratory between 2011 and 2018, where 9189 samples were diagnosed, alongside a detailed medical data extraction from 287 females with genital infections.
- Findings revealed that HSV-2 infections were more prevalent in females and that pregnancy is a significant risk factor for reactivation of HSV-2, with a higher incidence found in women diagnosed with HSV-2 compared to those with HSV-1.
The bacterial species () is a highly diverse pathogen containing more than 2600 distinct serovars, which can infect a wide range of animal and human hosts. Recent global emergence of multidrug resistant strains, from serovars Infantis and Muenchen is associated with acquisition of the epidemic megaplasmid, pESI that augments antimicrobial resistance and pathogenicity. One of the main pESI's virulence factors is the potent iron uptake system, yersiniabactin encoded by , and gene cluster.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Immunocompromised patients with impaired humoral immunity are at risk for persistent COVID-19 (pCOVID), a protracted symptomatic disease with active viral replication.
Objectives: To establish a national consensus statement on the diagnosis, treatment, management, isolation, and prevention of pCOVID in adults.
Sources: We base our suggestions on the available literature, our own experience, and clinical reasoning.
Introduction: Preexposure prophylaxis with monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) was developed in addition to COVID-19 vaccine for immunocompromised and those with insufficient immune response, among them patients with CLL. Omicron variant and its sublineages evolved mutations that escape mAbs neutralizing effect, yet the extent of which was not studied.
Methods: We evaluated anti-spike titers and neutralization activity of COVID-19 wild-type (WT), Delta, Omicron, BA.
Sink-traps are a major source for carbapenemase-producing transmission.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
March 2024
Objective: We studied the extent of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) sink contamination and transmission to patients in a nonoutbreak setting.
Methods: During 2017-2019, 592 patient-room sinks were sampled in 34 departments. Patient weekly rectal swab CPE surveillance was universally performed.