Open Forum Infectious Diseases
Overview
Open Forum Infectious Diseases is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal that publishes high-quality research and clinical studies related to infectious diseases. It covers a wide range of topics including epidemiology, diagnostics, treatment, prevention, and public health. The journal aims to foster collaboration and knowledge exchange among researchers, clinicians, and public health professionals to advance the understanding and management of infectious diseases.
Details
Details
Abbr.
Open Forum Infect Dis
Start
2014
End
Continuing
e-ISSN
2328-8957
Country
United States
Language
English
Specialty
Infectious Diseases
Metrics
Metrics
h-index / Ranks: 5503
66
SJR / Ranks: 2290
1360
CiteScore / Ranks: 3428
6.40
JIF / Ranks: 2095
4.2
Recent Articles
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Etti M, Davies H, Amone A, Kyohere M, Tusubira V, Burt J, et al.
Open Forum Infect Dis
. 2025 Mar;
11(Suppl 3):S193-S199.
PMID: 40070700
Background: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality globally. The World Health Organization estimates that just 10.5% of individuals living with HBV globally are...
12.
Atuhaire P, Kyohere M, Tusubira V, Davies H, Musoke P, Sekikubo M, et al.
Open Forum Infect Dis
. 2025 Mar;
11(Suppl 3):S187-S192.
PMID: 40070699
Background: Low- and middle-income countries lack data on culture-confirmed sepsis in HIV-exposed infants, despite the reported heightened risk of infectious morbidity. This study describes culture-confirmed sepsis and antibiotic resistance patterns...
13.
Katungye R, Musooko M, Sekikubo M, Mutabazi T, Kyohere M, Tusubira V, et al.
Open Forum Infect Dis
. 2025 Mar;
11(Suppl 3):S200-S205.
PMID: 40070698
Background: Maternal primary cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is associated with abortion and congenital anomalies. In Uganda, the burden of maternal CMV infection is not well studied. This study thus assessed the...
14.
Hookham L, Tusubira V, Wamawobe A, Shelley D, Farley C, Portal E, et al.
Open Forum Infect Dis
. 2025 Mar;
11(Suppl 3):S165-S172.
PMID: 40070697
Background: Every year an estimated 2-3 million babies are stillborn, with a high burden in Africa. Infection is an important driver of stillbirth. There is a lack of data on...
15.
Sayeed M, Shalim E, Farman S, Farooqui F, Syed B, Ahmed I, et al.
Open Forum Infect Dis
. 2025 Mar;
12(3):ofaf072.
PMID: 40066088
Background: Each coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) wave is unique in its clinical presentation and outcome. In this study, we compared the clinical characteristics and outcomes of COVID waves 2-5 in...
16.
Campana F, Noel G, Rajabizadeh M, Harimanana A, Rafetrarivony L, Delvallez G, et al.
Open Forum Infect Dis
. 2025 Mar;
12(3):ofaf091.
PMID: 40066087
Background: Amidst a global resurgence of diphtheria cases with numerous outbreaks recorded worldwide since 2000, a better understanding of this vaccine-preventable disease's circulation is needed. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed sera...
17.
Hughes M, Rubis A, Acosta A, Aden V, Firmender P, Horn K, et al.
Open Forum Infect Dis
. 2025 Mar;
12(3):ofaf044.
PMID: 40059981
Fever is not considered a typical presentation of pertussis. We characterized fever among 7840 pertussis cases from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Enhanced Pertussis Surveillance with cough onset...
18.
Al Janabi J, El Noaimi M, Sunnerhagen T, Snygg-Martin U, Rasmussen M
Open Forum Infect Dis
. 2025 Mar;
12(3):ofaf085.
PMID: 40059980
Background: Infective endocarditis (IE) caused by non-HACEK gram-negative bacteria (nHGNB) is uncommon. In the 2023 Duke-ISCVID diagnostic criteria, and were added as "typical" pathogens. We examine the consequences of this...
19.
Blair N, Kopp A, Kubin C, Cotton J, Yin M, Scherer M
Open Forum Infect Dis
. 2025 Mar;
12(3):ofaf061.
PMID: 40059979
Invasive bacterial infections are frequent causes of hospitalization among people who use opioids. We evaluated the association between inpatient administration of medication for opioid use disorder with one-year all-cause mortality...
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Weber S, Manten K, Kleiber K, Ruby L, Grilli M, Tobian F, et al.
Open Forum Infect Dis
. 2025 Mar;
12(3):ofaf010.
PMID: 40059978
Clinical Trials Registration: PROSPERO (CRD42021283319).