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. 2025 Jul 1;8(7):e2519826.
doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.19826.

Incorporating Ethics in Clinical Guidelines in Infectious Diseases: A Scoping Review

Dafna Yahav  1 , Asma Nasim  2 , Neta Shirin  1 , Maddalena Armellini  3 , Chiara Zanchi  3 , Varol Tunali  4 , Massimo Mirandola  3 , Aleksandra Barac  5 , Luigia Scudeller  6 , Blin Nagavci  7   8 , José Ramón Paño-Pardo  9   10 , Jesús Rodríguez-Baño  10   11 , Euzebiusz Jamrozik  12   13 , Murat Akova  14 , Elda Righi  3   15
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Incorporating Ethics in Clinical Guidelines in Infectious Diseases: A Scoping Review

Dafna Yahav et al. JAMA Netw Open. .
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Plain language summary

This scoping review evaluates whether clinical practice guidelines in infectious disease include ethical considerations.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Yahav reported grant funding from Pfizer and Shionogi outside the submitted work. Dr Jamrozik reported grants from the Moh Foundation and University of Oxford during the conduct of the study; he reported grants from the Medical Research Future Fund from the Australian Government outside the submitted work; he reported consulting work on ethics policy issues for the World Health Organization. No other disclosures were reported.

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