Emergence of human babesiosis along the border of China with Myanmar: detection by PCR and confirmation by sequencing.

abstract：:We report the discovery and confirmation of 23 novel mutations with previously undocumented role in isoniazid (INH) drug resistance, in catalase-peroxidase (katG) gene of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) isolates. With these mutations, a synonymous mutation in fabG1 (g609a), and two canonical mutations, we were able t...

journal_title：Emerging microbes & infections

authors： Torres JN,Paul LV,Rodwell TC,Victor TC,Amallraja AM,Elghraoui A,Goodmanson AP,Ramirez-Busby SM,Chawla A,Zadorozhny V,Streicher EM,Sirgel FA,Catanzaro D,Rodrigues C,Gler MT,Crudu V,Catanzaro A,Valafar F

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although not previously known to cause human infections, Kocuria species have now emerged as human pathogens, mostly in compromised hosts with severe underlying disease. Recently, there has been an increasing incidence of different types of Kocuria infections reported, most likely due to the adoption of better identif...

journal_title：Emerging microbes & infections

authors： Purty S,Saranathan R,Prashanth K,Narayanan K,Asir J,Sheela Devi C,Kumar Amarnath S

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first imported case of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) in China recently occurred, allowing for the characterization of antibody titers in a series of the patient's sera using the following methods based on recombinant viral structural antigens: inactivated MERS coronavirus (MERS-CoV) enzyme-linked immunos...

journal_title：Emerging microbes & infections

authors： Wang W,Wang H,Deng Y,Song T,Lan J,Wu G,Ke C,Tan W

更新日期：2016-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Echinocandin resistance in Candida glabrata poses a serious clinical challenge. The underlying resistance mechanism of a pan-echinocandin-resistant C. glabrata isolate (strain L74) was investigated in this study. FKS mutants carrying specific mutations found in L74 were reconstructed by the Alt-R CRISPR-Cas9 system (F...

journal_title：Emerging microbes & infections

authors： Hou X,Healey KR,Shor E,Kordalewska M,Ortigosa CJ,Paderu P,Xiao M,Wang H,Zhao Y,Lin LY,Zhang YH,Li YZ,Xu YC,Perlin DS,Zhao Y

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular epidemiology of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) has been extensively studied in North America and Europe; however, limited data on CDI are available in the Asia-Pacific region. A multicentre retrospective study was conducted in this region. C. difficile isolates were subjected to multilocus sequence ty...

journal_title：Emerging microbes & infections

authors： Luo Y,Cheong E,Bian Q,Collins DA,Ye J,Shin JH,Yam WC,Takata T,Song X,Wang X,Kamboj M,Gottlieb T,Jiang J,Riley TV,Tang YW,Jin D

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The progressive anthropization of caves for food resources or economic purposes increases human exposure to pathogens that naturally infect cave-dwelling animals. The presence of wild or domestic animals in the immediate surroundings of caves also may contribute to increasing the risk of emergence of such pathogens. S...

journal_title：Emerging microbes & infections

authors： Obame-Nkoghe J,Leroy EM,Paupy C

更新日期：2017-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Accumulating evidence indicates that bacterial metabolism plays an important role in virulence. Acetyl phosphate (AcP), the high-energy intermediate of the phosphotransacetylase-acetate kinase pathway, is the major acetyl donor in E. coli. PhoP is an essential transcription factor for bacterial virulence. Here, we sho...

journal_title：Emerging microbes & infections

authors： Ren J,Sang Y,Qin R,Su Y,Cui Z,Mang Z,Li H,Lu S,Zhang J,Cheng S,Liu X,Li J,Lu J,Wu W,Zhao GP,Shao F,Yao YF

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxoplasmosis is one of the most common zoonotic diseases in the world. Felines excrete environmentally resistant Toxoplasma gondii oocysts. However, there is no direct evidence to prove tigers are the intermediate host of T. gondii. Here, we show that, IgG antibodies to T. gondii in 80% (8/10) of captive tigers. Two ...

journal_title：Emerging microbes & infections

authors： Yang Y,Dong H,Su R,Jiang N,Li T,Su C,Yuan Z,Zhang L

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted this study to describe the dynamics of the acquisition of respiratory pathogens, their potential interactions and risk factors for possible lower respiratory tract infection symptoms (LRTI) among French pilgrims during the 2018 Hajj. Each participant underwent four successive systematic nasopharyngeal swa...

journal_title：Emerging microbes & infections

authors： Hoang VT,Dao TL,Ly TDA,Belhouchat K,Chaht KL,Gaudart J,Mrenda BM,Drali T,Yezli S,Alotaibi B,Fournier PE,Raoult D,Parola P,de Santi VP,Gautret P

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis (TB) has been a persistent public health concern for hundreds of years. Despite advances in medicine and science, eliminating this disease has been beyond our reach. Several organizations, including the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Healt...

journal_title：Emerging microbes & infections

authors： Sizemore CF,Schleif AC,Bernstein JB,Heilman CA

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Outbreaks of avian influenza virus continue to pose threats to human health. Animal models such as the mouse, ferret, and macaque are used to understand the pathogenesis of avian influenza virus infection in humans. We previously reported that the tree shrew (Tupaia belangeri, family Tupaiidae), which is regarded as a...

journal_title：Emerging microbes & infections

authors： Li R,Yuan B,Xia X,Zhang S,Du Q,Yang C,Li N,Zhao J,Zhang Y,Zhang R,Feng Y,Jiao J,Peiris M,Zhong N,Mok CKP,Yang Z

更新日期：2018-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The recently emerged novel coronavirus, "severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2)", caused a highly contagious disease called coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The virus was first reported from Wuhan city in China in December, 2019, which in less than three months spread throughout the globe and...

journal_title：Emerging microbes & infections

authors： Lone SA,Ahmad A

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus has remained in a seasonal circulation since being recognized in 2009. Although it followed a mild course in most patients, in others it caused a series of severe clinical illnesses. Epidemiologic studies have implicated that host factors have a major influence on the disease severity of i...

journal_title：Emerging microbes & infections

authors： Li M,Chen Y,Chen T,Hu S,Chen L,Shen L,Li F,Yang J,Sun Y,Wang D,He L,Qin S,Shu Y

更新日期：2021-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human papillomaviruses (HPV) contribute to most cervical cancers and are considered to be sexually transmitted. However, papillomaviruses are often found in cancers of internal organs, including the stomach, raising the question as to how the viruses gain access to these sites. A possible connection between blood tran...

journal_title：Emerging microbes & infections

authors： Cladel NM,Jiang P,Li JJ,Peng X,Cooper TK,Majerciak V,Balogh KK,Meyer TJ,Brendle SA,Budgeon LR,Shearer DA,Munden R,Cam M,Vallur R,Christensen ND,Zheng ZM,Hu J

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unlike those infected by H5N1, birds infected by the newly discovered H7N9 virus have no observable clinical symptoms. Public health workers in China do not know where the public health threat lies. In this study, we used a distributed focused crawler to analyze online knowledge of the live bird trade in first-wave pr...

journal_title：Emerging microbes & infections

authors： Chen C,Lu S,Du P,Wang H,Yu W,Song H,Xu J

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In March 2013, a patient infected with a novel avian influenza A H7N9 virus was reported in China. Since then, there have been 458 confirmed infection cases and 177 deaths. The virus contains several human-adapted markers, indicating that H7N9 has pandemic potential. The outbreak of this new influenza virus highlighte...

journal_title：Emerging microbes & infections

authors： Leung HC,Chan CC,Poon VK,Zhao HJ,Cheung CY,Ng F,Huang JD,Zheng BJ

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serology detection is recognized for its sensitivity in convalescent patients with COVID-19, in comparison with nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs). This article aimed to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of serologic methods for COVID-19 based on assay design and post-symptom-onset intervals. Two authors independ...

journal_title：Emerging microbes & infections

authors： Wang H,Ai J,Loeffelholz MJ,Tang YW,Zhang W

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Norovirus (NoV) is now recognized as a leading cause of nonbacterial acute gastroenteritis; however, the NoV GII.17 genotype has rarely been reported as the predominant genotype in clinical diarrhea cases. During the winter of 2014–2015, the GII.17 genotype, together with the NoV GII.4 genotype, dominated in sporadic ...

journal_title：Emerging microbes & infections

authors： Chen H,Qian F,Xu J,Chan M,Shen Z,Zai S,Shan M,Cai J,Zhang W,He J,Liu Y,Zhang J,Yuan Z,Zhu Z,Hu Y

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel equine parvovirus, equine parvovirus-hepatitis (EqPV-H), was first discovered in a horse that died of equine serum hepatitis in the USA in 2018. EqPV-H was shown to be a novel etiological agent associated with equine serum hepatitis. Following this initial report, no additional studies on EqPV-H have been publ...

journal_title：Emerging microbes & infections

authors： Lu G,Sun L,Ou J,Xu H,Wu L,Li S

更新日期：2018-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Acinetobacter baumannii is a notorious pathogen that has emerged as a healthcare nightmare in recent years because it causes serious infections that are associated with high morbidity and mortality rates. Due to its exceptional ability to acquire resistance to almost all available antibiotics, A. baumannii is currentl...

journal_title：Emerging microbes & infections

authors： Elhosseiny NM,Attia AS

更新日期：2018-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-producing K. pneumoniae (KPC-KP) have disseminated worldwide and emerged as major threats to public health. Of epidemiological significance, the international pandemic of KPC-KP is primarily associated with CG258 isolates and blaKPC-IncF plasmids. CRISPR-Cas system is an adapt...

journal_title：Emerging microbes & infections

authors： Zhou Y,Tang Y,Fu P,Tian D,Yu L,Huang Y,Li G,Li M,Wang Y,Yang Z,Xu X,Yin Z,Zhou D,Poirel L,Jiang X

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Babesiosis is a tick-transmitted intraerythrocytic zoonosis. In Korea, the first mortalities were reported in 2005 due to Babesia sp. detection in sheep; herein we report epidemiological and genetic characteristics of a second case of babesiosis. Microscopic analysis of patient blood revealed polymorphic merozoites. T...

journal_title：Emerging microbes & infections

authors： Hong SH,Kim SY,Song BG,Rho JR,Cho CR,Kim CN,Um TH,Kwak YG,Cho SH,Lee SE

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infections in humans have increased in prevalence in recent decades. Mycobacterium kansasii is one of the most prevalent human pathogenic NTM species worldwide. Herein, we report the first isolation of M. kansasii from an indoor domestic cat in Japan. Comparative genome sequence anal...

journal_title：Emerging microbes & infections

authors： Fukano H,Terazono T,Hirabayashi A,Yoshida M,Suzuki M,Wada S,Ishii N,Hoshino Y

更新日期：2021-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Serology is a crucial part of the public health response to the ongoing SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Here, we describe the development, validation and clinical evaluation of a protein micro-array as a quantitative multiplex immunoassay that can identify S and N-directed SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies with high specificity and sens...

journal_title：Emerging microbes & infections

authors： van Tol S,Mögling R,Li W,Godeke GJ,Swart A,Bergmans B,Brandenburg A,Kremer K,Murk JL,van Beek J,Wintermans B,Reimerink J,Bosch BJ,Reusken C

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The continuing pandemic threat posed by avian influenza A/H5N1 viruses calls for improved insights into their evolution during human infection. We performed whole genome deep sequencing of respiratory specimens from 44 H5N1-infected individuals from Indonesia and found substantial within-host viral diversity. At nearl...

journal_title：Emerging microbes & infections

authors： Welkers MRA,Pawestri HA,Fonville JM,Sampurno OD,Pater M,Holwerda M,Han AX,Russell CA,Jeeninga RE,Setiawaty V,de Jong MD,Eggink D

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three leading infectious disease experts in China were invited to share their bedside observations in the management of COVID-19 patients. Professor Taisheng Li was sent to Wuhan to provide frontline medical care. He depicts the clinical course of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Furthermore, he observes the significant abnormal...

journal_title：Emerging microbes & infections

authors： Li T,Lu H,Zhang W

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tigecycline is regarded as a last-resort treatment for carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE), however, the emergence of tigecycline heteroresistance has posted the therapeutic challenge to combat this "nightmare bacteria". The primary purpose of this study was to demonstrate the existence of tigecycline hetero...

journal_title：Emerging microbes & infections

authors： Liu H,Jia X,Zou H,Sun S,Li S,Wang Y,Xia Y

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human enterovirus 68 (EV-D68) is a rarely reported virus that has been linked to respiratory disease. In recent years, reports about EV-D68 infection have markedly increased worldwide. However, the epidemiological features of this emerging infection are not well understood. To evaluate the emerging EV-D68 epidemic, we...

journal_title：Emerging microbes & infections

authors： Xiang Z,Li L,Ren L,Guo L,Xie Z,Liu C,Li T,Luo M,Paranhos-Baccalà G,Xu W,Wang J

更新日期：2017-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the first case of severe pneumonia due to co-infection with the emerging avian influenza A (H5N1) virus subclade 2.3.2.1 and Mycoplasma pneumoniae. The patient was a returning traveller who had visited a poultry market in South China. We then review the epidemiology, virology, interspecies barrier limiting p...

journal_title：Emerging microbes & infections

authors： To KK,Ng KH,Que TL,Chan JM,Tsang KY,Tsang AK,Chen H,Yuen KY

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:H7N9 influenza viruses emerged in 2013 and have caused severe disease and deaths in humans in China. Some H7N9 viruses circulating in chickens have mutated to highly pathogenic viruses that have caused several disease outbreaks in chickens. Studies have shown that when the H7N9 highly pathogenic viruses replicate in f...

journal_title：Emerging microbes & infections

authors： Yang W,Yin X,Guan L,Li M,Ma S,Shi J,Deng G,Suzuki Y,Chen H

更新日期：2018-09-12 00:00:00