A novel norovirus GII.17 lineage contributed to adult gastroenteritis in Shanghai, China, during the winter of 2014–2015.

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：: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：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major cause of chronic hepatitis and liver cancer worldwide. Adaptive mutations play important roles in the development of the HCV replicon and its infectious clones. We and others have previously identified the p7 mutation F772S and the co-presence of NS4A mutations in infectiou...

journal_title：Emerging microbes & infections

authors： Duan X,Anwar MI,Xu Z,Ma L,Yuan G,Chen Y,Liu X,Xia J,Zhou Y,Li YP

更新日期：2018-08-08 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：:Host switch events of influenza A viruses (IAVs) continuously pose a zoonotic threat to humans. In 2013, swine-origin H1N1 IAVs emerged in dogs soon after they were detected in swine in the Guangxi province of China. This host switch was followed by multiple reassortment events between these H1N1 and previously circul...

journal_title：Emerging microbes & infections

authors： Wang G,Dos Anjos Borges LG,Stadlbauer D,Ramos I,Bermúdez González MC,He J,Ding Y,Wei Z,Ouyang K,Huang W,Simon V,Fernandez-Sesma A,Krammer F,Nelson MI,Chen Y,García-Sastre A

更新日期：2019-01-01 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：: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：:Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) are foodborne pathogens causing severe gastroenteritis, which may lead to hemolytic uremic syndrome. The Locus of Enterocyte Effacement (LEE), a Pathogenicity Island (PAI), is a major determinant of intestinal epithelium attachment of a group of STEC strains; however, the ...

journal_title：Emerging microbes & infections

authors： Montero DA,Canto FD,Velasco J,Colello R,Padola NL,Salazar JC,Martin CS,Oñate A,Blanco J,Rasko DA,Contreras C,Puente JL,Scheutz F,Franz E,Vidal RM

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 78-year-old woman with a long-term ankle spacer with antibacterials developed an intra-articular Candida auris infection. Treatment with systemic antifungal therapy plus an amphotericin B moulded cement spacer was successful. ...

journal_title：Emerging microbes & infections

authors： Roberts SC,Zembower TR,Bolon MK,Kadakia AR,Gilley JH,Ko JH,Clark J,Ward-Fore S,Taiwo BO

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Babesiosis is a tick-borne, zoonotic disease caused by Babesia spp. Two cases of babesiosis were detected by nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in Yunnan province, China, and further confirmed by molecular assay. The blood smears showed intraerythrocytic ring form and tetrads typical of small B. microti. In both c...

journal_title：Emerging microbes & infections

authors： Zhou X,Li SG,Wang JZ,Huang JL,Zhou HJ,Chen JH,Zhou XN

更新日期：2014-08-01 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：: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：:Pyrazinamide (PZA) is a key antibiotic in current anti-tuberculosis regimens. Although the WHO has stressed the urgent need to obtain data on PZA resistance, in high tuberculosis burden countries, little is known about the level of PZA resistance, the genetic basis of such resistance or its link with Mycobacterium tub...

journal_title：Emerging microbes & infections

authors： Huy NQ,Lucie C,Hoa TTT,Hung NV,Lan NTN,Son NT,Nhung NV,Anh DD,Anne-Laure B,Van Anh NT

更新日期：2017-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), which currently constitute the main class of biotherapeutics, are now recognized as major medical tools that are increasingly being considered to fight severe viral infections. Indeed, the number of antiviral mAbs developed in recent years has grown exponentially. Although their direct ef...

journal_title：Emerging microbes & infections

authors： Lambour J,Naranjo-Gomez M,Piechaczyk M,Pelegrin M

更新日期：2016-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Saffold virus (SAFV), a newly discovered human cardiovirus of the Picornaviridae family, causes widespread infection among children, as shown by previous seroprevalence studies. To determine the host cell range of SAFV and its cytopathogenicity, eight mammalian cell lines that were available in the laboratory were scr...

journal_title：Emerging microbes & infections

authors： Xu Y,Victorio CB,Ng Q,Tan YJ,Chua KB

更新日期：2014-02-01 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：: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：:Emerging studies have indicated that some penaeidins restrict virus infection; however, the mechanism(s) involved are poorly understood. In the present study, we uncovered that penaeidins are a novel family of antiviral effectors against white spot syndrome virus (WSSV), which antagonize the envelope proteins to block...

journal_title：Emerging microbes & infections

authors： Xiao B,Fu Q,Niu S,Zhu P,He J,Li C

更新日期：2020-12-01 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：:MERS-CoV infection emerged in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) in 2012 and has spread to 26 countries. However, 80% of all cases have occurred in KSA. The largest outbreak outside KSA occurred in South Korea (SK) in 2015. In this report, we describe an epidemiological comparison of the two outbreaks. Data from 1299 c...

journal_title：Emerging microbes & infections

authors： Chen X,Chughtai AA,Dyda A,MacIntyre CR

更新日期：2017-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Influenza has been a long-running health problem and novel antiviral drugs are urgently needed. In pre-clinical studies, we demonstrated broad antiviral activity of D, L-lysine-acetylsalicylate glycine (LASAG) against influenza virus (IV) in cell culture and protection against lethal challenge in mice. LASAG is a comp...

journal_title：Emerging microbes & infections

authors： Scheuch G,Canisius S,Nocker K,Hofmann T,Naumann R,Pleschka S,Ludwig S,Welte T,Planz O

更新日期：2018-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection with a novel H10N8 influenza virus in humans was first described in China in December 2013, which raised concerns related to public health. This novel virus was subsequently confirmed to have originated from a live poultry market. However, whether this virus can infect other mammals remains unclear. In the p...

journal_title：Emerging microbes & infections

authors： Fu X,Huang Y,Fang B,Liu Y,Cai M,Zhong R,Huang J,Wenbao Q,Tian Y,Zhang G

更新日期：2020-01-03 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：: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：:Acute meningoencephalitis (AME) is associated with considerable morbidity and mortality in children in developing countries. Clinical specimens were collected from children presenting with AME at two Cambodian paediatric hospitals to determine the major aetiologies associated with AME in the country. Cerebrospinal flu...

journal_title：Emerging microbes & infections

authors： Horwood PF,Duong V,Laurent D,Mey C,Sothy H,Santy K,Richner B,Heng S,Hem S,Cheval J,Gorman C,Dussart P,de Jong MD,Kerleguer A,Guillard B,Murgue B,Lecuit M,de Lamballerie X,Farrar JJ,Tarantola A,Eloit M,Buchy P

更新日期：2017-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Histoplasmosis caused by the fungus Histoplasma capsulatum is often lethal in patients with AIDS. Urine antigen testing is highly sensitive and much quicker for diagnosis than culture. Histoplasmosis has a patchy and incompletely appreciated distribution around the world especially in South East Asia. We conducted a s...

journal_title：Emerging microbes & infections

authors： Baker J,Setianingrum F,Wahyuningsih R,Denning DW

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：:Avian influenza A(H7N9) virus (A(H7N9)) emerged in February 2013. Liver impairment of unknown cause is present in 29% of patients with A(H7N9) infection, some of whom experience severe liver injury. Hypoxic hepatitis (HH) is a type of acute severe liver injury characterized by an abrupt, massive increase in serum amin...

journal_title：Emerging microbes & infections

authors： Zhang Y,Liu J,Yu L,Zhou N,Ding W,Zheng S,Shi D,Li L

更新日期：2016-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Zika virus (ZIKV) has become a threat to global health since the outbreak in Brazil in 2015. Although ZIKV is generally considered an Aedes-transmitted pathogen, new evidence has shown that parts of the virus closely resemble Culex-transmitted viruses. Therefore, it is important to evaluate the competence of Culex spe...

journal_title：Emerging microbes & infections

authors： Guo XX,Li CX,Deng YQ,Xing D,Liu QM,Wu Q,Sun AJ,Dong YD,Cao WC,Qin CF,Zhao TY

更新日期：2016-09-07 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