Needlestick and sharps injuries among health-care workers in Taiwan.

abstract：:Pasteurized bottled milk supplied by a single dairy was frequently found to be contaminated with Yersinia spp. Investigations were carried out at the dairy in an effort to pinpoint the source of these organisms. Viable counts obtained from milk bottle rinses indicated that bottle washing was often unsatisfactory, and ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Greenwood MH,Hooper WL,Rodhouse JC

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the late 1990s, hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) has become a common health problem that mostly affects children and infants in Southeast and East Asia. Global climate change is considered to be one of the major risk factors for HFMD. This study aimed to assess the correlation between meteorological factors a...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Duan C,Zhang X,Jin H,Cheng X,Wang D,Bao C,Zhou M,Ahmad T,Min J

更新日期：2018-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The West Midlands was the first English region to report sustained community transmission during the 'containment' phase of the influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 pandemic in England. To describe the epidemiological experience in the region, West Midlands and national datasets containing laboratory-confirmed A(H1N1)pdm09 virus ca...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Inglis NJ,Bagnall H,Janmohamed K,Suleman S,Awofisayo A,De Souza V,Smit E,Pebody R,Mohamed H,Ibbotson S,Smith GE,House T,Olowokure B

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptospirosis is the most widespread zoonosis in humans worldwide. In the United States, widespread detection of antibodies to leptospirosis have been identified in feral swine (Sus scrofa) with the highest detection of serovars, Bratislava, Icterohaemorrhagiae, and Pomona. Over the past few years, feral swine populat...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Pedersen K,Anderson TD,Bevins SN,Pabilonia KL,Whitley PN,Virchow DR,Gidlewski T

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serotyping, subtyping and genotyping are important tools for epidemiological studies of group B streptococci (GBS). We investigated the genotype distribution of 353 GBS isolates originating from vaginal or rectal carriage to identify capsular serotypes and subtypes based on the surface protein genes of the alpha-like ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Brzychczy-Włoch M,Gosiewski T,Bodaszewska-Lubas M,Adamski P,Heczko PB

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the relationships between Legionnaires' disease (LD) incidence and weather in Glasgow, UK, by using advanced statistical methods. Using daily meteorological data and 78 LD cases with known exact date of onset, we fitted a series of Poisson log-linear regression models with explanatory variables...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Dunn CE,Rowlingson B,Bhopal RS,Diggle P

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Encephalitis is a clinical syndrome often associated with infectious agents. This study describes the epidemiology and disease burden associated with encephalitis in Canada and explores possible associations with arboviral causes. Encephalitis-associated hospitalizations, 1994-2008, were analysed according to aetiolog...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Kulkarni MA,Lecocq AC,Artsob H,Drebot MA,Ogden NH

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pertussis morbidity is highest in infants too young to be fully protected by routine vaccination schedules. Alternate vaccine strategies are required to maximise protection in this age-group. To understand baseline pertussis epidemiology prior to the introduction of the maternal pertussis vaccination program in 2014, ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： McHugh L,Viney KA,Andrews RM,Lambert SB

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV-infected individuals with high levels of IgG antibodies against human herpesvirus-8 (HHV-8) are at increased risk of developing Kaposi's sarcoma. The aim of this study was to measure the association between HHV-8 viraemia and IgG antibody responses (by immunofluorescence) in a group of 201 HIV-infected individuals...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Alagiozoglou L,Morris L,Bredell H,Martin DJ,Sitas F

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has previously been suggested that southern Tunisian oases may be suitable areas for the circulation of flaviviruses. In order to anticipate and prevent possible epidemiological spread of flaviviruses in humans and domestic animals, the ecology of their transmission in the oasis system needs to be better understood...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Ayadi T,Hammouda A,Poux A,Boulinier T,Lecollinet S,Selmi S

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between January and March 1992, 361 faecal specimens were collected from the healthy black population in the Transvaal Province of South Africa. Each specimen was examined for the prevalence of antimicrobial resistance in commensal bacteria. Volunteers, from both rural and urban dwellings, were divided into four age g...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Shanahan PM,Wylie BA,Adrian PV,Koornhof HJ,Thomson CJ,Amyes SG

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical records, for 2000 and 2001, of symptomatic amoebic patients who were treated at our hospitals in Tokyo, Yokohama and Osaka were studied retrospectively for the purpose of gathering epidemiological data on symptomatic Entamoeba histolytica infection. A total of 58 patients were treated. Fifty-five of them were ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Ohnishi K,Kato Y,Imamura A,Fukayama M,Tsunoda T,Sakaue Y,Sakamoto M,Sagara H

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Norovirus is the most frequent cause of acute infectious gastroenteritis and it is difficult to control in crowded environments like hospitals and nursing homes. Transmission depends on oral intake of virus deposited in the environment by infectious subjects. Data from volunteer studies indicate that virus concentrati...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Teunis PF,Sukhrie FH,Vennema H,Bogerman J,Beersma MF,Koopmans MP

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Targets for maximum acceptable levels of Salmonella in pigs and pork are to be decided. A stochastic simulation model accounting for herd and abattoir information was used to evaluate food safety and economic consequences of different surveillance and control strategies, based among others on Danish surveillance data....

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Baptista FM,Halasa T,Alban L,Nielsen LR

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Major surgery carried out in low- and middle-income countries is associated with a high risk of surgical site infections (SSI), but knowledge is limited regarding contributory factors to such infections. This study explores factors related to patients developing an SSI in a teaching hospital in Ghana. A prospective co...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Bediako-Bowan AAA,Mølbak K,Kurtzhals JAL,Owusu E,Debrah S,Newman MJ

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 100 tropical aquaria from six pet shops were sampled for the presence of Salmonella, Campylobacter and Aeromonas species. Eight fish tanks contained unusual serotypes of salmonella. None had been used to house terrapins. One hundred and three isolates of Aeromonas species were obtained from 98 tanks. One ta...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Sanyal D,Burge SH,Hutchings PG

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred and seventy-five consecutive clinical isolates of coagulase-negative staphylococci, including strains associated with disease, contaminants and skin colonizers, were speciated, tested for slime production and for their sensitivity to a range of antibiotics. Staphylococcus epidermidis was the most commonly ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Deighton MA,Franklin JC,Spicer WJ,Balkau B

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of patients with severe invasive group-G streptococcal (Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis) infections has been increasing in Japan. The emm genotypes and SmaI-digested pulsed-field gel electrophoresis DNA profiles were variable among the strains isolated, suggesting there has not been clonal exp...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Ikebe T,Murayama S,Saitoh K,Yamai S,Suzuki R,Isobe J,Tanaka D,Katsukawa C,Tamaru A,Katayama A,Fujinaga Y,Hoashi K,Watanabe H,Working Group for Streptococci in Japan.

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis (TB) poses a threat to public health due to its complicated, expensive and often unsuccessful treatment. A cluster of three XDR TB cases was detected among foreign medical students of a Romanian university. The contact investigations included tuberculin skin testing or int...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Popovici O,Monk P,Chemtob D,Chiotan D,Freidlin PJ,Groenheit R,Haanperä M,Homorodean D,Mansjö M,Robinson E,Rorman E,Smith G,Soini H,Van Der Werf MJ

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to reveal the associated risk factors for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) detected by T-SPOT.TB assay among health care workers (HCWs) at different working locations or job categories in China. This cross-sectional study included 934 HCWs who underwent the T-SPOT.TB assay. Demographic and social ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Deng Y,Liu Y,Li Y,Jing H,Wang Y,Li X,Xu L

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 1976 and 1986, 258 incidents of suspected scombrotoxic fish poisoning were reported in Britain. Histamine analysis was carried out on 240 fish samples from these incidents, and 101 were found to contain greater than 5 mg histamine/100 g fish. The symptoms most consistently reported were rash, diarrhoea, flushi...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Bartholomew BA,Berry PR,Rodhouse JC,Gilbert RJ,Murray CK

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of Burkholderia pseudomallei was determined in soil collected from a rural district in Papua New Guinea (PNG) where melioidosis had recently been described, predominately affecting children. In 274 samples, 2.6% tested culture-positive for B. pseudomallei. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis using SpeI d...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Warner JM,Pelowa DB,Gal D,Rai G,Mayo M,Currie BJ,Govan B,Skerratt LF,Hirst RG

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conditions and evidence continue to evolve related to the prediction of the prevalence of immunodeficiency-associated long-term vaccine-derived poliovirus (iVDPV) excreters, which affect assumptions related to forecasting risks and evaluating potential risk management options. Multiple recent reviews provided informat...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Kalkowska DA,Pallansch MA,Thompson KM

更新日期：2019-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Available data sources on disease due to Bordetella pertussis, including notifications, hospital admissions, deaths, and an enhanced laboratory-based surveillance system commenced in January 1994, were reviewed for the period 1995-7. Pertussis notifications continued their approximately 3-year cycle although at histor...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Van Buynder PG,Owen D,Vurdien JE,Andrews NJ,Matthews RC,Miller E

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight strains of influenza C virus isolated in various areas of Japan between January 1985 and January 1989 were compared using monoclonal antibodies to the haemagglutinin-esterase (HE) glycoproteins and by oligonucleotide mapping of total vRNA. Five of six strains isolated during 1986-9 were closely related to one an...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Ohyama S,Adachi K,Sugawara K,Hongo S,Nishimura H,Kitame F,Nakamura K

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A better understanding of physician practices in requesting stool samples for patients with acute gastroenteritis (AG) is needed to more accurately interpret laboratory-based surveillance data. A survey was conducted in General Practitioners (GPs) between August 2013 and July 2014 to estimate the proportion of stool s...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Van Cauteren D,Turbelin C,Fonteneau L,Hanslik T,De Valk H,Blanchon T

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclospora cayetanensis is an emerging infectious agent. The aim of this study was to describe an outbreak that occurred in 250 adults exposed to contaminated food, focusing on the duration and relapses of symptoms, complications and evidence of local transmission. This outbreak affected workers who ate in a restauran...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Milord F,Lampron-Goulet E,St-Amour M,Levac E,Ramsay D

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multi-locus sequence typing was performed on 1003 Campylobacter jejuni isolates collected in a 2-year longitudinal study of 15 dairy farms and four sheep farms in Lancashire, UK. There was considerable farm-level variation in occurrence and prevalence of clonal complexes (CC). Clonal complexes ST61, ST21, ST403 and ST...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Grove-White DH,Leatherbarrow AJ,Cripps PJ,Diggle PJ,French NP

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SUMMARY We previously revealed that Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) seroprevalence was 4.5% in pigs on Ishigaki Island from 2005 to 2007. However, a partial E gene sequence (151 bp) of the JEV genome (JEV/sw/Ishigaki/1/2005) was detected in one pig. Phylogenetic analysis showed that JEV/sw/Ishigaki/1/2005 belonged t...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Nidaira M,Kyan H,Taira K,Okano S,Oshiro T,Kato T,Kudo N,Azama Y,Mahoe Y,Kudaka J,Tamanaha K,Takasaki T

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 2210 salmonella isolates referred to the New Zealand Communicable Disease Centre for epidemiological surveillance during 1987, 147 (6.7%) were resistant to one or more of 10 antibiotics. Resistance to streptomycin was most common (4.5%), followed by sulphamethoxazole (3.4%), tetracycline (3.3%), ampicillin (1.5%), ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Heffernan HM

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00