Can managed health care help manage health care-associated infections?

abstract：:Laboratory-confirmed cases of subclinical infection with avian influenza A(H5N1) virus in humans are rare, and the true number of these cases is unknown. We describe the identification of a laboratory-confirmed subclinical case in a woman during an influenza A(H5N1) contact investigation in northern Vietnam. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Le MQ,Horby P,Fox A,Nguyen HT,Le Nguyen HK,Hoang PM,Nguyen KC,de Jong MD,Jeeninga RE,Rogier van Doorn H,Farrar J,Wertheim HF

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human monocytic ehrlichiosis is a febrile illness caused by Ehrlichia chaffeensis, an intracellular bacterium transmitted by ticks. In Mexico, a case of E. chaffeensis infection in an immunocompetent 31-year-old woman without recognized tick bite was fatal. This diagnosis should be considered for patients with fever, ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Sosa-Gutierrez CG,Solorzano-Santos F,Walker DH,Torres J,Serrano CA,Gordillo-Perez G

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2006, Tahyna virus was isolated from Culex spp. mosquitoes collected in Xinjiang, People's Republic of China. In 2007, to determine whether this virus was infecting humans, we tested serum from febrile patients. We found immunoglobulin (Ig) M and IgG against the virus, which suggests human infection in this region....

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Lu Z,Lu XJ,Fu SH,Zhang S,Li ZX,Yao XH,Feng YP,Lambert AJ,Ni da X,Wang FT,Tong SX,Nasci RS,Feng Y,Dong Q,Zhai YG,Gao XY,Wang HY,Tang Q,Liang GD

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A decision analytical model was developed to investigate the cost-effectiveness of stockpiling antiviral (AV) drugs for a potential influenza pandemic in the United Kingdom and the possible role of near-patient testing in conserving AV drug stocks. Under base-case assumptions (including a fixed stockpile that was smal...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Siddiqui MR,Edmunds WJ

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In September 2010, autochthonous transmission of chikungunya virus was recorded in southeastern France, where the Aedes albopictus mosquito vector is present. Sequence analysis of the viral genomes of imported and autochthonous isolates indicated new features for the potential emergence and spread of the virus in Euro...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Grandadam M,Caro V,Plumet S,Thiberge JM,Souarès Y,Failloux AB,Tolou HJ,Budelot M,Cosserat D,Leparc-Goffart I,Desprès P

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multidrug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis seriously threaten tuberculosis (TB) control and prevention efforts. Molecular studies of the mechanism of action of antitubercular drugs have elucidated the genetic basis of drug resistance in M. tuberculosis. Drug resistance in M. tuberculosis is attributed p...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Rattan A,Kalia A,Ahmad N

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Technologic advances in surgery include a trend toward less invasive procedures, driven by potential benefits to patients and by health-care economics. These less invasive procedures provide infection control personnel opportunities for direct involvement in outcomes measurement. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Gordon SM

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The seventh International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases (ICEID) was held in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, July 11-14, 2010. The conference goal was to bring together public health professionals to encourage exchange of scientific and public health information on global emerging infectious disease issues. The con...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Marano N,Smith TL,Hajjeh RA,McDonald M,Bridges CB,Martin SA,Chorba T

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Directors of all major BioSafety Level 4 (BSL-4) laboratories in the United States met in 2008 to review the current status of biocontainment laboratory operations and to discuss the potential impact of a proposed 2-person security rule on maximum-containment laboratory operations. Special attention was paid to the va...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： LeDuc JW,Anderson K,Bloom ME,Carrion R Jr,Feldmann H,Fitch JP,Geisbert JB,Geisbert TW,Holbrook MR,Jahrling PB,Ksiazek TG

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zoonoses with a wildlife reservoir represent a major public health problem, affecting all continents. Hundreds of pathogens and many different transmission modes are involved, and many factors influence the epidemiology of the various zoonoses. The importance and recognition of wildlife as a reservoir of zoonoses are ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Kruse H,kirkemo AM,Handeland K

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To estimate effectiveness of seasonal trivalent and monovalent influenza vaccines against pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 virus, we conducted a test-negative case-control study in Victoria, Australia, in 2010. Patients seen for influenza-like illness by general practitioners in a sentinel surveillance network during ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Fielding JE,Grant KA,Garcia K,Kelly HA

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated personal protective behaviors against West Nile virus infection. Barriers to adopting these behaviors were identified, including the perception that DEET (N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide and related compounds) is a health and environmental hazard. Televised public health messages and knowing that family or fri...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Aquino M,Fyfe M,MacDougall L,Remple V

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preventing emergence of new zoonotic viruses depends on understanding determinants for human risk. Nipah virus (NiV) is a lethal zoonotic pathogen that has spilled over from bats into human populations, with limited person-to-person transmission. We examined ecologic and human behavioral drivers of geographic variatio...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Gurley ES,Hegde ST,Hossain K,Sazzad HMS,Hossain MJ,Rahman M,Sharker MAY,Salje H,Islam MS,Epstein JH,Khan SU,Kilpatrick AM,Daszak P,Luby SP

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An ongoing outbreak of multidrug-resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Anatum began in Taiwan in 2015. Pork and poultry were identified as vehicles for transmission. Contaminated meat contributed to the high rate of infections among children. Nearly identical Salmonella Anatum strains have been identified in the Unite...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Feng Y,Chang YJ,Pan SC,Su LH,Li HC,Yang HP,Yu MJ,Chiu CH

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the proportion of Escherichia coli O157 cases in Scotland attributable to secondary spread, we analyzed data obtained through entire-population enhanced surveillance. We identified 11% of cases as secondary. Secondary cases in single households were younger than secondary cases in outbreaks affecting >1 h...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Locking ME,Pollock KG,Allison LJ,Rae L,Hanson MF,Cowden JM

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lyme disease occurs in specific geographic regions of the United States. We present a method for defining high-risk counties based on observed versus expected number of reported human Lyme disease cases. Applying this method to successive periods shows substantial geographic expansion of counties at high risk for Lyme...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Kugeler KJ,Farley GM,Forrester JD,Mead PS

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Guidelines for Preventing Opportunistic Infections Among Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients contains a section on hospital infection control including evidence-based recommendations regarding ventilation, construction, equipment, plants, play areas and toys, health-care workers, visitors, patient skin and o...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Dykewicz CA

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Signs and symptoms of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) serogroup O157:H7 infection range from mild gastrointestinal to bloody diarrhea and hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). We assessed the association between Shiga toxin gene (stx) subtype and disease severity for »3,000 patients with STEC O157:H7 in Engla...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Byrne L,Adams N,Jenkins C

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ross River virus, a mosquitoborne alphavirus, causes epidemic polyarthritis in Australia and the Pacific region. We analyzed serum cytokine, chemokine, and growth factor levels in travelers returning to Germany from Australia. Serum samples showed elevated concentrations in the acute phase of the illness and, more pro...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Tappe D,Pérez-Girón JV,Gómez-Medina S,Günther S,Muñoz-Fontela C,Schmidt-Chanasit J

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight fatal cases of tick-borne encephalitis with an unusual hemorrhagic syndrome were identified in 1999 in the Novosibirsk Region, Russia. To study these strains, we sequenced cDNA fragments of protein E gene from six archival formalin-fixed brain samples. Phylogenetic analysis showed tick-borne encephalitis variant...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Ternovoi VA,Kurzhukov GP,Sokolov YV,Ivanov GY,Ivanisenko VA,Loktev AV,Ryder RW,Netesov SV,Loktev VB

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report serologic and molecular evidence of acute, febrile illness associated with Rickettsia conorii in 3 male Yorkshire terriers from Sicily (Italy). ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Solano-Gallego L,Kidd L,Trotta M,Di Marco M,Caldin M,Furlanello T,Breitschwerdt E

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reported autochthonous dengue fever transmission in the United States has been limited to 5 south Texas border counties since 1980. We conducted a cross-sectional serosurvey in Brownsville, Texas, and Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico (n = 600), in 2004 to assess dengue seroprevalence. Recent dengue infection was detected...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Brunkard JM,Robles López JL,Ramirez J,Cifuentes E,Rothenberg SJ,Hunsperger EA,Moore CG,Brussolo RM,Villarreal NA,Haddad BM

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Legionellosis caused by Legionella longbeachae is diagnosed mainly by PCR. We report a case of L. longbeachae infection in mainland China, which was diagnosed by metagenomic next-generation sequencing, in a man who developed an epileptic seizure after using moxifloxacin. Metagenomic next-generation sequencing may be a...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Wang JY,Li X,Chen JY,Tong B

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a patient in Wuhan, China, with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection who had progressive pulmonary lesions and rhabdomyolysis with manifestations of lower limb pain and fatigue. Rapid clinical recognition of rhabdomyolysis symptoms in patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome cor...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Jin M,Tong Q

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article on p. 1690 in vol. 23, PMID: 28930024.]. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

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更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report mutations in influenza A virus (H5N1) strains associated with 2 outbreaks in Turkey. Four novel amino acid changes (Q447L, N556K, and R46K in RNA polymerase and S133A in hemagglutinin) were detected in virus isolates from 2 siblings who died. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Altiok E,Taylan F,Yenen OS,Demirkeser G,Bozaci M,Onel D,Akcadag B,Iyisan AS,Ciblak M,Bozkaya E,Yuksel S,Badur S

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) is the prototype of the family Arenaviridae. LCMV can be associated with severe disease in humans, and its global distribution reflects the broad dispersion of the primary rodent reservoir, the house mouse (Mus musculus). Recent interest in the natural history of the virus has...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Albariño CG,Palacios G,Khristova ML,Erickson BR,Carroll SA,Comer JA,Hui J,Briese T,St George K,Ksiazek TG,Lipkin WI,Nichol ST

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human infections with vaccinia virus (VACV), mostly from laboratory accidents or contact with infected animals, have occurred since smallpox was eradicated in 1980. No recent cases have been reported in China. We report on an outbreak of VACV from occupational exposure to rabbit skins inoculated with VACV. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Lu B,Cui LB,Gu MH,Shi C,Sun CW,Zhao KC,Bi J,Tan ZM,Guo XL,Huo X,Bao CJ

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SARS coronavirus injected intratracheally into chickens, turkeys, geese, ducks, and quail, or into the allantoic sac of their embryonating eggs, failed to cause disease or replicate. This finding suggests that domestic poultry were unlikely to have been the reservoir, or associated with dissemination, of SARS coronavi...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Swayne DE,Suarez DL,Spackman E,Tumpey TM,Beck JR,Erdman D,Rollin PE,Ksiazek TG

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection causes a spectrum of respiratory illness, from asymptomatic to mild to fatal. MERS-CoV is transmitted sporadically from dromedary camels to humans and occasionally through human-to-human contact. Current epidemiologic evidence supports a major role in t...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Killerby ME,Biggs HM,Midgley CM,Gerber SI,Watson JT

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00