Outbreak of Neisseria meningitidis, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

abstract：:We evaluated the 2003 Kansas West Nile virus public education campaign. Awareness was widespread but compliance was low. Spanish-speaking persons were poorly informed. Relevant factors included population segment variability, campaign content, media choice, and materials delivery methods. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Averett E,Neuberger JS,Hansen G,Fox MH

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bats submitted to the Texas Department of Health (1996-2000) were speciated and tested for rabies virus antigen by direct immunofluorescence microscopy. Antigenic analysis of rabies virus-positive specimens was performed with monoclonal antibodies against the nucleoprotein of the virus; atypical or unexpected results ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Rohde RE,Mayes BC,Smith JS,Neill SU

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On April 23, 2009, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) was notified of a school outbreak of respiratory illness; 2 days later the infection was identified as pandemic (H1N1) 2009. This was the first major outbreak of the illness in the United States. To guide decisions on the public healt...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Balter S,Gupta LS,Lim S,Fu J,Perlman SE,New York City 2009 H1N1 Flu Investigation Team.

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Community transmission of influenza A pandemic (H1N1) 2009 was followed by high rates of hospital admissions in the Wellington region of New Zealand, particularly among Maori and Pacific Islanders. These findings may help health authorities anticipate the effects of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in other communities. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Verrall A,Norton K,Rooker S,Dee S,Olsen L,Tan CE,Paull S,Allen R,Blackmore TK

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative data on the onset and evolution of malaria epidemics are scarce. We review case studies from recent African Plasmodium falciparum epidemics (Kisii and Gucha Districts, Kenya, 1999; Kayanza Province, Burundi, 2000-2001; Aweil East, southern Sudan, 2003; Gutten and Damot Gale, Ethiopia, 2003-2004). We highl...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Checchi F,Cox J,Balkan S,Tamrat A,Priotto G,Alberti KP,Guthmann JP

更新日期：2006-10-01 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：:We assessed the societal costs and benefits of a subtype-specific surveillance system for identifying outbreak-associated Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections. Using data from Colorado, we estimated that if it averted five cases annually, the system would recover all its costs. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Elbasha EH,Fitzsimmons TD,Meltzer MI

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During 1985-2005, a total of 91 laboratory-confirmed outbreaks of foodborne botulism occurred in Canada; these outbreaks involved 205 cases and 11 deaths. Of the outbreaks, 75 (86.2%) were caused by Clostridium botulinum type E, followed by types A (7, 8.1%) and B (5, 5.7%). Approximately 85% of the outbreaks occurred...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Leclair D,Fung J,Isaac-Renton JL,Proulx JF,May-Hadford J,Ellis A,Ashton E,Bekal S,Farber JM,Blanchfield B,Austin JW

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human infection with avian influenza A(H9N2) virus was identified in Bangladesh in 2011. Surveillance for influenza viruses in apparently healthy poultry in live-bird markets in Bangladesh during 2008-2011 showed that subtype H9N2 viruses are isolated year-round, whereas highly pathogenic subtype H5N1 viruses are co-i...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Shanmuganatham K,Feeroz MM,Jones-Engel L,Smith GJ,Fourment M,Walker D,McClenaghan L,Alam SM,Hasan MK,Seiler P,Franks J,Danner A,Barman S,McKenzie P,Krauss S,Webby RJ,Webster RG

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flooding in Dhaka in July 2004 caused epidemics of diarrhea. Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) was almost as prevalent as Vibrio cholerae O1 in diarrheal stools. ETEC that produced heat-stable enterotoxin alone was most prevalent, and 78% of strains had colonization factors. Like V. cholerae O1, ETEC can cause e...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Qadri F,Khan AI,Faruque AS,Begum YA,Chowdhury F,Nair GB,Salam MA,Sack DA,Svennerholm AM

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human parvovirus 4 infections are primarily associated with parenteral exposure in western countries. By ELISA, we demonstrate frequent seropositivity for antibody to parvovirus 4 viral protein 2 among adult populations throughout sub-Saharan Africa (Burkina Faso, 37%; Cameroon, 25%; Democratic Republic of the Congo, ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Sharp CP,Vermeulen M,Nébié Y,Djoko CF,LeBreton M,Tamoufe U,Rimoin AW,Kayembe PK,Carr JK,Servant-Delmas A,Laperche S,Harrison GL,Pybus OG,Delwart E,Wolfe ND,Saville A,Lefrère JJ,Simmonds P

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever were reported in Spain during 2016. We obtained the virus from a patient sample and characterized its full genomic sequence. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that the virus corresponds to the African genotype III, which includes viruses previously found in West and South Afr...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Ramírez de Arellano E,Hernández L,Goyanes MJ,Arsuaga M,Cruz AF,Negredo A,Sánchez-Seco MP

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lone survivor of seven sets of twins born to his mother, he started life as a legend among the Yoruba in Nigeria, who have one of the highest rates of twin births and infant deaths in the world. According to family lore, he was the spirit that kept trying to be born and kept being turned back, the child "born to die."...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Potter P

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report 13 cases of Naegleria fowleri primary amebic meningoencephalitis in persons in Karachi, Pakistan, who had no history of aquatic activities. Infection likely occurred through ablution with tap water. An increase in primary amebic meningoencephalitis cases may be attributed to rising temperatures, reduced leve...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Shakoor S,Beg MA,Mahmood SF,Bandea R,Sriram R,Noman F,Ali F,Visvesvara GS,Zafar A

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While studying respiratory infections in Peru, we identified Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (VEEV) in a nasopharyngeal swab, indicating that this alphavirus can be present in human respiratory secretions. Because VEEV may be infectious when aerosolized, our finding is relevant for the management of VEEV-infected...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Juarez D,Guevara C,Wiley M,Torre A,Palacios G,Halsey ES,Ampuero S,Leguia M

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present 2 fatal cases of invasive fungal disease with isavuconazole treatment failure in immunocompromised patients: one with a TR34-L98H azole-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus isolate and the other a Rhizomucor-A. fumigatus co-infection. Such patients probably require surveillance by galactomannan antigen detection...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Bellanger AP,Berceanu A,Scherer E,Desbrosses Y,Daguindau E,Rocchi S,Millon L

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vero cytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 belonging to four phage types (PTs) caused 11 outbreaks of infection in England and Wales in 1995. Outbreak strains of different PTs were distinguishable by DNA-based methods. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis best discriminated among strains belonging to the same PT, dist...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Willshaw GA,Smith HR,Cheasty T,Wall PG,Rowe B

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Murine typhus was diagnosed by PCR in 50 (7%) of 756 adults with febrile illness seeking treatment at Patan Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal. Of patients with murine typhus, 64% were women, 86% were residents of Kathmandu, and 90% were unwell during the winter. No characteristics clearly distinguished typhus patients from...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Zimmerman MD,Murdoch DR,Rozmajzl PJ,Basnyat B,Woods CW,Richards AL,Belbase RH,Hammer DA,Anderson TP,Reller LB

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We surveyed 56 Ebola treatment centers (ETCs) in the United States and identified costs incurred since 2014 ($1.76 million/ETC) and sustainability strategies. ETCs reported heavy reliance on federal funding. It is uncertain if, or for how long, ETCs can maintain capabilities should federal funding expire in 2020. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Herstein JJ,Le AB,McNulty LA,Buehler SA,Biddinger PD,Hewlett AL,Lowe JJ,Gibbs SG

更新日期：2020-05-01 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：:Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) was isolated from 12 febrile humans in Yucatan, Mexico, in 2015. One patient was co-infected with dengue virus type 1. Two additional CHIKV isolates were obtained from Aedes aegypti mosquitoes collected in the homes of patients. Phylogenetic analysis showed that the CHIKV isolates belong to t...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Cigarroa-Toledo N,Blitvich BJ,Cetina-Trejo RC,Talavera-Aguilar LG,Baak-Baak CM,Torres-Chablé OM,Hamid MN,Friedberg I,González-Martinez P,Alonzo-Salomon G,Rosado-Paredes EP,Rivero-Cárdenas N,Reyes-Solis GC,Farfan-Ale JA,Garcia

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed to clarify changes in serotypes and genotypes mediating β-lactam and macrolide resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from Japanese children who had invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) after the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) was introduced into Japan; 341 participating general hospit...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Chiba N,Morozumi M,Shouji M,Wajima T,Iwata S,Ubukata K,Invasive Pneumococcal Diseases Surveillance Study Group.

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The severe epidemic of Ebola virus disease in Liberia started in March 2014. On May 9, 2015, the World Health Organization declared Liberia free of Ebola, 42 days after safe burial of the last known case-patient. However, another 6 cases occurred during June-July; on September 3, 2015, the country was again declared f...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Nyenswah TG,Kateh F,Bawo L,Massaquoi M,Gbanyan M,Fallah M,Nagbe TK,Karsor KK,Wesseh CS,Sieh S,Gasasira A,Graaff P,Hensley L,Rosling H,Lo T,Pillai SK,Gupta N,Montgomery JM,Ransom RL,Williams D,Laney AS,Lindblade

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infections in humans can cause asymptomatic to fatal lower respiratory lung disease. Despite posing a probable risk for virus transmission, asymptomatic to mild infections can go unnoticed; a lack of seroconversion among some PCR-confirmed cases has been reported...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Okba NMA,Raj VS,Widjaja I,GeurtsvanKessel CH,de Bruin E,Chandler FD,Park WB,Kim NJ,Farag EABA,Al-Hajri M,Bosch BJ,Oh MD,Koopmans MPG,Reusken CBEM,Haagmans BL

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A historical study evaluated maternal outcomes in pregnancy complicated by smallpox. The overall case fatality was estimated to be 34.3% (95% confidence interval [CI] 31.4-37.1), and the proportion of miscarriage or premature birth was estimated to be 39.9% (95% CI 36.5-43.2). Vaccination before pregnancy reduced the ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Nishiura H

更新日期：2006-07-01 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：:Chytridiomycosis is an emerging disease responsible for a series of global declines and extinctions of amphibians. We report the causative agent, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, in North American bullfrogs (Rana catesbeiana) farmed for the international restaurant trade. Our findings suggest that international trade m...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Mazzoni R

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primers were used to amplify a 561-bp region of the 16S rRNA gene of Ehrlichia phagocytophila from Ixodes scapularis ticks and small mammals collected in Rhode Island and Connecticut. DNA sequences for all 50 E. phagocytophila-positive samples collected from 1996 through 1998 in southwestern Connecticut were identical...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Massung RF,Mauel MJ,Owens JH,Allan N,Courtney JW,Stafford KC 3rd,Mather TN

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Community-acquired Enterobacteriaceae infection and culture-negative meningitis are rare and atypical subtypes of meningitis in adults. Of 37 patients who had atypical suppurative meningitis during 1993-2015 in Okinawa, Japan, 54.5% had strongyloidiasis, of which 9.1% cases were hyperinfections and 3.0% dissemination....

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Mukaigawara M,Nakayama I,Gibo K

更新日期：2018-12-01 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