First human isolate of Hantavirus (Andes virus) in the Americas.

abstract：:Candida parapsilosis is an important non-albicans species which infects hospitalized patients. No studies have correlated outbreak infections of C. parapsilosis with multiple virulence factors. We used DNA fingerprinting to determine genetic variability among isolates from a C. parapsilosis outbreak and from our clini...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Kuhn DM,Mikherjee PK,Clark TA,Pujol C,Chandra J,Hajjeh RA,Warnock DW,Soil DR,Ghannoum MA

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mosquitoes and mosquitoborne disease transmission are sensitive to hydrologic variability. If local hydrologic conditions can be monitored or modeled at the scales at which these conditions affect the population dynamics of vector mosquitoes and the diseases they transmit, a means for monitoring or modeling mosquito p...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Shaman J,Day JF

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe two immunosuppressed female patients with fever and Actinomyces odontolyticus bacteremia, a combination documented once previously in an immunocompetent male patient. The patients were treated with doxycycline and clindamycin; these drugs, with beta-lactams, are effective treatment for A. odontolyticus inf...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Cone LA,Leung MM,Hirschberg J

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recent Hendra virus outbreak at a veterinary clinic in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, involved 5 equine and 2 human infections. In contrast to previous outbreaks, infected horses had predominantly encephalitic, rather than respiratory, signs. After an incubation period of 9-16 days, influenza-like illnesses develo...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Playford EG,McCall B,Smith G,Slinko V,Allen G,Smith I,Moore F,Taylor C,Kung YH,Field H

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a new approach for infectious disease surveillance that facilitates rapid identification of known and emerging pathogens. The process uses broad-range polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to amplify nucleic acid targets from large groupings of organisms, electrospray ionization mass spectrometry for accurate ma...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Sampath R,Hofstadler SA,Blyn LB,Eshoo MW,Hall TA,Massire C,Levene HM,Hannis JC,Harrell PM,Neuman B,Buchmeier MJ,Jiang Y,Ranken R,Drader JJ,Samant V,Griffey RH,McNeil JA,Crooke ST,Ecker DJ

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The United Kingdom and United States have recently experienced large outbreaks of mumps, which raises concerns about vaccine effectiveness. The effectiveness of the mumps component of the measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine was estimated using the screening method. In England from January 2004 through March 2005, 31...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Cohen C,White JM,Savage EJ,Glynn JR,Choi Y,Andrews N,Brown D,Ramsay ME

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：:In winter 2015-16, norovirus GII.17 Kawasaki 2014 emerged as a cause of sporadic gastroenteritis in children in Italy. Median patient age was higher for those with GII.17 than GII.4 infection (55 vs. 24 months), suggesting limited cross-protection for older children. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Giammanco GM,De Grazia S,Bonura F,Cappa V,Muli SL,Pepe A,Medici MC,Tummolo F,Calderaro A,Di Bernardo F,Dones P,Morea A,Loconsole D,Catella C,Terio V,Bànyai K,Chironna M,Martella V

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report new molecular evidence of locally acquired dengue virus infections in Ghana. We detected dengue viral RNA among children with suspected malaria by using a multipathogen real-time PCR. Subsequent sequence analysis revealed a close relationship with dengue virus serotype 2, which was implicated in a 2016 outbr...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Amoako N,Duodu S,Dennis FE,Bonney JHK,Asante KP,Ameh J,Mosi L,Hayashi T,Agbosu EE,Pratt D,Operario DJ,Fields B,Liu J,Houpt ER,Armah GE,Stoler J,Awandare GA

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of recent interest in bats as reservoirs of emerging diseases, we investigated the presence of viruses in Mystacina tuberculata bats in New Zealand. A novel alphacoronavirus sequence was detected in guano from roosts of M. tuberculata bats in pristine indigenous forest on a remote offshore island (Codfish Isla...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Hall RJ,Wang J,Peacey M,Moore NE,McInnes K,Tompkins DM

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N8) viruses of clade 2.3.4.4 spread into West Africa in late 2016 during the autumn bird migration. Genetic characterization of the complete genome of these viruses detected in wild and domestic birds in Cameroon in January 2017 demonstrated the occurrence of multiple virus introd...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Wade A,Jumbo SD,Zecchin B,Fusaro A,Taiga T,Bianco A,Rodrigue PN,Salomoni A,Kameni JMF,Zamperin G,Nenkam R,Foupouapouognigni Y,Abdoulkadiri S,Aboubakar Y,Wiersma L,Cattoli G,Monne I

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial distribution and antimicrobial drug resistance were monitored in patients with bacterial bloodstream infections in rural hospitals in Ghana. In 2001-2002 and in 2009, Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi was the most prevalent pathogen. Although most S. enterica serovar Typhi isolates were chloramphenicol resis...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Gross U,Amuzu SK,de Ciman R,Kassimova I,Gross L,Rabsch W,Rosenberg U,Schulze M,Stich A,Zimmermann O

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary bloodstream infection (BSI) is a leading, preventable infectious complication in critically ill patients and has a negative impact on patients' outcome. Surveillance definitions for primary BSI distinguish those that are microbiologically documented from those that are not. The latter is known as clinical seps...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Hugonnet S,Sax H,Eggimann P,Chevrolet JC,Pittet D

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine whether guinea pigs are infected with influenza virus in nature, we conducted a serologic study in domestic guinea pigs in Ecuador. Detection of antibodies against influenza A and B raises the question about the role of guinea pigs in the ecology and epidemiology of influenza virus in the region. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Leyva-Grado VH,Mubareka S,Krammer F,Cárdenas WB,Palese P

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human yaws has historically been endemic to Kenya, but current epidemiologic data are lacking. We report seroprevalence for Treponema pallidum antibodies in olive baboons (Papio anubis) and vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) in Laikipia County, Kenya. Our results suggest endemicity of the yaws bacterium in monke...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Zimmerman DM,Hardgrove EH,von Fricken ME,Kamau J,Chai D,Mutura S,Kivali V,Hussein F,Ambala P,Surmat A,Maina JG,Knauf S

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the first genetic characterization of wildtype measles viruses from Uganda. Thirty-six virus isolates from outbreaks in 6 districts were analyzed from 2000 to 2002. Analyses of sequences of the nucleoprotein (N) and hemagglutinin (H) genes showed that the Ugandan isolates were all closely related, and phylog...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Muwonge A,Nanyunja M,Rota PA,Bwogi J,Lowe L,Liffick SL,Bellini WJ,Sylvester S

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A unique physical feature of Treponema pallidum, the venereally transmitted agent of human syphilis, is that its outer membrane contains 100-fold less membrane-spanning protein than the outer membranes of typical gram-negative bacteria, a property that has been related to the chronicity of syphilitic infection. These ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Blanco DR,Miller JN,Lovett MA

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated potential sources of infection for 6 confirmed influenza A (H5N1) patients who resided in urban areas of People's Republic of China. None had known exposure to sick poultry or poultry that died from illness, but all had visited wet poultry markets before illness. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Yu H,Feng Z,Zhang X,Xiang N,Huai Y,Zhou L,Li Z,Xu C,Luo H,He J,Guan X,Yuan Z,Li Y,Xu L,Hong R,Liu X,Zhou X,Yin W,Zhang S,Shu Y,Wang M,Wang Y,Lee CK,Uyeki TM,Yang W,Avian Influenza H5N1 study Group.

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the 2009 influenza (H1N1) pandemic, some countries used quarantine for containment or mitigation. Of 152 quarantined university students we studied, risk for illness was higher for students quarantined in a room with a person with a confirmed case; we found no difference between students quarantined in double o...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Chu CY,Li CY,Zhang H,Wang Y,Huo DH,Wen L,Yin ZT,Li F,Song HB

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the incidence of and risk factors for clinical and subclinical dengue virus (DENV) infection, we prospectively studied 1,207 adult short-term travelers from the Netherlands to dengue-endemic areas. Participants donated blood samples for serologic testing before and after travel. Blood samples were tested for...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Baaten GG,Sonder GJ,Zaaijer HL,van Gool T,Kint JA,van den Hoek A

更新日期：2011-05-01 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：:Rickettsia prowazekii is the causative agent of epidemic typhus and a potential bioterrorism agent. Sensitive and specific rapid assays are needed to complement existing methods of detecting this organism. We developed a real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction assay by using a species-specific probe targeting...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Svraka S,Rolain JM,Bechah Y,Gatabazi J,Raoult D

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lack of population health surveillance for companion animal populations leaves them vulnerable to the effects of novel diseases without means of early detection. We present evidence on the effectiveness of a system that enabled early detection and rapid response a canine gastroenteritis outbreak in the United King...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Radford AD,Singleton DA,Jewell C,Appleton C,Rowlingson B,Hale AC,Cuartero CT,Newton R,Sánchez-Vizcaíno F,Greenberg D,Brant B,Bentley EG,Stewart JP,Smith S,Haldenby S,Noble PM,Pinchbeck GL

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using shotgun metagenomics, we identified an imported case of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium leprae in a Filipino resident of Saudi Arabia in 2017. We determined the phylogenomic lineage (3K1) and identified mutations in rpoB and rrs corresponding to the multidrug-resistance phenotype clinically observed. Metagenom...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Guan Q,Almutairi TS,Alhalouli T,Pain A,Alasmari F

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined the seroprevalence of hepatitis E virus (HEV) in persons in 2 rural communities in southeastern Bolivia and the presence of HEV in human and swine fecal samples. HEV seroprevalence was 6.3%, and HEV genotype 3 strains with high sequence homology were detected. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Dell'Amico MC,Cavallo A,Gonzales JL,Bonelli SI,Valda Y,Pieri A,Segund H,Ibañez R,Mantella A,Bartalesi F,Tolari F,Bartoloni A

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report 3 cases of spotted fever group rickettsial infection (presumed Queensland tick typhus) in residents of northern Queensland, Australia, who had unusually severe clinical manifestations. Complications included renal failure, purpura fulminans, and severe pneumonia. Clinical illness caused by Rickettsia austral...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： McBride WJ,Hanson JP,Miller R,Wenck D

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an epizootiologic survey of 122 rodents captured in Vladivostok, Russia, antibodies positive for hantavirus were found in Apodemus peninsulae (4/70), A. agrarius (1/39), and Clethrionomys rufocanus (1/8). The hantavirus sequences identified in two seropositive A. peninsulae and two patients with hemorrhagic fever w...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Lokugamage K,Kariwa H,Hayasaka D,Cui BZ,Iwasaki T,Lokugamage N,Ivanov LI,Volkov VI,Demenev VA,Slonova R,Kompanets G,Kushnaryova T,Kurata T,Maeda K,Araki K,Mizutani T,Yoshimatsu K,Arikawa J,Takashima I

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Countries must be prepared to respond to public health threats associated with emergencies, such as natural disasters, sociopolitical conflicts, or uncontrolled disease outbreaks. Rapid vaccination of populations vulnerable to epidemic-prone vaccine-preventable diseases is a major component of emergency response. Emer...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Walldorf JA,Date KA,Sreenivasan N,Harris JB,Hyde TB

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 1999 outbreak of Nipah virus encephalitis in humans and pigs in Peninsular Malaysia ended with the evacuation of humans and culling of pigs in the epidemic area. Serologic screening showed that, in the absence of infected pigs, dogs were not a secondary reservoir for Nipah virus. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Mills JN,Alim AN,Bunning ML,Lee OB,Wagoner KD,Amman BR,Stockton PC,Ksiazek TG

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used physician sentinel surveillance to identify 25 (7.7%) mild to severe infections with enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) in children and adults among 325 outpatients with acute respiratory infections in Germany during August-October 2014. Results suggested low-level circulation of enterovirus D68 in Germany. Viruses were...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Reiche J,Böttcher S,Diedrich S,Buchholz U,Buda S,Haas W,Schweiger B,Wolff T

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00