Passive antibody administration (immediate immunity) as a specific defense against biological weapons.

abstract：:Resistance to antimicrobial agents used to treat severe Campylobacter spp. gastroenteritis is increasing worldwide. We assessed the antimicrobial resistance patterns of Campylobacter spp. isolates of human and animal origin. More than half (n = 32) were resistant to sulphonamide, a feature known to be associated with ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Lucey B,Crowley D,Moloney P,Cryan B,Daly M,O'Halloran F,Threlfall EJ,Fanning S

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used comprehensive serodiagnostic methods (IgM, IgG, and IgG avidity) and PCR to study Merkel cell polyomavirus and trichodysplasia spinulosa-associated polyomavirus infections in children observed from infancy to adolescence. Comparing seroconversion intervals with previous and subsequent intervals, we found that ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Chen T,Tanner L,Simell V,Hedman L,Mäkinen M,Sadeghi M,Veijola R,Hyöty H,Ilonen J,Knip M,Toppari J,Simell O,Söderlund-Venermo M,Hedman K

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although surgical site infections (SSIs) are known to cause substantial illness and costs during the index hospitalization, little information exists about the impact of infections diagnosed after discharge, which constitute the majority of SSIs. In this study, using patient questionnaire and administrative databases,...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Perencevich EN,Sands KE,Cosgrove SE,Guadagnoli E,Meara E,Platt R

更新日期：2003-02-01 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：:We present the molecular identification of Apodemus agrarius (striped field mouse) as reservoir host of the Dobrava-Belgrade virus (DOBV) lineage DOBV-Aa in 3 federal states of Germany. Phylogenetic analyses provided evidence for multiple spillover of DOBV-Aa to A. flavicollis, a crucial prerequisite for host switch a...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Schlegel M,Klempa B,Auste B,Bemmann M,Schmidt-Chanasit J,Büchner T,Groschup MH,Meier M,Balkema-Buschmann A,Zoller H,Krüger DH,Ulrich RG

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 1997 Hong Kong outbreak of an avian influenzalike virus, with 18 proven human cases, many severe or fatal, highlighted the challenges of novel influenza viruses. Lessons from this episode can improve international and national planning for influenza pandemics in seven areas: expanded international commitment to fi...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Snacken R,Kendal AP,Haaheim LR,Wood JM

更新日期：1999-03-01 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：:Zika virus is normally transmitted by mosquitos, but cases of sexual transmission have been reported. We describe a patient with symptomatic Zika virus infection in whom the virus was detected in semen for 92 days. Our findings support recommendations for 6 months of barrier contraceptive use after symptomatic Zika vi...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Gaskell KM,Houlihan C,Nastouli E,Checkley AM

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine the association of colonization by Staphylococcus aureus and general population mortality, we followed 10,598 adults for 8.5 years on average. Methicillin-susceptible S. aureus colonization was not associated with death. Methicillin-resistant S. aureus carriage predicted death in a crude analysis but not af...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Mendy A,Vieira ER,Albatineh AN,Gasana J

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After the outbreak in Wuhan, China, we assessed 29,299 workers screened for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 by reverse transcription PCR. We noted 18 (0.061%) cases of asymptomatic infection; 13 turned negative within 8.0 days, and 41 close contacts tested negative. Among 6 contacts who had serologic t...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Han X,Wei X,Alwalid O,Cao Y,Li Y,Wang L,Shi H

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the distribution and antimicrobial drug resistance in bacterial pathogens causing nosocomial infections, surveillance data on nosocomial infections documented from 1981 to 1999 at National Taiwan University Hospital were analyzed. During this period, 35,580 bacterial pathogens causing nosocomial infection...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Hsueh PR,Chen ML,Sun CC,Chen WH,Pan HJ,Yang LS,Chang SC,Ho SW,Lee CY,Hsieh WC,Luh KT

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a retrospective population-based study of 140 episodes of Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis bacteremia occurring in Finland during 1995-2004. Rare emm types were associated with more severe disease and increased mortality rates. Skin and soft tissue infections were more frequent clinical signs...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Rantala S,Vahakuopus S,Vuopio-Varkila J,Vuento R,Syrjanen J

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brucellosis causes appreciable economic losses in livestock. Examination of milk and tissues from animals in Egypt for Brucella spp. showed increased prevalence rates of serologically reactive animals. All isolates were B. melitensis biovar 3. One Brucella sp. was isolated from milk of serologically nonreactive buffal...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Samaha H,Al-Rowaily M,Khoudair RM,Ashour HM

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 420 rodents in China were examined for Francisella tularensis by polymerase chain reaction. The infection rates were 4.76% in total, and 11.65%, 10.00%, 6.56%, 1.77%, and 0% in Jilin, Xinjiang, Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, and Zhejiang, respectively. Sequence analysis showed that all the detected agents be...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Zhang F,Liu W,Chu MC,He J,Duan Q,Wu XM,Zhang PH,Zhao QM,Yang H,Xin ZT,Cao WC

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Borrelia miyamotoi is distantly related to B. burgdorferi and transmitted by the same hard-body tick species. We report 46 cases of B. miyamotoi infection in humans and compare the frequency and clinical manifestations of this infection with those caused by B. garinii and B. burgdorferi infection. All 46 patients live...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Platonov AE,Karan LS,Kolyasnikova NM,Makhneva NA,Toporkova MG,Maleev VV,Fish D,Krause PJ

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a nested polymerase chain reaction for the identification of Borrelia species from serum of patients with unidentified fevers. This technique, based on single nucleotide polymorphisms of the 16S ribosomal RNA gene, was used to test blood samples from 7,750 patients, 33 of whom were diagnosed with spirochet...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Brahim H,Perrier-Gros-Claude JD,Postic D,Baranton G,Jambou R

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multidrug-resistant Salmonella enterica serotype Anatum strain reported in Taiwan was isolated in the United States from patients and from seafood imported from Asia. Isolates harbored 11 resistance determinants, including quinolone and inducible cephalosporin resistance genes. Most patients had traveled to Asia. Th...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Karp BE,Leeper MM,Chen JC,Tagg KA,Francois Watkins LK,Friedman CR

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Murray Valley encephalitis virus (MVEV), a flavivirus belonging to the Japanese encephalitis serogroup, can cause severe clinical manifestations in humans. We report a fatal case of MVEV infection in a young woman who returned from Australia to Canada. The differential diagnosis for travel-associated encephalitis shou...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Niven DJ,Afra K,Iftinca M,Tellier R,Fonseca K,Kramer A,Safronetz D,Holloway K,Drebot M,Johnson AS

更新日期：2017-02-01 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：:West Nile virus (WNV) lineage 2 is associated with neurologic disease in horses and humans in South Africa. Surveillance in wildlife and nonequine domestic species during 2010-2018 identified WNV in 11 (1.8%) of 608 animals with severe neurologic and fatal infections, highlighting susceptible hosts and risk for WNV ep...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Steyn J,Botha E,Stivaktas VI,Buss P,Beechler BR,Myburgh JG,Steyl J,Williams J,Venter M

更新日期：2019-12-01 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：:School closure is a proposed strategy for reducing influenza transmission during a pandemic. Few studies have assessed how families respond to closures, or whether other interactions during closure could reduce this strategy's effect. Questionnaires were administered to 220 households (438 adults and 355 children) wit...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Johnson AJ,Moore ZS,Edelson PJ,Kinnane L,Davies M,Shay DK,Balish A,McCarron M,Blanton L,Finelli L,Averhoff F,Bresee J,Engel J,Fiore A

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We identified human bocavirus (HBoV) DNA by PCR in cerebrospinal fluid from adults and children with encephalitis in Sri Lanka. HBoV types 1, 2, and 3 were identified among these cases. Phylogenetic analysis of HBoV1 strain sequences found no subclustering with strains previously identified among encephalitis cases in...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Mori D,Ranawaka U,Yamada K,Rajindrajith S,Miya K,Perera HK,Matsumoto T,Dassanayake M,Mitui MT,Mori H,Nishizono A,Söderlund-Venermo M,Ahmed K

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed to estimate the global occurrence of zoonotic tuberculosis (TB) caused by Mycobacterium bovis or M. caprae infections in humans by performing a multilingual, systematic review and analysis of relevant scientific literature of the last 2 decades. Although information from many parts of the world was not availa...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Müller B,Dürr S,Alonso S,Hattendorf J,Laisse CJ,Parsons SD,van Helden PD,Zinsstag J

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cross-sectional studies suggest an increasing trend in incidence and relatively low recurrence rates of Clostridium difficile infections in Asia than in Europe and North America. The temporal trend of C. difficile infection in Asia is not completely understood. We conducted a territory-wide population-based observatio...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Ho J,Dai RZW,Kwong TNY,Wang X,Zhang L,Ip M,Chan R,Hawkey PMK,Lam KLY,Wong MCS,Tse G,Chan MTV,Chan FKL,Yu J,Ng SC,Lee N,Wu JCY,Sung JJY,Wu WKK,Wong SH

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a pilot study that attempted to infect human volunteers with Cyclospora cayetanensis. Seven healthy volunteers ingested an inoculum of Cyclospora oocysts (approximately 200-49,000 oocysts). The volunteers did not experience symptoms of gastroenteritis, and no oocysts were detected in any stool samples duri...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Alfano-Sobsey EM,Eberhard ML,Seed JR,Weber DJ,Won KY,Nace EK,Moe CL

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During surveillance for pneumonia of unknown etiology and sentinel hospital-based surveillance in Beijing, China, we detected avian influenza A(H7N9) virus infection in 4 persons who had pneumonia, influenza-like illness, or asymptomatic infections. Samples from poultry workers, associated poultry environments, and wi...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Yang P,Pang X,Deng Y,Ma C,Zhang D,Sun Y,Shi W,Lu G,Zhao J,Liu Y,Peng X,Tian Y,Qian H,Chen L,Wang Q

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine which species of Culicoides biting midges carry Schmallenberg virus (SBV), we assayed midges collected in the Netherlands during autumn 2011. SBV RNA was found in C. scoticus, C. obsoletus sensu stricto, and C. chiopterus. The high proportion of infected midges might explain the rapid spread of SBV throug...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Elbers AR,Meiswinkel R,van Weezep E,Sloet van Oldruitenborgh-Oosterbaan MM,Kooi EA

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a program of population-based molecular typing of all Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates obtained in Alabama since 1994. Of 2452 isolates, 1013 (41%) had fewer than 6 bands of IS6110; 348 (14%) had a single two-band pattern (JH2). With conventional epidemiologic methods, we identified three groups of rel...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Lok KH,Benjamin WH Jr,Kimerling ME,Pruitt V,Mulcahy D,Robinson N,Keenan NB,Dunlap NE

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preventing campylobacteriosis depends on a thorough understanding of its epidemiology. We used case-case analysis to compare cases of Campylobacter coli infection with cases of C. jejuni infection, to generate hypotheses for infection from standardized, population-based sentinel surveillance information in England and...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Gillespie IA,O'Brien SJ,Frost JA,Adak GK,Horby P,Swan AV,Painter MJ,Neal KR,Campylobacter Sentinel Surveillance Scheme Collaborators.

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00