Comparison of vaccination strategies for the control of dog rabies in Machakos District, Kenya.

abstract：:Despite Department of Health recommendations, universal antenatal testing for hepatitis B virus (HBV) is not performed throughout Scotland. We describe the evaluation of an assay to document past or present infection with HBV, by identifying maternal antibody in routine Guthrie dried neonatal blood spot samples taken ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Tappin DM,Greer K,Cameron S,Kennedy R,Brown AJ,Girdwood RW

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, men who have sex with men (MSM) constitute a major group of HIV transmission in China. High primary drug-resistance (PDR) rate in MSM also represents a serious challenge for the Chinese antiretroviral therapy (ART) program. To assess the efficiency of ART in controlling HIV/AIDS infection among MSM, w...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Lu Z,Wang L,Wang LP,Xing H,Fu G,Yan H,Wang L,Li Z,Xu J,Wang N,Wang K,Peng Z

更新日期：2020-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The Belgian data for foodborne norovirus (NoV) outbreaks became available for the first time with the introduction of an extraction and detection protocol for NoV in the National Reference Laboratory for foodborne outbreaks in September 2006. In 2007, 10 NoV foodborne outbreaks were reported affecting 392 persons in B...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Baert L,Uyttendaele M,Stals A,VAN Coillie E,Dierick K,Debevere J,Botteldoorn N

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Migrants from Java arrive in hyperendemic Papua, Indonesia lacking exposure to endemic malaria. We evaluated records of evacuation to hospital with a diagnosis of severe malaria from a transmigration village in northeastern Papua. During the first 30 months, 198 residents with severe disease were evacuated (7.5 evacua...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Baird JK,Basri H,Weina P,MaGuire JD,Barcus MJ,Picarema H,Elyazar IR,Ayomi E,Sekartuti

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The WAIFW matrix (Who Acquires Infection From Whom) is a central parameter in modelling the spread of infectious diseases. The calculation of the basic reproductive number (R0) depends on the assumptions made about the transmission within and between age groups through the structure of the WAIFW matrix and different s...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Effelterre TV,Shkedy Z,Aerts M,Molenberghs G,Damme PV,Beutels P

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 3522 samples of serum, collected anonymously from women attending an antenatal clinic, was tested for hepatitis B surface antigen and antibody to hepatitis C. The prevalence of anti-HCV was low; only five confirmed positives were found (0.14%). The prevalence of hepatitis B overall was 0.56%, but was 1.04% ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Boxall E,Skidmore S,Evans C,Nightingale S

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients undergoing bone marrow transplantation become immunocompromised for various reasons. Deep granulocytopenia, induced by conditioning (chemotherapy and total body irradiation), renders the patient at risk for serious bacterial and fungal infections. Our strategy for prevention of these infections by selective d...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Guiot HF,van Furth R

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From 1996 to 2004, the incidence of Salmonella Javiana infections increased in FoodNet, the U.S. national active foodborne disease surveillance programme. Contact with amphibians and consumption of tomatoes have been associated with outbreaks of S. Javiana infection. To generate and test hypotheses about risk factors ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Clarkson LS,Tobin-D'Angelo M,Shuler C,Hanna S,Benson J,Voetsch AC

更新日期：2010-03-01 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：:A retrospective cohort study was conducted from 1 January 2006 to 31 December 2009 in Michigan to estimate the prevalence of HIV and hepatitis co-infection and identify associated factors. The prevalence of co-infection was 4.1% [95% confidence interval (CI) 3.8-4.5]. Multivariable logistic regression analysis reveale...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Butt ZA,Wilkins MJ,Hamilton E,Todem D,Gardiner JC,Saeed M

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis (TB) has been known to affect elephants for thousands of years. It was put into spotlight when few circus elephants were diagnosed carrying Mycobacterium (M.) tuberculosis. Because of the zoonotic risk and high susceptibility to M. tuberculosis, periodic testing was enacted since, in captive breeding prog...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Hermes R,Saragusty J,Moser I,Holtze S,Nieter J,Sachse K,Voracek T,Bernhard A,Bouts T,Göritz F,Hildebrandt TB

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) is a cattle respiratory disease that represents one of the major threats to cattle health and production in sub-Saharan Africa. The transmission contact rate of CBPP plays a key role in the spreading dynamics of the disease. We have developed an approach based on the combinatio...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Balenghien T,Chalvet-Monfray K,Bicout DJ,Sabatier P

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of Legionella spp. in the water of a Portuguese spa was ascertained during the spa season, between May and November. Simultaneously the prevalence of anti-legionella antibodies in people attending the spa was also investigated. The antibody titres of 172 randomly selected patients and 42 therapists were d...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Rocha G,Veríssimo A,Bowker R,Bornstein N,Da Costa MS

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we collected and analysed data of the severe burn patients at our institution over an 11-year period in order to shed light on the controversial role of bloodstream infection (BSI) as a predictive factor for mortality in this burn population. The factors examined were age, total body surface area, smoke ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Egozi D,Hussein K,Filson S,Mashiach T,Ullmann Y,Raz-Pasteur A

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli O157 are zoonotic bacteria for which cattle are an important reservoir. Prevalence estimates for E. coli O157 in British cattle for human consumption are over 10 years old. A new baseline is needed to inform current human health risk. The British E. coli O157 in Cattle Study (BECS) ran between Septemb...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Henry MK,Tongue SC,Evans J,Webster C,McKENDRICK IJ,Morgan M,Willett A,Reeves A,Humphry RW,Gally DL,Gunn GJ,Chase-Topping ME

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From 1985 to 1988, a total of 2496 swine sera from 60 farms in the Tohoku District of the Honshu Island of Japan were examined for antibodies to swine haemagglutinating encephalomyelitis virus (HEV), human coronavirus (HCV) and bovine coronavirus (BCV) by haemagglutination-inhibition (HI) test. Antibodies to HEV 67N s...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Hirano N,Suzuki Y,Haga S

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bordetella bronchiseptica is a potential zoonotic pathogen, which mainly causes respiratory diseases in humans and a variety of animal species. B. bronchiseptica is one of the important pathogens isolated from rabbits in Fujian Province. However, the knowledge of the epidemiology and characteristics of the B. bronchis...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Wang J,Sun S,Chen Y,Chen D,Sang L,Xie X

更新日期：2020-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The isolation of Fusobacterium necrophorum present in small numbers in heavily contaminated material such as faeces or soil is hampered by the lack of an efficient selective medium and by the high minimum infective dose of the organism. A sensitive method for the detection and isolation of faecal strains of F. necroph...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Smith GR,Barton SA,Wallace LM

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fourteen people living in or near the city of Gloucester fell ill with Legionnaires' disease caused by Legionella pneumophila serogroup (SG) 1 between 27 August and 27 October 1986. Another patient had fallen ill on 30 May. Nine of the 15 were diagnosed retrospectively during a case finding exercise. There were three ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Hunt DA,Cartwright KA,Smith MC,Middleton J,Bartlett CL,Lee JV,Dennis PJ,Harper D

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated whether straight-line distance from residential compounds to healthcare facilities influenced mortality, the incidence of pneumonia and vaccine efficacy against pneumonia in rural Gambia. Clinical surveillance for pneumonia was conducted on 6938 children living in the catchment areas of the two largest...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Zaman SM,Cox J,Enwere GC,Bottomley C,Greenwood BM,Cutts FT

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although Lyme borreliosis is increasingly diagnosed in the United Kingdom, few systematic studies have been performed there. UK data suggest that the commonest complications are neurological, but inadequate information exists about their nature and the incidence of late neuroborreliosis. Local data are necessary becau...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Lovett JK,Evans PH,O'Connell S,Gutowski NJ

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 2-year study from January 1981 to December 1982 was undertaken to determine the role of viruses in the causation of diarrhoea in hospitalized children in Pune, Maharashtra State, India. The stool samples of 426 children (213 diarrhoeal and 213 non-diarrhoeal controls) were investigated by electron microscopy and ELI...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Singh PB,Sreenivasan MA,Pavri KM

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes mellitus (DM) is currently known to be one of the risk factors for pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) and the proportion of DM in PTB is rising along with the increased prevalence of DM in countries with high PTB burden. This study was designed to explore the impact of DM on clinical presentation and treatment outc...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Hongguang C,Min L,Shiwen J,Fanghui G,Shaoping H,Tiejie G,Na L,Zhiguo Z

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：:This analysis assessed the utility of the limiting antigen avidity assay (LAg). Samples of people who inject drugs (PWID) in Greece with documented duration of HIV-1 infection were tested by LAg. A LAg-normalized optical density (ODn) ⩽1·5 corresponds to a recency window period of 130 days. The proportion true recent ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Nikolopoulos GK,Katsoulidou A,Kantzanou M,Rokka C,Tsiara C,Sypsa V,Paraskevis D,Psichogiou M,Friedman S,Hatzakis A

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deterministic models were employed to investigate the biology of Trypanosoma evansi infection in the Indonesian buffalo. Models were fitted to two age-structured data sets of infection. The Susceptible-Infected-Susceptible (SIS) model was the best supported description of this infection, although the results of the an...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Coen PG,Luckins AG,Davison HC,Woolhouse ME

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Horizontal transmission of Campylobacter jejuni was investigated in campylobacter-free broiler chicks. One hundred and twenty chicks housed individually, were provided with water containing 10(2)-10(9) c.f.u./ml C. jejuni. Colonization was rapid [47 of 73 (64%) positive cloacal cultures within 3 days and 65 of 73 (89%...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Shanker S,Lee A,Sorrell TC

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe an outbreak of simultaneous Clostridium difficile and norovirus infections in a long-term-care facility. Thirty patients experienced acute gastroenteritis, and four had co-infection with identical C. difficile 027 and genotype II.4 New Orleans norovirus strains. Co-occurring infection requires improved und...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Ludwig A,Sato K,Schirmer P,Maniar A,Lucero-Obusan C,Fleming C,Ryono R,Oda G,Winters M,Holodniy M

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to human error, drinking water supplied to a new housing estate in The Netherlands was contaminated with grey water. The cohort of 921 accidentally exposed households (area A) had a higher attack rate for diarrhoea (54.1%) than a non-exposed cohort of 1529 households from an adjacent area (B) (24%) (RR 2.3, 95% CI...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Fernandes TM,Schout C,De Roda Husman AM,Eilander A,Vennema H,van Duynhoven YT

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A micro-epidemic of hantavirus infections occurred in Lower Bavaria, South-East Germany, starting in April 2004. While only three cases were registered from 2001 to 2003, a dramatically increased number of clinically apparent human hantavirus infections (n=38) was observed in 2004, plus seven additional cases by June ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Essbauer S,Schmidt J,Conraths FJ,Friedrich R,Koch J,Hautmann W,Pfeffer M,Wölfel R,Finke J,Dobler G,Ulrich R

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00