Environmental sampling for spores of Bacillus anthracis.

abstract：:We isolated highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (H5N8) of clade 2.3.4.4 from the common coot (Fulica atra) in Egypt, documenting its introduction into Africa through migratory birds. This virus has a close genetic relationship with subtype H5N8 viruses circulating in Europe. Enhanced surveillance to detect newly e...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Selim AA,Erfan AM,Hagag N,Zanaty A,Samir AH,Samy M,Abdelhalim A,Arafa AA,Soliman MA,Shaheen M,Ibraheem EM,Mahrous I,Hassan MK,Naguib MM

更新日期：2017-06-01 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：:Outbreaks of West Nile (WN) virus occurred in the New York metropolitan area in 1999 and 2000. Nineteen patients diagnosed with WN infection were hospitalized in New York and New Jersey in 2000 and were included in this review. Eleven patients had encephalitis or meningoencephalitis, and eight had meningitis alone. Ag...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Weiss D,Carr D,Kellachan J,Tan C,Phillips M,Bresnitz E,Layton M,West Nile Virus Outbreak Response Working Group.

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The water-borne pathogen Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 (Lp1) is the most commonly reported etiologic agent of legionellosis. To examine the genetic diversity, the long-term epidemiology, and the molecular evolution of Lp1 clinical isolates, we conducted sequence-based typing on a collection of clinical isolates r...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Tijet N,Tang P,Romilowych M,Duncan C,Ng V,Fisman DN,Jamieson F,Low DE,Guyard C

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After the last reported cases of rabies in a human in 1959 and a nonhuman animal in 1961, Taiwan was considered free from rabies. However, during 2012-2013, an outbreak occurred among ferret badgers in Taiwan. To examine the origin of this virus strain, we sequenced 3 complete genomes and acquired multiple rabies viru...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Chiou HY,Hsieh CH,Jeng CR,Chan FT,Wang HY,Pang VF

更新日期：2014-05-01 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：:An expert conference on Dengue in Africa was held in Accra, Ghana, in February 2013 to consider key questions regarding the possible expansion of dengue in Africa. Four key action points were highlighted to advance our understanding of the epidemiology of dengue in Africa. First, dengue diagnostic tools must be made m...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Jaenisch T,Junghanss T,Wills B,Brady OJ,Eckerle I,Farlow A,Hay SI,McCall PJ,Messina JP,Ofula V,Sall AA,Sakuntabhai A,Velayudhan R,Wint GR,Zeller H,Margolis HS,Sankoh O,Dengue in Africa Study Group.

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Foodborne transmission of pathogenic and toxigenic microorganisms has been a recognized hazard for decades. Even half a century ago we knew about the dangers of botulism from underprocessed canned foods; staphylococcal poisoning from unrefrigerated cream-filled pastries, sliced ham, meat, and poultry salads; and salmo...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Foster EM

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial infection is a well-known complication of breast implant surgery. We identified Mycobacterium senegalense, the principal pathogen of bovine farcy of cattle, in a woman after implant-based breast reconstruction. This finding indicates that unusual pathogens should be considered as an etiology of infected brea...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Carretero O,Reyes C,San-Juan R,Chaves F,López-Roa P

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Powassan virus (POWV) lineage II is an emerging tickborne flavivirus with an unknown seroprevalence in humans. In a Lyme disease-endemic area, we examined the seroreactivity to POWV in 2 patient cohorts and described the clinical features of the POWV-seroreactive patients. POWV disease might be less neuroinvasive than...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Frost HM,Schotthoefer AM,Thomm AM,Dupuis AP 2nd,Kehl SC,Kramer LD,Fritsche TR,Harrington YA,Knox KK

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Cambodia, 1,303 bats of 16 species were tested for lyssavirus. No lyssavirus nucleocapsid was detected in 1,283 brains tested by immunofluorescence assay. Antibodies against lyssaviruses were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in 144 (14.7%) of 981 serum samples. Thirty of 187 serum samples contained neu...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Reynes JM,Molia S,Audry L,Hout S,Ngin S,Walston J,Bourhy H

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Imported malaria has been an increasing problem in several Western countries in the last 2 decades. To calculate the risk factors of age, sex, and travel destination in Swedish travelers, we used data from the routine reporting system for malaria (mixture of patients with and without adequate prophylaxis), a database ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Askling HH,Nilsson J,Tegnell A,Janzon R,Ekdahl K

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a case of recurrent coccidioidal meningitis in which a fungal biofilm on the tip of ventriculo-peritoneal shunt tubing was likely responsible for a 4-year persistence of Coccidioides immitis, despite the patient's taking an adequate dosage of fluconazole. Fungal biofilms should be considered as a cause for...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Davis LE,Cook G,Costerton JW

更新日期：2002-04-01 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：:Since the 1990s, reports of Q fever in Nova Scotia, Canada, have declined. Passive surveillance for Q fever in Nova Scotia and its neighboring provinces in eastern Canada indicates that the clinical manifestation of Q fever in the Maritime provinces is pneumonia and that incidence of the disease may fluctuate. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Marrie TJ,Campbell N,McNeil SA,Webster D,Hatchette TF

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hantaviruses are carried by numerous rodent species throughout the world. In 1993, a previously unknown group of hantaviruses emerged in the United States as the cause of an acute respiratory disease now termed hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS). Before than, hantaviruses were known as the etiologic agents of hemorrh...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Schmaljohn C,Hjelle B

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a contagious and fatal neurodegenerative disease and a serious animal health issue for deer and elk in North America. The identification of the first cases of CWD among free-ranging reindeer and moose in Europe brings back into focus the unresolved issue of whether CWD can be zoonotic ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Barria MA,Libori A,Mitchell G,Head MW

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the genetic diversity of measles virus (MV) in Nigeria (2004-2005) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) (2002-2006). Genotype B3 strains circulating in Kinshasa, DRC, in 2002-2003 were fully replaced by genotype B2 in 2004 at the end of the second Congo war. In Nigeria (2004-2005), two geneti...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Kremer JR,Nkwembe E,Bola Oyefolu AO,Smit SB,Pukuta E,Omilabu SA,Adu FD,Muyembe Tamfum JJ,Muller CP

更新日期：2010-11-01 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：:To determine if Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) and Streptococcus pneumoniae could be identified more often from the nasopharynx of patients with pneumonia than from control patients, we obtained nasopharyngeal swab specimens from 96 patients with chest x-ray-confirmed pneumonia and 214 age-matched control patient...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Levine OS,Liu G,Garman RL,Dowell SF,Yu S,Yang YH

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article on p. 1529 in vol. 22, PMID: 27538119.]. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors：

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known about the emergence and spread of virulent subtypes of Cryptosporidium hominis, the predominant species responsible for human cryptosporidiosis. We conducted sequence analyses of 32 genetic loci of 53 C. hominis specimens isolated from a longitudinally followed cohort of children living in a small comm...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Li N,Xiao L,Cama VA,Ortega Y,Gilman RH,Guo M,Feng Y

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the evolution and trends of amoxicillin-clavulanic acid resistance among Escherichia coli isolates in Spain, we tested 9,090 blood isolates from 42 Spanish hospitals and compared resistance with trends in outpatient consumption. These isolates were collected by Spanish hospitals that participated in the E...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Oteo J,Campos J,Lázaro E,Cuevas O,García-Cobos S,Pérez-Vázquez M,de Abajo FJ,Spanish Members of EARSS.

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Outbreak data have been used to estimate the proportion of illnesses attributable to different foods. Applying outbreak-based attribution estimates to nonoutbreak foodborne illnesses requires an assumption of similar exposure pathways for outbreak and sporadic illnesses. This assumption cannot be tested, but other com...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Ebel ED,Williams MS,Cole D,Travis CC,Klontz KC,Golden NJ,Hoekstra RM

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic characterization of highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses (H5N1) isolated in July 2008 in Nigeria indicates that a distinct genotype, never before detected in Africa, reached the continent. Phylogenetic analysis showed that the viruses are genetically closely related to European and Middle Eastern influenz...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Fusaro A,Joannis T,Monne I,Salviato A,Yakubu B,Meseko C,Oladokun T,Fassina S,Capua I,Cattoli G

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The per capita incidence of human Lyme disease in the northeastern United States is more than twice that in the Midwest. However, the prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium that causes Lyme disease, in the tick vector is nearly identical in the 2 regions. The disparity in human Lyme disease incidence may re...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Brisson D,Vandermause MF,Meece JK,Reed KD,Dykhuizen DE

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used latent class analysis to examine Zika virus-related information-accessing behavior of US residents during the 2016 international outbreak. We characterized 3 classes of information-accessing behavior patterns: universalists, media seekers, and passive recipients. Understanding these patterns is crucial to plan...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Piltch-Loeb R,Abramson D

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

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：: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：:Risk factors for sporadic cryptosporidiosis were determined in 152 patients and 466 unmatched controls who resided in two local government districts in North Cumbria, North West England, from March 1, 1996, to February 29, 2000. Risk was associated with the usual daily volume of cold unboiled tap water drunk (odds rat...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Goh S,Reacher M,Casemore DP,Verlander NQ,Chalmers R,Knowles M,Williams J,Osborn K,Richards S

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00