Kinetics of the IgG antibody response to pertussis toxin after infection with B. pertussis.

abstract：:Previous modelling studies have estimated that between 1% and 10% of human salmonella infections are attributable to pig meat consumption. In response to this food safety threat the British pig industry have initiated a salmonella monitoring programme. It is anticipated that this programme will contribute to achieving...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Hill AA,Snary EL,Arnold ME,Alban L,Cook AJ

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Samples from 2427 cattle, 661 goats, 104 sheep, 98 camels and 82 horses were screened for brucella infections by the Rose Bengal Test and positive reactors confirmed by the complement fixation test. In cattle, the highest individual seroprevalence was in dairy herds kept under the intensive husbandry system, with an i...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Omer MK,Skjerve E,Holstad G,Woldehiwet Z,Macmillan AP

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plague is a re-emerging disease endemic in at least 24 countries. Non-endemic countries should be able to confirm plague to prevent outbreaks due to imported cases. We established a combination of a IgG/IgM screening ELISA and a confirmation immunoblot employing F1 capsular antigen (CA) for the serodiagnosis of plague...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Neubauer H,Rahalison L,Brooks TJ,Aleksic S,Chanteau S,Splettstösser WD

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using DNA probes specific for the genes encoding Vero cytotoxins 1 and 2 in hybridization experiments on faecal samples, Vero cytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC) of serogroup O 157 were detected in 21 of 63 cases of haemorrhagic colitis, 9 of 31 cases of non-bloody diarrhoea and 14 of 68 cases of haemolytic ur...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Kleanthous H,Fry NK,Smith HR,Gross RJ,Rowe B

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to estimate the sensitivity of three different sampling/testing methodologies for the detection of Salmonella Enteritidis in commercial egg-laying flocks relative to the within-flock prevalence. The following methods were compared on 21 farms: (1) The European Union (EU) baseline survey...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Arnold ME,Carrique-Mas JJ,Davies RH

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (HA-MRSA) is becoming increasingly established in Asian hospitals. The primary aim of this study was to decompose the risk factors for HA-MRSA based on conceptual clinical pathways. The secondary aim was to show the amount of effect attributable to antibiot...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Wong JG,Chen MI,Win MK,Ng PY,Chow A

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nebovirus is a new genus of viruses belonging to the Caliciviridae family recently characterized in cattle, and is associated with gastrointestinal disorders, such as diarrhoea, anorexia and intestinal lesions particularly in calves. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of neboviruses in Brazilian c...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Candido M,Alencar AL,Almeida-Queiroz SR,Buzinaro MG,Munin FS,Godoy SH,Livonesi MC,Fernandes AM,Sousa RL

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is uncertain whether hospitalization among patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) increases during the influenza season. This retrospective cohort study used influenza surveillance data from the United States (1986-1987 to 1990-1991), clinical information from the Studies of Left Ventricular Dysfunction (SOLV...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Sandoval C,Walter SD,Krueger P,Smieja M,Smith A,Yusuf S,Loeb MB

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lumpy skin disease (LSD) is a severe disease of cattle caused by a Capripoxvirus and often caused epidemics in Ethiopia and many other countries. This study was undertaken to quantify the transmission between animals and to estimate the infection reproduction ratio in a predominantly mixed crop-livestock system and in...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Molla W,Frankena K,DE Jong MCM

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the impact of viral and bacterial co-infection in hospitalised children with Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia (RMPP). Retrospective analysis of 396 children with RMPP in our hospital admitted between 1 January 2011 and 31 December 2016 was performed. Nasal aspirate samples were collected for pathogen det...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Zhang X,Chen Z,Gu W,Ji W,Wang Y,Hao C,He Y,Huang L,Wang M,Shao X,Yan Y

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Roughly half (54%) of the 910 young conscripts at a garrison in Finland were vaccinated with commercial influenza vaccines in autumn 1998. During the influenza outbreak in February 1999, 12 H3N2-subtype virus strains were isolated from vaccinated patients, and 11 such strains were isolated from unvaccinated patients. ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Pyhälä R,Ikonen N,Haanpää M,Santanen R,Tervahauta R

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ornithosis outbreaks in poultry processing plants are well-described, but evidence for preventive measures is currently lacking. This study describes a case-control study into an outbreak of ornithosis at a poultry processing plant in the East of England, identified following three employees being admitted to hospital...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Williams CJ,Sillis M,Fearne V,Pezzoli L,Beasley G,Bracebridge S,Reacher M,Nair P

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (Map), the cause of ruminant paratuberculosis, has been proposed as the causative agent of Crohn's disease. The objective of this study was to determine whether exposure to clinical cases of bovine paratuberculosis was a risk factor for Crohn's disease. A questionnaire w...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Jones PH,Farver TB,Beaman B,Cetinkaya B,Morgan KL

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spatial-temporal patterns of measles incidence reflect the spatial distribution of human hosts. The heterogeneous spatial distribution of communities has been shown to introduce spatially dependent temporal lags in the timing of measles incidence. Incidence patterns reflect internal dynamics within a community and cou...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Vora A,Burke DS,Cummings DA

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Orf virus has a worldwide distribution among sheep and goats. The hypersensitivity reaction erythema multiforme (EM) is a known complication of orf infection in humans; however, its occurrence is poorly understood and has not been extensively reviewed. We present two unrelated cases of orf-associated EM, and a review ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Joseph RH,Haddad FA,Matthews AL,Maroufi A,Monroe B,Reynolds M

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：:Between 23 August and 15 December 1990 an epidemic of cholera affected Mozambican refugees in Malawi causing 1931 cases (attack rate = 2.4%); 86% of patients had arrived in Malawi < 3 months before illness onset. There were 68 deaths (case-fatality rate = 3.5%); most deaths (63%) occurred within 24 h of hospital admis...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Swerdlow DL,Malenga G,Begkoyian G,Nyangulu D,Toole M,Waldman RJ,Puhr DN,Tauxe RV

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cross-sectional study was conducted from 2014 to 2017 in 13 organised pig farms located in eight states of India (Northern, North-Eastern and Southern regions) to identify the risk factors, pathotype and antimicrobial resistance of Escherichia coli associated with pre- and post-weaning piglet diarrhoea. The data col...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： VinodhKumar OR,Singh BR,Sinha DK,Pruthvishree BS,Tamta S,Dubal ZB,Karthikeyan R,Rupner RN,Malik YS

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) outbreaks in pigs are associated with increased susceptibility of pigs to secondary bacterial infections, including Streptococcus suis - an important zoonotic pathogen causing bacterial meningitis in humans. This case-control study examined the association between h...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Huong VT,Thanh LV,Phu VD,Trinh DT,Inui K,Tung N,Oanh NT,Trung NV,Hoa NT,Bryant JE,Horby PW,Kinh NV,Wertheim HF

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since 2002, the burden of norovirus (NoV) infection in Ireland has increased. Outbreaks in institutional settings are the most common causing widespread disruption to health service delivery. This is the first national study of NoV in the Republic of Ireland and its aim was to identify the major NoV strains circulatin...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Waters A,Coughlan S,Dunford L,Hall WW

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three sources of data (general practice episode data from the Weekly Returns Service of the Royal College of General Practitioners, national hospital admission data for England and national mortality data by date of death) were examined separately in each winter (1994/1995 to 1999/2000) to investigate the impact of in...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Fleming DM,Cross KW,Pannell RS

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred and forty-eight patients from shared oncology and general medical wards were prospectively studied over a 6-month period for carriage of Clostridium difficile during an outbreak of clinical disease with an epidemic strain of the organism. Risk factors for infection were assessed. Acute leukaemia and/or its...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Heard SR,Wren B,Barnett MJ,Thomas JM,Tabaqchali S

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 10-month longitudinal household study of pre-school children and their families was undertaken with monthly visits collecting epidemiological data and nasopharyngeal swabs in Hertfordshire, England from 2001 to 2002. Pneumococcal culture was with standard methods. In total, 121 families (489 individuals) took part. ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Hussain M,Melegaro A,Pebody RG,George R,Edmunds WJ,Talukdar R,Martin SA,Efstratiou A,Miller E

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis (TB) remains a global public health threat. Misdiagnosis and delayed therapy of sputum smear-negative TB can affect the treatment outcomes and promote pathogen transmission. The application of Xpert MTB/RIF assay in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) has been recommended but needs clinical evidence. We c...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Liu Q,Ji Y,Martinez L,Lu W,Shi X,Wang J,Zeng Y

更新日期：2020-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite being the commonest bacterial cause of infectious intestinal disease (IID) in England and Wales, outbreaks of campylobacter infection are rarely reported. However, data from the Campylobacter Sentinel Surveillance Scheme suggested that outbreaks might be more common than was previously suspected, since a high ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Gillespie IA,O'Brien SJ,Adak GK,Tam CC,Frost JA,Bolton FJ,Tompkins DS,Campylobacter Sentinel Surveillance Scheme Collaborators.

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Very few Pacific islands escaped the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic. Subsequent influenza epidemics in the established colonial outposts of American Samoa and New Caledonia infected many but killed very few persons whereas the extraordinarily isolated Niue, Rotuma, Jaliut and Yule islands experienced high mortality infl...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Shanks GD,Brundage JF

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The world is currently confronting the first influenza pandemic of the 21st century [caused by a novel pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus]. Earlier pandemics have been characterized by age distributions that are distinct from those observed with seasonal influenza epidemics, with higher attack rates (and correspondingl...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Greer AL,Tuite A,Fisman DN

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The drug susceptibility and genes responsible for the drug resistance of Vibrio cholerae O1 isolated in Vietnam in 1995, 2000 and 2002 were studied. The strains isolated in 1995 were resistant to streptomycin and harboured the class I integron which contained the aadA1 gene responsible for streptomycin resistance. The...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Ehara M,Nguyen BM,Nguyen DT,Toma C,Higa N,Iwanaga M

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Louse-borne relapsing fever (LBRF) is an epidemic disease with a fascinating history from Hippocrates' times, through the 6th century 'Yellow Plague', to epidemics in Ireland, Scotland and England in the 19th century and two large Afro-Middle Eastern pandemics in the 20th century. An endemic focus persists in Ethiopia...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Warrell DA

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased population movements and increased mobility made it possible for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, which is mainly spread by respiratory droplets, to spread faster and more easily. This study tracked and analysed the development of the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in the top 100 cities...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Yang H,Chen D,Jiang Q,Yuan Z

更新日期：2020-08-03 00:00:00