The elderly and waterborne Cryptosporidium infection: gastroenteritis hospitalizations before and during the 1993 Milwaukee outbreak.

abstract：:During 2007-2009, we tested serum samples from 2,004 pregnant women living in an area of high Q fever incidence in the Netherlands. Results confirmed that presence of antibodies against Coxiella burnetii is related to proximity to infected dairy goat farms. Pregnant women and patients with certain cardiovascular condi...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： van der Hoek W,Meekelenkamp JC,Dijkstra F,Notermans DW,Bom B,Vellema P,Rietveld A,van Duynhoven YT,Leenders AC

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To further assess the geographic occurrence, possible vectors, and prevalence of Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis, we analyzed spleen tissues from 276 voles trapped close to human settlements in France; 5 were infected with the organism. Sequencing showed the isolates carried the same genotype as the bacteria that c...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Vayssier-Taussat M,Le Rhun D,Buffet JP,Maaoui N,Galan M,Guivier E,Charbonnel N,Cosson JF

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human monocytic ehrlichiosis is a febrile illness caused by Ehrlichia chaffeensis, an intracellular bacterium transmitted by ticks. In Mexico, a case of E. chaffeensis infection in an immunocompetent 31-year-old woman without recognized tick bite was fatal. This diagnosis should be considered for patients with fever, ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Sosa-Gutierrez CG,Solorzano-Santos F,Walker DH,Torres J,Serrano CA,Gordillo-Perez G

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diphtheritic polyneuropathy is a vaccine-preventable illness caused by exotoxin-producing strains of Corynebacterium diphtheriae. We present a retrospective convenience case series of 15 children (6 girls)<15 years of age (mean age 5.2 years, case-fatality rate 53%, and 1 additional case-patient who was ventilator dep...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Mateen FJ,Bahl S,Khera A,Sutter RW

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite a regional decline in influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus infections during 2013-14, cases at a Florida hospital were more severe than those during 2009-10. Examined strains had a hemagglutinin polymorphism associated with enhanced binding to lower respiratory tract receptors. Genetic changes in this virus must be mo...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Iovine NM,Morris JG Jr,Fredenburg K,Rand K,Alnuaimat H,Lipori G,Brew J,Lednicky JA

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The need for closer linkages between scientific and programmatic areas focused on addressing vaccine-preventable and acute respiratory infections led to establishment of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. During its first 10 years (2...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Schuchat A,Anderson LJ,Rodewald LE,Cox NJ,Hajjeh R,Pallansch MA,Messonnier NE,Jernigan DB,Wharton M

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella enterica serotype Baildon, a rare serotype, was recovered from 86 persons in eight states; 87% of illnesses began during a 3-week period ending January 9, 1999. Raw restaurant-prepared tomatoes were implicated in multiple case-control studies. Contamination likely occurred on the farm or during packing; mor...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Cummings K,Barrett E,Mohle-Boetani JC,Brooks JT,Farrar J,Hunt T,Fiore A,Komatsu K,Werner SB,Slutsker L

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The era of genomics (the study of genes and their function) began a scant dozen years ago with a suggestion by James Watson that the complete DNA sequence of the human genome be determined. Since that time, the human genome project has attracted a great deal of attention in the scientific world and the general media; ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Schwartz I

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using reported case data from ArboNET and previous seroprevalence data stratified by age and sex, we conservatively estimate that ≈7 million persons in the United States have been infected with West Nile virus since its introduction in 1999. Our data support the need for public health interventions and improved survei...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Ronca SE,Murray KO,Nolan MS

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emerging infectious disease outbreaks and bioterrorism attacks warrant urgent public health and medical responses. Response plans for these events may include use of medications and vaccines for which the effects on pregnant women and fetuses are unknown. Healthcare providers must be able to discuss the benefits and r...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Cono J,Cragan JD,Jamieson DJ,Rasmussen SA

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blastomyces dermatitidis, a fungus that can cause fatal infection in humans and other mammals, is not readily recoverable from soil, its environmental reservoir. Because of the red fox's widespread distribution, susceptibility to B. dermatitidis, close association with soil, and well-defined home ranges, this animal h...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Nemeth NM,Campbell GD,Oesterle PT,Shirose L,McEwen B,Jardine CM

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genus Bartonella contains >40 species, and an increasing number of these Bartonella species are being implicated in human disease. One such pathogen is Bartonella ancashensis, which was isolated in blood samples from 2 patients living in Caraz, Peru, during a clinical trial of treatment for bartonellosis. Three B....

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Mullins KE,Hang J,Clifford RJ,Onmus-Leone F,Yang Y,Jiang J,Leguia M,Kasper MR,Maguina C,Lesho EP,Jarman RG,Richards A,Blazes D

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimicrobial treatments and vaccines can alter bacterial interactions in the nasopharynx, thereby altering disease processes. To better understand these interactions, we examined colonization rates of 3 respiratory bacterial pathogens among 320 children when healthy and at onset of acute otitis media (AOM). Bacterial...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Xu Q,Almudervar A,Casey JR,Pichichero ME

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate an association between KI and WU polyomavirus (KIPyV and WUPyV) infections and CD4+ cell counts, we tested HIV-1-positive patients and blood donors. No association was found between cell counts and virus infections in HIV-1-positive patients. Frequency of KIPyV infection was similar for both groups. WUP...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Babakir-Mina M,Ciccozzi M,Farchi F,Bergallo M,Cavallo R,Adorno G,Perno CF,Ciotti M

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To estimate the global illness and deaths caused by rotavirus disease, we reviewed studies published from 1986 to 2000 on deaths caused by diarrhea and on rotavirus infections in children. We assessed rotavirus-associated illness in three clinical settings (mild cases requiring home care alone, moderate cases requirin...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Parashar UD,Hummelman EG,Bresee JS,Miller MA,Glass RI

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute encephalitis is a severe neurologic syndrome. Determining etiology from among ≈100 possible agents is difficult. To identify infectious etiologies of encephalitis in Thailand, we conducted surveillance in 7 hospitals during July 2003-August 2005 and selected patients with acute onset of brain dysfunction with fe...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Olsen SJ,Campbell AP,Supawat K,Liamsuwan S,Chotpitayasunondh T,Laptikulthum S,Viriyavejakul A,Tantirittisak T,Tunlayadechanont S,Visudtibhan A,Vasiknanonte P,Janjindamai S,Boonluksiri P,Rajborirug K,Watanaveeradej V,Khetsur

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined condom use throughout pregnancy during the Zika outbreak in Puerto Rico during 2016. Overall, <25% of women reported consistent condom use during pregnancy. However, healthcare provider counseling was associated with a 3-fold increase in consistent use, reinforcing the value of provider counseling in Zika ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Salvesen von Essen B,Kortsmit K,Warner L,D'Angelo DV,Shulman HB,Virella WH,Taraporewalla A,Harrison L,Ellington S,Shapiro-Mendoza C,Barfield W,Smith RA,Jamieson DJ,Cox S,Pazol K,Díaz PG,Herrera BR,Bernal MV,Puerto Ric

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite use of 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, incidence of pleural effusion and empyema (pediatric complicated pneumococcal pneumonia [PCPP]) is reportedly increasing globally. We cultured and performed PCR on 152 pleural fluid samples recovered from pediatric patients in Portugal during 2010-2015 to identif...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Silva-Costa C,Brito MJ,Pinho MD,Friães A,Aguiar SI,Ramirez M,Melo-Cristino J,Portuguese Group for the Study of Streptococcal Infections.,Portuguese Study Group of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease of the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society.

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed 92 Cryptosporidium parvum isolates from humans and animals by a polymerase chain reaction/restriction fragment length polymorphism method based on the thrombospondin-related anonymous protein 2 gene sequence. Used as a molecular marker, this method can differentiate between the two genotypes of C. parvum a...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Sulaiman IM,Xiao L,Yang C,Escalante L,Moore A,Beard CB,Arrowood MJ,Lal AA

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptococcus gattii has emerged as a human and animal pathogen in the Pacific Northwest. First recognized on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, it now involves mainland British Columbia, and Washington and Oregon in the United States. In Canada, the incidence of disease has been one of the highest worldwide. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Datta K,Bartlett KH,Baer R,Byrnes E,Galanis E,Heitman J,Hoang L,Leslie MJ,MacDougall L,Magill SS,Morshed MG,Marr KA,Cryptococcus gattii Working Group of the Pacific Northwest.

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retrospective testing of 3,232 serum samples from the general population and 518 serum samples from a high-risk group showed no evidence of human exposure to Neospora caninum in England. Results were obtained by using immunofluorescence antibody testing and ELISA to analyze frequency distribution. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： McCann CM,Vyse AJ,Salmon RL,Thomas D,Williams DJ,McGarry JW,Pebody R,Trees AJ

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During 2009-2012, Greece experienced a resurgence of domestic malaria transmission. To help guide malaria response efforts, we used spatial modeling to characterize environmental signatures of areas suitable for transmission. Nonlinear discriminant analysis indicated that sea-level altitude and land-surface temperatur...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Sudre B,Rossi M,Van Bortel W,Danis K,Baka A,Vakalis N,Semenza JC

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We identified 131 strains of Vibrio fluvialis among 400 nonagglutinating Vibrio spp. isolated from patients with diarrhea in Kolkata, India. For 43 patients, V. fluvialis was the sole pathogen identified. Most strains harbored genes encoding hemolysin and metalloprotease; this finding may contribute to understanding o...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Chowdhury G,Pazhani GP,Dutta D,Guin S,Dutta S,Ghosh S,Izumiya H,Asakura M,Yamasaki S,Takeda Y,Arakawa E,Watanabe H,Mukhopadhyay AK,Bhattacharya MK,Rajendran K,Nair GB,Ramamurthy T

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melioidosis is a life-threatening infectious disease caused by the gram-negative bacillus Burkholderia pseudomallei. An effective vaccine is needed, but data on protective immune responses in human melioidosis are lacking. We used ELISA and an antibody-dependent cellular phagocytosis assay to identify the major featur...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Chaichana P,Jenjaroen K,Chumseng S,Sumonwiriya M,Rongkard P,Kronsteiner B,Teparrukkul P,Limmathurotsakul D,Day NPJ,Chantratita N,Dunachie SJ

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report epidemic typhus in a French patient returning from Algeria. The diagnosis was confirmed by serologic testing and the isolation of Rickettsia prowazekii in blood. Initially the patient was thought to have typhoid fever. Because body lice are prevalent in industrialized regions, the introduction of typhus to p...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Niang M,Brouqui P,Raoult D

更新日期：1999-09-01 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：:Zika virus (ZIKV) is a flavivirus related to yellow fever, dengue, West Nile, and Japanese encephalitis viruses. In 2007 ZIKV caused an outbreak of relatively mild disease characterized by rash, arthralgia, and conjunctivitis on Yap Island in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. This was the first time that ZIKV was detect...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Hayes EB

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pyrethroid knockdown resistance gene (kdr) has become widespread in Anopheles gambiae in West Africa. A trial to test the continuing efficacy of insecticide-treated nets (ITN) and indoor residual spraying (IRS) was undertaken in experimental huts at 2 sites in Benin, the first where kdr is present at high frequenc...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： N'Guessan R,Corbel V,Akogbéto M,Rowland M

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Himachal Pradesh state of India is situated in the outer Himalayan ranges. During the rainy season, several cases of acute febrile illness of unknown origin occurred. Orientia tsutsugamushi was identified as the causative agent by microimmunofluorescence and PCR. Two new genotypes of O. tsutsugamushi were identified i...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Mahajan SK,Rolain JM,Kashyap R,Bakshi D,Sharma V,Prasher BS,Pal LS,Raoult D

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In China, domestic ducks and wild birds often share the same water, in which influenza viruses replicate preferentially. Isolation of 2 novel reassortant highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N5) viruses from apparently healthy domestic ducks highlights the role of these ducks as reassortment vessels. Such new subtypes...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Gu M,Liu W,Cao Y,Peng D,Wang X,Wan H,Zhao G,Xu Q,Zhang W,Song Q,Li Y,Liu X

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00