Prevalence and characterization of Vero cytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli isolated from diarrhoeic and healthy sheep and goats.

abstract：:Dengue virus, commonly transmitted by mosquitoes, causes a human disease of significant social impact and presents a serious public health problem in Brazil. This report describes the unusual emergence of DENV-4 in northern Brazil after a nearly 30-year-long absence. DENV-4 genotype I is of Asian origin and was identi...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Pinho AC,Sardi SI,Paula FL,Peixoto IB,Brandão CJ,Fernandez FM,Campos GS

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of the methylene blue test for the examination of cows milk was investigated in an inter-laboratory survey. A poor relationship was found between results of these tests and total viable counts. Coliforms were detected in a large number of pasteurized milks, indicating frequent post-pasteurization contamination...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Greenwood MH,Gill P,Coetzee EF,Ford BM,Hooper WL,Matthews SC,Patrick S

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Viral hepatitis is recognized as one of the most frequently reported diseases, and especially in China, acute and chronic liver disease due to viral hepatitis has been a major public health problem. The present study aimed to analyse and predict surveillance data of infections of hepatitis A, B, C and E in Wuhan, Chin...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Sumi A,Luo T,Zhou D,Yu B,Kong D,Kobayashi N

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clusters of Salmonella Enteritidis cases were identified by the Minnesota Department of Health using both pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and whole genome sequencing (WGS) single nucleotide polymorphism analysis from 1 January 2015 through 31 December 2017. The median turnaround time for obtaining WGS results ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Rounds JM,Taylor AJ,Eikmeier D,Nichols MM,Lappi V,Wirth SE,Boxrud DJ,Smith KE,Medus C

更新日期：2020-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:During a period of 3 years, 1998-2000, 1047 faecal swabs from Black-headed gulls were sampled at one location in Southern Sweden. Salmonella spp. was found in 28 individuals (2.7%) and the dominating serotype found was S. Typhimurium (83%). Twenty-five per cent of the Salmonella-infected gulls were later recaptured an...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Palmgren H,Aspán A,Broman T,Bengtsson K,Blomquist L,Bergström S,Sellin M,Wollin R,Olsen B

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2005, a serological study was carried out on horses in five ecologically contrasted zones of the Senegal River basin (Senegal) to assess West Nile virus (WNV) transmission and investigate underlying environmental risk factors. In each study zone, horses were randomly selected and blood samples taken. A land-cover m...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Chevalier V,Dupressoir A,Tran A,Diop OM,Gottland C,Diallo M,Etter E,Ndiaye M,Grosbois V,Dia M,Gaidet N,Sall AA,Soti V,Niang M

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection is decreasing in developed countries. In this study we included 22,612 patients in whom a first culture of gastric biopsy (routinely performed in our medical centres) yielded an interpretable result over a 20-year period (1988-2007) in Brussels. The effects of patients' ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Miendje Deyi VY,Vanderpas J,Bontems P,Van den Borre C,De Koster E,Cadranel S,Burette A

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To describe the features of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in Madagascar, a randomized sero-epidemiological survey was undertaken in the general population > or = 1 year old of two provinces which represents 45% of the total population. In the 921 sera tested, the prevalence of HBV markers was 20.5% for HBsAg, 38.2...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Boisier P,Rabarijaona L,Piollet M,Roux JF,Zeller HG

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The West Midlands was the first English region to report sustained community transmission during the 'containment' phase of the influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 pandemic in England. To describe the epidemiological experience in the region, West Midlands and national datasets containing laboratory-confirmed A(H1N1)pdm09 virus ca...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Inglis NJ,Bagnall H,Janmohamed K,Suleman S,Awofisayo A,De Souza V,Smit E,Pebody R,Mohamed H,Ibbotson S,Smith GE,House T,Olowokure B

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the roles of multiple factors in hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, with emphasis on the modification of various individual characteristics on the risk associated with percutaneous exposure to blood. Serum samples taken from 4869 men in Taiwan within a cohort study were tested for HCV antibody. Th...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Chang HC,Yu MW,Lu CF,Chiu YH,Chen CJ

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to determine the distribution of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) virulence markers (stx1, stx2, eae, ehxA) in E. coli strains isolated from young calves aged fewer than 7 days (bobby calves). In total, 299 recto-anal mucosal swabs were collected from animals at two slaught...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Irshad H,Cookson AL,Prattley DJ,Dufour M,French NP

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two global (re-)emerging zoonoses, leptospirosis and hantavirus infections, are clinically indistinguishable. Thirty-one patients, hospitalized in Sri Lanka for acute severe leptospirosis, were after exclusion of other potentially involved pathogens, prospectively screened with IgM ELISA for both pathogens. Of these, ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Sunil-Chandra NP,Clement J,Maes P,DE Silva HJ,VAN Esbroeck M,VAN Ranst M

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent epidemiological data suggest a link between the consumption of bovine offal products and Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) infection in Japan. This study thus examined the prevalence of STEC in various types of these foods. PCR screened 229 bovine offal products for the presence of Shiga toxin (stx)...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Asakura H,Saito E,Momose Y,Ekawa T,Sawada M,Yamamoto A,Hasegawa A,Iwahori J,Tsutsui T,Osaka K,Matsushita T,Kakinuma M,Motoyama K,Hayama Y,Kitamoto H,Igimi S,Kasuga F

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug use is a major mode of HIV transmission in Thailand. This study determined HIV incidence rates among drug users in a regional drug treatment centre in northern Thailand. A retrospective cohort of repeatedly-hospitalized drug users between 1993 and 1997 was formed and HIV incidence rates were calculated. The overa...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Jittiwutikarn J,Sawanpanyalert P,Rangsiveroj N,Satitvipawee P

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sera from an age-stratified sample of 4188 individuals, submitted for diagnostic purposes to 15 public health laboratories in England and Wales in 1996, were tested for hepatitis A antibody. The serological profiles were consistent with declining incidence in the past. This hypothesis was tested by comparing the serol...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Morris MC,Gay NJ,Hesketh LM,Morgan-Capner P,Miller E

更新日期：2002-06-01 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：:Thin-layer chromatography (TLC) was compared with seroagglutination for subtyping of Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) bacteria. Seventy-five significant MAC isolates from patients with AIDS were typed by both methods and 36 isolates, judged to be clinically non-significant, were examined by TLC only. Overall, 75% of ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Chew W,Sorrell TC,Gilbert GL

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genomes of 34 recent United Kingdom isolates of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C were examined by restriction enzyme digestion and by conventional and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). Strains were assigned to groups on the basis of the Dice similarity coefficient; strains with values of > 92% were consid...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Yakubu DE,Abadi FJ,Pennington TH

更新日期：1994-08-01 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：:To assess areas at risk for poliovirus circulation in Ecuador, we first selected provinces at highest risk based on low immunization coverage with three doses of oral poliovirus vaccine, and a low number of reported cases of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP). Subsequently, we reviewed discharge data for the period 1996--2...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Dayan GH,Rodríguez R,Vinjé J,Vásconez N,Cáceres V,Gregoricus N,Sobsey M,Landaverde M

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical records, for 2000 and 2001, of symptomatic amoebic patients who were treated at our hospitals in Tokyo, Yokohama and Osaka were studied retrospectively for the purpose of gathering epidemiological data on symptomatic Entamoeba histolytica infection. A total of 58 patients were treated. Fifty-five of them were ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Ohnishi K,Kato Y,Imamura A,Fukayama M,Tsunoda T,Sakaue Y,Sakamoto M,Sagara H

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During 2004 and at the start of 2005 a university hospital in Southwest Germany was affected by an extensive outbreak of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VRE). Although the outbreak was contained, linezolid-resistant enterococci emerged during and after the outbreak as the usage of linezolid became more comm...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Schulte B,Heininger A,Autenrieth IB,Wolz C

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to identify risk factors and assess the impact of coincidental antibiotic therapy on carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Index children from birth to 3 years and their households were recruited from primary health-care registers in four UK general practices. Nasopharyngeal swabs were taken monthly f...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Pebody RG,Morgan O,Choi Y,George R,Hussain M,Andrews N

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:National health statistics report a 2·5-fold increase in laboratory-confirmed Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) cases over the last decade in Switzerland where no CT screening programme exists. We obtained essential denominator information to describe the epidemiology of CT in the canton of Basel-Stadt, an urban canton in no...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Schmutz C,Burki D,Frei R,Mäusezahl-Feuz M,Mäusezahl D

更新日期：2013-09-01 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：:We describe recent epidemiological changes in salmonellosis. Linking 1968-2000 National Salmonella Surveillance System to census data, we calculated population-based age- and sex-stratified rates of non-urinary salmonellosis for the top 30 non-typhoidal serotypes. Using 1996-1997, 1998-1999, and 2000-2001 population-b...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Reller ME,Tauxe RV,Kalish LA,Mølbak K

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Simulation models can offer valuable insights into the effectiveness of different control strategies and act as important decision support tools when comparing and evaluating outbreak scenarios and control strategies. An international modelling study was performed to compare a range of vaccination strategies in the co...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Roche SE,Garner MG,Sanson RL,Cook C,Birch C,Backer JA,Dube C,Patyk KA,Stevenson MA,Yu ZD,Rawdon TG,Gauntlett F

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The risk of classical scrapie in sheep is associated with polymorphisms in the prion protein (PrP) gene. In recent years, large-scale selective breeding programmes for sheep at lower risk of disease have been undertaken across the European Union. We analysed large-scale datasets on scrapie and sheep demography to inve...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： McIntyre KM,Trewby H,Gubbins S,Baylis M

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated which vaccination schedule gives best protection to the vaccinating population, in case there is a measles epidemic in an area with low vaccine coverage. We considered combinations of an early measles vaccination (none, at 6 months or at 9 months), a measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccination around the f...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： van den Hof S,Wallinga J,Widdowson MA,Conyn-van Spaendonck MA

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a study of three high-risk occupational groups using Rose Bengal and complement fixation tests, the highest prevalence (7.1%) was found among dairy farm workers and owners in randomly selected dairy-cattle farms, followed by veterinary personnel (4.5%) and inhabitants in pastoralist areas (3.0%). There was no evide...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Omer MK,Assefaw T,Skjerve E,Tekleghiorghis T,Woldehiwet Z

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00