Peak occurrences of ciguatera fish poisoning precede cholera outbreaks in Hong Kong.

abstract：:Two cases of hospital-acquired listeriosis were linked to a commercially produced, pasteurized ice cream mix. Manufacturers should implement safety measures from the Food Safety Modernization Act to minimize the risk of Listeria contamination. Dietary guidelines for persons at high risk of listeriosis may need revisio...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Rietberg K,Lloyd J,Melius B,Wyman P,Treadwell R,Olson G,Kang MG,Duchin JS

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of hepatitis B virus markers in the adult Swedish population was investigated according to age, sex, origin and demographic stratum. Sera were collected from 3382 persons in 1990-1. The sera were selected on a statistical basis considered to be representative of the Swedish population from adults aged >...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Christenson B,Böttiger M,Grillner L

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In late 2002, health professionals from the ministries of health and academia of Jordan, the Palestinian Authority and Israel formed the Middle East Consortium on Infectious Disease Surveillance (MECIDS) to facilitate trans-border cooperation in response to infectious disease outbreaks. The first mission of MECIDS was...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Cohen D,Gargouri N,Ramlawi A,Abdeen Z,Belbesi A,Al Hijawi B,Haddadin A,Sheikh Ali S,Al Shuaibi N,Bassal R,Yishai R,Green MS,Leventhal A

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phenotypic and genotypic profiles of the V. cholerae strains causing the Mozambican 1997-8 epidemic were characterized to provide a reference for comparison with other epidemic strains. A total of 75 strains of V. cholerae O1 isolated in different provinces, were analysed. Strains were characterized by PCR for det...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Folgosa E,Mastrandrea S,Cappuccinelli P,Uzzau S,Rappelli P,Brian MJ,Colombo MM

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A community outbreak of legionellosis occurred in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, during July and August 2002. A descriptive study and active case-finding were instigated and all known wet cooling systems and other potential sources were investigated. Genotypic and phenotypic analysis, and amplified fragment length polymo...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Bennett E,Ashton M,Calvert N,Chaloner J,Cheesbrough J,Egan J,Farrell I,Hall I,Harrison TG,Naik FC,Partridge S,Syed Q,Gent RN

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an incomplete study in 1965 microscopic haematuria in the second or third week after acute pharyngitis was found four times more often in patients with either microbiological or clinical evidence of dual infection with both group A streptococci and a virus than in patients with evidence only of infection with group...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Higgins PM

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analysed a cross-sectional telephone survey of U.S. adults to assess the impact of selected characteristics on healthcare-seeking behaviours and treatment practices of people with influenza-like illness (ILI) from September 2009 to March 2010. Of 216,431 respondents, 8.1% reported ILI. After adjusting for selected ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Biggerstaff M,Jhung MA,Reed C,Garg S,Balluz L,Fry AM,Finelli L

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of five antibiotics and the presence of resistance genes was determined in 163 Haemophilus influenzae isolates collected over 13 years (1987-2000) in four two-yearly sampling periods from patients with respiratory tract infections. The prevalence of beta-lactamase-negative am...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Qin L,Watanabe H,Asoh N,Watanabe K,Oishi K,Mizota T,Nagatake T

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enrichment culture is often used to isolate Campylobacter. This study compared isolation of Campylobacter spp. from 119 broiler chicken environments from two farms, using Preston and modified Exeter (mExeter) and modified Bolton (mBolton) enrichments. mExeter was significantly more effective in isolating Campylobacter...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Williams LK,Sait LC,Cogan TA,Jørgensen F,Grogono-Thomas R,Humphrey TJ

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cases of ornithosis amongst workers on a rural duck abattoir and farm were notified from late 2003 to health authorities in Victoria, Australia. In May 2004 we conducted a serological survey to identify the extent of exposure to Chlamydophila psittaci amongst workers and a case control study to identify high-risk work...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Tiong A,Vu T,Counahan M,Leydon J,Tallis G,Lambert S

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Réunion Island (Indian Ocean) has been suffering from its first known Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) epidemic since February 2005. To achieve a better understanding of the disease, a questionnaire was drawn up for hospital staff members and their household. CHIKV infected about one-third of the studied population, the prop...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Staikowsky F,Le Roux K,Schuffenecker I,Laurent P,Grivard P,Develay A,Michault A

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several typing systems have been described for Campylobacter jejuni and C. coli, to assess the complex epidemiology of these important enteric pathogens. In the present study two typing methods, slide agglutination according to the Lior scheme, and the demonstration of restriction-fragment length polymorphisms (RFLP) ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Burnens AP,Wagner J,Lior H,Nicolet J,Frey J

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the 10-year period 1978-87 there were 48 outbreaks of food poisoning in Scottish hospitals affecting a total of 2287 persons of whom 12 died. This compared with 50 outbreaks during the previous 5 years (1973-77) when over 1500 persons and 7 deaths were recorded. Although the incidence of outbreaks has decreased...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Collier PW,Sharp JC,MacLeod AF,Forbes GI,Mackay F

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The significance of non-culturable forms of Campylobacter spp., especially with regard to the epidemiology of this organism in poultry flocks, was explored. Two different experiments were conducted to produce non-culturable Campylobacter spp. and test their ability to colonize the animal gut. In the first experiment a...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： van de Giessen AW,Heuvelman CJ,Abee T,Hazeleger WC

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamin D has been shown to be an important immune system regulator. Vitamin D insufficiency during winter may cause increased susceptibility to upper respiratory tract infections (URIs). To determine whether vitamin D supplementation during the winter season prevents or decreases URI symptoms, 162 adults were randomi...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Li-Ng M,Aloia JF,Pollack S,Cunha BA,Mikhail M,Yeh J,Berbari N

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transmission of bovine herpesvirus 1 (BHV1) within and between herds was studied on the island of Ameland, The Netherlands. There were 50 herds with 3300 head of cattle on the island. Herds were divided into three groups: (1) only containing seronegative cattle, (2) containing seronegative cattle and vaccinated seropo...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Hage JJ,Schukken YH,Schols H,Maris-Veldhuis MA,Rijsewijk FA,Klaassen CH

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the study was to assess whether genotypic characterization by means of DNA-fingerprinting pattern (DFP) and multilocus enzyme electrophoresis (MEE) profile as compared to phenotypic characterization would improve the differentiation of Neisseria meningitidis strains associated with outbreaks from stra...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Weis N,Lind I

更新日期：1996-04-01 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：:American Samoa does not have a hepatitis B vaccination policy for healthcare personnel (HCP). Consequently, hepatitis B has remained a health threat to HCP. In this study, we performed a cross-sectional study and examined demographic and risk information and hepatitis B vaccination, testing, and serostatus in hospital...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Ly KN,Roberts H,Williams RE,Masunu-Faleafaga Y,Drobeniuc J,Kamili S,Teshale EH

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rubella infections, notified by general practitioners on the basis of a clinical diagnosis, were investigated by testing blood and saliva samples for specific IgM. Overall 52 (29%) of 178 cases with appropriately timed blood specimens were confirmed as recent rubella by IgM serology. Only 2 (3%) of 74 cases in childre...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Ramsay ME,Brugha R,Brown DW,Cohen BJ,Miller E

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaccines are the cornerstone of influenza control policy, but can suffer from several drawbacks. Seasonal influenza vaccines are prone to production problems and low efficacies, while pandemic vaccines are unlikely to be available in time to slow a rapidly spreading global outbreak. Antiviral therapy was found to be b...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Kramer SC,Bansal S

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted the first seroepidemiological study to evaluate the exposure of zoo animals to Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. in German zoos and wildlife parks. A total of 1487 individuals representing 148 ungulate and carnivore species belonging to 19 families were examined using a non-species dependent ELISA. Specific antib...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Stoebel K,Schoenberg A,Streich WJ

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to determine the prevalence of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection of beef calves at weaning, prior to arrival at the feedlot or mixing with cattle from other sources. Fifteen range cow-calf herds, which weaned calves in October and November, were sampled in Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska a...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Laegreid WW,Elder RO,Keen JE

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined the epidemiological features of three zoonoses in hospitalized patients in southern Croatia. Patients were diagnosed by serological testing. Clinical and epidemiological data were also collected. Between 1982 and 2002, Mediterranean spotted fever (MSF) was diagnosed in 126 (incidence rate 1.27/100,000 pe...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Punda-Polić V,Luksić B,Capkun V

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a common herpesvirus establishing lifelong persisting infection, which has been implicated in immunosenescence and mortality in the elderly. Little is known about how and when susceptibility to CMV infection is determined. We measured CMV seroprevalence in two genetically informative coh...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Mortensen LH,Maier AB,Slagbom PE,Pawelec G,Derhovanessian E,Petersen I,Jahn G,Westendorp RG,Christensen K

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a cohort of 272 treatment-naive individuals with chronic hepatitis C infection acquired on a known date who were enrolled in the UK HCV National Register, a progressive improvement in response to treatment was found with the evolution of antiviral therapies from 20% (25/122) for interferon monotherapy to 63% (55/88...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Harris HE,Costella A,Amirthalingam G,Alexander G,Ramsay ME,Andrews N,UK HCV National Register Collaborators.,UK HCV National Register Steering Group.

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One-hundred and twenty-one isolates of Salmonella enterica serotype Montevideo, representing different biotypes and incidents of infection detected in the UK between 1977 and 1995, were analysed by EcoRI ribotyping, PvuII ribotyping and IS200 fingerprinting. Among the isolates examined, 7 EcoRI ribotypes, 5 PvuII ribo...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Old DC,Chisholm SA,Crichton PB,Taylor A

更新日期：2000-06-01 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：:This study measured the prevalence and the risk factors associated with HCV antibody-positive prisoners. A total of 630 prisoners completed a questionnaire about risk behaviours associated with HCV transmission and were tested for HCV antibody from a blood test. Of these 362 (57.5%) prisoners were HCV antibody positiv...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Hellard ME,Hocking JS,Crofts N

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although social networks are known to play an important role in drug-using behaviours associated with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, literature on social networks and HCV is inconsistent. This exploratory study examined HCV RNA distribution within a social network of anti-HCV-positive non-medical prescription opio...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Young AM,Jonas AB,Havens JR

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00