Polymerase chain reaction assay and bacterial meningitis surveillance in remote areas, Niger.

abstract：:In Africa, incidence and prevalence of drug-resistant tuberculosis have been assumed to be low. However, investigation after a 2005 outbreak of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa, found that the incidence rate for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in KwaZulu-Natal was among ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Wallengren K,Scano F,Nunn P,Margot B,Buthelezi SS,Williams B,Pym A,Samuel EY,Mirzayev F,Nkhoma W,Mvusi L,Pillay Y

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in a detention facility experiencing a coronavirus disease outbreak and evaluate testing strategies, we conducted a prospective cohort investigation in a facility in Louisiana, USA. We conducted SARS-CoV-2 testing for detained perso...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Wallace M,James AE,Silver R,Koh M,Tobolowsky FA,Simonson S,Gold JAW,Fukunaga R,Njuguna H,Bordelon K,Wortham J,Coughlin M,Harcourt JL,Tamin A,Whitaker B,Thornburg NJ,Tao Y,Queen K,Uehara A,Paden CR,Zhang J,Tong S

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) may be transmissible by blood. To prevent secondary transmission through blood components, several countries have started to exclude as donors persons who have received a blood transfusion. We investigated the effectiveness of this measure by using a dynamic age-structured mode...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Dietz K,Raddatz G,Wallis J,Müller N,Zerr I,Duerr HP,Lefèvre H,Seifried E,Löwer J

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2008, acute hepatitis E infection was confirmed in 4 passengers returning to the United Kingdom after a world cruise. Epidemiologic investigation showed that of 789 persons who provided blood samples, 195 (25%) were seropositive, 33 (4%) had immunoglobulin [Ig] M levels consistent with recent acute infection (11 of...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Said B,Ijaz S,Kafatos G,Booth L,Thomas HL,Walsh A,Ramsay M,Morgan D,Hepatitis E Incident Investigation Team.

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated chikungunya outbreaks in South India and observed a high attack rate, particularly among adults and women. Transmission was facilitated by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in peridomestic water containers, as indicated by a high Breteau index. We recommended vector control measures and health education to prom...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Kaur P,Ponniah M,Murhekar MV,Ramachandran V,Ramachandran R,Raju HK,Perumal V,Mishra AC,Gupte MD

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among 310 fleas collected from dogs and cats in Germany, Rickettsia felis was detected in all specimens (34) of Archaeopsylla erinacei (hedgehog flea) and in 9% (24/226) of Ctenocephalides felis felis (cat flea). R. helvetica was detected in 1 Ceratophyllus gallinae (hen flea). ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Gilles J,Just FT,Silaghi C,Pradel I,Passos LM,Lengauer H,Hellmann K,Pfister K

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The United Kingdom and United States have recently experienced large outbreaks of mumps, which raises concerns about vaccine effectiveness. The effectiveness of the mumps component of the measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine was estimated using the screening method. In England from January 2004 through March 2005, 31...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Cohen C,White JM,Savage EJ,Glynn JR,Choi Y,Andrews N,Brown D,Ramsay ME

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess diversity of rotavirus strains in Lilongwe, Malawi, we conducted a cross-sectional study of children with acute gastroenteritis, July 2005-June 2007. Serotype G12 was identified in 30 (5%) of 546 rotavirus-positive fecal specimens. The G12 strain possessed multiple electropherotypes and P-types, but their vi...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Cunliffe NA,Ngwira BM,Dove W,Nakagomi O,Nakagomi T,Perez A,Hart CA,Kazembe PN,Mwansambo CC

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a surveillance study of patients in a long-term care facility and the affiliated acute care hospital in the United States, we identified a Clostridioides difficile strain related to the epidemic PCR ribotype (RT) 027 strain associated with hospital outbreaks of severe disease. Fifteen patients were infected wit...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Skinner AM,Petrella L,Siddiqui F,Sambol SP,Gulvik CA,Gerding DN,Donskey CJ,Johnson S

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lassa virus, the cause of Lassa fever in humans, is endemic to West Africa. Treatment of Lassa fever is primarily supportive, although ribavirin has shown limited efficacy if administered early during infection. We tested favipiravir in Lassa virus-viremic macaques and found that 300 mg/kg daily for 2 weeks successful...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Rosenke K,Feldmann H,Westover JB,Hanley PW,Martellaro C,Feldmann F,Saturday G,Lovaglio J,Scott DP,Furuta Y,Komeno T,Gowen BB,Safronetz D

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever were reported in Spain during 2016. We obtained the virus from a patient sample and characterized its full genomic sequence. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that the virus corresponds to the African genotype III, which includes viruses previously found in West and South Afr...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Ramírez de Arellano E,Hernández L,Goyanes MJ,Arsuaga M,Cruz AF,Negredo A,Sánchez-Seco MP

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report serologic and molecular evidence of acute, febrile illness associated with Rickettsia conorii in 3 male Yorkshire terriers from Sicily (Italy). ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Solano-Gallego L,Kidd L,Trotta M,Di Marco M,Caldin M,Furlanello T,Breitschwerdt E

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a systematic literature review to obtain risk population-based fungal disease incidence or prevalence data from China. Data were categorized by risk factors and extrapolated by using most recent demographic figures. A total of 71,316,101 cases (5.0% of the population) were attributed to 12 risk factors an...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Zhou LH,Jiang YK,Li RY,Huang LP,Yip CW,Denning DW,Zhu LP

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine whether hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a cause of hepatitis among HIV-infected persons, we evaluated 1985-2009 data for US military beneficiaries. Evidence of acute or prior HEV infection was detected for 7 (4%) and 5 (3%) of 194 HIV-infected persons, respectively. HEV might be a cause of acute hepatitis amon...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Crum-Cianflone NF,Curry J,Drobeniuc J,Weintrob A,Landrum M,Ganesan A,Bradley W,Agan BK,Kamili S,Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program HIV Working Group.

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recent Hendra virus outbreak at a veterinary clinic in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, involved 5 equine and 2 human infections. In contrast to previous outbreaks, infected horses had predominantly encephalitic, rather than respiratory, signs. After an incubation period of 9-16 days, influenza-like illnesses develo...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Playford EG,McCall B,Smith G,Slinko V,Allen G,Smith I,Moore F,Taylor C,Kung YH,Field H

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using shotgun metagenomics, we identified an imported case of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium leprae in a Filipino resident of Saudi Arabia in 2017. We determined the phylogenomic lineage (3K1) and identified mutations in rpoB and rrs corresponding to the multidrug-resistance phenotype clinically observed. Metagenom...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Guan Q,Almutairi TS,Alhalouli T,Pain A,Alasmari F

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Failure of sulfa or sulfone prophylaxis is associated with mutations in Pneumocystis carinii gene coding for dihydropteroate synthase (DHPS). The DHPS genotype was analyzed in AIDS patients who had two separate episodes of P. carinii pneumonia. The results suggest that DHPS mutations can be selected de novo within pat...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Nahimana A,Rabodonirina M,Helweg-Larsen J,Meneau I,Francioli P,Bille J,Hauser PM

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We identified a new polyomavirus in skin lesions from a patient with trichodysplasia spinulosa (TS). Apart from TS being an extremely rare disease, little is known of its epidemiology. On the basis of knowledge regarding other polyomaviruses, we anticipated that infections with trichodysplasia spinulosa-associated pol...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： van der Meijden E,Kazem S,Burgers MM,Janssens R,Bouwes Bavinck JN,de Melker H,Feltkamp MC

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous findings have suggested that the nosocomial transmission capacity of livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA) is lower than that of other MRSA genotypes. We therefore performed a 6-month (June 1-November 30, 2011) nationwide study to quantify the single-admission reproduction...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Hetem DJ,Bootsma MC,Troelstra A,Bonten MJ

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the United States, outbreaks of avian influenza H5 and H7 virus infections in poultry have raised concern about the risk for infections in humans. We reviewed the data collected during 2014-2017 and found no human infections among 4,555 exposed responders who were wearing protection. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Olsen SJ,Rooney JA,Blanton L,Rolfes MA,Nelson DI,Gomez TM,Karli SA,Trock SC,Fry AM

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surveillance for alveolar echinococcosis in central Europe was initiated in 1998. On a voluntary basis, 559 patients were reported to the registry. Most cases originated from rural communities in regions from eastern France to western Austria; single cases were reported far away from the disease-"endemic" zone through...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Kern P,Bardonnet K,Renner E,Auer H,Pawlowski Z,Ammann RW,Vuitton DA,Kern P,European Echinococcosis Registry.

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome degradation has been central to the adaptation of Salmonella enterica serotypes to their hosts throughout evolution. We witnessed the patho-adaptation of a strain of Salmonella Dublin (a cattle-adapted serotype) to a human host during the course of a recurrent prosthetic hip joint infection evolving over severa...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： El Sayed F,Sapriel G,Fawal N,Gruber A,Bauer T,Heym B,Dupont C,Garchon HJ,Gaillard JL,Rottman M,Le Hello S

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole-genome analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates collected in Russia (N = 71) from patients with tuberculous spondylitis supports a detailed characterization of pathogen strain distributions and drug resistance phenotype, plus distinguished occurrence and association of known resistance mutations. We ident...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Chernyaeva E,Rotkevich M,Krasheninnikova K,Yurchenko A,Vyazovaya A,Mokrousov I,Solovieva N,Zhuravlev V,Yablonsky P,O'Brien SJ

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the prevalence of helminthic infections in Pursat Province, Cambodia, we tested fecal specimens from 471 children, 10-14 years of age, in June 2007. The prevalence of infection with echinostome flukes ranged from 7.5% to 22.4% in 4 schools surveyed. Adult worms were identified as Echinostoma revolutum. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Sohn WM,Chai JY,Yong TS,Eom KS,Yoon CH,Sinuon M,Socheat D,Lee SH

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seoul hantavirus-associated hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome cases are rare outside Asia and have not yet been found in Germany. We report clinical and molecular evidence for a Seoul virus infection in a patient in Germany. The infection was most likely acquired during a stay in Sulawesi, Indonesia. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Hofmann J,Weiss S,Kuhns M,Zinke A,Heinsberger H,Kruger DH

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Worldwide, West Nile virus (WNV) causes encephalitis in humans, horses, and birds. The Kunjin strain of WNV (WNVKUN) is endemic to northern Australia, but infections are usually asymptomatic. In 2011, an unprecedented outbreak of equine encephalitis occurred in southeastern Australia; most of the ≈900 reported cases w...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Prow NA,Edmonds JH,Williams DT,Setoh YX,Bielefeldt-Ohmann H,Suen WW,Hobson-Peters J,van den Hurk AF,Pyke AT,Hall-Mendelin S,Northill JA,Johansen CA,Warrilow D,Wang J,Kirkland PD,Doggett S,Andrade CC,Brault AC,Khromykh

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurologic melioidosis is a serious, potentially fatal form of Burkholderia pseudomallei infection. Recently, we reported that a subset of clinical isolates of B. pseudomallei from Australia have heightened virulence and potential for dissemination to the central nervous system. In this study, we demonstrate that this...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Morris JL,Fane A,Sarovich DS,Price EP,Rush CM,Govan BL,Parker E,Mayo M,Currie BJ,Ketheesan N

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fungal diseases are increasing among patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1. Infections due to Candida and Cryptococcus are the most common. Although mucocutaneous candidiasis can be treated with oral antifungal agents, increasing evidence suggests that prolonged use of these drugs results in...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Ampel NM

更新日期：1996-04-01 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：:Public health surveillance is essential for detecting and responding to infectious diseases and necessary for compliance with the revised International Health Regulations (IHR) 2005. To assess reporting capacities and compliance with IHR of all 50 states and Washington, DC, we sent a questionnaire to respective epidem...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Armstrong KE,McNabb SJ,Ferland LD,Stephens T,Muldoon A,Fernandez JA,Ostroff S

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00