Outbreaks of Escherichia coli O157 infections at multiple county agricultural fairs: a hazard of mixing cattle, concession stands and children.

abstract：:Owing to limited data, we conducted a meta-analysis to re-evaluate the relationship between obesity and coronavirus-2019 (COVID-19). Literature published between 1 January 2020 and 22 August 2020 was comprehensively analysed, and RevMan3.5 was used for data analysis. A total of 50 studies, including data on 18 260 378...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Yang J,Ma Z,Lei Y

更新日期：2020-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Capture-recapture analysis has been used to evaluate infectious disease surveillance. Violation of the underlying assumptions can jeopardize the validity of the capture-recapture estimates and a tool is needed for cross-validation. We re-examined 19 datasets of log-linear model capture-recapture studies on infectious ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： van Hest NA,Grant AD,Smit F,Story A,Richardus JH

更新日期：2008-01-01 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：:Strains of Candida albicans can be differentiated by the morphological features of streak colonies developed on malt agar. A morphotyping system is proposed, where numerical codes are assigned primarily on the basis of the nature and extent of marginal fringing and the surface topography of the streak colony. The syst...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Phongpaichit S,Mackenzie DW,Fraser C

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new epidemiologic typing method based on electrophoresis of esterases had been developed for differentiating between clinical isolates of Branhamella catarrhalis. Twenty-two epidemiologically significant strains obtained from three Chest Units, a Paediatric Intensive Care Unit and a Paediatric Unit were compared wit...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Picard B,Goullet P,Denamur E,Suermondt G

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We systematically investigated risk factors for typhoid fever in Kamalapur, a poor urban area of Bangladesh, to inform targeted public health measures for its control. We interviewed patients with typhoid fever and two age-matched controls per case about exposures during the 14 days before the onset of illness. The mu...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Ram PK,Naheed A,Brooks WA,Hossain MA,Mintz ED,Breiman RF,Luby SP

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two common forms of invasive disease due to Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) are epiglottitis and meningitis. It is not known why some children develop epiglottitis and others meningitis. To examine the hypothesis that epiglottitis occurs in children who may have been previously exposed to Hib, and who would theref...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Johnson PD,Hanlon M,Isaacs D,Gilbert GL

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two groups of pigs were infected with a recent Italian isolate of swine vesicular disease virus (SVDV). Blood, nasal swabs and faeces were collected for up to 6 months after exposure to infection and animals were killed at regular intervals to obtain tissues post-mortem. These samples were examined for virus by conven...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Lin F,Mackay DK,Knowles NJ

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pyogenes (or Group A Streptococcus, GAS) is a Gram-positive human pathogen responsible for a diverse array of superficial, invasive and immune-related diseases. GAS infections have historically been diseases of poverty and overcrowding, and remain a significant problem in the developing world and in disa...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Barnett TC,Bowen AC,Carapetis JR

更新日期：2018-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The spread of COVID-19 is recent in India, which has within 4 months caused over 190 000 infections, as of 1 June 2020, despite four stringent lockdowns. With the current rate of the disease transmission in India, which is home to over 1.35 billion people, the infection spread is predicted to be worse than the USA in ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Chanda A

更新日期：2020-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the burden of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) in a high-risk population, the monthly incidence of laboratory-confirmed MRSA in service members/trainees stationed at Fort Benning, Georgia, USA without hospitalization or surgery documented 30 days prior to infection w...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Morrison-Rodriguez SM,Pacha LA,Patrick JE,Jordan NN

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has previously been suggested that southern Tunisian oases may be suitable areas for the circulation of flaviviruses. In order to anticipate and prevent possible epidemiological spread of flaviviruses in humans and domestic animals, the ecology of their transmission in the oasis system needs to be better understood...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Ayadi T,Hammouda A,Poux A,Boulinier T,Lecollinet S,Selmi S

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous reports in the literature suggest that Burkholderia pseudomallei strains can be differentiated on the basis of animal virulence. Twenty environmentally and clinically derived isolates of Burkholderia pseudomallei were examined for the production of exoenzymes, morphological and biochemical phenotypes and viru...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Brett PJ,Deshazer D,Woods DE

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multi-locus sequence typing was performed on 1003 Campylobacter jejuni isolates collected in a 2-year longitudinal study of 15 dairy farms and four sheep farms in Lancashire, UK. There was considerable farm-level variation in occurrence and prevalence of clonal complexes (CC). Clonal complexes ST61, ST21, ST403 and ST...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Grove-White DH,Leatherbarrow AJ,Cripps PJ,Diggle PJ,French NP

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Faecal samples from 146 diarrhoeic lambs and goat kids, and from 511 healthy sheep and goats were screened for the presence of Vero cytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC). In healthy sheep and goats, VTEC were isolated in 24.4 and 16.2% of the animals, respectively. Moreover, VTEC were detected in 3.1 and 5.9% of...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Orden JA,Ruiz-Santa-Quiteria JA,Blanco M,Blanco JE,Mora A,Cid D,González EA,Blanco J,de la Fuente R

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deterministic models were employed to investigate the biology of Trypanosoma evansi infection in the Indonesian buffalo. Models were fitted to two age-structured data sets of infection. The Susceptible-Infected-Susceptible (SIS) model was the best supported description of this infection, although the results of the an...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Coen PG,Luckins AG,Davison HC,Woolhouse ME

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to assess and describe the current spectrum of emerging zoonoses between 2000 and 2006 in European countries. A computerized search of the Medline database from January 1966 to August 2006 for all zoonotic agents in European countries was performed using specific criteria for emergence. F...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Vorou RM,Papavassiliou VG,Tsiodras S

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To obtain insight into mumps immunity 9 years after introduction of vaccination in The Netherlands, antibodies were measured in a national sample (n = 8298) and in clustered religious groups with low vaccine acceptance (n = 254). All sera were tested by indirect ELISA, and agreement with neutralization assay was asses...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： van den Hof S,Beaumont MT,Berbers GA,de Melker HE

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analysed two large national surveys conducted in 2001 and 2008 to examine incidence and outcomes of gastroenteritis in older Australians. A case was someone reporting ≥3 loose stools or ≥1 episode of vomiting in 24 h, excluding non-infectious causes. We compared cases arising in the elderly (≥65 years) and in other...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Kirk MD,Hall GV,Becker N

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pre-existing health conditions may exacerbate the severity of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We aimed to estimate the case-fatality rate (CFR) and rate ratios (RR) for patients with hypertension (HBP) and diabetes mellitus (DM) in the New York state. We obtained the age-specific number of COVID-19 confirmed case...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Ge Y,Sun S,Shen Y

更新日期：2021-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis (TB) mortality rates in the USA fell rapidly from 1910 to 1933. However, during this period, racial disparities in TB mortality in the nation's expanding cities grew. Because of long delays between infection and disease, TB mortality is a poor indicator of short-term changes in transmission. We estimated ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Zelner JL,Muller C,Feigenbaum JJ

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over Christmas 1993, an outbreak of food poisoning occurred among guests in a hotel in South West Scotland. Evidence from a cohort study strongly suggested that raw oysters were the vehicle for infection, probably due to a Small Round Structured Virus (SRSV). Detailed enquiry about the source and preparation of the oy...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Chalmers JW,McMillan JH

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between January and March 1992, 361 faecal specimens were collected from the healthy black population in the Transvaal Province of South Africa. Each specimen was examined for the prevalence of antimicrobial resistance in commensal bacteria. Volunteers, from both rural and urban dwellings, were divided into four age g...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Shanahan PM,Wylie BA,Adrian PV,Koornhof HJ,Thomson CJ,Amyes SG

更新日期：1993-10-01 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：:The patterns of disease caused by five common viruses which infect the respiratory tract are described. The viruses were strains of rhinovirus types 2, 9, and 14, a strain of coronavirus type 229E and of respiratory syncytial virus. Volunteers were given nasal drops containing a low infectious dose of one of the virus...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Tyrrell DA,Cohen S,Schlarb JE

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple and reproducible typing system based on restriction fragment size of chromosomal DNA was developed to compare isolates of Streptococcus uberis obtained from the bovine mammary gland. The endonuclease giving the most useful restriction patterns was Hind III. Although seven other endonucleases (Bgl 1, Eco R1, N...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Hill AW,Leigh JA

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the increased prevalence of hepatitis B and C in most migrant groups in The Netherlands, a national screening policy for these infections is not available. In order to estimate the prevalence of hepatitis B and C in the largest group of first-generation migrants (FGM) in The Netherlands, we conducted a screeni...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Richter C,Beest GT,Sancak I,Aydinly R,Bulbul K,Laetemia-Tomata F,De Leeuw M,Waegemaekers T,Swanink C,Roovers E

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight strains of influenza C virus isolated in various areas of Japan between January 1985 and January 1989 were compared using monoclonal antibodies to the haemagglutinin-esterase (HE) glycoproteins and by oligonucleotide mapping of total vRNA. Five of six strains isolated during 1986-9 were closely related to one an...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Ohyama S,Adachi K,Sugawara K,Hongo S,Nishimura H,Kitame F,Nakamura K

更新日期：1992-04-01 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：: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