Drug susceptibility and its genetic basis in epidemic Vibrio cholerae O1 in Vietnam.

abstract：:We report a molecular epidemiological study of rabies virus (RABV) strains circulating in animal populations in Bhutan, and investigate potential origins of these viruses. Twenty-three RABV isolates originating from dogs and other domestic animals were characterized by sequencing the partial nucleoprotein (N) gene (39...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Tenzin,Wacharapluesadee S,Denduangboripant J,Dhand NK,Dorji R,Tshering D,Rinzin K,Raika V,Dahal N,Ward MP

更新日期：2011-10-01 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：:Epidemiological evidence suggests that monoclonal antibody type 2 positive (MAB 2+) Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 (LP1) more often causes disease than do MAB 2- isolates, and there is evidence that MAB 2- LP1 grow less well in cells than do MAB 2+ bacteria. We tested the intracellular growth rates of ten randomly...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Edelstein PH,Edelstein MA

更新日期：1993-12-01 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：:SUMMARY Environmental samples are a cost-saving and easy-to-use approach to diagnose paratuberculosis at the herd level. Detailed knowledge concerning its uncertainties in herds with a low prevalence of Mycobacterium avium spp. paratuberculosis (MAP) is required to design sampling strategies in control programmes. Thi...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Donat K,Kube J,Dressel J,Einax E,Pfeffer M,Failing K

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Presence of Vibrio cholerae serogroups O1 and O139 in the waters of the rural area of Matlab, Bangladesh, was investigated with quantitative measurements performed with a portable flow cytometer. The relevance of this work relates to the testing of a field-adapted measurement protocol that might prove useful for chole...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Righetto L,Zaman RU,Mahmud ZH,Bertuzzo E,Mari L,Casagrandi R,Gatto M,Islam S,Rinaldo A

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Major surgery carried out in low- and middle-income countries is associated with a high risk of surgical site infections (SSI), but knowledge is limited regarding contributory factors to such infections. This study explores factors related to patients developing an SSI in a teaching hospital in Ghana. A prospective co...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Bediako-Bowan AAA,Mølbak K,Kurtzhals JAL,Owusu E,Debrah S,Newman MJ

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An outbreak of legionellosis associated with a hotel in Sydney, Australia, and the subsequent epidemiological and environmental investigations are described. Four cases of Legionnaires' disease were notified to the Public Health Unit. A cross-sectional study of 184 people who attended a seminar at the hotel was carrie...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Bell JC,Jorm LR,Williamson M,Shaw NH,Kazandjian DL,Chiew R,Capon AG

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the prevalence, correlates and trends of H. pylori infection in Israel using residual sera obtained in 2007-2008 from 1466 Jewish subjects aged 0-77 years and 897 Arabs aged 0-19 years, and in 2000-2001 from 627 Jewish and 575 Arab subjects aged 0-19 years. H. pylori IgG antibodies were measured by ELISA. ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Muhsen K,Cohen D,Spungin-Bialik A,Shohat T

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey of the seroprevalence of pertussis antibodies in a representative sample of the population from Catalonia was carried out. Ninety-seven municipalities and 30 schools were randomly selected to recruit the 2126 subjects who participated in the study. A serum sample was obtained from all individuals participatin...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Domínguez A,Vidal J,Plans P,Salleras L

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rabies is a prevalent and re-emerging disease in South Africa particularly in rural areas with high human densities. Outbreaks are frequently reported in the north and eastern parts of this country, probably an indication of inadequacy in the control of the disease. Following the 2005/2006 outbreak in Limpopo, we unde...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Sabeta CT,Mkhize GC,Ngoepe EC

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In long-term care facilities (LTCFs), the elderly are apt to be infected because those with latent tuberculosis infections (LTBIs) are at an increased risk for reactivation and post-primary TB disease. We report an outbreak of TB in staff and residents in a LTCF. An outbreak investigation was conducted after two TB ca...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Lai CC,Hsieh YC,Yeh YP,Jou RW,Wang JT,Pan SL,Chen HH

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous modelling studies have estimated that between 1% and 10% of human salmonella infections are attributable to pig meat consumption. In response to this food safety threat the British pig industry have initiated a salmonella monitoring programme. It is anticipated that this programme will contribute to achieving...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Hill AA,Snary EL,Arnold ME,Alban L,Cook AJ

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pertussis morbidity is highest in infants too young to be fully protected by routine vaccination schedules. Alternate vaccine strategies are required to maximise protection in this age-group. To understand baseline pertussis epidemiology prior to the introduction of the maternal pertussis vaccination program in 2014, ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： McHugh L,Viney KA,Andrews RM,Lambert SB

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to estimate the natural history and transmission parameters based on experimental viral shedding and symptom dynamics in order to understand the key epidemiological factors that characterize influenza (sub)type epidemics. A simple statistical algorithm was developed by combining a well-defined mathema...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Liao CM,Yang SC,Chio CP,Chen SC

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The WAIFW matrix (Who Acquires Infection From Whom) is a central parameter in modelling the spread of infectious diseases. The calculation of the basic reproductive number (R0) depends on the assumptions made about the transmission within and between age groups through the structure of the WAIFW matrix and different s...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Effelterre TV,Shkedy Z,Aerts M,Molenberghs G,Damme PV,Beutels P

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genetic relationships between various serotypes and serogroups of meningococcal strains were investigated by restriction fragment-length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis using a number of random DNA probes and a probe containing a truncated copy of the meningococcal insertion sequence IS1106. The data were used to est...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Ni H,Knight AI,Cartwright KA,McFadden JJ

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The world is currently confronting the first influenza pandemic of the 21st century [caused by a novel pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus]. Earlier pandemics have been characterized by age distributions that are distinct from those observed with seasonal influenza epidemics, with higher attack rates (and correspondingl...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Greer AL,Tuite A,Fisman DN

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of the meningococcal insertion sequence IS1301 was analysed in 496 strains of different serogroups and clonal lineages of Neisseria meningitidis, and in 64 neisserial strains other than N. meningitidis. IS1301 was found in meningococci, but not in apathogenic Neisseria sp. and Neisseria gonorrhoeae. T...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Hilse R,Stoevesandt J,Caugant DA,Claus H,Frosch M,Vogel U

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was undertaken to investigate the occurrence of antibiotic resistance in enteric flora in 64 children in rural Bangladesh over a 12-month period. The antibiotic resistance pattern of the isolates varied throughout the year and multiple resistance was highest during the post monsoon period. Seventy-th...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Mamun KZ,Shears P,Hart CA

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Influenza vaccine effectiveness (VE) wanes over the course of a temperate climate winter season but little data are available from tropical countries with year-round influenza virus activity. In Singapore, a retrospective cohort study of adults vaccinated from 2013 to 2017 was conducted. Influenza vaccine failure was ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Young BE,Mak TM,Ang LW,Sadarangani S,Ho HJ,Wilder-Smith A,Barkham T,Chen M

更新日期：2020-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriage in a convenience sample of purposely selected populations of dogs, cats and horses in the Greater London area. Swabs from carriage sites were pooled, enriched and processed by standard bacteriological methods. The presence of...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Loeffler A,Pfeiffer DU,Lindsay JA,Soares Magalhães RJ,Lloyd DH

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Injecting drug users (IDUs) account for most new HCV infections. The objectives of this study were: to estimate the force of infection for hepatitis C virus in IDUs within the interval-censoring framework and to determine the impact of risk factors such as frequency of injection, drug injected, sharing of syringes and...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Castro-Sánchez A,Shkedy Z,Hens N,Aerts M,Geskus R,Prins M,Wiessing L,Kretzschmar M

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2013, an unusual increase of paratyphoid fever cases in travellers returning from Cambodia was reported in Japan. From December 2012 to September 2013, 18 cases of Salmonella Paratyphi A infection were identified. Microbiological analyses revealed that most isolates had the same clonal identity, although the epidem...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Saitoh T,Morita M,Shimada T,Izumiya H,Kanayama A,Oishi K,Ohnishi M,Sunagawa T

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the molecular characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) with resistance to tigecycline and to daptomycin isolated from intensive-care-unit patients in Brazil over a 6-month period. Thirty-six isolates (25 from infection sites, 11 from nasal sites) recovered from 23 patients who p...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Dabul AN,Camargo IL

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rates of acquisition and mean duration of nasal carriage of different serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae have been estimated by fitting a stochastic model to longitudinal carriage data in children from Papua New Guinea. Immunogenicity and two indices of relative invasiveness were determined for each serotype. Immun...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Smith T,Lehmann D,Montgomery J,Gratten M,Riley ID,Alpers MP

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rubella, a vaccine-preventable infection. This study examined the antibody status of 11 987 pregnant women during 2005-2009. Results showed a non-significant decrease in those with antibody levels of <4·0 IU/ml from 29/2312 (1·3%) in 2005 to 21/2447 (0·9%) in 2009 (χ² for linear trend=0·279, P=0·56) but a significant ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Matthews LA,Lawrance LM,Gray D,Gray S

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Public Health England conducts enhanced national surveillance of tetanus, a potentially life-threatening vaccine-preventable disease. A standardized questionnaire was used to ascertain clinical and demographic details of individuals reported with clinically suspected tetanus. The 96 cases identified between 2001 and 2...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Collins S,Amirthalingam G,Beeching NJ,Chand MA,Godbole G,Ramsay ME,Fry NK,White JM

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This nested case-control study investigated the risk factors for gastroenteritis in a cohort using rainwater as their primary domestic water source. Consumption of beef [odds ratio (OR) 2·74, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1·56-4·80], handling of raw fresh chicken in the household (OR 1·52, 95% CI 1·02-2·29) and animal ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Rodrigo S,Sinclair M,Wolfe R,Leder K

更新日期：2011-04-01 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