Fluoroquinolone resistance in penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae clones, Spain.

abstract：:Genetic characterization of highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses (H5N1) isolated in July 2008 in Nigeria indicates that a distinct genotype, never before detected in Africa, reached the continent. Phylogenetic analysis showed that the viruses are genetically closely related to European and Middle Eastern influenz...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Fusaro A,Joannis T,Monne I,Salviato A,Yakubu B,Meseko C,Oladokun T,Fassina S,Capua I,Cattoli G

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated a case of hepatitis E acquired after persons ate wild boar meat. Genotype 3 hepatitis E virus (HEV) RNA was detected in both patient serum and wild boar meat. These findings provided direct evidence of zoonotic foodborne transmission of HEV from a wild boar to a human. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Li TC,Chijiwa K,Sera N,Ishibashi T,Etoh Y,Shinohara Y,Kurata Y,Ishida M,Sakamoto S,Takeda N,Miyamura T

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High frequencies of antimicrobial drug resistance were observed in O157 and non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing E. coli strains recovered from patients in Michigan during 2010-2014. Resistance was more common in non-O157 strains and independently associated with hospitalization, indicating that resistance could contribute ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Mukherjee S,Mosci RE,Anderson CM,Snyder BA,Collins J,Rudrik JT,Manning SD

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance to antimicrobial agents used to treat severe Campylobacter spp. gastroenteritis is increasing worldwide. We assessed the antimicrobial resistance patterns of Campylobacter spp. isolates of human and animal origin. More than half (n = 32) were resistant to sulphonamide, a feature known to be associated with ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Lucey B,Crowley D,Moloney P,Cryan B,Daly M,O'Halloran F,Threlfall EJ,Fanning S

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed Coxiella burnetii prevalence and genotypes in pigs in South Korea during 2014-2015. Prevalence was low among 1,030 samples tested by ELISA and immunofluorescent assay and 1,124 samples tested by PCR. Despite this finding, possible transmission of C. burnetii from pigs to humans cannot be excluded. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Seo MG,Ouh IO,Lee SH,Kwak D

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epidemiology of human rabies postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) in 4 upstate New York counties was described from data obtained from 2,216 incidences of PEP recorded by local health departments from 1995 to 2000. Overall annual incidence for the study period was 27 cases per 100,000 persons. Mean annual PEP incidence ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Blanton JD,Bowden NY,Eidson M,Wyatt JD,Hanlon CA

更新日期：2005-12-01 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：:In an epizootiologic survey of 122 rodents captured in Vladivostok, Russia, antibodies positive for hantavirus were found in Apodemus peninsulae (4/70), A. agrarius (1/39), and Clethrionomys rufocanus (1/8). The hantavirus sequences identified in two seropositive A. peninsulae and two patients with hemorrhagic fever w...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Lokugamage K,Kariwa H,Hayasaka D,Cui BZ,Iwasaki T,Lokugamage N,Ivanov LI,Volkov VI,Demenev VA,Slonova R,Kompanets G,Kushnaryova T,Kurata T,Maeda K,Araki K,Mizutani T,Yoshimatsu K,Arikawa J,Takashima I

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared travel histories of case-patients with Cryptococcus gattii infection during 1999-2006 to travel destinations of the general public on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Findings validated and refined estimates of risk on the basis of place of residence and showed no spatial progression of risk are...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Chambers C,MacDougall L,Li M,Galanis E

更新日期：2008-11-01 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：:Human monocytic ehrlichiosis is a febrile illness caused by Ehrlichia chaffeensis, an intracellular bacterium transmitted by ticks. In Mexico, a case of E. chaffeensis infection in an immunocompetent 31-year-old woman without recognized tick bite was fatal. This diagnosis should be considered for patients with fever, ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Sosa-Gutierrez CG,Solorzano-Santos F,Walker DH,Torres J,Serrano CA,Gordillo-Perez G

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine risk for mycosis among persons with silicosis, we examined US mortality data for 1979-2004. Persons with silicosis were more likely to die with pulmonary mycosis than were those without pneumoconiosis or those with more common pneumoconioses. Health professionals should consider enhanced risk for mycosis fo...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Iossifova Y,Bailey R,Wood J,Kreiss K

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last decade tuberculosis (TB) has reemerged as a major worldwide public health hazard with increasing incidence among adults and children. Although cases among children represent a small percentage of all TB cases, infected children are a reservoir from which many adult cases will arise. TB diagnosis in childre...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Khan EA,Starke JR

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF), Q fever, and Lyme disease are endemic to southern Kazakhstan, but population-based serosurveys are lacking. We assessed risk factors and seroprevalence of these zoonoses and conducted surveys for CCHF-related knowledge, attitudes, and practices in the Zhambyl region of Kazakhsta...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Head JR,Bumburidi Y,Mirzabekova G,Rakhimov K,Dzhumankulov M,Salyer SJ,Knust B,Berezovskiy D,Kulatayeva M,Zhetibaev S,Shoemaker T,Nicholson WL,Moffett D

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated personal protective behaviors against West Nile virus infection. Barriers to adopting these behaviors were identified, including the perception that DEET (N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide and related compounds) is a health and environmental hazard. Televised public health messages and knowing that family or fri...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Aquino M,Fyfe M,MacDougall L,Remple V

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed 1,093 Vibrio cholerae isolates from the Democratic Republic of the Congo during 1997-2012 and found increasing antimicrobial drug resistance over time. Our study also demonstrated that the 2011-2012 epidemic was caused by an El Tor variant clonal complex with a single antimicrobial drug susceptibility prof...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Miwanda B,Moore S,Muyembe JJ,Nguefack-Tsague G,Kabangwa IK,Ndjakani DY,Mutreja A,Thomson N,Thefenne H,Garnotel E,Tshapenda G,Kakongo DK,Kalambayi G,Piarroux R

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacillus cereus is typically considered a blood culture contaminant; however, its presence in blood cultures can indicate true bacteremia. We report 4 episodes of B. cereus bacteremia in 3 persons who inject drugs. Multilocus sequence typing showed that the temporally associated infections were caused by unrelated clo...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Schaefer G,Campbell W,Jenks J,Beesley C,Katsivas T,Hoffmaster A,Mehta SR,Reed S

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We identified the near-full-genome sequence (29,908 nt, >99%) of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) from a nasal swab specimen from a dromedary camel in Egypt. We found that viruses genetically very similar to human MERS-CoV are infecting dromedaries beyond the Arabian Peninsula, where human MERS-...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Chu DK,Poon LL,Gomaa MM,Shehata MM,Perera RA,Abu Zeid D,El Rifay AS,Siu LY,Guan Y,Webby RJ,Ali MA,Peiris M,Kayali G

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From July through September 2005, shortly after a typhoon, 40 cases of Burkholderia pseudomallei infection (melioidosis) were identified in southern Taiwan. Two genotypes that had been present in 2000 were identified by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. Such a case cluster confirms that melioidosis is endemic to Taiwa...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Ko WC,Cheung BM,Tang HJ,Shih HI,Lau YJ,Wang LR,Chuang YC

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:School closure is a proposed strategy for reducing influenza transmission during a pandemic. Few studies have assessed how families respond to closures, or whether other interactions during closure could reduce this strategy's effect. Questionnaires were administered to 220 households (438 adults and 355 children) wit...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Johnson AJ,Moore ZS,Edelson PJ,Kinnane L,Davies M,Shay DK,Balish A,McCarron M,Blanton L,Finelli L,Averhoff F,Bresee J,Engel J,Fiore A

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although surgical site infections (SSIs) are known to cause substantial illness and costs during the index hospitalization, little information exists about the impact of infections diagnosed after discharge, which constitute the majority of SSIs. In this study, using patient questionnaire and administrative databases,...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Perencevich EN,Sands KE,Cosgrove SE,Guadagnoli E,Meara E,Platt R

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recently designated cyprinid herpesvirus 3 (CyHV-3) is an emerging agent that causes fatal disease in common and koi carp. Since its emergence in the late 1990s, this highly contagious pathogen has caused severe financial losses in common and koi carp culture industries worldwide. In addition to its economic role,...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Michel B,Fournier G,Lieffrig F,Costes B,Vanderplasschen A

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the clinical and epidemiologic features of an outbreak of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in Herat Province, Afghanistan. The study comprised 63 patients hospitalized in 2017. The overall case-fatality rate was 22.2%; fatal outcome was significantly associated with a negative IgM test result, longer prothro...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Niazi AU,Jawad MJ,Amirnajad A,Durr PA,Williams DT

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surveillance for lyssaviruses was conducted among bat populations in 8 provinces in Thailand. In 2002 and 2003, a total of 932 bats of 11 species were captured and released after serum collection. Lyssavirus infection was determined by conducting virus neutralization assays on bat serum samples. Of collected samples, ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Lumlertdacha B,Boongird K,Wanghongsa S,Wacharapluesadee S,Chanhome L,Khawplod P,Hemachudha T,Kuzmin I,Rupprecht CE

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the proportion of Escherichia coli O157 cases in Scotland attributable to secondary spread, we analyzed data obtained through entire-population enhanced surveillance. We identified 11% of cases as secondary. Secondary cases in single households were younger than secondary cases in outbreaks affecting >1 h...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Locking ME,Pollock KG,Allison LJ,Rae L,Hanson MF,Cowden JM

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes mellitus and hypertension are recognized risk factors for severe clinical outcomes, including death, associated with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection. Among 32 virus-infected patients in Saudi Arabia, severity of illness and frequency of death corresponded closely with presence of multip...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Alanazi KH,Abedi GR,Midgley CM,Alkhamis A,Alsaqer T,Almoaddi A,Algwizani A,Ghazal SS,Assiri AM,Jokhdar H,Gerber SI,Alabdely H,Watson JT

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a serosurvey of 155 healthcare workers and 124 household and community members who had close contact with 18 patients who had laboratory-confirmed Nipah virus infections in Kerala, India. We detected 3 subclinical infections; 2 persons had IgM and IgG and 1 only IgM against Nipah virus. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Kumar CPG,Sugunan AP,Yadav P,Kurup KK,Aarathee R,Manickam P,Bhatnagar T,Radhakrishnan C,Thomas B,Kumar A 5th,Jayasree J,Philomina B,Kumar KGS,Thulaseedharan NK,Gupta N 5th,Rajendran R,Saritha RL,Mourya DT,Gangakhedkar

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a health hazard evaluation, we investigated 29 cases of laboratory-diagnosed Campylobacter infection among workers at a poultry-processing plant. Most infected employees worked at the plant <1 month, worked as live hangers, and lived at a state-operated center. To lessen the infection risk, we recommended impro...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： de Perio MA,Niemeier RT,Levine SJ,Gruszynski K,Gibbins JD

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During May-August 2016, mumps virus genotype K was detected in 12 Vietnam citizens who entered China at the Shuikou border crossing and 1 girl from China. We provide evidence that mumps genotype K is circulating in Vietnam and was imported to China from Vietnam. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Liu W,Deng L,Lin X,Wang X,Ma Y,Deng Q,Xue X,Zhong G,Jin L

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fourteen influenza A(H7N9) viruses were isolated from poultry or the environment in live poultry markets in Guangdong Province, China during 2014-2015. Phylogenetic analysis showed that all viruses were descended from viruses of the second wave of influenza A(H7N9) virus infections during 2013. These viruses can be di...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Xie S,Jia W,Lin Y,Xing K,Ren X,Qi W,Liao M

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00