Seroprevalence and force of infection of varicella-zoster virus in Luxembourg.

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：:In Sweden, acute gastrointestinal illness (AGI) incidence, severity, impact on productivity, related healthcare usage and associated costs are not ascertained. We measured these in 2013-2014 using a population-based cohort reporting weekly. We defined AGI as ⩾3 episodes of loose stools or vomiting/24 h; or loose stool...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Edelstein M,Merk H,Deogan C,Carnahan A,Wallensten A

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Japan has been free from rabies since 1958. A strict import regimen has been adopted since 2004 consisting of identification of an animal with microchip, two-time rabies vaccination, neutralizing antibody titration test and a waiting period of 180 days. The present study aims to quantitatively assess the risk of rabie...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Kwan NC,Sugiura K,Hosoi Y,Yamada A,Snary EL

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to compare the occurrence of Salmonella spp. found in the animal environment in pig herds with different Salmonella risks (61 herds with low seroprevalence, 81 herds with high seroprevalence) on a broad scale. The environmental samples were divided into two types: direct (n=1105) and in...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Gotter V,Blaha T,Klein G

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compared the fatty-acid profiles of Brucella canis blood culture isolates obtained from infected dogs in the UK, Germany, Japan, South Africa, Peru, Mexico, Colombia, and Argentina, and from a human clinical case in Argentina, to a bank of isolates obtained from canine outbreaks in the USA. Analysis of a to...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Brower A,Lucero N,Okwumabua O,Groussaud P,Gopaul KK,Whatmore AM,Cravero SL,Trangoni MD

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As feral swine continue to expand their geographical range and distribution across the United States, their involvement in crop damage, livestock predation, and pathogen transmission is likely to increase. Despite the relatively recent discovery of feral swine involvement in the aetiology of a variety of pathogens, th...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Pedersen K,Pabilonia KL,Anderson TD,Bevins SN,Hicks CR,Kloft JM,Deliberto TJ

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical records, for 2000 and 2001, of symptomatic amoebic patients who were treated at our hospitals in Tokyo, Yokohama and Osaka were studied retrospectively for the purpose of gathering epidemiological data on symptomatic Entamoeba histolytica infection. A total of 58 patients were treated. Fifty-five of them were ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Ohnishi K,Kato Y,Imamura A,Fukayama M,Tsunoda T,Sakaue Y,Sakamoto M,Sagara H

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objectives of this study were to investigate the coagulase gene polymorphism of Staphylococcus aureus isolates obtained from bovine mastitic milk and to determine the resistance of predominant and rare coagulase genotypes to bovine blood neutrophil bactericidal activities. A total of 453 isolates were collected fr...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Su C,Herbelin C,Frieze N,Skardova O,Sordillo LM

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study reports the epidemiology of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in hospitalized children in Cyprus over three successive seasons (2010-2013) and the association between prevalent genotypes and disease severity. RSV infections had a circulation pattern from December to March. Most RSV-positive children (83%) w...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Panayiotou C,Richter J,Koliou M,Kalogirou N,Georgiou E,Christodoulou C

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was conducted during the 2008-2009 respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) season in France to compare hospitalization rates for bronchiolitis (RSV-confirmed and all types) between very preterm infants (<33 weeks' gestational age, WGA) without bronchopulmonary dysplasia and full-term infants (39-41 WGA) matched f...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Gouyon JB,Rozé JC,Guillermet-Fromentin C,Glorieux I,Adamon L,DI Maio M,Miloradovich T,Anghelescu D,Pinquier D,Escande B,Elleau C

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compares the frequency and severity of influenza A/H1N1pdm09 (A/H1), influenza A/H3N2 (A/H3) and other respiratory virus infections in hospitalised patients. Data from 17 332 adult hospitalised patients admitted to Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, with a respiratory illness between 2...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Minney-Smith CA,Selvey LA,Levy A,Smith DW

更新日期：2019-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Norovirus (NV) is an important cause of acute gastroenteritis in children, but is also frequently detected in asymptomatic children, which complicates the interpretation of NV detection results in both the clinical setting and population prevalence studies. A total of 807 faecal samples from children aged <5 years hos...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Trang NV,Choisy M,Nakagomi T,Chinh NT,Doan YH,Yamashiro T,Bryant JE,Nakagomi O,Anh DD

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estimates of hepatitis C virus (HCV) clearance following acute infection range from 14 to 46%. This wide range is likely to be due to the characteristics of the populations studied and analysis methods. This paper examines how differing definitions of clearance parameters affect estimates of viral clearance in a cohor...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Amin J,Law MG,Micallef J,Jauncey M,Van Beek I,Kaldor JM,Dore GJ

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used a structured population model to study factors determining the magnitude of indirect protection in Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccination. On a simulation platform mimicking the population of Finland, a Hib transmission and immunity model, including cross-reactive bacterial encounters, was formulated....

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Leino T,Takala T,Auranen K,Mäkelä PH,Takala AK

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed to provide a quantitative description of decay in pertussis antibody levels to aid in finding a serological estimate of the incidence of pertussis. The serum IgG response against pertussis toxin was studied in a group of clinically diagnosed patients. Individual records consisted of repeated serum IgG measure...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Teunis PF,van der Heijden OG,de Melker HE,Schellekens JF,Versteegh FG,Kretzschmar ME

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The single intradermal comparative cervical tuberculin (SICCT) test and post-mortem examination are the main diagnostic tools for bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in cattle in the British Isles. Latent class modelling is often used to estimate the bTB test characteristics due to the absence of a gold standard. However, the r...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： O'Hagan MJH,Ni H,Menzies FD,Pascual-Linaza AV,Georgaki A,Stegeman JA

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Guidelines for the severity classification and treatment of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) were published by Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)/Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) in 2010; however, compliance and efficacy of these guidelines has not been widely investigated. This pr...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Crowell KT,Julian KG,Katzman M,Berg AS,Tinsley A,Williams ED,Koltun WA,Messaris E

更新日期：2017-08-01 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：:A latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) prevalence survey was conducted using tuberculin skin test (TST) and Quantiferon test (QFT) in 1218 healthcare workers (HCWs) in Medellín, Colombia. In order to improve the prevalence estimates, a latent class model was built using a Bayesian approach with informative priors on t...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Ochoa J,León AL,Ramírez IC,Lopera CM,Bernal E,Arbeláez MP

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathogenic Vibrio species are naturally-occurring bacteria in freshwater and saline aquatic environments. Counts of free-living bacteria in water are generally less than required to induce disease. Increases in number of organisms towards an infective dose can occur as water temperatures rise seasonally followed by gr...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： West PA

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Orf virus has a worldwide distribution among sheep and goats. The hypersensitivity reaction erythema multiforme (EM) is a known complication of orf infection in humans; however, its occurrence is poorly understood and has not been extensively reviewed. We present two unrelated cases of orf-associated EM, and a review ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Joseph RH,Haddad FA,Matthews AL,Maroufi A,Monroe B,Reynolds M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the first cluster of cases of necrotizing fasciitis (NF) in this century in the United Kingdom (UK). Between 1 January and 30 June 1994 there were six cases (five confirmed, one probable) of Streptococcus pyogenes NF in west Gloucestershire, population 320,000. Two cases died. The first two patients probab...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Cartwright K,Logan M,McNulty C,Harrison S,George R,Efstratiou A,McEvoy M,Begg N

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serological tests are very frequently used in epidemiological surveys of leishmaniasis and other parasitoses. Their sensitivity and specificity are generally defined with respect to parasitism and disease, rather than infection. The reason is that known positives are those individuals most likely to yield parasites, o...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Dye C,Vidor E,Dereure J

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty progesterone-treated TO mice were infected intravaginally with Mycoplasma pulmonis. One month later, ten of the mice were given oestradiol which changed the reproductive cycle to the oestrous phase and within a week resulted in eradication of the organisms from six of them; vaginal persistence in the other mice...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Taylor-Robinson D,Furr PM

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neisseria cuniculi was isolated, between March 1987 and March 1989, from 38 cases of respiratory disease in small and large ruminants. In all but five cases N. cuniculi was cultured together with other potential respiratory pathogens. A survey was conducted to assess the prevalence of N. cuniculi in the pharyngeal reg...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Elad D,Shlomovitz S,Bernstein M,Bassan J

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Demographic and epidemiological field data were used in a deterministic model to describe dog rabies transmission in Machakos District, Kenya and to predict the impact of potential vaccination strategies for its control. The basic reproduction number (R0) was estimated to be 2.44 (1.52-3.36, 95% confidence limits). Th...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Kitala PM,McDermott JJ,Coleman PG,Dye C

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Humoral and cell-mediated immunity (CMI) against B. pertussis was assessed in a sample of adolescent, adult and senior subjects distributed in five different geographical areas in Italy. Most (99.1%) subjects had IgG anti-pertussis toxin (PT) antibodies exceeding the minimum detection level [> or = 2 ELISA units (EU)/...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Gabutti G,Bergamini M,Bonanni P,Guido M,Fenoglio D,Giammanco A,Sindoni L,Zotti C,Boddi V,Bamfi F,Severini R,Bechini A,Boccalini S,Crovari P,Collaborative Group for the Study of Pertussis.

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli O157 outbreaks were identified in Minnesota in February 2003 involving seven persons and in Colorado in July 2003 involving 13 persons. Case isolates from the two states had matching pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) patterns. Independent case-control studies linked infections in each outbreak w...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Ferguson DD,Scheftel J,Cronquist A,Smith K,Woo-Ming A,Anderson E,Knutsen J,De AK,Gershman K

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prospective, population-based surveillance to systematically ascertain exposures to food production animals or their environments among Minnesota residents with sporadic, domestically acquired, laboratory-confirmed enteric zoonotic pathogen infections was conducted from 2012 through 2016. Twenty-three percent (n = 170...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Klumb CA,Scheftel JM,Smith KE

更新日期：2020-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple cases of atypical scrapie in the same holding and co-existence with classical scrapie have been reported in Great Britain. A two-stage simulation tool was developed by combining a sampling algorithm and a hierarchical Bayesian model to simulate the number of positive cases of atypical scrapie from: (i) random...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Ortiz-Peláez A,Arnold ME,Vidal-Diez A

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00