Numerical index of the discriminatory ability of biotyping and resistotyping for strains of Escherichia coli.

abstract：:Studying the epidemiology of pertussis and impact of differing vaccine schedules is difficult because of differing methods of case ascertainment. The advent of internationally standardized serological diagnosis for recent infection has allowed comparison of age-specific pertussis infection among European countries and...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Cagney M,MacIntyre CR,McIntyre P,Puech M,Giammanco A

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During 1989-2002, we studied the antimicrobial resistance of 3928 blood culture isolates of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi (S. Typhi) in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Overall 32% (1270) of the strains were multidrug-resistant (MDR, resistant to chloramphenicol, ampicillin and trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole); first detected i...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Rahman M,Siddique AK,Shoma S,Rashid H,Salam MA,Ahmed QS,Nair GB,Breiman RF

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cluster of Salmonella Paratyphi B variant L(+) tartrate(+) infections with indistinguishable pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns was detected in October 2015. Interviews initially identified nut butters, kale, kombucha, chia seeds and nutrition bars as common exposures. Epidemiologic, environmental and traceba...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Heiman Marshall KE,Booth H,Harrang J,Lamba K,Folley A,Ching-Lee M,Hannapel E,Greene V,Classon A,Whitlock L,Shade L,Viazis S,Nguyen T,Neil KP

更新日期：2018-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Waterborne disease outbreaks (WBDO) of acute gastrointestinal illness (AGI) are a public health concern in France. Their occurrence is probably underestimated due to the lack of a specific surveillance system. The French health insurance database provides an interesting opportunity to improve the detection of these ev...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Mouly D,Van Cauteren D,Vincent N,Vaissiere E,Beaudeau P,Ducrot C,Gallay A

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An outbreak of Campylobacter jejuni infection occurred in a South Wales Valleys housing estate. Illness in estate residents was associated with tap water consumption [population attributable risk (PAR) 50%, relative risk (RR) 2.53, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.9-3.37] and residence in the upper estate (PAR 49%, RR 2...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Richardson G,Thomas DR,Smith RM,Nehaul L,Ribeiro CD,Brown AG,Salmon RL

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IgM- and IgG-capture ELISAs are widely used as diagnostic tests for confirmation of dengue virus infection. The positive rate of anti-dengue IgM and IgG detection was examined in primary and secondary dengue virus infections in the setting of a provincial hospital using IgM- and IgG-capture ELISAs. Disease day 1 was d...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Sa-Ngasang A,Anantapreecha S,A-Nuegoonpipat A,Chanama S,Wibulwattanakij S,Pattanakul K,Sawanpanyalert P,Kurane I

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the frequency of Campylobacter as the principal cause of bacterial gastroenteritis in the UK, outbreaks attributed to this pathogen are rare. One hundred and fourteen general foodborne outbreaks of campylobacteriosis were reported to the Health Protection Agency from 1992 to 2009 with most occurring in food se...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Little CL,Gormley FJ,Rawal N,Richardson JF

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In99, a possible ancestor of In100, is a class 1 integron associated with carbenicillinase (blaPSE) and aminoglycoside resistance genes [aac(6')-Ib and aadA2]. In99 was present in 8 of 81 clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from unrelated patients collected in different years. The strains fell into two clonal ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Caetano T,Ferreira S,Mondego AP,Correia A,Mendo S

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Horizontal transmission of Campylobacter jejuni was investigated in campylobacter-free broiler chicks. One hundred and twenty chicks housed individually, were provided with water containing 10(2)-10(9) c.f.u./ml C. jejuni. Colonization was rapid [47 of 73 (64%) positive cloacal cultures within 3 days and 65 of 73 (89%...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Shanker S,Lee A,Sorrell TC

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of Burkholderia pseudomallei was determined in soil collected from a rural district in Papua New Guinea (PNG) where melioidosis had recently been described, predominately affecting children. In 274 samples, 2.6% tested culture-positive for B. pseudomallei. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis using SpeI d...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Warner JM,Pelowa DB,Gal D,Rai G,Mayo M,Currie BJ,Govan B,Skerratt LF,Hirst RG

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herpes simplex virus (HSV) is one of the most commonly identified infectious aetiologies of encephalitis in North America and Europe. The epidemiology of encephalitis beyond these regions, however, is poorly defined. During 2009-2012 we enrolled 313 patients in a multicentre prospective study of encephalitis in Peru, ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Montano SM,Mori N,Nelson CA,Ton TG,Celis V,Ticona E,Sihuincha M,Tilley DH,Kochel T,Zunt JR,Meningoencephalitis Working Group.

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nebovirus is a new genus of viruses belonging to the Caliciviridae family recently characterized in cattle, and is associated with gastrointestinal disorders, such as diarrhoea, anorexia and intestinal lesions particularly in calves. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of neboviruses in Brazilian c...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Candido M,Alencar AL,Almeida-Queiroz SR,Buzinaro MG,Munin FS,Godoy SH,Livonesi MC,Fernandes AM,Sousa RL

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Individuals developing an HIV seroconversion illness may experience rapid disease progression. Information on seroconversion illness is rarely collected in most cohort studies, thus the aim of this study was to assess the value of the HIV test interval (the time between last negative and first positive HIV tests) as a...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

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更新日期：2001-08-01 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：:Tuberculosis (TB) remains a global public health threat. Misdiagnosis and delayed therapy of sputum smear-negative TB can affect the treatment outcomes and promote pathogen transmission. The application of Xpert MTB/RIF assay in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) has been recommended but needs clinical evidence. We c...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Liu Q,Ji Y,Martinez L,Lu W,Shi X,Wang J,Zeng Y

更新日期：2020-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of band differences in DNA macrorestriction profiles required to distinguish unrelated strains from an index strain varies in an outbreak with the species and restriction enzyme used. In order to define this difference for epidemiological studies of Serratia marcescens, we produced DNA fingerprints from 57 ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Aucken HM,Boquete T,Kaufmann ME,Pitt TL

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are an estimated 277,000 cases of campylobacteriosis in Australia each year, most of which are thought to be sporadically acquired. To explore causes for these infections, we conducted a multi-centre case-control study of patients and community controls across five Australian States during 2001-2002. A total of ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Stafford RJ,Schluter P,Kirk M,Wilson A,Unicomb L,Ashbolt R,Gregory J,OzFoodNet Working Group.

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the extent age, sex and co-infection affect morbidity in people infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV), we performed a population-based study linking HCV notifications in New South Wales, Australia with their hospital (July 2000 to June 2006), hepatitis B virus (HBV) and HIV notification, and death records...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Gidding HF,Amin J,Dore GJ,Law MG

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2014, the Food and Drug Administration approved a new human papillomavirus 9-valent vaccine (9vHPV), targeting nine HPV types: HPV types 6, 11, 16, and 18, which are also targeted by the quadrivalent HPV vaccine (qHPV), plus five additional high cancer risk HPV types (HPV types 31, 33, 45, 52, and 58). The aim of t...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Signorelli C,Odone A,Ciorba V,Cella P,Audisio RA,Lombardi A,Mariani L,Mennini FS,Pecorelli S,Rezza G,Zuccotti GV,Peracino A

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sequence of 165 nucleotides at the 3' end of the 1D (VP1) gene of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) virus was determined for 44 type Asia 1 strains isolated from throughout Asia between 1954-92. Analysis of the relationships between the virus genomes showed epidemiological links not previously evident. The possible ori...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Ansell DM,Samuel AR,Carpenter WC,Knowles NJ

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 12-month survey on the incidence of campylobacter infection in 1217 patients with diarrhoea was carried out in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Campylobacters were isolated from 55 (4.5%) patients, second in prevalence to salmonellas (6.2%). Shigellas were isolated from 4.2% of patients. Campylobacter isolation rates were high...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Zaman R

更新日期：1992-02-01 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：: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：:There is limited information on percent expenditure of household income due to childhood diarrhoea especially in rural Bangladesh. A total of 4205 children aged <5 years with acute diarrhoea were studied. Percent expenditure was calculated as total expenditure for the diarrhoeal episode divided by monthly family incom...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Das J,Das SK,Ahmed S,Ferdous F,Farzana FD,Sarker MH,Ahmed AM,Chisti MJ,Malek MA,Rahman A,Faruque AS,Mamun AA

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to develop a method for identifying newly diagnosed tuberculosis (TB) patients at risk for TB adverse events in Tamaulipas, Mexico. Surveillance data between 2006 and 2013 (8431 subjects) was used to develop risk scores based on predictive modelling. The final models revealed that TB pati...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Abdelbary BE,Garcia-Viveros M,Ramirez-Oropesa H,Rahbar MH,Restrepo BI

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Group L, beta-haemolytic streptococci can cause infection in dogs, pigs, cattle and sheep but there have been very few reports in man. In studies of skin infection in meat handlers we cultured group L streptococci from clinically infected wounds, impetigo and paronychia of 15 patients involved in the slaughter and pro...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Barnham M,Neilson DJ

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ignác Fülöp Semmelweis is famous for dramatically reducing puerperal mortality while he was an Assistant in Vienna's largest hospital, the Allgemeines Krankenhaus; he did this, mainly, by requiring medical personnel to disinfect their hands by washing in a chlorine solution. But Semmelweis was soon removed from his po...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Jadraque PP,Carter KC

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple introductions of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains occurred to a new hospital in Hong Kong. Two years of clinical microbiological surveillance of the resulting outbreaks was combined with laboratory investigation by phage and antibiogram typing, and plasmid profiling. The outbreaks on...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Farrington M,Ling J,Ling T,French GL

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a 15-month period in Scotland a small but important number of human Campylobacter cases (3·2%) arose from 91 putative household outbreaks. Of the 26 outbreaks with known strain composition, 89% were composed of the same MLST which supports the potential use of MLST in public health epidemiology. The number of c...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Rotariu O,Smith-Palmer A,Cowden J,Bessell PR,Innocent GT,Reid SW,Matthews L,Dallas J,Ogden ID,Forbes KJ,Strachan NJ

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Empirical data about contact frequencies of children is needed for estimating parameters in mathematical modelling studies that investigate the effect of targeting influenza intervention to children. A survey about the social contacts of school children was conducted in a primary school in Germany. The distribution of...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Mikolajczyk RT,Akmatov MK,Rastin S,Kretzschmar M

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00