Bed bug infestations in an urban environment.

abstract：:In January 2015, British Columbia, Canada, reported avian influenza A(H7N9) virus infection in 2 travelers returning from China who sought outpatient care for typical influenza-like illness. There was no further spread, but serosurvey findings showed broad population susceptibility to H7N9 virus. Travel history and ti...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Skowronski DM,Chambers C,Gustafson R,Purych DB,Tang P,Bastien N,Krajden M,Li Y

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite widespread use of communicable disease surveillance data to inform public health intervention and control measures, the reporting completeness of the notifiable disease surveillance system remains incompletely assessed. Therefore, we conducted a comprehensive study of reporting completeness with an analysis of...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Sickbert-Bennett EE,Weber DJ,Poole C,MacDonald PD,Maillard JM

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the recent global spread of CTX-M beta-lactamases in Escherichia coli isolates from community-acquired urinary tract infections (CA-UTIs), their dissemination has been little studied in developing countries. In a 2-year prospective study, we documented the prevalence of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Ruppé E,Hem S,Lath S,Gautier V,Ariey F,Sarthou JL,Monchy D,Arlet G

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bats submitted to the Texas Department of Health (1996-2000) were speciated and tested for rabies virus antigen by direct immunofluorescence microscopy. Antigenic analysis of rabies virus-positive specimens was performed with monoclonal antibodies against the nucleoprotein of the virus; atypical or unexpected results ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Rohde RE,Mayes BC,Smith JS,Neill SU

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To detect orthopoxvirus in the Brazilian Amazon, we conducted a serosurvey of 344 wild animals. Neutralizing antibodies against orthopoxvirus were detected by plaque-reduction neutralizing tests in 84 serum samples. Amplicons from 6 monkey samples were sequenced. These amplicons identified vaccinia virus genetically s...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Abrahão JS,Silva-Fernandes AT,Lima LS,Campos RK,Guedes MI,Cota MM,Assis FL,Borges IA,Souza-Júnior MF,Lobato ZI,Bonjardim CA,Ferreira PC,Trindade GS,Kroon EG

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholera outbreaks have occurred in Burundi, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya almost every year since 1977-1978, when the disease emerged in these countries. We used a multiscale, geographic information system-based approach to assess the link between cholera outbreaks, climate, and env...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Bompangue Nkoko D,Giraudoux P,Plisnier PD,Tinda AM,Piarroux M,Sudre B,Horion S,Tamfum JJ,Ilunga BK,Piarroux R

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:WU polyomavirus (WUPyV) and KI polyomavirus (KIPyV) are novel human polyomaviruses. They were originally identified in human respiratory secretions, but the extent of human infection caused by these viruses has not been described to date. To determine the seroepidemiology of WUPyV and KIpyIV, we used an ELISA to scree...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Nguyen NL,Le BM,Wang D

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:West Nile virus (WNV) lineage 2 is associated with neurologic disease in horses and humans in South Africa. Surveillance in wildlife and nonequine domestic species during 2010-2018 identified WNV in 11 (1.8%) of 608 animals with severe neurologic and fatal infections, highlighting susceptible hosts and risk for WNV ep...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Steyn J,Botha E,Stivaktas VI,Buss P,Beechler BR,Myburgh JG,Steyl J,Williams J,Venter M

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human infections with vaccinia virus (VACV), mostly from laboratory accidents or contact with infected animals, have occurred since smallpox was eradicated in 1980. No recent cases have been reported in China. We report on an outbreak of VACV from occupational exposure to rabbit skins inoculated with VACV. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Lu B,Cui LB,Gu MH,Shi C,Sun CW,Zhao KC,Bi J,Tan ZM,Guo XL,Huo X,Bao CJ

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endemic scrub typhus was recently detected on Chiloé Island in southern Chile. We report a series of cases, acquired over a wide geographical range in continental Chile during 2016-2018, demonstrating that this emerging rickettsial infection is also found on the mainland of South America. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Weitzel T,Martínez-Valdebenito C,Acosta-Jamett G,Jiang J,Richards AL,Abarca K

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Travelers who have visited tropical areas may exhibit aggressive forms of obligatory myiases, in which the larvae (maggots) invasively feed on living tissue. The risk of a traveler's acquiring a screwworm infestation has been considered negligible, but with the increasing popularity of adventure sports and wildlife tr...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Seppänen M,Virolainen-Julkunen A,Kakko I,Vilkamaa P,Meri S

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To better define areas of human Lyme disease risk, we compared US surveillance data with published data on the seroprevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi antibodies among domestic dogs. Canine seroprevalence >5% was a sensitive but nonspecific marker of human risk, whereas seroprevalence <1% was associated with minimal ri...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Mead P,Goel R,Kugeler K

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In North America, hantaviruses commonly cause hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS). Clinical descriptions of hantavirus-associated renal disease in the Americas are scarce. Herein, we discuss the case of a 61-year-old man whose predominant manifestations were acute kidney injury and proteinuria. Clinical recognition of...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Chand S,Thapa S,Kon S,Johnson SC,Poeschla EM,Franco-Paredes C,Rodríguez-Morales AJ,Mattar S,Henao-Martínez AF

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Japanese spotted fever (JSF) and scrub typhus (ST) are endemic to Japan and share similar clinical features. To document the clinical and epidemiologic characteristics that distinguish these 2 rickettsial diseases, during 2004-2015 we recruited 31 JSF patients, 188 ST patients, and 97 nonrickettsial disease patients f...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Sando E,Suzuki M,Katoh S,Fujita H,Taira M,Yaegashi M,Ariyoshi K

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children do not seem to drive transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). We isolated culture-competent virus in vitro from 12 (52%) of 23 SARS-CoV-2-infected children; the youngest was 7 days old. Our findings show that symptomatic neonates, children, and teenagers shed infectious SA...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： L'Huillier AG,Torriani G,Pigny F,Kaiser L,Eckerle I

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article on p. 2000 in vol. 22, PMID: 27767924.]. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

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更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella enterica serovar Paratyphi A is increasingly a cause of enteric fever. Sequence analysis of an Indian isolate showed a unique strain with high-level resistance to ciprofloxacin associated with double mutations in the DNA gyrase subunit gyrA (Ser83-->Phe and Asp87-->Gly) and a mutation in topoisomerase IV su...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Nair S,Unnikrishnan M,Turner K,Parija SC,Churcher C,Wain J,Harish N

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess dissemination of OXA-23-producing strains of Acinetobacter baumannii, we obtained 20 carbapenem-resistant, OXA-23-producing isolates from different regions. Their clonal relationship was assessed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and multilocus sequence typing. We identified 8 sequence types, including 4 n...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Mugnier PD,Poirel L,Naas T,Nordmann P

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Members of the Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc), found in many environments, are associated with clinical infections. Examining diverse species and strains from different environments with multilocus sequence typing, we identified > 20% of 381 clinical isolates as indistinguishable from those in the environment. Thi...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Baldwin A,Mahenthiralingam E,Drevinek P,Vandamme P,Govan JR,Waine DJ,LiPuma JJ,Chiarini L,Dalmastri C,Henry DA,Speert DP,Honeybourne D,Maiden MC,Dowson CG

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the distribution and antimicrobial drug resistance in bacterial pathogens causing nosocomial infections, surveillance data on nosocomial infections documented from 1981 to 1999 at National Taiwan University Hospital were analyzed. During this period, 35,580 bacterial pathogens causing nosocomial infection...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Hsueh PR,Chen ML,Sun CC,Chen WH,Pan HJ,Yang LS,Chang SC,Ho SW,Lee CY,Hsieh WC,Luh KT

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the prevalence of helminthic infections in Pursat Province, Cambodia, we tested fecal specimens from 471 children, 10-14 years of age, in June 2007. The prevalence of infection with echinostome flukes ranged from 7.5% to 22.4% in 4 schools surveyed. Adult worms were identified as Echinostoma revolutum. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Sohn WM,Chai JY,Yong TS,Eom KS,Yoon CH,Sinuon M,Socheat D,Lee SH

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zika virus (ZIKV) is a flavivirus related to yellow fever, dengue, West Nile, and Japanese encephalitis viruses. In 2007 ZIKV caused an outbreak of relatively mild disease characterized by rash, arthralgia, and conjunctivitis on Yap Island in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. This was the first time that ZIKV was detect...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Hayes EB

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Second Year of Life project of the Global Health Security Agenda aims to improve immunization systems and strengthen measles and rubella surveillance, including building laboratory capacity. A new laboratory assessment tool was developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to assess the national labo...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Ogee-Nwankwo A,Opare D,Boateng G,Nyaku M,Haynes LM,Balajee SA,Conklin L,Icenogle JP,Rota PA,Waku-Kouomou D

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shigella commonly causes gastroenteritis but rarely spreads to the blood. During 2002-2012, we identified 11,262 Shigella infections through population-based active surveillance in Georgia; 72 (0.64%) were isolated from blood. Bacteremia was associated with age >18 years, black race, and S. flexneri. More than half of...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Tobin-D'Angelo M,Oosmanally N,Wilson SN,Anderson EJ,Segler S,Poventud L

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:More than 900 cases of scarlet fever were recorded in Hong Kong during January-July, 2011. Six cases were complicated by toxic shock syndrome, of which 2 were fatal. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns suggested a multiclonal epidemic; emm12 was the predominant circulating type. We recommend genetic testing of a...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Luk EY,Lo JY,Li AZ,Lau MC,Cheung TK,Wong AY,Wong MM,Wong CW,Chuang SK,Tsang T

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Responding to a request by corrections agency management, we investigated coccidioidomycosis in prison employees in central California, a coccidioidomycosis-endemic area. We identified 103 cases of coccidioidomycosis that occurred over 4.5 years. As a result, we recommended training and other steps to reduce dust expo...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： de Perio MA,Niemeier RT,Burr GA

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a case-control study to investigate factors associated with epidemic cholera. Water treatment and handwashing may have been protective, highlighting the need for personal hygiene for cholera prevention in contaminated urban environments. We also found a diverse diet, a possible proxy for improved nutritio...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Dunkle SE,Mba-Jonas A,Loharikar A,Fouché B,Peck M,Ayers T,Archer WR,De Rochars VM,Bender T,Moffett DB,Tappero JW,Dahourou G,Roels T,Quick R

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three worldwide (pandemic) outbreaks of influenza occurred in the 20th century: in 1918, 1957, and 1968. The latter 2 were in the era of modern virology and most thoroughly characterized. All 3 have been informally identified by their presumed sites of origin as Spanish, Asian, and Hong Kong influenza, respectively. T...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Kilbourne ED

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a case of recurrent coccidioidal meningitis in which a fungal biofilm on the tip of ventriculo-peritoneal shunt tubing was likely responsible for a 4-year persistence of Coccidioides immitis, despite the patient's taking an adequate dosage of fluconazole. Fungal biofilms should be considered as a cause for...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Davis LE,Cook G,Costerton JW

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used administrative databases to assess babesiosis among elderly persons in the United States by year, sex, age, race, state of residence, and diagnosis months during 2006-2008. The highest babesiosis rates were in Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, and Massachusetts, and findings suggested babesiosis expansion t...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Menis M,Anderson SA,Izurieta HS,Kumar S,Burwen DR,Gibbs J,Kropp G,Erten T,Macurdy TE,Worrall CM,Kelman JA,Walderhaug MO

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00