Ameba-associated microorganisms and diagnosis of nosocomial pneumonia.

abstract：:Enterovirus 71 is reported to have emerged in Cambodia in 2012; at least 54 children with severe encephalitis died during that outbreak. We used serum samples collected during 2000-2011 to show that the virus had been widespread in the country for at least a decade before the 2012 outbreak. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Horwood PF,Andronico A,Tarantola A,Salje H,Duong V,Mey C,Ly S,Dussart P,Cauchemez S,Buchy P

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first two recognized cases of rapidly fatal hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in Pennsylvania occurred within an 8-month period in 1997. Illness in the two patients was confirmed by immunohistochemical techniques on autopsy material. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction analysis of tissue from one patient a...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Rhodes LV 3rd,Huang C,Sanchez AJ,Nichol ST,Zaki SR,Ksiazek TG,Humphreys JG,Freeman JJ,Knecht KR

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brucellosis causes appreciable economic losses in livestock. Examination of milk and tissues from animals in Egypt for Brucella spp. showed increased prevalence rates of serologically reactive animals. All isolates were B. melitensis biovar 3. One Brucella sp. was isolated from milk of serologically nonreactive buffal...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Samaha H,Al-Rowaily M,Khoudair RM,Ashour HM

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated an indirect immunofluorescence assay based on virus-infected cells for detecting anti-severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV) immunoglobulin (Ig) G antibody. All confirmed SARS cases demonstrated seroconversion or fourfold rise in IgG antibody titer; no control was positive. Se...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Chan PK,Ng KC,Chan RC,Lam RK,Chow VC,Hui M,Wu A,Lee N,Yap FH,Cheng FW,Sung JJ,Tam JS

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fungal endophthalmitis is a rare but serious infection. In March 2012, several cases of probable and laboratory-confirmed fungal endophthalmitis occurring after invasive ocular procedures were reported nationwide. We identified 47 cases in 9 states: 21 patients had been exposed to the intraocular dye Brilliant Blue G ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Mikosz CA,Smith RM,Kim M,Tyson C,Lee EH,Adams E,Straif-Bourgeois S,Sowadsky R,Arroyo S,Grant-Greene Y,Duran J,Vasquez Y,Robinson BF,Harris JR,Lockhart SR,Török TJ,Mascola L,Park BJ,Fungal Endophthalmitis Outbreak Resp

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the United States, outbreaks of avian influenza H5 and H7 virus infections in poultry have raised concern about the risk for infections in humans. We reviewed the data collected during 2014-2017 and found no human infections among 4,555 exposed responders who were wearing protection. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Olsen SJ,Rooney JA,Blanton L,Rolfes MA,Nelson DI,Gomez TM,Karli SA,Trock SC,Fry AM

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We obtained ribosomal and mitochondrial DNA sequences from residents of Amazonas state, Brazil, with Mansonella parasitemias. Phylogenetic analysis of these sequences confirm that M. ozzardi and M. perstans parasites occur in sympatry and reveal the close relationship between M. perstans in Africa and Brazil, providin...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Tavares da Silva LB,Crainey JL,Ribeiro da Silva TR,Suwa UF,Vicente AC,Fernandes de Medeiros J,Pessoa FA,Luz SL

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among 2,882 Streptococcus pneumoniae sent to the Spanish Reference Laboratory during 2002, 75 (2.6%) were ciprofloxacin-resistant. Resistance was associated with older patients (3.9% in adults and 7.2% in patients > or =65 years of age), with isolation from noninvasive sites (4.3% vs. 1.0%), and with penicillin and ma...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： de la Campa AG,Balsalobre L,Ardanuy C,Fenoll A,Pérez-Trallero E,Liñares J,Spanish Pneumococcal Infection Study Network G03\/103.

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human penicilliosis marneffei is an emerging infectious disease caused by the fungus Penicillium marneffei. High prevalence of infection among bamboo rats of the genera Rhizomys and Cannomys suggest that these rodents are a key facet of the P. marneffei life cycle. We trapped bamboo rats during June 2004-July 2005 acr...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Cao C,Liang L,Wang W,Luo H,Huang S,Liu D,Xu J,Henk DA,Fisher MC

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The severe epidemic of Ebola virus disease in Liberia started in March 2014. On May 9, 2015, the World Health Organization declared Liberia free of Ebola, 42 days after safe burial of the last known case-patient. However, another 6 cases occurred during June-July; on September 3, 2015, the country was again declared f...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Nyenswah TG,Kateh F,Bawo L,Massaquoi M,Gbanyan M,Fallah M,Nagbe TK,Karsor KK,Wesseh CS,Sieh S,Gasasira A,Graaff P,Hensley L,Rosling H,Lo T,Pillai SK,Gupta N,Montgomery JM,Ransom RL,Williams D,Laney AS,Lindblade

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 161 cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania tropica occurred in the Jerusalem district during 2004-2005; 127 (79%) cases were in a town just outside Jerusalem. Environmental models suggest that in the context of global warming, this outbreak has the potential to extend into Jerusalem. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Singer SR,Abramson N,Shoob H,Zaken O,Zentner G,Stein-Zamir C

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After a human rabies outbreak in southeastern Peru, we collected bats to estimate the prevalence of rabies in various species. Among 165 bats from 6 genera and 10 species, 10.3% were antibody positive; antibody prevalence was similar in vampire and nonvampire bats. Thus, nonvampire bats may also be a source for human ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Salmón-Mulanovich G,Vásquez A,Albújar C,Guevara C,Laguna-Torres VA,Salazar M,Zamalloa H,Cáceres M,Gómez-Benavides J,Pacheco V,Contreras C,Kochel T,Niezgoda M,Jackson FR,Velasco-Villa A,Rupprecht C,Montgomery JM

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neisseria meningitidis sequence type 11 is an emerging cause of urethritis. We demonstrate by using whole-genome sequencing orogenital transmission of a N. meningitidis sequence type 11 isolate causing urethritis in a monogamous couple of men who have sex with men. These results suggest dissemination of this clonal co...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Jannic A,Mammeri H,Larcher L,Descamps V,Tosini W,Phung B,Yazdanpanah Y,Bouscarat F

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 1997-2005 tularemia outbreak in Bulgaria affected 285 people. Ten strains were isolated from humans, a tick, a hare, and water. Amplified fragment length polymorphism typing of the present isolates and of the strain isolated in 1962 suggests that a new genetic variant caused the outbreak. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Kantardjiev T,Ivanov I,Velinov T,Padeshki P,Popov B,Nenova R,Mincheff M

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection causes a spectrum of respiratory illness, from asymptomatic to mild to fatal. MERS-CoV is transmitted sporadically from dromedary camels to humans and occasionally through human-to-human contact. Current epidemiologic evidence supports a major role in t...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Killerby ME,Biggs HM,Midgley CM,Gerber SI,Watson JT

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a study of the distribution and prevalence of tickborne infections in Denmark by using roe deer as sentinels. Blood samples from 237 roe deer were collected during the 2002-2003 hunting season. Overall, 36.6% of deer were Borrelia seropositive, while 95.6% were Anaplasma phagocytophilum positive; all anim...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Skarphédinsson S,Jensen PM,Kristiansen K

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trapping and removing deer mice from ranch buildings resulted in an increased number of mice, including Sin Nombre virus antibody-positive mice, entering ranch buildings. Mouse removal without mouse proofing will not reduce and may even increase human exposure to Sin Nombre hantavirus. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Douglass RJ,Kuenzi AJ,Williams CY,Douglass SJ,Mills JN

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, a new paramyxovirus closely related to human mumps virus (MuV) was detected in bats. We generated recombinant MuVs carrying either or both of the fusion and hemagglutinin-neuraminidase bat virus glycoproteins. These viruses showed replication kinetics similar to human MuV in cultured cells and were neutraliz...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Katoh H,Kubota T,Ihara T,Maeda K,Takeda M,Kidokoro M

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study is the first confirmation of Rickettsia felis in Australia. The organism was identified from 4 species of fleas obtained from dogs and cats in Western Australia, by using polymerase chain reaction amplification and DNA sequencing of the citrate synthase and outer membrane protein A genes. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Schloderer D,Owen H,Clark P,Stenos J,Fenwick SG

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human metapneumovirus pneumonia, most commonly found in children, was diagnosed in an adult with encephalitis. This case suggests that testing for human metapneumovirus RNA in nasopharyngeal aspirate and cerebrospinal fluid samples should be considered in adults with encephalitis who have a preceding respiratory infec...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Fok A,Mateevici C,Lin B,Chandra RV,Chong VH

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During an investigation of an outbreak of gastroenteritis caused by Salmonella enterica serovar Paratyphi B variant L(+) tartrate(+), we identified unpasteurized tempeh as a novel food vehicle and Rhizopus spp. starter culture as the source of the contamination. Safe handling of uncooked, unpasteurized tempeh should b...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Griese SE,Fleischauer AT,MacFarquhar JK,Moore Z,Harrelson C,Valiani A,Morrison SE,Sweat D,Maillard JM,Griffin D,Springer D,Mikoleit M,Newton AE,Jackson B,Nguyen TA,Bosch S,Davies M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pyrethroid knockdown resistance gene (kdr) has become widespread in Anopheles gambiae in West Africa. A trial to test the continuing efficacy of insecticide-treated nets (ITN) and indoor residual spraying (IRS) was undertaken in experimental huts at 2 sites in Benin, the first where kdr is present at high frequenc...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： N'Guessan R,Corbel V,Akogbéto M,Rowland M

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has established a syndromic surveillance system that monitors emergency department visits to detect disease outbreaks early. Routinely collected chief complaint information is transmitted electronically to the health department daily and analyzed for temporal a...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Heffernan R,Mostashari F,Das D,Karpati A,Kulldorff M,Weiss D

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We characterized Middle East respiratory syndrome coronaviruses from a hospital outbreak in Jordan in 2015. The viruses from Jordan were highly similar to isolates from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, except for deletions in open reading frames 4a and 3. Transmissibility and pathogenicity of this strain remains to be determined...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Lamers MM,Raj VS,Shafei M,Ali SS,Abdallh SM,Gazo M,Nofal S,Lu X,Erdman DD,Koopmans MP,Abdallat M,Haddadin A,Haagmans BL

更新日期：2016-04-01 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：:Cryptosporidium muris, predominantly a rodent species of Cryptosporidium, is not normally considered a human pathogen. Recently, isolated human infections have been reported from Indonesia, Thailand, France, and Kenya. We report the first case of C. muris in a human in the Western Hemisphere. This species may be an em...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Palmer CJ,Xiao L,Terashima A,Guerra H,Gotuzzo E,Saldías G,Bonilla JA,Zhou L,Lindquist A,Upton SJ

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assessed progress towards tuberculosis (TB) elimination in the Netherlands by using DNA fingerprinting. Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains were defined as new if the IS6110 restriction fragment length polymorphism pattern had not been observed in any other patient during the previous 2 years. Other cases we...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Borgdorff MW,van der Werf MJ,de Haas PE,Kremer K,van Soolingen D

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the susceptibility to Usutu virus (Flavivirus) of 13 permanent cell lines, 3 primary cell cultures, and chicken embryos. Vero, PK-15, and goose embryo fibroblast cells developed cytopathic effects; however, viral multiplication was detected in all mammalian cell types by immunohistochemical tests. Chic...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Bakonyi T,Lussy H,Weissenböck H,Hornyák A,Nowotny N

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Community transmission of influenza A pandemic (H1N1) 2009 was followed by high rates of hospital admissions in the Wellington region of New Zealand, particularly among Maori and Pacific Islanders. These findings may help health authorities anticipate the effects of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in other communities. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Verrall A,Norton K,Rooker S,Dee S,Olsen L,Tan CE,Paull S,Allen R,Blackmore TK

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a 1-hour field enzyme immunoassay (EIA) for detecting antibody to Sin Nombre virus in deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus). The assay specificity and sensitivity were comparable to those of a standard EIA. This test will permit identification of rodents with antibody to this and perhaps other hantaviruses. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Schountz T,Calisher CH,Richens TR,Rich AA,Doty JB,Hughes MT,Beaty BJ

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00