On the question of sporadic or atypical bovine spongiform encephalopathy and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

abstract：:We report 3 cases of spotted fever group rickettsial infection (presumed Queensland tick typhus) in residents of northern Queensland, Australia, who had unusually severe clinical manifestations. Complications included renal failure, purpura fulminans, and severe pneumonia. Clinical illness caused by Rickettsia austral...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： McBride WJ,Hanson JP,Miller R,Wenck D

更新日期：2007-11-01 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：:Vaccination with the 13-valent conjugated pneumococcal disease (PCV13) has reduced invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD), but there have been reports of vaccine failures. We performed a prospective study in children aged 2-59 months who received diagnoses of IPD during January 2012-June 2016 in 3 pediatric hospitals in ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Hernández S,Moraga-Llop F,Díaz A,de Sevilla MF,Ciruela P,Muñoz-Almagro C,Codina G,Campins M,García-García JJ,Esteva C,Izquierdo C,González-Peris S,Martínez-Osorio J,Uriona S,Salleras L,Domínguez Á

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated potential sources of infection for 6 confirmed influenza A (H5N1) patients who resided in urban areas of People's Republic of China. None had known exposure to sick poultry or poultry that died from illness, but all had visited wet poultry markets before illness. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Yu H,Feng Z,Zhang X,Xiang N,Huai Y,Zhou L,Li Z,Xu C,Luo H,He J,Guan X,Yuan Z,Li Y,Xu L,Hong R,Liu X,Zhou X,Yin W,Zhang S,Shu Y,Wang M,Wang Y,Lee CK,Uyeki TM,Yang W,Avian Influenza H5N1 study Group.

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the incidence of and risk factors for clinical and subclinical dengue virus (DENV) infection, we prospectively studied 1,207 adult short-term travelers from the Netherlands to dengue-endemic areas. Participants donated blood samples for serologic testing before and after travel. Blood samples were tested for...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Baaten GG,Sonder GJ,Zaaijer HL,van Gool T,Kint JA,van den Hoek A

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The California serogroup of orthobunyaviruses comprises a group of mosquitoborne viruses, including La Crosse (LACV), snowshoe hare (SSHV), Tahyna (TAHV), Jamestown Canyon (JCV), and Inkoo (INKV) viruses, that cause neurologic disease in humans of differing ages with varying incidences. To determine how the pathogenes...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Evans AB,Winkler CW,Peterson KE

更新日期：2019-04-01 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：: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：:We report a case of naturally acquired Plasmodium knowlesi in Singapore, a malaria-free country. Diagnosis was confirmed by PCR with validated species-specific primers. In industrialized countries, free-ranging primates are a potential source of P. knowlesi human infection. P. knowlesi infection is a differential diag...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Ng OT,Ooi EE,Lee CC,Lee PJ,Ng LC,Pei SW,Tu TM,Loh JP,Leo YS

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four calves were experimentally inoculated with highly pathogenic avian influenza virus A/cat/Germany/R606/2006 (H5N1) isolated from a cat in 2006. All calves remained healthy, but several animals shed low amounts of virus, detected by inoculation of nasal swab fluid into embryonated chicken eggs and onto MDCK cells. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Kalthoff D,Hoffmann B,Harder T,Durban M,Beer M

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a zoonotic virus for which pigs are the primary animal reservoir. To investigate whether HEV occurs in mink in Denmark, we screened feces and tissues from domestic and wild mink. Our finding of a novel HEV variant supports previous findings of HEV variants in a variety of species. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Krog JS,Breum SØ,Jensen TH,Larsen LE

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among 310 fleas collected from dogs and cats in Germany, Rickettsia felis was detected in all specimens (34) of Archaeopsylla erinacei (hedgehog flea) and in 9% (24/226) of Ctenocephalides felis felis (cat flea). R. helvetica was detected in 1 Ceratophyllus gallinae (hen flea). ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Gilles J,Just FT,Silaghi C,Pradel I,Passos LM,Lengauer H,Hellmann K,Pfister K

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report results of a case-control study of the association between receipt of antimicrobial agents and diagnosis of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in the United Kingdom. Eligible adults, selected from the General Practice Research Database, had no previous diagnosis of MRSA, no...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Schneider-Lindner V,Delaney JA,Dial S,Dascal A,Suissa S

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In August 2015, a soldier returned from field exercises in Texas, USA, with nonspecific febrile illness. Culture and sequencing of spirochetes from peripheral blood diagnosed Borrelia turicatae infection. The patient recovered after receiving doxycycline. No illness occurred in asymptomatic soldiers potentially expose...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Christensen AM,Pietralczyk E,Lopez JE,Brooks C,Schriefer ME,Wozniak E,Stermole B

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nosocomial bloodstream infections are a leading cause of death in the United States. If we assume a nosocomial infection rate of 5%, of which 10% are bloodstream infections, and an attributable mortality rate of 15%, bloodstream infections would represent the eighth leading cause of death in the United States. Because...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Wenzel RP,Edmond MB

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Homeless persons in San Francisco, California, USA,have been shown to have head and body lice infestations and Bartonella quintana infections. We surveyed a self selected population of homeless persons in San Francisco to assess infestations of head and body lice, risks of having body lice, and presence of B. quintana...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Bonilla DL,Cole-Porse C,Kjemtrup A,Osikowicz L,Kosoy M

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We identified a new polyomavirus in skin lesions from a patient with trichodysplasia spinulosa (TS). Apart from TS being an extremely rare disease, little is known of its epidemiology. On the basis of knowledge regarding other polyomaviruses, we anticipated that infections with trichodysplasia spinulosa-associated pol...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： van der Meijden E,Kazem S,Burgers MM,Janssens R,Bouwes Bavinck JN,de Melker H,Feltkamp MC

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report mutations in influenza A virus (H5N1) strains associated with 2 outbreaks in Turkey. Four novel amino acid changes (Q447L, N556K, and R46K in RNA polymerase and S133A in hemagglutinin) were detected in virus isolates from 2 siblings who died. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Altiok E,Taylan F,Yenen OS,Demirkeser G,Bozaci M,Onel D,Akcadag B,Iyisan AS,Ciblak M,Bozkaya E,Yuksel S,Badur S

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of transfusion-associated bacteremia caused by Psychrobacter arenosus. This psychrotolerant bacterium was previously isolated in 2004 from coastal sea ice and sediments in the Sea of Japan, but not from humans. P. arenosus should be considered a psychrotolerant bacterial species that can cause transfu...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Caspar Y,Recule C,Pouzol P,Lafeuillade B,Mallaret MR,Maurin M,Croize J

更新日期：2013-07-01 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：:In 2016, disseminated tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium caprae was diagnosed in a captive Borneo elephant in Japan. The bacterium was initially identified from clinical isolates. An isolate collected during a relapse showed isoniazid monoresistance and a codon 315 katG mutation. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Yoshida S,Suga S,Ishikawa S,Mukai Y,Tsuyuguchi K,Inoue Y,Yamamoto T,Wada T

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Homelessness is an increasing public health problem. Because of poor living conditions and limited access to healthcare systems, homeless persons are exposed to many communicable infections. We summarize the intervention measures reported to be efficient for the control and the prevention of common transmissible infec...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Badiaga S,Raoult D,Brouqui P

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2005, 329 cases of hepatitis E virus infection were confirmed in England and Wales; 33 were confirmed indigenous infections, and a further 67 were estimated to be indigenous infections. Hepatitis E should be considered in the investigation of patients with hepatitis even if they have no history of travel. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Lewis HC,Boisson S,Ijaz S,Hewitt K,Ngui SL,Boxall E,Teo CG,Morgan D

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a retrospective study of 99 patients with methicillin-suseptible Staphylococcus aureus catheter-related bacteremia in which vancomycin MIC was determined by Etest. High vancomycin MIC (>1.5 ug/mL) was the only independent risk factor for development of complicated bacteremia caused by methicillin-suscepti...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Aguado JM,San-Juan R,Lalueza A,Sanz F,Rodríguez-Otero J,Gómez-Gonzalez C,Chaves F

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phylogenetic analysis of a collection of 103 E1 gene sequences from rubella viruses isolated from 17 countries from 1961 to 2000 confirmed the existence of at least two genotypes. Rubella genotype I (RGI) isolates, predominant in Europe, Japan, and the Western Hemisphere, segregated into discrete subgenotypes; interna...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Zheng DP,Frey TK,Icenogle J,Katow S,Abernathy ES,Song KJ,Xu WB,Yarulin V,Desjatskova RG,Aboudy Y,Enders G,Croxson M

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The detection of Rickettsia akari in 2 human patients increased the diversity of rickettsioses affecting the public health in the southeast of Mexico. Rickettsialpox should be considered in the differential diagnosis with other febrile illnesses for the correct diagnosis and accurate treatment of this potential threat...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Zavala-Castro JE,Zavala-Velázquez JE,Peniche-Lara GF,Sulú Uicab JE

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diphtheritic polyneuropathy is a vaccine-preventable illness caused by exotoxin-producing strains of Corynebacterium diphtheriae. We present a retrospective convenience case series of 15 children (6 girls)<15 years of age (mean age 5.2 years, case-fatality rate 53%, and 1 additional case-patient who was ventilator dep...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Mateen FJ,Bahl S,Khera A,Sutter RW

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We detected rotavirus G5P[6] with a long RNA pattern in a Vietnamese child with diarrhea. Viral outer capsid protein VP7 and VP4 genes suggest that it likely originated from porcine rotavirus either by genetic reassortment or as whole virions. To our knowledge, this is the first report of human rotavirus G5 in Asia. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Ahmed K,Anh DD,Nakagomi O

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used physician sentinel surveillance to identify 25 (7.7%) mild to severe infections with enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) in children and adults among 325 outpatients with acute respiratory infections in Germany during August-October 2014. Results suggested low-level circulation of enterovirus D68 in Germany. Viruses were...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Reiche J,Böttcher S,Diedrich S,Buchholz U,Buda S,Haas W,Schweiger B,Wolff T

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the first case of human melioidosis from Mauritius, where Burkholderia pseudomallei has never been isolated. The patient was immunocompromised, had never traveled abroad, and had a history of regular exposure to mud. She became ill at a time when rainfall was higher than the monthly average. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Issack MI,Bundhun CD,Gokhool H

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00