Spongiform encephalopathy in a miniature zebu.

abstract：:Adventure travel is becoming more popular, increasing the likelihood of contact with unusual pathogens. We investigated an outbreak of leptospirosis in "Eco-Challenge" multisport race athletes to determine illness etiology and implement public health measures. Of 304 athletes, we contacted 189 (62%) from the United St...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Sejvar J,Bancroft E,Winthrop K,Bettinger J,Bajani M,Bragg S,Shutt K,Kaiser R,Marano N,Popovic T,Tappero J,Ashford D,Mascola L,Vugia D,Perkins B,Rosenstein N,Eco-Challenge Investigation Team.

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-distance transport of pathogens plays a critical role in the emergence of novel diseases. Shipping is a major contributor to such transport, and the role of ships in spreading disease has been recognized for centuries. However, statistical confirmation of pathogen spread by shipping is usually impractical. We pre...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Murray AG,Smith RJ,Stagg RM

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of rats in human hepatitis E virus (HEV) infections remains controversial. A genetically distinct HEV was recently isolated from rats in Germany, and its genome was sequenced. We have isolated a genetically similar HEV from urban rats in Los Angeles, California, USA, and characterized its ability to infect la...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Purcell RH,Engle RE,Rood MP,Kabrane-Lazizi Y,Nguyen HT,Govindarajan S,St Claire M,Emerson SU

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Foodborne transmission of pathogenic and toxigenic microorganisms has been a recognized hazard for decades. Even half a century ago we knew about the dangers of botulism from underprocessed canned foods; staphylococcal poisoning from unrefrigerated cream-filled pastries, sliced ham, meat, and poultry salads; and salmo...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Foster EM

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To characterize genetic variation of severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV) transmitted in the Beijing area during the epidemic outbreak of 2003, we sequenced 29 full-length S genes of SARS-CoV from 20 hospitalized SARS patients on our unit, the Beijing 302 Hospital. Viral RNA templates fo...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Xu D,Zhang Z,Chu F,Li Y,Jin L,Zhang L,Gao GF,Wang FS

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2009, an outbreak of Vibrio parahaemolyticus occurred in Piura, Cajamarca, Lambayeque, and Lima, Peru. Whole-genome sequencing of clinical and environmental samples from the outbreak revealed a new V. parahaemolyticus clone. All the isolates identified belonged to a single clonal complex described exclusively in As...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Gonzalez-Escalona N,Gavilan RG,Toro M,Zamudio ML,Martinez-Urtaza J

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After a 2014 outbreak of severe respiratory illness caused by enterovirus D68 in the United States, sporadic cases of acute flaccid myelitis have been reported worldwide. We describe a cluster of acute flaccid myelitis cases in Argentina in 2016, adding data to the evidence of association between enterovirus D68 and t...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Carballo CM,Erro MG,Sordelli N,Vazquez G,Mistchenko AS,Cejas C,Rodriguez M,Cisterna DM,Freire MC,Contrini MM,Lopez EL

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the 1990s, reports of Q fever in Nova Scotia, Canada, have declined. Passive surveillance for Q fever in Nova Scotia and its neighboring provinces in eastern Canada indicates that the clinical manifestation of Q fever in the Maritime provinces is pneumonia and that incidence of the disease may fluctuate. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Marrie TJ,Campbell N,McNeil SA,Webster D,Hatchette TF

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zoonoses with a wildlife reservoir represent a major public health problem, affecting all continents. Hundreds of pathogens and many different transmission modes are involved, and many factors influence the epidemiology of the various zoonoses. The importance and recognition of wildlife as a reservoir of zoonoses are ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Kruse H,kirkemo AM,Handeland K

更新日期：2004-12-01 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：:Bluetongue has emerged recently in Belgium. A bluetongue virus strain was isolated and characterized as serotype 8. Two new real-time reverse transcription-quantitative PCRs (RT-qPCRs) that amplified 2 different segments of bluetongue virus detected this exotic strain. These 2 RT-qPCRs detected infection earlier than ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Toussaint JF,Sailleau C,Mast J,Houdart P,Czaplicki G,Demeestere L,VandenBussche F,van Dessel W,Goris N,Bréard E,Bounaadja L,Etienne T,Zientara S,De Clercq K

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Echovirus 13 (EV13), considered rare, was reported worldwide in 2000, mostly related to aseptic meningitis outbreaks. In Spain, 135 EV13 isolates were identified. The genetic relationships between 64 representative strains from Spain and other reported isolates from the United States, Germany, Italy, Japan, and Sweden...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Avellón A,Casas I,Trallero G,Pérez C,Tenorio A,Palacios G

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A >600% increase in monkeypox cases occurred in the Bokungu Health Zone of the Democratic Republic of the Congo during the second half of 2013; this increase prompted an outbreak investigation. A total of 104 possible cases were reported from this health zone; among 60 suspected cases that were tested, 50 (48.1%) case...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Nolen LD,Osadebe L,Katomba J,Likofata J,Mukadi D,Monroe B,Doty J,Hughes CM,Kabamba J,Malekani J,Bomponda PL,Lokota JI,Balilo MP,Likafi T,Lushima RS,Ilunga BK,Nkawa F,Pukuta E,Karhemere S,Tamfum JJ,Nguete B,Wemak

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On October 4, 2001, we confirmed the first bioterrorism-related anthrax case identified in the United States in a resident of Palm Beach County, Florida. Epidemiologic investigation indicated that exposure occurred at the workplace through intentionally contaminated mail. One additional case of inhalational anthrax wa...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Traeger MS,Wiersma ST,Rosenstein NE,Malecki JM,Shepard CW,Raghunathan PL,Pillai SP,Popovic T,Quinn CP,Meyer RF,Zaki SR,Kumar S,Bruce SM,Sejvar JJ,Dull PM,Tierney BC,Jones JD,Perkins BA,Florida Investigation Team.

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus infection in a captive giant panda in Hong Kong. The viral load peaked on day 1 and became undetectable on day 5, and an antibody response developed. Genome analysis showed 99.3%-99.9% nucleotide identity between the virus and influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus circulating in Hong Kong...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Martelli P,Teng JLL,Lee FK,Yeong KY,Fong JYH,Hui SW,Chan KH,Lau SKP,Woo PCY

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CrAssphage is a recently discovered human gut-associated bacteriophage. To validate the potential use of crAssphage for detecting human fecal contamination on environmental surfaces and hands, we tested stool samples (n = 60), hand samples (n = 30), and environmental swab samples (n = 201) from 17 norovirus outbreaks ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Park GW,Ng TFF,Freeland AL,Marconi VC,Boom JA,Staat MA,Montmayeur AM,Browne H,Narayanan J,Payne DC,Cardemil CV,Treffiletti A,Vinjé J

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella enterica bacteria have become increasingly resistant to antimicrobial agents, partly as a result of genes carried on integrons. Clonal expansion and horizontal gene transfer may contribute to the spread of antimicrobial drug-resistance integrons in these organisms. We investigated this resistance and integr...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Krauland MG,Marsh JW,Paterson DL,Harrison LH

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed Zika virus seroprevalence among healthy 1-4-year-old children using a serum sample collection assembled in 2014 representing 30 urban sites across Indonesia. Of 662 samples, 9.1% were Zika virus seropositive, suggesting widespread recent Zika virus transmission and immunity. Larger studies are needed to be...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Sasmono RT,Dhenni R,Yohan B,Pronyk P,Hadinegoro SR,Soepardi EJ,Ma'roef CN,Satari HI,Menzies H,Hawley WA,Powers AM,Rosenberg R,Myint KSA,Soebandrio A

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four hundred specimens were collected from pediatric patients hospitalized in Singapore; 21 of these specimens tested positive for human metapneumovirus (HMPV), with the A2 genotype predominating. A 5% infection rate was estimated, suggesting that HMPV is a significant cause of morbidity among the pediatric population...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Loo LH,Tan BH,Ng LM,Tee NW,Lin RT,Sugrue RJ

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)- and plasmid-encoded ampC (pAmpC)-producing Enterobacteriaceae might spread from farm animals to humans through food. However, most studies have been limited in number of isolates tested and areas studied. We examined genetic relatedness of 716 isolates from 4,854 samples collected...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Börjesson S,Ny S,Egervärn M,Bergström J,Rosengren Å,Englund S,Löfmark S,Byfors S

更新日期：2016-04-01 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：:Borrelia miyamotoi is distantly related to B. burgdorferi and transmitted by the same hard-body tick species. We report 46 cases of B. miyamotoi infection in humans and compare the frequency and clinical manifestations of this infection with those caused by B. garinii and B. burgdorferi infection. All 46 patients live...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Platonov AE,Karan LS,Kolyasnikova NM,Makhneva NA,Toporkova MG,Maleev VV,Fish D,Krause PJ

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surveillance for alveolar echinococcosis in central Europe was initiated in 1998. On a voluntary basis, 559 patients were reported to the registry. Most cases originated from rural communities in regions from eastern France to western Austria; single cases were reported far away from the disease-"endemic" zone through...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Kern P,Bardonnet K,Renner E,Auer H,Pawlowski Z,Ammann RW,Vuitton DA,Kern P,European Echinococcosis Registry.

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human yaws has historically been endemic to Kenya, but current epidemiologic data are lacking. We report seroprevalence for Treponema pallidum antibodies in olive baboons (Papio anubis) and vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) in Laikipia County, Kenya. Our results suggest endemicity of the yaws bacterium in monke...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Zimmerman DM,Hardgrove EH,von Fricken ME,Kamau J,Chai D,Mutura S,Kivali V,Hussein F,Ambala P,Surmat A,Maina JG,Knauf S

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum specimens from fruit bats were obtained at restaurants in Cambodia. We detected antibodies cross-reactive to Nipah virus by enzyme immunoassay in 11 (11.5%) of 96 Lyle's flying foxes (Pteropus lylei). Our study suggests that viruses closely related to Nipah or Hendra viruses are more widespread in Southeast Asia...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Olson JG,Rupprecht C,Rollin PE,An US,Niezgoda M,Clemins T,Walston J,Ksiazek TG

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A task force of experts on influenza, public health, and animal health met at the conference One Health Approach to Influenza: Assessment of Critical Issues and Options in Washington, DC, on December 1-2, 2009. These experts discussed the role of the One Health approach in preparing for and responding to an influenza ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Powdrill TF,Nipp TL,Rinderknecht JL

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From December 1999 to April 2001, the greater Edmonton region had 61 cases of invasive meningococcal infection, two fatal. The outbreak was due to Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C, electrophoretic type 15, serotype 2a. Analysis of the strains showed that 50 of 56 culture-confirmed cases were due to a single clone an...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Tyrrell GJ,Chui L,Johnson M,Chang N,Rennie RP,Talbot JA,Edmonton Meningococcal Study Group.

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe human cases and clustered animal cases of mecA(LGA251)-positive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in France. Our report confirms that this new variant has a large distribution in Europe. It may represent a public health threat because phenotypic and genotypic tests seem unable to detect this new ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Laurent F,Chardon H,Haenni M,Bes M,Reverdy ME,Madec JY,Lagier E,Vandenesch F,Tristan A

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report Rickettsia parkeri and Candidatus Rickettsia andeanae in ticks of the Amblyomma maculatum group collected from dogs in Sonora, Mexico. Molecular characterization of these bacteria was accomplished by DNA amplification and sequence analysis of portions of the rickettsial genes gltA, htrA, ompA, and ompB. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Delgado-de la Mora J,Sánchez-Montes S,Licona-Enríquez JD,Delgado-de la Mora D,Paddock CD,Beati L,Colunga-Salas P,Guzmán-Cornejo C,Zambrano ML,Karpathy SE,López-Pérez AM,Álvarez-Hernández G

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2015, Clostridium difficile testing rates among 30 US community, multispecialty, and cancer hospitals were 14.0, 16.3, and 33.9/1,000 patient-days, respectively. Pooled hospital onset rates were 0.56, 0.84, and 1.57/1,000 patient-days, respectively. Higher testing rates may artificially inflate reported rates of C....

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Kamboj M,Brite J,Aslam A,Kennington J,Babady NE,Calfee D,Furuya Y,Chen D,Augenbraun M,Ostrowsky B,Patel G,Mircescu M,Kak V,Tuma R,Karre TA,Fry DA,Duhaney YP,Moyer A,Mitchell D,Cantu S,Hsieh C,Warren N,Martin S

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00