Vaccine effectiveness estimates, 2004-2005 mumps outbreak, England.

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：:By applying cumulative sums (CUSUM), a quality control method commonly used in manufacturing, we constructed a process for detecting unusual clusters among reported laboratory isolates of disease-causing organisms. We developed a computer algorithm based on minimal adjustments to the CUSUM method, which cumulates sums...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Hutwagner LC,Maloney EK,Bean NH,Slutsker L,Martin SM

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Guidelines for Preventing Opportunistic Infections Among Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients contains a section on hospital infection control including evidence-based recommendations regarding ventilation, construction, equipment, plants, play areas and toys, health-care workers, visitors, patient skin and o...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Dykewicz CA

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tropheryma whipplei endocarditis differs from classic Whipple disease, which primarily affects the gastrointestinal system. We diagnosed 28 cases of T. whipplei endocarditis in Marseille, France, and compared them with cases reported in the literature. Specimens were analyzed mostly by molecular and histologic techniq...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Fenollar F,Célard M,Lagier JC,Lepidi H,Fournier PE,Raoult D

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From January 1982 to May 2000, 17 infections caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei were diagnosed in 15 patients in Taiwan; almost all the infections were diagnosed from 1994 to May 2000. Of the 15 patients, 9 (60%) had underlying diseases, and 10 (67%) had bacteremic pneumonia. Thirteen (76%) episodes of infection were...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Hsueh PR,Teng LJ,Lee LN,Yu CJ,Yang PC,Ho SW,Luh KT

更新日期：2001-05-01 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：:To improve understanding of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), we assessed the epidemiology of an outbreak on a cruise ship, February 5-24, 2020. The study population included persons on board on February 3 (2,666 passengers, 1,045 crew). Passengers had a mean age of 66.1 years and were 55% female; crew had a mean age of...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Expert Taskforce for the COVID-19 Cruise Ship Outbreak.

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We explored how different socioeconomic and racial/ethnic groups in the United States might fare in an influenza pandemic on the basis of social factors that shape exposure, vulnerability to influenza virus, and timeliness and adequacy of treatment. We discuss policies that might differentially affect social groups' r...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Blumenshine P,Reingold A,Egerter S,Mockenhaupt R,Braveman P,Marks J

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe 4 cases of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 13-associated pneumonia. These cases originate from a broad geographic range that includes Scotland, Australia, and New Zealand. L. pneumophila serogroup 13 pneumonia has a clinically diverse spectrum that ranges from relatively mild, community-acquired pneumonia...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Faris B,Faris C,Schousboe M,Heath CH

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 1997 Hong Kong outbreak of an avian influenzalike virus, with 18 proven human cases, many severe or fatal, highlighted the challenges of novel influenza viruses. Lessons from this episode can improve international and national planning for influenza pandemics in seven areas: expanded international commitment to fi...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Snacken R,Kendal AP,Haaheim LR,Wood JM

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A historical study evaluated maternal outcomes in pregnancy complicated by smallpox. The overall case fatality was estimated to be 34.3% (95% confidence interval [CI] 31.4-37.1), and the proportion of miscarriage or premature birth was estimated to be 39.9% (95% CI 36.5-43.2). Vaccination before pregnancy reduced the ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Nishiura H

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From July through September 2005, shortly after a typhoon, 40 cases of Burkholderia pseudomallei infection (melioidosis) were identified in southern Taiwan. Two genotypes that had been present in 2000 were identified by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. Such a case cluster confirms that melioidosis is endemic to Taiwa...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Ko WC,Cheung BM,Tang HJ,Shih HI,Lau YJ,Wang LR,Chuang YC

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study European bat lyssavirus (EBLV) in bat reservoirs in the Netherlands, native bats have been tested for rabies since 1984. For all collected bats, data including species, age, sex, and date and location found were recorded. A total of 1,219 serotine bats, Eptesicus serotinus, were tested, and 251 (21%) were pos...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Van der Poel WH,Van der Heide R,Verstraten ER,Takumi K,Lina PH,Kramps JA

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Highland areas where malaria transmission is unstable are targets for malaria elimination because transmission decreases to low levels during the dry season. In highland areas of Kipsamoite and Kapsisiywa, Kenya (population approximately 7,400 persons), annual household indoor residual spraying with a synthetic pyreth...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： John CC,Riedesel MA,Magak NG,Lindblade KA,Menge DM,Hodges JS,Vulule JM,Akhwale W

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sentinel group of primary-care physicians in Wales actively reported cases of acute bloody diarrhea from February 1997 through December 1998. The estimated annual rate was 18 cases per 100,000 population. Most (80%) cases were due to Campylobacter or Salmonella; however, 18% were undiagnosed. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Chalmers RM,Salmon RL

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a laboratory-confirmed case of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in a pregnant woman. Although the patient had respiratory failure, a healthy infant was subsequently delivered, and the mother is now well. There was no evidence of viral shedding at delivery. Antibodies to SARS virus were detected in co...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Robertson CA,Lowther SA,Birch T,Tan C,Sorhage F,Stockman L,McDonald C,Lingappa JR,Bresnitz E

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From July to September 1999, a widespread outbreak of meningoencephalitis associated with West Nile virus (Flavivirus, Flaviviridae) occurred in southern Russia, with hundreds of cases and dozens of deaths. Two strains of West Nile virus isolated from patient serum and brain-tissue samples reacted in hemagglutination-...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Lvov DK,Butenko AM,Gromashevsky VL,Larichev VP,Gaidamovich SY,Vyshemirsky OI,Zhukov AN,Lazorenko VV,Salko VN,Kovtunov AI,Galimzyanov KM,Platonov AE,Morozova TN,Khutoretskaya NV,Shishkina EO,Skvortsova TM

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Variably protease-sensitive prionopathy (VPSPr), a recently identified and seemingly sporadic human prion disease, is distinct from Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) but shares features of Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker disease (GSS). However, contrary to exclusively inherited GSS, no prion protein (PrP) gene variations...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Notari S,Xiao X,Espinosa JC,Cohen Y,Qing L,Aguilar-Calvo P,Kofskey D,Cali I,Cracco L,Kong Q,Torres JM,Zou W,Gambetti P

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clonal VGII subtypes (outbreak strains) of Cryptococcus gattii have caused an outbreak in the US Pacific Northwest since 2004. Outbreak-associated infections occur equally in male and female patients (median age 56 years) and usually cause pulmonary disease in persons with underlying medical conditions. Since 2009, a ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Harris JR,Lockhart SR,Sondermeyer G,Vugia DJ,Crist MB,D'Angelo MT,Sellers B,Franco-Paredes C,Makvandi M,Smelser C,Greene J,Stanek D,Signs K,Nett RJ,Chiller T,Park BJ

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the societal costs and benefits of a subtype-specific surveillance system for identifying outbreak-associated Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections. Using data from Colorado, we estimated that if it averted five cases annually, the system would recover all its costs. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Elbasha EH,Fitzsimmons TD,Meltzer MI

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Murine typhus, an undifferentiated febrile illness caused by Rickettsia typhi, is increasing in prevalence and distribution throughout Texas. In 2018, a total of 40 cases of murine typhus were reported in Galveston County. This increase, unprecedented since the 1940s, highlights the importance of awareness by physicia...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Ruiz K,Valcin R,Keiser P,Blanton LS

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the epidemiology of relapsing fever from 1971 to 2003 in Israel. In civilians, incidence declined from 0.35 to 0.11 cases per 100,000 persons annually; in military personnel it averaged 6.4 cases per 100,000 persons annually. These data imply that the pathogen and vector continue to exist in Israel. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Sidi G,Davidovitch N,Balicer RD,Anis E,Grotto I,Schwartz E

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the late 1970s, 8.4 million people worldwide, including 1.7 million children, have died of AIDS, and an estimated 22 million people are infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)(1). During 1995 and 1996, major clinical and laboratory discoveries regarding HIV pathogenesis provided new hope for the prevent...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： McNicholl JM,Smith DK,Qari SH,Hodge T

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Babesia microti, an intraerythrocytic parasite, is tickborne in nature. In contrast to transmission by blood transfusion, which has been well documented, transmission associated with solid organ transplantation has not been reported. We describe parasitologically confirmed cases of babesiosis diagnosed ≈8 weeks posttr...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Brennan MB,Herwaldt BL,Kazmierczak JJ,Weiss JW,Klein CL,Leith CP,He R,Oberley MJ,Tonnetti L,Wilkins PP,Gauthier GM

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The era of genomics (the study of genes and their function) began a scant dozen years ago with a suggestion by James Watson that the complete DNA sequence of the human genome be determined. Since that time, the human genome project has attracted a great deal of attention in the scientific world and the general media; ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Schwartz I

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined the seroprevalence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in an affected area in northern Iran in April 2020. Antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 were detected in 528 persons by using rapid tests. Adjusted prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity was 22.2% (95% CI 16.4%-28.5%). ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Shakiba M,Nazemipour M,Salari A,Mehrabian F,Nazari SSH,Rezvani SM,Ghasempour Z,Heidarzadeh A,Mansournia MA

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Death rates exceeded emergency thresholds at 4 sites during epidemics of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Burundi (2000-2001) and in Ethiopia (2003-2004). Deaths likely from malaria ranged from 1,000 to 8,900, depending on site, and accounted for 52% to 78% of total deaths. Earlier detection of malaria and better case...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Guthmann JP,Bonnet M,Ahoua L,Dantoine F,Balkan S,van Herp M,Tamrat A,Legros D,Brown V,Checchi F

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the proportion of Escherichia coli O157 cases in Scotland attributable to secondary spread, we analyzed data obtained through entire-population enhanced surveillance. We identified 11% of cases as secondary. Secondary cases in single households were younger than secondary cases in outbreaks affecting >1 h...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Locking ME,Pollock KG,Allison LJ,Rae L,Hanson MF,Cowden JM

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Onchocerca lupi nematode is an emerging helminth capable of infecting pets and humans. We detected this parasite in 2 dogs that were imported into Canada from the southwestern United States, a region to which this nematode is endemic. We discuss risk for establishment of O. lupi in Canada. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Verocai GG,Conboy G,Lejeune M,Marron F,Hanna P,MacDonald E,Skorobohach B,Wilcock B,Kutz SJ,Gilleard JS

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Host association of Campylobacter jejuni was analyzed by using multilocus sequence typing data for 713 isolates from chickens and bovids (cattle and sheep). Commonly used summary measures of genotypes (sequence type and clonal complex) showed poor accuracy, but a method using the full allelic profile showed 80% accura...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： McCarthy ND,Colles FM,Dingle KE,Bagnall MC,Manning G,Maiden MC,Falush D

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00