Pet rodents and fatal lymphocytic choriomeningitis in transplant patients.

abstract：:Whether severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV) infection can be asymptomatic is unclear. We examined the seroprevalence of SARS-CoV among 674 healthcare workers from a hospital in which a SARS outbreak had occurred. A total of 353 (52%) experienced mild self-limiting illnesses, and 321 (48...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Chan PK,Ip M,Ng KC,Rickjason CW,Wu A,Lee N,Rainer TH,Joynt GM,Sung JJ,Tam JS

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed university-based outbreaks of meningococcal disease caused by serogroup B and vaccination responses in the United States in the years following serogroup B meningococcal (MenB) vaccine availability. Ten university-based outbreaks occurred in 7 states during 2013-2018, causing a total of 39 cases and 2 deat...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Soeters HM,McNamara LA,Blain AE,Whaley M,MacNeil JR,Hariri S,Mbaeyi SA,Serogroup B Meningococcal Disease University Outbreak Group.

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since April 2014, invasive pneumococcal disease incidence has increased substantially across North East England, United Kingdom, reversing the decline that followed the 2006 introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines. Significant increases occurred in 23-valent polysaccharide vaccine serotypes and nonvaccine sero...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Houseman C,Hughes GJ,Chapman KE,Wilson D,Gorton R

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data on nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) disease in sub-Saharan Africa are limited. During 2006-2008, we identified 3 HIV-infected patients in northern Tanzania who had invasive NTM; 2 were infected with "Mycobacterium sherrisii" and 1 with M. avium complex sequevar MAC-D. Invasive NTM disease is present in HIV-infe...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Crump JA,van Ingen J,Morrissey AB,Boeree MJ,Mavura DR,Swai B,Thielman NM,Bartlett JA,Grossman H,Maro VP,van Soolingen D

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Waddlia chondrophila is an intracellular bacterium suspected to cause human and bovine abortion. We confirmed an association between antibodies against W. chondrophila and human miscarriage and identified this organism in placenta or genital tract of women who had had miscarriages. These results suggest a possible rol...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Baud D,Goy G,Osterheld MC,Croxatto A,Borel N,Vial Y,Pospischil A,Greub G

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient who had initial infection with mixed strains of drug-susceptible and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis was presumed to have acquired drug resistance before confirmation that sequential strains were genotypically distinct. Transmitted infection with mixed strains is likely underappreciated; identifying these i...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Baffoe-Bonnie A,Houpt ER,Turner L,Dodge D,Heysell SK

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) continues to be a notable cause of hospital-acquired infections. A statewide screening and control policy was implemented in Western Australia (WA) after an outbreak of epidemic MRSA in a Perth hospital in 1982. We report on statutory notifications from 1998 to 2002 a...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Dailey L,Coombs GW,O'Brien FG,Pearman JW,Christiansen K,Grubb WB,Riley TV

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reemergence of Schmallenberg virus (SBV) occurred among lambs (n = 50) in a sheep flock in Belgium between mid-July and mid-October 2012. Bimonthly assessment by quantitative reverse transcription PCR and seroneutralization demonstrated that 100% of lambs were infected. Viremia duration may be longer in naturally infe...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Claine F,Coupeau D,Wiggers L,Muylkens B,Kirschvink N

更新日期：2013-07-01 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：:The nondiphtheriae corynebacteria are uncommon but increasingly recognized as agents of endocarditis in patients with underlying structural heart disease or prosthetic-valves. We describe three cases of nosocomial endocarditis caused by nondiphtheriae corynebacteria, including the first reported case of Corynebacteriu...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Knox KL,Holmes AH

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After severe neurocognitive decline developed in an otherwise healthy 63-year-old man, brain magnetic resonance imaging showed eosinophilic meningoencephalitis and enhancing lesions. The patient tested positive for antibodies to Baylisascaris spp. roundworms, was treated with albendazole and dexamethasone, and showed ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Langelier C,Reid MJ,Halabi C,Witek N,LaRiviere A,Shah M,Wilson MR,Chin-Hong P,Douglas V,Kazacos KR,Babik JM

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An ongoing outbreak of multidrug-resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Anatum began in Taiwan in 2015. Pork and poultry were identified as vehicles for transmission. Contaminated meat contributed to the high rate of infections among children. Nearly identical Salmonella Anatum strains have been identified in the Unite...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Feng Y,Chang YJ,Pan SC,Su LH,Li HC,Yang HP,Yu MJ,Chiu CH

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 1994 and 1996, three elephants from an exotic animal farm in Illinois died of pulmonary disease due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In October 1996, a fourth living elephant was culture-positive for M. tuberculosis. Twenty-two handlers at the farm were screened for tuberculosis (TB); eleven had positive reactio...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Michalak K,Austin C,Diesel S,Bacon MJ,Zimmerman P,Maslow JN

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a food-related outbreak of salmonellosis in humans caused by a nonmotile variant of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium in France in 2009. This nonmotile variant had been circulating in laying hens but was not considered as Typhimurium and consequently escaped European poultry flock regulations. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Le Hello S,Brisabois A,Accou-Demartin M,Josse A,Marault M,Francart S,Da Silva NJ,Weill FX

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：:We used whole-genome sequence typing (WGST) to investigate an outbreak of Sarocladium kiliense bloodstream infections (BSI) associated with receipt of contaminated antinausea medication among oncology patients in Colombia and Chile during 2013-2014. Twenty-five outbreak isolates (18 from patients and 7 from medication...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Etienne KA,Roe CC,Smith RM,Vallabhaneni S,Duarte C,Escadon P,Castaneda E,Gomez BL,de Bedout C,López LF,Salas V,Hederra LM,Fernandez J,Pidal P,Hormazabel JC,Otaiza F,Vannberg FO,Gillece J,Lemmer D,Driebe EM,Engleth

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

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：:In China, domestic ducks and wild birds often share the same water, in which influenza viruses replicate preferentially. Isolation of 2 novel reassortant highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N5) viruses from apparently healthy domestic ducks highlights the role of these ducks as reassortment vessels. Such new subtypes...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Gu M,Liu W,Cao Y,Peng D,Wang X,Wan H,Zhao G,Xu Q,Zhang W,Song Q,Li Y,Liu X

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight fatal cases of tick-borne encephalitis with an unusual hemorrhagic syndrome were identified in 1999 in the Novosibirsk Region, Russia. To study these strains, we sequenced cDNA fragments of protein E gene from six archival formalin-fixed brain samples. Phylogenetic analysis showed tick-borne encephalitis variant...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Ternovoi VA,Kurzhukov GP,Sokolov YV,Ivanov GY,Ivanisenko VA,Loktev AV,Ryder RW,Netesov SV,Loktev VB

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has recently emerged to cause a human pandemic. Although molecular diagnostic tests were rapidly developed, serologic assays are still lacking, yet urgently needed. Validated serologic assays are needed for contact tracing, identifying th...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Okba NMA,Müller MA,Li W,Wang C,GeurtsvanKessel CH,Corman VM,Lamers MM,Sikkema RS,de Bruin E,Chandler FD,Yazdanpanah Y,Le Hingrat Q,Descamps D,Houhou-Fidouh N,Reusken CBEM,Bosch BJ,Drosten C,Koopmans MPG,Haagmans BL

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To confirm whether respiratory virus infections increase susceptibility to invasive pneumococcal pneumonia, we examined data from 11 influenza seasons (1994-2005) in the United States. Invasive pneumococcal pneumonia was significantly associated with influenza and respiratory syncytial virus activities in 5 seasons. A...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Zhou H,Haber M,Ray S,Farley MM,Panozzo CA,Klugman KP

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Outbreaks of serious infections associated with heroin use in persons who inject drugs (PWIDs) occur intermittently and require vigilance and rapid reporting of individual cases. Here, we give a firsthand account of the cases in London during an outbreak of heroin-associated anthrax during 2009-2010 in the United King...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Abbara A,Brooks T,Taylor GP,Nolan M,Donaldson H,Manikon M,Holmes A

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report serologic and molecular evidence of acute, febrile illness associated with Rickettsia conorii in 3 male Yorkshire terriers from Sicily (Italy). ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Solano-Gallego L,Kidd L,Trotta M,Di Marco M,Caldin M,Furlanello T,Breitschwerdt E

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From 1996 to 2000, 23 Maryland and Washington, D.C., tuberculosis cases were identified in one six-band DNA cluster. Cases were clustered on the basis of their Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates. Medical record reviews and interviews were conducted to identify epidemiologic linkages. Eighteen (78%) of the 23 case-pat...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Lathan M,Mukasa LN,Hooper N,Golub J,Baruch N,Mulcahy D,Benjamin W,Cronin WA

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report key epidemiologic parameter estimates for coronavirus disease identified in peer-reviewed publications, preprint articles, and online reports. Range estimates for incubation period were 1.8-6.9 days, serial interval 4.0-7.5 days, and doubling time 2.3-7.4 days. The effective reproductive number varied widely...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Biggerstaff M,Cowling BJ,Cucunubá ZM,Dinh L,Ferguson NM,Gao H,Hill V,Imai N,Johansson MA,Kada S,Morgan O,Pastore Y Piontti A,Polonsky JA,Prasad PV,Quandelacy TM,Rambaut A,Tappero JW,Vandemaele KA,Vespignani A,Warmbr

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) is a newly discovered pathogen thought to be associated with respiratory disease. We report the results of a study of 587 children hospitalized with respiratory infection over a 13-month period. HMPV was detected in the nasopharyngeal aspirates from 32 (5.5%) children by reverse transcript...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Peiris JS,Tang WH,Chan KH,Khong PL,Guan Y,Lau YL,Chiu SS

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We isolated Cowpox virus (CPXV) from the ulcerative eyelid lesions of a 14-year-old girl, who had cared for a clinically ill wild rat that later died. CPXV isolated from the rat (Rattus norvegicus) showed complete homology with the girl's virus. Our case is the first proven rat-to-human transmission of cowpox. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Wolfs TF,Wagenaar JA,Niesters HG,Osterhaus AD

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After our recent discovery of a Streptococcus pneumoniae 19A "superbug" (Legacy strain) that is resistant to all Food and Drug Administration-approved antimicrobial drugs for treatment of acute otitis media (AOM) in children, other S. pneumoniae isolates from children with AOM were characterized by multilocus sequence...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Xu Q,Pichichero ME,Casey JR,Zeng M

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a retrospective population-based study of 140 episodes of Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis bacteremia occurring in Finland during 1995-2004. Rare emm types were associated with more severe disease and increased mortality rates. Skin and soft tissue infections were more frequent clinical signs...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Rantala S,Vahakuopus S,Vuopio-Varkila J,Vuento R,Syrjanen J

更新日期：2010-05-01 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