Lack of response of INT-407 cells to the presence of non-culturable Campylobacter jejuni.

abstract：:In Vietnam, highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 infections in poultry often occur without concomitant clinical signs and outbreaks are not consistently reported. Live bird markets represent a convenient site for surveillance that does not rely on farmers' notifications. Two H5N1 surveys were conducted at liv...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Phan MQ,Henry W,Bui CB,DO DH,Hoang NV,Thu NT,Nguyen TT,LE TD,Diep TQ,Inui K,Weaver J,Carrique-Mas J

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated whether straight-line distance from residential compounds to healthcare facilities influenced mortality, the incidence of pneumonia and vaccine efficacy against pneumonia in rural Gambia. Clinical surveillance for pneumonia was conducted on 6938 children living in the catchment areas of the two largest...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Zaman SM,Cox J,Enwere GC,Bottomley C,Greenwood BM,Cutts FT

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serotyping, subtyping and genotyping are important tools for epidemiological studies of group B streptococci (GBS). We investigated the genotype distribution of 353 GBS isolates originating from vaginal or rectal carriage to identify capsular serotypes and subtypes based on the surface protein genes of the alpha-like ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Brzychczy-Włoch M,Gosiewski T,Bodaszewska-Lubas M,Adamski P,Heczko PB

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human bocaviruses (HBoVs) have been detected in human gastrointestinal infections worldwide. In 2005, HBoV was also discovered in infants and children with infections of the lower respiratory tract. Recently, several genotypes of this parvovirus, including HBoV genotype 2 (HBoV2), genotype 3 (HBoV3) and genotype 4 (HB...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Kang LH,Won YJ,Lee AR,Lee SG,Cho HG,Park YJ,Han JI,Paik SY

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) and varicella zoster virus (VZV) infection can cause serious diseases and complications in the HIV-positive population. Due to successful vaccination programmes measles, mumps and congenital rubella syndrome has become neglected in Germany. However, recent outbreaks of measles have occurr...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Schwarze-Zander C,Draenert R,Lehmann C,Stecher M,Boesecke C,Sammet S,Wasmuth JC,Seybold U,Gillor D,Wieland U,Kümmerle T,Strassburg CP,Mankertz A,Eis-Hübinger AM,Jäger G,Fätkenheuer G,Bogner JR,Rockstroh JK,Vehreschild

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Filariasis is one of the major public health concerns in India. Approximately 600 million people spread across 250 districts of India are at risk of filariasis. To predict this disease, a pilot scale study was carried out in 30 villages of Karimnagar district of Telangana from 2004 to 2007 to collect epidemiological a...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Kondeti PK,Ravi K,Mutheneni SR,Kadiri MR,Kumaraswamy S,Vadlamani R,Upadhyayula SM

更新日期：2019-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey of the seroprevalence of pertussis antibodies in a representative sample of the population from Catalonia was carried out. Ninety-seven municipalities and 30 schools were randomly selected to recruit the 2126 subjects who participated in the study. A serum sample was obtained from all individuals participatin...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Domínguez A,Vidal J,Plans P,Salleras L

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enzyme immunoassays (EIA) for IgG and IgM antibodies against influenza A and B virus are described. One hundred and seven subjects with a clinical diagnosis of acute respiratory infection (influenza, bronchitis or pneumonia) were selected for this study during two epidemics of influenza A which occurred in Finland in ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Koskinen P,Vuorinen T,Meurman O

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been a worldwide increase in bed bug infestations over the last 10-15 years. A major stigma is placed upon the institutions found to be infested. We report our experience with an outbreak of the tropical bed bug, Cimex hemipterus, in a neonatal unit. The outbreak not only affected the admitted newborns and m...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Bandyopadhyay T,Kumar A,Saili A

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Presence of Vibrio cholerae serogroups O1 and O139 in the waters of the rural area of Matlab, Bangladesh, was investigated with quantitative measurements performed with a portable flow cytometer. The relevance of this work relates to the testing of a field-adapted measurement protocol that might prove useful for chole...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Righetto L,Zaman RU,Mahmud ZH,Bertuzzo E,Mari L,Casagrandi R,Gatto M,Islam S,Rinaldo A

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriage in a convenience sample of purposely selected populations of dogs, cats and horses in the Greater London area. Swabs from carriage sites were pooled, enriched and processed by standard bacteriological methods. The presence of...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Loeffler A,Pfeiffer DU,Lindsay JA,Soares Magalhães RJ,Lloyd DH

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of antibodies to hepatitis A virus was assessed in a Dutch nationwide sample (n = 7367). A questionnaire was used to study the association with various sociodemographic characteristics. Overall, 33.8% (95% CI 31.6-36%) of the population had hepatitis A antibodies. The seroprevalence was less than 10% in...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Termorshuizen F,Dorigo-Zetsma JW,de Melker HE,van den Hof S,Conyn-Van Spaendonck MA

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twelve non-replicate Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from five European hospitals, Kuwait, and the US military healthcare system collected between 1980 and 2005 revealed a new clone, CC32. These included representative isolates of outbreaks/cross-infections. Antimicrobial susceptibility and carbapenem-resistant genet...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Da Silva GJ,Van Der Reijden T,Domingues S,Mendonça N,Petersen K,Dijkshoorn L

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) is reported to decrease the incidence of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in children. To determine the annual incidence of CAP before the introduction of PCV7, we counted the number of children hospitalized with CAP between 2008 and 2009 in Chiba City, Japan. We in...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Tanaka J,Ishiwada N,Wada A,Chang B,Hishiki H,Kurosaki T,Kohno Y

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 100 tropical aquaria from six pet shops were sampled for the presence of Salmonella, Campylobacter and Aeromonas species. Eight fish tanks contained unusual serotypes of salmonella. None had been used to house terrapins. One hundred and three isolates of Aeromonas species were obtained from 98 tanks. One ta...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Sanyal D,Burge SH,Hutchings PG

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Sweden, acute gastrointestinal illness (AGI) incidence, severity, impact on productivity, related healthcare usage and associated costs are not ascertained. We measured these in 2013-2014 using a population-based cohort reporting weekly. We defined AGI as ⩾3 episodes of loose stools or vomiting/24 h; or loose stool...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Edelstein M,Merk H,Deogan C,Carnahan A,Wallensten A

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A national, population-based laboratory surveillance of bloodstream infections (BSI) in Finland was performed. Blood-culturing rates were determined from data from clinical microbiology laboratories and trends in rates were evaluated using Poisson regression. During 1995-2002, 51,510 cases of BSI were notified; the an...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Skogberg K,Lyytikäinen O,Ruutu P,Ollgren J,Nuorti JP

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intradermal inoculation of four badgers with small numbers of Mycobacterium bovis resulted in localized lesions with ulceration which slowly healed by 5 months after inoculation. Lesions of generalized tuberculosis were seen in three badgers, one of which died at 17 months post-inoculation and in the remaining two...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Pritchard DG,Stuart FA,Brewer JI,Mahmood KH

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a 3-year period Branhamella catarrhalis was isolated in significant numbers from 239 (1.3%) of 19,488 specimens of sputum sent for routine microbiological examination at a 700-bed general hospital. The majority of patients (83%) were over 60 years of age and 65% were male. There was a distinct seasonal variatio...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： DiGiovanni C,Riley TV,Hoyne GF,Yeo R,Cooksey P

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to examine trends in incidence, geographical distribution, and survival of classic and AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) in the general US population using Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) tumour registries with 12 066 patients diagnosed with KS between 1975 and 2005. Although the a...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Armstrong AW,Lam KH,Chase EP

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The degree of protection conferred by vaccinated dams on infant mice against colonization by Campylobacter jejuni depended on the bacterial strain, preparation, and route of administration of the vaccine. In some instances of homologous protection, serum bactericidal titres correlated well with protection. However, bo...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Abimiku AG,Dolby JM,Borriello SP

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Argentina, bovine leukaemia virus (BLV) infection is common in dairy herds. The country currently has a National Voluntary Control Programme but relatively few farms have enrolled. However, there is increased interest from authorities and farmers to implement regional compulsory programmes but there is scarce quant...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Monti GE,Frankena K,De Jong MC

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most influenza virus infections are associated with mild disease. One approach to estimate the occurrence of influenza virus infections in individuals is via repeated measurement of humoral antibody titres. We used baseline and convalescent antibody titres measured by haemagglutination inhibition (HI) and viral neutra...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Freeman G,Perera RA,Ngan E,Fang VJ,Cauchemez S,Ip DK,Peiris JS,Cowling BJ

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 637 strains of Salmonella bareilly received from different parts of India between 1959 and 1985 were phage typed using five locally isolated wild phages. The overall typability was 94.5% and 11 different phage types could be defined. Phage types 10 and 1 were the most prevalent and the geographical and sour...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Singh G,Sharma NC,Jayasheela M,Saxena SN

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study determined the genetic background of virulence and resistance genes of MRSA ST398 in Austria. From 2004 up to 2008 a total of 41 human isolates of MRSA ST398 were investigated for virulence and resistance gene patterns using DNA microarray chip analysis. Highly similar virulence gene profiles were found in ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Zarfel G,Krziwanek K,Johler S,Hoenigl M,Leitner E,Kittinger C,Masoud L,Feierl G,Grisold AJ

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both case-ascertained household studies, in which households are recruited after an 'index case' is identified, and household cohort studies, where a household is enrolled before the start of the epidemic, may be used to test and estimate the protective effect of interventions used to prevent influenza transmission. A...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Klick B,Nishiura H,Leung GM,Cowling BJ

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occupational risk of acquiring minor respiratory infections for paediatric student nurses was estimated by performing serological examinations with influenza A, B, C, parainfluenza, mumps, respiratory syncytial virus, adenovirus and Mycoplasma pneumoniae at 6-month intervals over a period of 4 years in paediatric ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Gerth HJ,Grüner C,Müller R,Dietz K

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined the epidemiological features of three zoonoses in hospitalized patients in southern Croatia. Patients were diagnosed by serological testing. Clinical and epidemiological data were also collected. Between 1982 and 2002, Mediterranean spotted fever (MSF) was diagnosed in 126 (incidence rate 1.27/100,000 pe...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Punda-Polić V,Luksić B,Capkun V

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:West Nile virus (WNV) is an emerging vector-borne arbovirus with a zoonotic life-cycle whose main reservoir hosts are birds. In humans and horses, WNV infections rarely result in clinical disease but on occasions - depending on factors such as climatic conditions, insect communities and background immunity levels in l...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Ferraguti M,LA Puente JM,Soriguer R,Llorente F,Jiménez-Clavero MÁ,Figuerola J

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was performed to investigate space-time patterns of Campylobacter spp. colonization in broiler flocks in Norway. Data on the Campylobacter spp. status at the time of slaughter of 16 054 broiler flocks from 580 farms between 2002 and 2006 was included in the study. Spatial relative risk maps together with ma...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Jonsson ME,Norström M,Sandberg M,Ersbøll AK,Hofshagen M

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00