Dissemination of clonally related Escherichia coli strains expressing extended-spectrum beta-lactamase CTX-M-15.

abstract：:In spring 2013, influenza A(H7N9) virus was isolated from an apparently healthy tree sparrow in Chongming Dongping National Forest Park, Shanghai City, China. The entire gene constellation of the virus is similar to that of isolates from humans, highlighting the need to monitor influenza A(H7N9) viruses in different s...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Zhao B,Zhang X,Zhu W,Teng Z,Yu X,Gao Y,Wu D,Pei E,Yuan Z,Yang L,Wang D,Shu Y,Wu F

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Manifestations of human monocytic ehrlichiosis (HME), a tick-borne infection caused by Ehrlichia chaffeensis, range from asymptomatic disease to fulminant infection and may be particularly severe in persons infected with HIV. We conducted a serologic study to determine the epidemiology of HME in HIV-positive patients ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Talbot TR,Comer JA,Bloch KC

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N8) viruses of clade 2.3.4.4 spread into West Africa in late 2016 during the autumn bird migration. Genetic characterization of the complete genome of these viruses detected in wild and domestic birds in Cameroon in January 2017 demonstrated the occurrence of multiple virus introd...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Wade A,Jumbo SD,Zecchin B,Fusaro A,Taiga T,Bianco A,Rodrigue PN,Salomoni A,Kameni JMF,Zamperin G,Nenkam R,Foupouapouognigni Y,Abdoulkadiri S,Aboubakar Y,Wiersma L,Cattoli G,Monne I

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fourteen influenza A(H7N9) viruses were isolated from poultry or the environment in live poultry markets in Guangdong Province, China during 2014-2015. Phylogenetic analysis showed that all viruses were descended from viruses of the second wave of influenza A(H7N9) virus infections during 2013. These viruses can be di...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Xie S,Jia W,Lin Y,Xing K,Ren X,Qi W,Liao M

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Responding to a request by corrections agency management, we investigated coccidioidomycosis in prison employees in central California, a coccidioidomycosis-endemic area. We identified 103 cases of coccidioidomycosis that occurred over 4.5 years. As a result, we recommended training and other steps to reduce dust expo...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： de Perio MA,Niemeier RT,Burr GA

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cross-species transmission of retroviruses is common in Cameroon. To determine risk for simian T-cell lymphotropic virus (STLV) transmission from nonhuman primates to hunters, we examined 170 hunter-collected dried blood spots (DBS) from 12 species for STLV. PCR with generic tax and group-specific long terminal repeat...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Sintasath DM,Wolfe ND,Lebreton M,Jia H,Garcia AD,Le Doux-Diffo J,Tamoufe U,Carr JK,Folks TM,Mpoudi-Ngole E,Burke DS,Heneine W,Switzer WM

更新日期：2009-02-01 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：:The Pacific broad tapeworm Adenocephalus pacificus (syn. Diphyllobothrium pacificum) is the causative agent of the third most common fish-borne cestodosis among humans. Although most of the nearly 1,000 cases among humans have been reported in South America (Peru, Chile, and Ecuador), cases recently imported to Europe...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Kuchta R,Serrano-Martínez ME,Scholz T

更新日期：2015-10-01 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：:To determine if Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) and Streptococcus pneumoniae could be identified more often from the nasopharynx of patients with pneumonia than from control patients, we obtained nasopharyngeal swab specimens from 96 patients with chest x-ray-confirmed pneumonia and 214 age-matched control patient...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Levine OS,Liu G,Garman RL,Dowell SF,Yu S,Yang YH

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Influenza A (H5N1) viruses are strong candidates for causing the next influenza pandemic if they acquire the ability for efficient human-to-human transmission. A major public health goal is to make efficacious vaccines against these viruses by using novel approaches, including cell-culture system, reverse genetics, an...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Haque A,Hober D,Kasper LH

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An exceptionally smooth and glossy morphotype of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex was isolated from a 56-year-old Swiss patient with mesenteric tuberculosis. Direct 16S rRNA sequence analysis of the hypervariable signature gene regions revealed a 100% homology to the specific M. tuberculosis complex sequence. Spolig...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Pfyffer GE,Auckenthaler R,van Embden JD,van Soolingen D

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown a high prevalence of toxoplasmosis and the frequent occurrence of ocular disease in Brazil. To identify the genotypes of parasite strains associated with ocular disease, we compared 25 clinical and animal isolates of Toxoplasma gondii from Brazil to previously characterized clonal lineages ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Khan A,Jordan C,Muccioli C,Vallochi AL,Rizzo LV,Belfort R Jr,Vitor RW,Silveira C,Sibley LD

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During 1985-2005, a total of 91 laboratory-confirmed outbreaks of foodborne botulism occurred in Canada; these outbreaks involved 205 cases and 11 deaths. Of the outbreaks, 75 (86.2%) were caused by Clostridium botulinum type E, followed by types A (7, 8.1%) and B (5, 5.7%). Approximately 85% of the outbreaks occurred...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Leclair D,Fung J,Isaac-Renton JL,Proulx JF,May-Hadford J,Ellis A,Ashton E,Bekal S,Farber JM,Blanchfield B,Austin JW

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the 2009 influenza (H1N1) pandemic, some countries used quarantine for containment or mitigation. Of 152 quarantined university students we studied, risk for illness was higher for students quarantined in a room with a person with a confirmed case; we found no difference between students quarantined in double o...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Chu CY,Li CY,Zhang H,Wang Y,Huo DH,Wen L,Yin ZT,Li F,Song HB

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bartonella species are increasingly associated with a range of human and animal diseases. Despite this, we have a poor understanding of the ecology and epidemiology of many species, especially those circulating in wild populations. Previous studies have demonstrated that a diverse range of Bartonella species are abund...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Bown KJ,Bennet M,Begon M

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella enterica serotype Baildon, a rare serotype, was recovered from 86 persons in eight states; 87% of illnesses began during a 3-week period ending January 9, 1999. Raw restaurant-prepared tomatoes were implicated in multiple case-control studies. Contamination likely occurred on the farm or during packing; mor...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Cummings K,Barrett E,Mohle-Boetani JC,Brooks JT,Farrar J,Hunt T,Fiore A,Komatsu K,Werner SB,Slutsker L

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An estimated one quarter of persons worldwide are infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In 2018, the World Health Organization issued revised guidance on BCG vaccine for high-risk groups. The World Health Organization should consider guiding countries on a case-by-case basis in developing appropriate BCG policies ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Pooransingh S,Sakhamuri S

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Asia and associated human infections have led to a heightened level of awareness and preparation for a possible influenza pandemic. Vaccination is the best option by which spread of a pandemic virus could be prevented and severity of disease reduced. Production ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Luke CJ,Subbarao K

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Failure of sulfa or sulfone prophylaxis is associated with mutations in Pneumocystis carinii gene coding for dihydropteroate synthase (DHPS). The DHPS genotype was analyzed in AIDS patients who had two separate episodes of P. carinii pneumonia. The results suggest that DHPS mutations can be selected de novo within pat...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Nahimana A,Rabodonirina M,Helweg-Larsen J,Meneau I,Francioli P,Bille J,Hauser PM

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite a regional decline in influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus infections during 2013-14, cases at a Florida hospital were more severe than those during 2009-10. Examined strains had a hemagglutinin polymorphism associated with enhanced binding to lower respiratory tract receptors. Genetic changes in this virus must be mo...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Iovine NM,Morris JG Jr,Fredenburg K,Rand K,Alnuaimat H,Lipori G,Brew J,Lednicky JA

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated 16 Japanese spotted fever cases that occurred in southeastern China during September-October 2015. Patients had fever, rash, eschar, and lymphadenopathy. We confirmed 9 diagnoses and obtained 2 isolates with high identity to Rickettsia japonica strain YH. R. japonica infection should be considered for ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Lu Q,Yu J,Yu L,Zhang Y,Chen Y,Lin M,Fang X

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Africa, incidence and prevalence of drug-resistant tuberculosis have been assumed to be low. However, investigation after a 2005 outbreak of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa, found that the incidence rate for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in KwaZulu-Natal was among ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Wallengren K,Scano F,Nunn P,Margot B,Buthelezi SS,Williams B,Pym A,Samuel EY,Mirzayev F,Nkhoma W,Mvusi L,Pillay Y

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine whether guinea pigs are infected with influenza virus in nature, we conducted a serologic study in domestic guinea pigs in Ecuador. Detection of antibodies against influenza A and B raises the question about the role of guinea pigs in the ecology and epidemiology of influenza virus in the region. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Leyva-Grado VH,Mubareka S,Krammer F,Cárdenas WB,Palese P

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previously unidentified strain of avian hepatitis E virus (aHEV) is now endemic among chickens in Taiwan. Analysis showed that the virus is 81.5%-86.5% similar to other aHEVs. In Taiwan, aHEV infection has been reported in chickens without aHEV exposure, suggesting transmission from asymptomatic cases or repeated in...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Hsu IW,Tsai HJ

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：:To determine whether frontline health care workers (HCWs) are at greater risk for contracting pandemic (H1N1) 2009 than nonclinical staff, we conducted a study of 231 HCWs and 215 controls. Overall, 79 (17.7%) of 446 had a positive antibody titer by hemagglutination inhibition, with 46 (19.9%) of 231 HCWs and 33 (15.3...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Marshall C,Kelso A,McBryde E,Barr IG,Eisen DP,Sasadeusz J,Buising K,Cheng AC,Johnson P,Richards M

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Determination of the etiology of bacterial meningitis and estimating cost of disease are important in guiding vaccination policies. To determine the incidence and etiology of meningitis in Turkey, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples were obtained prospectively from children (1 month-17 years of age) with a clinical diag...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Ceyhan M,Yildirim I,Balmer P,Borrow R,Dikici B,Turgut M,Kurt N,Aydogan A,Ecevit C,Anlar Y,Gulumser O,Tanir G,Salman N,Gurler N,Hatipoglu N,Hacimustafaoglu M,Celebi S,Coskun Y,Alhan E,Celik U,Camcioglu Y,Secmeer

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess diversity of rotavirus strains in Lilongwe, Malawi, we conducted a cross-sectional study of children with acute gastroenteritis, July 2005-June 2007. Serotype G12 was identified in 30 (5%) of 546 rotavirus-positive fecal specimens. The G12 strain possessed multiple electropherotypes and P-types, but their vi...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Cunliffe NA,Ngwira BM,Dove W,Nakagomi O,Nakagomi T,Perez A,Hart CA,Kazembe PN,Mwansambo CC

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oropouche fever is a neglected arthropodborne disease and zoonosis responsible for several outbreaks of a febrile disease in Central and South America. We present a clinical case of aseptic meningoencephalitis in an immunocompetent patient that resulted from Oropouche virus acquired in northern Brazil but diagnosed in...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Vernal S,Martini CCR,da Fonseca BAL

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00