Vancomycin-resistant enterococci outbreak, Germany, and calculation of outbreak start.

abstract：:Worldwide, West Nile virus (WNV) causes encephalitis in humans, horses, and birds. The Kunjin strain of WNV (WNVKUN) is endemic to northern Australia, but infections are usually asymptomatic. In 2011, an unprecedented outbreak of equine encephalitis occurred in southeastern Australia; most of the ≈900 reported cases w...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Prow NA,Edmonds JH,Williams DT,Setoh YX,Bielefeldt-Ohmann H,Suen WW,Hobson-Peters J,van den Hurk AF,Pyke AT,Hall-Mendelin S,Northill JA,Johansen CA,Warrilow D,Wang J,Kirkland PD,Doggett S,Andrade CC,Brault AC,Khromykh

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We detected 3 lyssaviruses in insectivorous bats sampled in South Africa during 2003-2018. We used phylogenetic analysis to identify Duvenhage lyssavirus and a potentially new lyssavirus, provisionally named Matlo bat lyssavirus, that is related to West Caucasian bat virus. These new detections highlight that much abo...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Coertse J,Grobler CS,Sabeta CT,Seamark ECJ,Kearney T,Paweska JT,Markotter W

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the summer of 2002, an epidemic of West Nile meningoencephalitis occurred in southern Louisiana. Following the outbreak, blood samples were collected from 1,692 captive rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta), pigtail macaques (M. nemestrina), and baboons (Papio spp.) that were permanently housed outdoors at a nonhuman...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Ratterree MS,da Rosa AP,Bohm RP Jr,Cogswell FB,Phillippi KM,Caillouet K,Schwanberger S,Shope RE,Tesh RB

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomic analysis of type emm59 group A Streptococcus invasive strains isolated in the United States discovered higher than anticipated genetic heterogeneity among strains and identified a heretofore unrecognized monoclonal cluster of invasive infections in the San Francisco Bay area. Heightened monitoring for a potent...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Fittipaldi N,Olsen RJ,Beres SB,Van Beneden C,Musser JM

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlamydia trachomatis is the leading cause of preventable blindness and bacterial sexually transmitted diseases worldwide. Plaque assays have been used to clonally segregate laboratory-adapted C. trachomatis strains from mixed infections, but no assays have been reported to segregate clones from recent clinical sample...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Somboonna N,Mead S,Liu J,Dean D

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the susceptibility to Usutu virus (Flavivirus) of 13 permanent cell lines, 3 primary cell cultures, and chicken embryos. Vero, PK-15, and goose embryo fibroblast cells developed cytopathic effects; however, viral multiplication was detected in all mammalian cell types by immunohistochemical tests. Chic...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Bakonyi T,Lussy H,Weissenböck H,Hornyák A,Nowotny N

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Public health surveillance is essential for detecting and responding to infectious diseases and necessary for compliance with the revised International Health Regulations (IHR) 2005. To assess reporting capacities and compliance with IHR of all 50 states and Washington, DC, we sent a questionnaire to respective epidem...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Armstrong KE,McNabb SJ,Ferland LD,Stephens T,Muldoon A,Fernandez JA,Ostroff S

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the prevalence of helminthic infections in Pursat Province, Cambodia, we tested fecal specimens from 471 children, 10-14 years of age, in June 2007. The prevalence of infection with echinostome flukes ranged from 7.5% to 22.4% in 4 schools surveyed. Adult worms were identified as Echinostoma revolutum. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Sohn WM,Chai JY,Yong TS,Eom KS,Yoon CH,Sinuon M,Socheat D,Lee SH

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We identified a new polyomavirus in skin lesions from a patient with trichodysplasia spinulosa (TS). Apart from TS being an extremely rare disease, little is known of its epidemiology. On the basis of knowledge regarding other polyomaviruses, we anticipated that infections with trichodysplasia spinulosa-associated pol...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： van der Meijden E,Kazem S,Burgers MM,Janssens R,Bouwes Bavinck JN,de Melker H,Feltkamp MC

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We screened salivary glands from adult deer ticks collected near Spooner and Hayward, Wisconsin, to determine whether deer tick virus, a recently described flavivirus, occurs with other tickborne agents in the upper Midwest. Intraacinar inclusions suggestive of replicating virus were detected in 4 (4.6%) of 87 ticks. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Ebel GD,Foppa I,Spielman A,Telford SR 2nd

更新日期：1999-07-01 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：:Candida parapsilosis is an important non-albicans species which infects hospitalized patients. No studies have correlated outbreak infections of C. parapsilosis with multiple virulence factors. We used DNA fingerprinting to determine genetic variability among isolates from a C. parapsilosis outbreak and from our clini...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Kuhn DM,Mikherjee PK,Clark TA,Pujol C,Chandra J,Hajjeh RA,Warnock DW,Soil DR,Ghannoum MA

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 1999 outbreak of Nipah virus encephalitis in humans and pigs in Peninsular Malaysia ended with the evacuation of humans and culling of pigs in the epidemic area. Serologic screening showed that, in the absence of infected pigs, dogs were not a secondary reservoir for Nipah virus. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Mills JN,Alim AN,Bunning ML,Lee OB,Wagoner KD,Amman BR,Stockton PC,Ksiazek TG

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Himachal Pradesh state of India is situated in the outer Himalayan ranges. During the rainy season, several cases of acute febrile illness of unknown origin occurred. Orientia tsutsugamushi was identified as the causative agent by microimmunofluorescence and PCR. Two new genotypes of O. tsutsugamushi were identified i...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Mahajan SK,Rolain JM,Kashyap R,Bakshi D,Sharma V,Prasher BS,Pal LS,Raoult D

更新日期：2006-10-01 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：: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：:In the 19th century, it was discovered that immune sera were useful in treating infectious diseases. Serum therapy was largely abandoned in the 1940s because of the toxicity associated with the administration of heterologous sera and the introduction of effective antimicrobial chemotherapy. Recent advances in the tech...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Casadevall A

更新日期：1996-07-01 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：:To determine the prevalence of invasive nontyphoid salmonellosis and typhoid fever in Malawi and South Africa, we compared case frequency and patient age distribution. Invasive nontyphoid salmonellosis showed a clear bimodal age distribution; the infection developed in women at a younger age than in men. Case frequenc...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Feasey NA,Archer BN,Heyderman RS,Sooka A,Dennis B,Gordon MA,Keddy KH

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify a candidate etiologic agent for turkey viral hepatitis, we analyzed samples from diseased turkey poults from 8 commercial flocks in California, USA, that were collected during 2008-2010. High-throughput pyrosequencing of RNA from livers of poults with turkey viral hepatitis (TVH) revealed picornavirus sequ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Honkavuori KS,Shivaprasad HL,Briese T,Street C,Hirschberg DL,Hutchison SK,Lipkin WI

更新日期：2011-03-01 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：:To examine risk for mycosis among persons with silicosis, we examined US mortality data for 1979-2004. Persons with silicosis were more likely to die with pulmonary mycosis than were those without pneumoconiosis or those with more common pneumoconioses. Health professionals should consider enhanced risk for mycosis fo...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Iossifova Y,Bailey R,Wood J,Kreiss K

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome degradation has been central to the adaptation of Salmonella enterica serotypes to their hosts throughout evolution. We witnessed the patho-adaptation of a strain of Salmonella Dublin (a cattle-adapted serotype) to a human host during the course of a recurrent prosthetic hip joint infection evolving over severa...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： El Sayed F,Sapriel G,Fawal N,Gruber A,Bauer T,Heym B,Dupont C,Garchon HJ,Gaillard JL,Rottman M,Le Hello S

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated two fatal cases of invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) infection in a community nursing home in western Sydney, Australia. Two elderly women had lived in the same room, and the onset of their illness was 5 days apart. Hib isolates from blood cultures showed identical profiles by pulsed field g...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Heath TC,Hewitt MC,Jalaludin B,Roberts C,Capon AG,Jelfs P,Gilbert GL

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the effectiveness of an intensive hand hygiene campaign on reducing absenteeism caused by influenza-like illness (ILI), diarrhea, conjunctivitis, and laboratory-confirmed influenza, we conducted a randomized control trial in 60 elementary schools in Cairo, Egypt. Children in the intervention schools were r...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Talaat M,Afifi S,Dueger E,El-Ashry N,Marfin A,Kandeel A,Mohareb E,El-Sayed N

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Countries must be prepared to respond to public health threats associated with emergencies, such as natural disasters, sociopolitical conflicts, or uncontrolled disease outbreaks. Rapid vaccination of populations vulnerable to epidemic-prone vaccine-preventable diseases is a major component of emergency response. Emer...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Walldorf JA,Date KA,Sreenivasan N,Harris JB,Hyde TB

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Homelessness is an increasing public health problem. Because of poor living conditions and limited access to healthcare systems, homeless persons are exposed to many communicable infections. We summarize the intervention measures reported to be efficient for the control and the prevention of common transmissible infec...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Badiaga S,Raoult D,Brouqui P

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During 2015-2016, several outbreaks of tilapia lake virus infection occurred among tilapia in Thailand. Phylogenetic analysis showed that the virus from Thailand grouped with a tilapia virus (family Orthomyxoviridae) from Israel. This emerging virus is a threat to tilapia aquaculture in Asia and worldwide. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Surachetpong W,Janetanakit T,Nonthabenjawan N,Tattiyapong P,Sirikanchana K,Amonsin A

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After the sudden death of captive marmosets in São Paulo, Brazil, we conducted a histologic and microbiologic study. We found hyperacute septicemia caused by hypermucoviscous sequence type 86 K2 Klebsiella pneumoniae. We implemented prophylactic antimicrobial therapy, selected dedicated staff for marmoset interactions...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Guerra JM,Fernandes NCCA,Morales Dos Santos AL,Barrel JSP,Petri BSS,Milanelo L,Tiba-Casas MR,Liserre AM,Gonçalves CR,Sacchi CT,Catão-Dias JL,Camargo CH

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serologic studies for swine influenza viruses (SIVs) in humans with occupational exposure to swine have been reported from the Americas but not from Europe. We compared levels of neutralizing antibodies against 3 influenza viruses--pandemic (H1N1) 2009, an avian-like enzootic subtype H1N1 SIV, and a 2007-08 seasonal s...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Gerloff NA,Kremer JR,Charpentier E,Sausy A,Olinger CM,Weicherding P,Schuh J,Van Reeth K,Muller CP

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00