Trends in HCV prevalence, risk factors and distribution of viral genotypes in injecting drug users: findings from two cross-sectional studies.

abstract：:Whole apples have not been previously implicated in outbreaks of foodborne bacterial illness. We investigated a nationwide listeriosis outbreak associated with caramel apples. We defined an outbreak-associated case as an infection with one or both of two outbreak strains of Listeria monocytogenes highly related by who...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Angelo KM,Conrad AR,Saupe A,Dragoo H,West N,Sorenson A,Barnes A,Doyle M,Beal J,Jackson KA,Stroika S,Tarr C,Kucerova Z,Lance S,Gould LH,Wise M,Jackson BR

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CYP2C19 polymorphisms and smoking influence the efficacy of H. pylori eradication therapy, but interaction between the two have hitherto not been examined. A total of 142 H. pylori-positive patients who received triple drug therapy with lansoprazole, amoxicillin and clarithromycin were categorized into three groups wi...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Suzuki T,Matsuo K,Sawaki A,Wakai K,Hirose K,Ito H,Saito T,Nakamura T,Yamao K,Hamajima N,Tajima K

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When Pst I-generated digests of genomic DNA from each of the type strains of 49 of the Vi phage types of Salmonella typhi were probed with a PCR-amplified IS200 gene probe, all strains were found to possess at least 11 IS200 elements carried on fragments in the range 24.2-1.2 kb. Fourteen fingerprints were identified ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Threlfall EJ,Torre E,Ward LR,Dávalos-Pérez A,Rowe B,Gibert I

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The single intradermal comparative cervical tuberculin (SICCT) test and post-mortem examination are the main diagnostic tools for bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in cattle in the British Isles. Latent class modelling is often used to estimate the bTB test characteristics due to the absence of a gold standard. However, the r...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： O'Hagan MJH,Ni H,Menzies FD,Pascual-Linaza AV,Georgaki A,Stegeman JA

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two groups of pigs were infected with a recent Italian isolate of swine vesicular disease virus (SVDV). Blood, nasal swabs and faeces were collected for up to 6 months after exposure to infection and animals were killed at regular intervals to obtain tissues post-mortem. These samples were examined for virus by conven...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Lin F,Mackay DK,Knowles NJ

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to describe the epidemiology of COVID-19 in Nigeria with a view of generating evidence to enhance planning and response strategies. A national surveillance dataset between 27 February and 6 June 2020 was retrospectively analysed, with confirmatory testing for COVID-19 done by real-time ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Elimian KO,Ochu CL,Ilori E,Oladejo J,Igumbor E,Steinhardt L,Wagai J,Arinze C,Ukponu W,Obiekea C,Aderinola O,Crawford E,Olayinka A,Dan-Nwafor C,Okwor T,Disu Y,Yinka-Ogunleye A,Kanu NE,Olawepo OA,Aruna O,Michael CA

更新日期：2020-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The possible association between Toxoplasma gondii infection and paediatric haematological malignancies in a group of patients and control subjects was evaluated in the present study. We performed an age-, gender- and residence frequency-matched case-control study of 101 blood cancer patients under 18 years of age, al...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Kalantari N,Rezanejad J,Tamadoni A,Ghaffari S,Alipour J,Bayani M

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two epidemics of acute, watery diarrhoea in villages in North Arcot district, India, were investigated. The attack rates were 10.03 and 15.53 per 100 population, the median duration was 5 days and enteric pathogens were present in 56.8% and 60.3% of specimens from the two villages, but no predominant pathogen was iden...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Kang G,Ramakrishna BS,Daniel J,Mathan M,Mathan VI

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective analysis of levels of antibody to hepatitis B surface antigen in 1419 health care workers was carried out to compare the efficacy of intramuscular and intradermal administration of plasma derived and recombinant hepatitis B vaccines. No significant difference was detected between the response to intrad...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Payton CD,Scarisbrick DA,Sikotra S,Flower AJ

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed prevalence of and risk factors for candidaemia following Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) using longitudinal population-based surveillance. Of 13 615 adults with CDI, 113 (0·8%) developed candidaemia in the 120 days following CDI. In a matched case-control analysis, severe CDI and CDI treatment with v...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Vallabhaneni S,Almendares O,Farley MM,Reno J,Smith ZT,Stein B,Magill SS,Smith RM,Cleveland AA,Lessa FC

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microsporida are known as opportunistic unicellular organisms and have recently been reclassified as fungi that have been frequently reported from patients with congenital and acquired immunity failure disorders, worldwide. However, use of immunosuppressive medications in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients sign...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Hasani Z,Aghdaei HA,Balaii H,Azimirad M,Mirsamadi ES,Mirjalali H,Zali MR

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Annual periodicities of reported chickenpox cases have been observed in several countries. Of these, Japan has reported a two-peaked, bimodal annual cycle of reported chickenpox cases. This study investigated the possible underlying association of the bimodal cycle observed in the surveillance data of reported chicken...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Harigane K,Sumi A,Mise K,Kobayashi N

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serotype 1 Streptococcus pneumoniae is a cause of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) worldwide and has been associated with IPD outbreaks, while carriage is rarely detected in healthy adults or children. This study details an Australian multi-state and territory outbreak of serotype 1 S. pneumoniae IPD between 2010 a...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Staples M,Graham RM,Jennison AV,Ariotti L,Hicks V,Cook H,Krause V,Giele C,Smith HV

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous reports in the literature suggest that Burkholderia pseudomallei strains can be differentiated on the basis of animal virulence. Twenty environmentally and clinically derived isolates of Burkholderia pseudomallei were examined for the production of exoenzymes, morphological and biochemical phenotypes and viru...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Brett PJ,Deshazer D,Woods DE

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Consumers in the United States continue to eat raw or undercooked foods of animal origin despite public health warnings following several well-publicized outbreaks. We investigated an outbreak of Salmonella serotype Typhimurium infection in 158 patients in Wisconsin during the 1994 Christmas holiday period. To determi...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Roels TH,Frazak PA,Kazmierczak JJ,Mackenzie WR,Proctor ME,Kurzynski TA,Davis JP

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This analysis assessed the utility of the limiting antigen avidity assay (LAg). Samples of people who inject drugs (PWID) in Greece with documented duration of HIV-1 infection were tested by LAg. A LAg-normalized optical density (ODn) ⩽1·5 corresponds to a recency window period of 130 days. The proportion true recent ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Nikolopoulos GK,Katsoulidou A,Kantzanou M,Rokka C,Tsiara C,Sypsa V,Paraskevis D,Psichogiou M,Friedman S,Hatzakis A

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (Map), the cause of ruminant paratuberculosis, has been proposed as the causative agent of Crohn's disease. The objective of this study was to determine whether exposure to clinical cases of bovine paratuberculosis was a risk factor for Crohn's disease. A questionnaire w...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Jones PH,Farver TB,Beaman B,Cetinkaya B,Morgan KL

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the roles of multiple factors in hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, with emphasis on the modification of various individual characteristics on the risk associated with percutaneous exposure to blood. Serum samples taken from 4869 men in Taiwan within a cohort study were tested for HCV antibody. Th...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Chang HC,Yu MW,Lu CF,Chiu YH,Chen CJ

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred and forty-eight patients from shared oncology and general medical wards were prospectively studied over a 6-month period for carriage of Clostridium difficile during an outbreak of clinical disease with an epidemic strain of the organism. Risk factors for infection were assessed. Acute leukaemia and/or its...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Heard SR,Wren B,Barnett MJ,Thomas JM,Tabaqchali S

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A serological study of hepatitis A was carried out in low-income areas scheduled for a major sanitation programme in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Blood spots were collected by finger puncture and transported on filter paper, and total antibodies to hepatitis A virus were detected by ELISA. Households were also interviewed ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Almeida LM,Werneck GL,Cairncross S,Coeli CM,Costa MC,Coletty PE

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SUMMARY Globally, twice as many men as women are being diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) annually. Little is known about gender differentials in TB in Africa. A retrospective cohort analysis of routine data was conducted on adult TB patients treated between 2011 and 2012 in two large healthcare facilities in Nigeria. G...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Oshi SN,Alobu I,Ukwaja KN,Oshi DC

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human salmonellosis linked to contact with live poultry is an increasing public health concern. In 2012, eight unrelated outbreaks of human salmonellosis linked to live poultry contact resulted in 517 illnesses. In July 2012, PulseNet, a national molecular surveillance network, reported a multistate cluster of a rare ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Nakao JH,Pringle J,Jones RW,Nix BE,Borders J,Heseltine G,Gomez TM,McCLUSKEY B,Roney CS,Brinson D,Erdman M,McDANIEL A,Behravesh CB

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 12-month survey on the incidence of campylobacter infection in 1217 patients with diarrhoea was carried out in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Campylobacters were isolated from 55 (4.5%) patients, second in prevalence to salmonellas (6.2%). Shigellas were isolated from 4.2% of patients. Campylobacter isolation rates were high...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Zaman R

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Information on the factors that cause or amplify foodborne illness outbreaks (contributing factors), such as ill workers or cross-contamination of food by workers, is critical to outbreak prevention. However, only about half of foodborne illness outbreaks reported to the United States' Centers for Disease Control and ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Brown LG,Hoover ER,Selman CA,Coleman EW,Schurz Rogers H

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our objective was to determine the frequency of zika (ZIKV), chikungunya (CHIKV) and dengue (DENV) virus coinfection and describe the mortality cases that occurred during the epidemiologic surveillance of the ZIKV epidemic in Colombia. We analysed all cases of suspected ZIKV infection that were reported to the Nationa...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Mercado-Reyes M,Acosta-Reyes J,Navarro-Lechuga E,Corchuelo S,Rico A,Parra E,Tolosa N,Pardo L,González M,Martìn-Rodriguez-Hernández J,Karime-Osorio L,Ospina-Martinez M,Rodriguez-Perea H,Del Rio-Pertuz G,Viasus D

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of the methylene blue test for the examination of cows milk was investigated in an inter-laboratory survey. A poor relationship was found between results of these tests and total viable counts. Coliforms were detected in a large number of pasteurized milks, indicating frequent post-pasteurization contamination...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Greenwood MH,Gill P,Coetzee EF,Ford BM,Hooper WL,Matthews SC,Patrick S

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Available data sources on disease due to Bordetella pertussis, including notifications, hospital admissions, deaths, and an enhanced laboratory-based surveillance system commenced in January 1994, were reviewed for the period 1995-7. Pertussis notifications continued their approximately 3-year cycle although at histor...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Van Buynder PG,Owen D,Vurdien JE,Andrews NJ,Matthews RC,Miller E

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite being the commonest bacterial cause of infectious intestinal disease (IID) in England and Wales, outbreaks of campylobacter infection are rarely reported. However, data from the Campylobacter Sentinel Surveillance Scheme suggested that outbreaks might be more common than was previously suspected, since a high ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Gillespie IA,O'Brien SJ,Adak GK,Tam CC,Frost JA,Bolton FJ,Tompkins DS,Campylobacter Sentinel Surveillance Scheme Collaborators.

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated two sequential outbreaks of severe diarrhoea in two neighbouring villages of Orissa, in 2005. We conducted descriptive and matched case-control studies. The attack rates were 5.6% (n=62) and 5.2% (n=51), respectively, in the first and second villages. One death was reported in the second village (case ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： DAS A,Manickam P,Hutin Y,Pattanaik B,Pal BB,Chhotray GP,Kar SK,Gupte MD

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:F4+ Escherichia coli is an important agent of post-weaning diarrhoea in piglets. Piglets that express an adhesion site for F4+ E. coli in their small intestine (F4R+) shed higher numbers of F4+ E. coli than piglets lacking this site (F4R-). We hypothesized that F4R+ piglets are more infectious and more susceptible for...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Geenen PL,Van der Meulen J,Bouma A,De Jong MC

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00