Gastrointestinal symptomatology as a predictor of severe outcomes of invasive group A streptococcal infections.

abstract：:A total of 4624 pneumococcal isolates from episodes of systemic pneumococcal disease were received at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health during the period 1995-2001. All isolates were serotyped and tested for susceptibility to benzylpenicillin, lincomycin, erythromycin, tetracycline and trimethroprim sulphametho...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Pedersen MK,Høiby EA,Frøholm LO,Hasseltvedt V,Lermark G,Caugant DA

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carrion is a major source of botulinal toxin for animals. A type D strain of Clostridium botulinum differed from type A and B strains in producing (1) much higher concentrations of toxin in putrefying mouse carcasses at several different temperatures over a period of 35 days, (2) toxicity that sometimes persisted in m...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Ortiz NE,Smith GR

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serological tests are very frequently used in epidemiological surveys of leishmaniasis and other parasitoses. Their sensitivity and specificity are generally defined with respect to parasitism and disease, rather than infection. The reason is that known positives are those individuals most likely to yield parasites, o...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Dye C,Vidor E,Dereure J

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated which vaccination schedule gives best protection to the vaccinating population, in case there is a measles epidemic in an area with low vaccine coverage. We considered combinations of an early measles vaccination (none, at 6 months or at 9 months), a measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccination around the f...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： van den Hof S,Wallinga J,Widdowson MA,Conyn-van Spaendonck MA

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Orf of the hand is an uncommon zoonotic infection caused by a dermotropic DNA virus that belongs to the Parapoxvirus genus of the family Poxviridae. It is transmitted to humans through contact with infected sheep and goats and is reported as an occupational disease. We report nine cases of human orf seen in the hands ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Uzel M,Sasmaz S,Bakaris S,Cetinus E,Bilgic E,Karaoguz A,Ozkul A,Arican O

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed if there has been a decline in the median number of reported lifetime sexual partners in Kenya following the AIDS epidemic. The Wilcoxon rank-sum test was used to compare the median and interquartile range (IQR) of the number of lifetime sexual partners for men aged 20-54 years in the 1993 and 2008 Kenyan ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Kenyon CR,Schwartz I,Buyze J

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaccination has reduced rotavirus hospitalizations by 25% in European regions with low-moderate vaccine availability. We aimed to quantify the reduction in hospital costs after the longest period in which Rotarix® and Rotateq® were simultaneously commercially available in Spain. Cases, length of stay (LOS), and diagno...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Redondo-González O,Tenías-Burillo JM,Ruiz-Gonzalo J

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dromedary camels have been shown to be the main reservoir for human Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) infections. This systematic review aims to compile and analyse all published data on MERS-coronavirus (CoV) in the global camel population to provide an overview of current knowledge on the distribution, spread ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Sikkema RS,Farag EABA,Islam M,Atta M,Reusken CBEM,Al-Hajri MM,Koopmans MPG

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine the most cost-effective strategy for the prevention and control of multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) in intensive care units (ICUs) in areas with limited health resources. The study was conducted in 12 ICUs of four hospitals. The total cost for the prevention of MDROs and the...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Wang Y,Yuan Y,Lin L,Tan X,Tan Y

更新日期：2020-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A cluster of Salmonella Paratyphi B variant L(+) tartrate(+) infections with indistinguishable pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns was detected in October 2015. Interviews initially identified nut butters, kale, kombucha, chia seeds and nutrition bars as common exposures. Epidemiologic, environmental and traceba...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Heiman Marshall KE,Booth H,Harrang J,Lamba K,Folley A,Ching-Lee M,Hannapel E,Greene V,Classon A,Whitlock L,Shade L,Viazis S,Nguyen T,Neil KP

更新日期：2018-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:A Q fever outbreak was declared in February 2016 in a company that manufactures hoists and chains and therefore with no apparent occupational-associated risk. Coxiella burnetii infection was diagnosed by serology in eight of the 29 workers of the company; seven of them had fever or flu-like signs and five had pneumoni...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Hurtado A,Alonso E,Aspiritxaga I,López Etxaniz I,Ocabo B,Barandika JF,Fernández-Ortiz DE Murúa JI,Urbaneja F,Álvarez-Alonso R,Jado I,García-Pérez AL

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study analyses the epidemiologic, clinical and molecular findings of all culture-confirmed cases of listeriosis notified from 2010 to 2015 in the Tel Aviv District, which is known to have high rates of listeriosis. All clinical isolates of Listeria monocytogenes were subtyped using two-enzyme pulsed-field gel ele...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Salama M,Amitai Z,Ezernitchi AV,Sheffer R,Jaffe J,Rahmani S,Leshem E,Valinsky L

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conditions and evidence continue to evolve related to the prediction of the prevalence of immunodeficiency-associated long-term vaccine-derived poliovirus (iVDPV) excreters, which affect assumptions related to forecasting risks and evaluating potential risk management options. Multiple recent reviews provided informat...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Kalkowska DA,Pallansch MA,Thompson KM

更新日期：2019-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection is decreasing in developed countries. In this study we included 22,612 patients in whom a first culture of gastric biopsy (routinely performed in our medical centres) yielded an interpretable result over a 20-year period (1988-2007) in Brussels. The effects of patients' ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Miendje Deyi VY,Vanderpas J,Bontems P,Van den Borre C,De Koster E,Cadranel S,Burette A

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estimates of hepatitis C virus (HCV) clearance following acute infection range from 14 to 46%. This wide range is likely to be due to the characteristics of the populations studied and analysis methods. This paper examines how differing definitions of clearance parameters affect estimates of viral clearance in a cohor...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Amin J,Law MG,Micallef J,Jauncey M,Van Beek I,Kaldor JM,Dore GJ

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of hepatitis C and related risk factors in drug users were compared in two geographic regions in Belgium, the city of Antwerp and the mixed urban-rural area of Limburg. All 310 participants were surveyed and screened for hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV. Prevalence rates of anti-HCV, anti-HBc and anti-H...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Matheï C,Robaeys G,van Damme P,Buntinx F,Verrando R

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strongyloides stercoralis is rarely recognized as a major public health issue, probably because its burden is largely underestimated. We reviewed the literature (both PubMed and 'grey' literature) about the prevalence of strongyloidiasis in Latin America, an area of presumable high endemicity. There were finally 88 pa...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Buonfrate D,Mena MA,Angheben A,Requena-Mendez A,Muñoz J,Gobbi F,Albonico M,Gotuzzo E,Bisoffi Z,COHEMI Project Study Group.

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the first laboratory-confirmed human case of cowpox virus infection in Russia since 1991. Phylogenetic studies of haemagglutinin, TNF-α receptor-like protein and thymidine kinase regions showed significant differences with known orthopoxviruses, including unique amino-acid substitutions and deletions. ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Popova AY,Maksyutov RA,Taranov OS,Tregubchak TV,Zaikovskaya AV,Sergeev AA,Vlashchenko IV,Bodnev SA,Ternovoi VA,Alexandrova NS,Tarasov AL,Konovalova NV,Koroleva AA,Bulychev LE,Pyankov OV,Demina YV,Agafonov AP,Shchelkunov

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The risk of classical scrapie in sheep is associated with polymorphisms in the prion protein (PrP) gene. In recent years, large-scale selective breeding programmes for sheep at lower risk of disease have been undertaken across the European Union. We analysed large-scale datasets on scrapie and sheep demography to inve...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： McIntyre KM,Trewby H,Gubbins S,Baylis M

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) outbreaks in pigs are associated with increased susceptibility of pigs to secondary bacterial infections, including Streptococcus suis - an important zoonotic pathogen causing bacterial meningitis in humans. This case-control study examined the association between h...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Huong VT,Thanh LV,Phu VD,Trinh DT,Inui K,Tung N,Oanh NT,Trung NV,Hoa NT,Bryant JE,Horby PW,Kinh NV,Wertheim HF

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A serological prevalence survey was carried out in Luxembourg during 2000-2001 to determine the antibody status of the Luxembourg population against vaccine-preventable infections including varicella-zoster virus (VZV). ELISA tests performed on 2679 sera indicated that 96 (3.6%) of the study population were seronegati...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Mossong J,Putz L,Schneider F

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SUMMARY This study assesses the contribution of different sources of human campylobacteriosis in Denmark using two different source-attribution approaches. In total, 794 non-human isolates and 406 isolates from human cases (domestic, travel related, and cases with unknown travel history) were collected. Isolates were ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Boysen L,Rosenquist H,Larsson JT,Nielsen EM,Sørensen G,Nordentoft S,Hald T

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis (TB) mortality rates in the USA fell rapidly from 1910 to 1933. However, during this period, racial disparities in TB mortality in the nation's expanding cities grew. Because of long delays between infection and disease, TB mortality is a poor indicator of short-term changes in transmission. We estimated ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Zelner JL,Muller C,Feigenbaum JJ

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In April 2015, Finnish public health authorities alerted European Union member states of a possible multi-country Salmonella enteritidis outbreak linked to an international youth ice-hockey tournament in Latvia. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Finnish and Latvian authorities initiated an...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Pärn T,Dahl V,Lienemann T,Perevosčikovs J,De Jong B

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thailand was a hyper-endemic country for dengue with co-circulation of four serotypes and tens of thousands of infected cases annually. Taking into consideration the large number of local dengue virus (DENV) sequences available in GenBank, Thailand was the most ideal locality to study co-evolution of DENV. Therefore, ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Chen SP

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the increased prevalence of hepatitis B and C in most migrant groups in The Netherlands, a national screening policy for these infections is not available. In order to estimate the prevalence of hepatitis B and C in the largest group of first-generation migrants (FGM) in The Netherlands, we conducted a screeni...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Richter C,Beest GT,Sancak I,Aydinly R,Bulbul K,Laetemia-Tomata F,De Leeuw M,Waegemaekers T,Swanink C,Roovers E

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the dengue surveillance program, we prospectively collected data on all the suspected and confirmed cases of dengue in Barbados from 2006 to 2015. Data were analysed for demographic, seasonal and temporal dynamics of this disease in this country. The overall mean annual incidence rate of suspected and confirmed ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Kumar A,Gittens-St Hilaire M,Nielsen AL

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, the effect of Toxoplasma gondii infection on the cerebrum and neuropsychiatric patients has been increasingly highlighted. However, there is limited information about the epidemiology of T. gondii infection in psychiatric patients in Shandong province, eastern China. Therefore, through a case-control ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Cong W,Dong W,Bai L,Wang XY,Ni XT,Qian AD,Zhu XQ

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Japan has been free from rabies since 1958. A strict import regimen has been adopted since 2004 consisting of identification of an animal with microchip, two-time rabies vaccination, neutralizing antibody titration test and a waiting period of 180 days. The present study aims to quantitatively assess the risk of rabie...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Kwan NC,Sugiura K,Hosoi Y,Yamada A,Snary EL

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mathematical modelling is an important tool for understanding the dynamics of the spread of infectious diseases, which could be the result of a natural outbreak or of the intentional release of pathogenic biological agents. Decision makers and policymakers responsible for strategies to contain disease, prevent epidemi...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Baldassi F,D'Amico F,Carestia M,Cenciarelli O,Mancinelli S,Gilardi F,Malizia A,DI Giovanni D,Soave PM,Bellecci C,Gaudio P,Palombi L

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00