Worldwide dissemination of the blaOXA-23 carbapenemase gene of Acinetobacter baumannii.

abstract：:In April 2005, 4 transplant recipients became ill after receiving organs infected with lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV); 3 subsequently died. All organs came from a donor who had been exposed to a hamster infected with LCMV. The hamster was traced back through a Rhode Island pet store to a distribution center...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Amman BR,Pavlin BI,Albariño CG,Comer JA,Erickson BR,Oliver JB,Sealy TK,Vincent MJ,Nichol ST,Paddock CD,Tumpey AJ,Wagoner KD,Glauer RD,Smith KA,Winpisinger KA,Parsely MS,Wyrick P,Hannafin CH,Bandy U,Zaki S,Rollin P

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2009, an outbreak of Vibrio parahaemolyticus occurred in Piura, Cajamarca, Lambayeque, and Lima, Peru. Whole-genome sequencing of clinical and environmental samples from the outbreak revealed a new V. parahaemolyticus clone. All the isolates identified belonged to a single clonal complex described exclusively in As...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Gonzalez-Escalona N,Gavilan RG,Toro M,Zamudio ML,Martinez-Urtaza J

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed 1,093 Vibrio cholerae isolates from the Democratic Republic of the Congo during 1997-2012 and found increasing antimicrobial drug resistance over time. Our study also demonstrated that the 2011-2012 epidemic was caused by an El Tor variant clonal complex with a single antimicrobial drug susceptibility prof...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Miwanda B,Moore S,Muyembe JJ,Nguefack-Tsague G,Kabangwa IK,Ndjakani DY,Mutreja A,Thomson N,Thefenne H,Garnotel E,Tshapenda G,Kakongo DK,Kalambayi G,Piarroux R

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An outbreak of nosocomial infections with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus occurred in South Korea in May 2015. Spike glycoprotein genes of virus strains from South Korea were closely related to those of strains from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. However, virus strains from South Korea showed strain-specific varia...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Kim DW,Kim YJ,Park SH,Yun MR,Yang JS,Kang HJ,Han YW,Lee HS,Kim HM,Kim H,Kim AR,Heo DR,Kim SJ,Jeon JH,Park D,Kim JA,Cheong HM,Nam JG,Kim K,Kim SS

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the risk for the Spanish Olympic Team acquiring Zika virus in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, during 2016. We recruited 117 team members, and all tested negative for Zika virus. Lack of cases in this cohort supports the minimum risk estimates made before the Games. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Rodriguez-Valero N,Borobia AM,Lago M,Sánchez-Seco MP,de Ory F,Vázquez A,Pérez-Arellano JL,Rodríguez CC,Martínez MJ,Capón A,Cañas E,Salas-Coronas J,Galparsoro AA,Muñoz J

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium bovis infection in wild red foxes was found in southern France, where livestock and other wildlife species are infected. Foxes frequently interact with cattle but have been underestimated as a reservoir of M. bovis. Our results suggest a possible role of the red fox in the epidemiology of bovine tubercul...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Michelet L,De Cruz K,Hénault S,Tambosco J,Richomme C,Réveillaud É,Gares H,Moyen JL,Boschiroli ML

更新日期：2018-06-01 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：:Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a zoonotic virus for which pigs are the primary animal reservoir. To investigate whether HEV occurs in mink in Denmark, we screened feces and tissues from domestic and wild mink. Our finding of a novel HEV variant supports previous findings of HEV variants in a variety of species. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Krog JS,Breum SØ,Jensen TH,Larsen LE

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Africa, although emergence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) represents a serious threat in countries severely affected by the HIV epidemic, most countries lack drug-resistant TB data. This finding was particularly true in the Kingdom of Swaziland, which has the world's highest HIV and TB prevalences. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Sanchez-Padilla E,Dlamini T,Ascorra A,Rüsch-Gerdes S,Tefera ZD,Calain P,de la Tour R,Jochims F,Richter E,Bonnet M

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：:Investigation of a dengue case in a laboratory worker in North Carolina, USA, revealed that the case-patient prepared high-titer dengue virus stocks soon before illness onset. Improper doffing of gloves with an open finger wound likely resulted in cutaneous exposure. This case reinforces recommendations for enhanced p...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Sharp TM,Fisher TG,Long K,Coulson G,Medina FA,Herzig C,Koza MB,Muñoz-Jordán J,Paz-Bailey G,Moore Z,Williams C

更新日期：2020-07-01 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：:Outbreaks of serious infections associated with heroin use in persons who inject drugs (PWIDs) occur intermittently and require vigilance and rapid reporting of individual cases. Here, we give a firsthand account of the cases in London during an outbreak of heroin-associated anthrax during 2009-2010 in the United King...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Abbara A,Brooks T,Taylor GP,Nolan M,Donaldson H,Manikon M,Holmes A

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During an investigation conducted December 17-20, 2001, we collected environmental samples from a U.S. postal facility in Washington, D.C., known to be extensively contaminated with Bacillus anthracis spores. Because methods for collecting and analyzing B. anthracis spores have not yet been validated, our objective wa...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Sanderson WT,Hein MJ,Taylor L,Curwin BD,Kinnes GM,Seitz TA,Popovic T,Holmes HT,Kellum ME,McAllister SK,Whaley DN,Tupin EA,Walker T,Freed JA,Small DS,Klusaritz B,Bridges JH

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The severe epidemic of Ebola virus disease in Liberia started in March 2014. On May 9, 2015, the World Health Organization declared Liberia free of Ebola, 42 days after safe burial of the last known case-patient. However, another 6 cases occurred during June-July; on September 3, 2015, the country was again declared f...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Nyenswah TG,Kateh F,Bawo L,Massaquoi M,Gbanyan M,Fallah M,Nagbe TK,Karsor KK,Wesseh CS,Sieh S,Gasasira A,Graaff P,Hensley L,Rosling H,Lo T,Pillai SK,Gupta N,Montgomery JM,Ransom RL,Williams D,Laney AS,Lindblade

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:African swine fever virus p72 genotype IX, associated with outbreaks in eastern Africa, is cocirculating in the Republic of the Congo with West African genotype I. Data suggest that viruses from eastern Africa are moving into western Africa, increasing the threat of outbreaks caused by novel viruses in this region. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Gallardo C,Anchuelo R,Pelayo V,Poudevigne F,Leon T,Nzoussi J,Bishop R,Pérez C,Soler A,Nieto R,Martín H,Arias M

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a nationwide study of the prevalence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection in the Faroe Islands. Of 1,075 randomly selected participants, 6 (0.6%) tested seropositive for antibodies to the virus. Adjustment for test sensitivity and specificity yielded a 0.7% prevalence. Our findings...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Petersen MS,Strøm M,Christiansen DH,Fjallsbak JP,Eliasen EH,Johansen M,Veyhe AS,Kristiansen MF,Gaini S,Møller LF,Steig B,Weihe P

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spread of infectious agents through the mail has concerned public health officials for 5 centuries. The dissemination of anthrax spores in the US mail in 2001 was a recent example. In 1901, two medical journals reported outbreaks of smallpox presumably introduced by letters contaminated with variola viruses. The s...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Ambrose CT

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human infection with avian influenza A(H9N2) virus was identified in Bangladesh in 2011. Surveillance for influenza viruses in apparently healthy poultry in live-bird markets in Bangladesh during 2008-2011 showed that subtype H9N2 viruses are isolated year-round, whereas highly pathogenic subtype H5N1 viruses are co-i...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Shanmuganatham K,Feeroz MM,Jones-Engel L,Smith GJ,Fourment M,Walker D,McClenaghan L,Alam SM,Hasan MK,Seiler P,Franks J,Danner A,Barman S,McKenzie P,Krauss S,Webby RJ,Webster RG

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2016, disseminated tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium caprae was diagnosed in a captive Borneo elephant in Japan. The bacterium was initially identified from clinical isolates. An isolate collected during a relapse showed isoniazid monoresistance and a codon 315 katG mutation. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Yoshida S,Suga S,Ishikawa S,Mukai Y,Tsuyuguchi K,Inoue Y,Yamamoto T,Wada T

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chytridiomycosis is an emerging disease responsible for a series of global declines and extinctions of amphibians. We report the causative agent, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, in North American bullfrogs (Rana catesbeiana) farmed for the international restaurant trade. Our findings suggest that international trade m...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Mazzoni R

更新日期：2003-08-01 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：:Legionella longbeachae, found in soil and compost-derived products, is a globally underdiagnosed cause of Legionnaires' disease. We conducted a case-control study of L. longbeachae Legionnaires' disease in Canterbury, New Zealand. Case-patients were persons hospitalized with L. longbeachae pneumonia, and controls were...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Kenagy E,Priest PC,Cameron CM,Smith D,Scott P,Cho V,Mitchell P,Murdoch DR

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After our recent discovery of a Streptococcus pneumoniae 19A "superbug" (Legacy strain) that is resistant to all Food and Drug Administration-approved antimicrobial drugs for treatment of acute otitis media (AOM) in children, other S. pneumoniae isolates from children with AOM were characterized by multilocus sequence...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Xu Q,Pichichero ME,Casey JR,Zeng M

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Classical bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) is the only zoonotic prion disease described to date. Although the zoonotic potential of atypical BSE prions have been partially studied, an extensive analysis is still needed. We conducted a systematic study by inoculating atypical BSE isolates from different countries...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Marín-Moreno A,Huor A,Espinosa JC,Douet JY,Aguilar-Calvo P,Aron N,Píquer J,Lugan S,Lorenzo P,Tillier C,Cassard H,Andreoletti O,Torres JM

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence now confirms that noncommunicable chronic diseases can stem from infectious agents. Furthermore, at least 13 of 39 recently described infectious agents induce chronic syndromes. Identifying the relationships can affect health across populations, creating opportunities to reduce the impact of chronic disease b...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： O'Connor SM,Taylor CE,Hughes JM

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined the complete genome sequence of a virus isolated from a mantled guereza that died of primary effusion lymphoma. The virus is closely related to Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) but lacks some genes implicated in KSHV pathogenesis. This finding may help determine how KSHV causes primary effu...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Dhingra A,Ganzenmueller T,Hage E,Suárez NM,Mätz-Rensing K,Widmer D,Pöhlmann S,Davison AJ,Schulz TF,Kaul A

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report results of a case-control study of the association between receipt of antimicrobial agents and diagnosis of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in the United Kingdom. Eligible adults, selected from the General Practice Research Database, had no previous diagnosis of MRSA, no...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Schneider-Lindner V,Delaney JA,Dial S,Dascal A,Suissa S

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since Ebola virus disease was identified in West Africa on March 23, 2014, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has undertaken the most intensive response in the agency's history; >3,000 staff have been involved, including >1,200 deployed to West Africa for >50,000 person workdays. Efforts have include...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Frieden TR,Damon IK

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a study in the summer of 2004 at county fairs in the Midwest to investigate the role poultry exhibits have in spreading avian pathogens to humans. A nearly invisible powder (pathogen surrogate) that fluoresces under UV light was surreptitiously sprinkled each day on 1 show bird at each of 2 fairs. A UV li...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Olson SR,Gray GC

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00