Mixed viral infections causing acute gastroenteritis in children in a waterborne outbreak.

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：:The seasonality of canine births was investigated using records from the Kennel Club and the breeding centre for the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association. In these populations a distinct seasonal pattern was found with a greater number of puppies being born in the summer months than the winter. The hypothesis that the...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Evans SJ

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to assess and describe the current spectrum of emerging zoonoses between 2000 and 2006 in European countries. A computerized search of the Medline database from January 1966 to August 2006 for all zoonotic agents in European countries was performed using specific criteria for emergence. F...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Vorou RM,Papavassiliou VG,Tsiodras S

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cowpox is an orthopoxvirus infection endemic in European wild rodents, but with a wide host range including human beings. In this longitudinal study we examined cowpox in two wild rodent species, bank voles Clethrionomys glareolus and wood mice Apodemus sylvaticus, to investigate the dynamics of a virus in its wild re...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Hazel SM,Bennett M,Chantrey J,Bown K,Cavanagh R,Jones TR,Baxby D,Begon M

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the socio-economic impact of infectious intestinal disease (IID) on the health care sector, cases and their families, cases of IID ascertained from a population cohort component and those presenting to general practices were sent a socio-economic questionnaire 3 weeks after the acute episode. The impact of t...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Roberts JA,Cumberland P,Sockett PN,Wheeler J,Rodrigues LC,Sethi D,Roderick PJ,Infectious Intestinal Disease Study Executive.

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a period of 3 years, 1998-2000, 1047 faecal swabs from Black-headed gulls were sampled at one location in Southern Sweden. Salmonella spp. was found in 28 individuals (2.7%) and the dominating serotype found was S. Typhimurium (83%). Twenty-five per cent of the Salmonella-infected gulls were later recaptured an...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Palmgren H,Aspán A,Broman T,Bengtsson K,Blomquist L,Bergström S,Sellin M,Wollin R,Olsen B

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During 1989-2002, we studied the antimicrobial resistance of 3928 blood culture isolates of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi (S. Typhi) in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Overall 32% (1270) of the strains were multidrug-resistant (MDR, resistant to chloramphenicol, ampicillin and trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole); first detected i...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Rahman M,Siddique AK,Shoma S,Rashid H,Salam MA,Ahmed QS,Nair GB,Breiman RF

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of the meningococcal insertion sequence IS1301 was analysed in 496 strains of different serogroups and clonal lineages of Neisseria meningitidis, and in 64 neisserial strains other than N. meningitidis. IS1301 was found in meningococci, but not in apathogenic Neisseria sp. and Neisseria gonorrhoeae. T...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Hilse R,Stoevesandt J,Caugant DA,Claus H,Frosch M,Vogel U

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The status of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among non-European Union (non-EU) immigrants in North-East Italy was evaluated. Among the 1683 individuals tested the prevalence of HBsAg was 8.9% (150 subjects) and of HBV antibodies (anti-HBc with/without anti-HBs) was 38.9% (654 subjects). ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Chiaramonte M,Pupo A,Menegon T,Baldo V,Malatesta R,Trivello R

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe microbiological, clinical and epidemiological aspects of a diphtheria outbreak that occurred in Maranhão, Brazil. The majority of the 27 confirmed cases occurred in partially (n = 16) or completely (n = 10) immunized children (n = 26). Clinical signs and characteristic symptoms of diphtheria such as cervic...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Santos LS,Sant'anna LO,Ramos JN,Ladeira EM,Stavracakis-Peixoto R,Borges LL,Santos CS,Napoleão F,Camello TC,Pereira GA,Hirata R,Vieira VV,Cosme LM,Sabbadini PS,Mattos-Guaraldi AL

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An epidemiological model was developed for rabies, linking the risk of disease in a secondary species (cats) to the temporal dynamics of disease in a wildlife reservoir (raccoons). Data were obtained from cats, raccoons, and skunks tested for rabies in the northeastern United States during 1992-2000. An epizootic algo...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Gordon ER,Curns AT,Krebs JW,Rupprecht CE,Real LA,Childs JE

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our purpose was to determine the effectiveness and harms of vaccination in patients with any sexual history to prevent the prevalence of papillomavirus infection. A search strategy was conducted in the MEDLINE, CENTRAL, EMBASE and LILACS databases. Searches were also conducted in other databases and unpublished litera...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： García-Perdomo HA,Osorio JC,Fernandez A,Zapata-Copete JA,Castillo A

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first epidemic of sporotrichosis in humans as a result of zoonotic transmission was identified in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1998. A cross-sectional study was conducted applying questionnaires to patients seen in 2002 at Evandro Chagas Clinical Research Institute, Fiocruz, with a confirmed diagnosis of sporotricho...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Barros MB,Schubach AO,Schubach TM,Wanke B,Lambert-Passos SR

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) is a cattle respiratory disease that represents one of the major threats to cattle health and production in sub-Saharan Africa. The transmission contact rate of CBPP plays a key role in the spreading dynamics of the disease. We have developed an approach based on the combinatio...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Balenghien T,Chalvet-Monfray K,Bicout DJ,Sabatier P

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of Legionella spp. in the water of a Portuguese spa was ascertained during the spa season, between May and November. Simultaneously the prevalence of anti-legionella antibodies in people attending the spa was also investigated. The antibody titres of 172 randomly selected patients and 42 therapists were d...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Rocha G,Veríssimo A,Bowker R,Bornstein N,Da Costa MS

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite considerable efforts to control tuberculosis (TB) among Ethiopian immigrants in Israel, an outbreak of TB among second-generation Ethiopian immigrants that involved native Israelis occurred between January 2011 and December 2019. The aim of this article is to report on this outbreak and discuss the patient and...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Bishara H,Green M,Chemtob D,Saffouri A,Zelikman L,Weiler-Ravell D

更新日期：2020-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Consumption of poultry meat is considered as one of the main sources of human campylobacteriosis, and there is clearly a need for new surveillance and control measures based on quantitative data on Campylobacter spp. colonization dynamics in broiler chickens. We conducted four experimental infection trials, using four...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Bahrndorff S,Garcia AB,Vigre H,Nauta M,Heegaard PM,Madsen M,Hoorfar J,Hald B

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Measles elimination relies on vaccination programmes. In Japan, a major outbreak started in 2007. In response, 5-year two-dose catch-up vaccination programme was initiated in April 2008 for children 13-16-years-old. In this study, we analysed the epidemic curves, incidence rates for each age group, virus genotype, vac...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Inaida S,Matsuno S,Kobune F

更新日期：2017-08-01 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：: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：:We propose an age-structured mathematical model for respiratory syncytial virus in which children aged <1 year are especially considered. Real data on hospitalized children in the Spanish region of Valencia were used in order to determine some seasonal parameters of the model. Weekly predictions of the number of child...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Acedo L,Díez-Domingo J,Moraño JA,Villanueva RJ

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:West Nile virus (WNV) is now endemic in the USA. After the widespread surge of virus activity across the USA, research has flourished, and our knowledge base has significantly expanded over the past 10 years since WNV was first recognized in New York City. This article provides a review of the virology of WNV, history...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Murray KO,Walker C,Gould E

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Campylobacter jejuni serogroup reference strains and collections of sporadic and outbreak-associated isolates were examined for restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs), using C. jejuni random chromosomal and 16S rRNA gene probes. A collection of 48 Penner (HS) and 14 Lior (HL) serogroup reference strains, pl...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Jackson CJ,Fox AJ,Wareing DR,Hutchinson DN,Jones DM

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As influenza vaccination is now widely recommended, randomized clinical trials are no longer ethical in many populations. Therefore, observational studies on patients seeking medical care for acute respiratory illnesses (ARIs) are a popular option for estimating influenza vaccine effectiveness (VE). We developed a pro...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Haber M,An Q,Foppa IM,Shay DK,Ferdinands JM,Orenstein WA

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 598 isolates of Shigella species (24 S. dysenteriae, 254 S. flexneri, 30 S. boydii, 290 S. sonnei) submitted to the Ontario Public Health Laboratories in 1990 were tested for their susceptibility to 14 antimicrobial agents by the agar dilution method. Overall 79.6% of isolates were resistant to one or more ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Harnett N

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dramatic decline of the native red squirrel in the UK has been attributed to both direct and disease-mediated competition with the grey squirrel where the competitor acts as a reservoir host of squirrelpox virus (SQPV). SQPV is threatening red squirrel conservation efforts, yet little is known about its epidemiolo...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Bruemmer CM,Rushton SP,Gurnell J,Lurz PW,Nettleton P,Sainsbury AW,Duff JP,Gilray J,McInnes CJ

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yukon Territory (YT) is a remote region in northern Canada with ongoing spread of tuberculosis (TB). To explore the utility of whole genome sequencing (WGS) for TB surveillance and monitoring in a setting with detailed contact tracing and interview data, we used a mixed-methods approach. Our analysis included all cult...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Guthrie JL,Strudwick L,Roberts B,Allen M,McFadzen J,Roth D,Jorgensen D,Rodrigues M,Tang P,Hanley B,Johnston J,Cook VJ,Gardy JL

更新日期：2020-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Ornithosis outbreaks in poultry processing plants are well-described, but evidence for preventive measures is currently lacking. This study describes a case-control study into an outbreak of ornithosis at a poultry processing plant in the East of England, identified following three employees being admitted to hospital...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Williams CJ,Sillis M,Fearne V,Pezzoli L,Beasley G,Bracebridge S,Reacher M,Nair P

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A review of the epidemiology of invasive pneumococcal disease in Scotland was carried out using data from laboratory-based systems during the period 1988-99. This comprised 5456 (90.8%) isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae from blood, 467 (7.8%) from cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and 84 (1.4%) from other sterile sites. Th...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Kyaw MH,Clarke S,Jones IG,Campbell H

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enrichment culture is often used to isolate Campylobacter. This study compared isolation of Campylobacter spp. from 119 broiler chicken environments from two farms, using Preston and modified Exeter (mExeter) and modified Bolton (mBolton) enrichments. mExeter was significantly more effective in isolating Campylobacter...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Williams LK,Sait LC,Cogan TA,Jørgensen F,Grogono-Thomas R,Humphrey TJ

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00