Capacity of public health surveillance to comply with revised international health regulations, USA.

abstract：:We investigated personal protective behaviors against West Nile virus infection. Barriers to adopting these behaviors were identified, including the perception that DEET (N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide and related compounds) is a health and environmental hazard. Televised public health messages and knowing that family or fri...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Aquino M,Fyfe M,MacDougall L,Remple V

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bedaquiline is recommended by the World Health Organization for the treatment of multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis (TB). We pooled data from 5 cohorts of patients treated with bedaquiline in France, Georgia, Armenia, and South Africa and in a multicountry study. The rate of cu...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Mbuagbaw L,Guglielmetti L,Hewison C,Bakare N,Bastard M,Caumes E,Fréchet-Jachym M,Robert J,Veziris N,Khachatryan N,Kotrikadze T,Hayrapetyan A,Avaliani Z,Schünemann HJ,Lienhardt C

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated an outbreak of encephalitis in Tangail District, Bangladesh. We defined case-patients as persons from the outbreak area in whom fever developed with new onset of seizures or altered mental status from December 15, 2004, through January 31, 2005. Twelve persons met the definition; 11 (92%) died. Serum s...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Luby SP,Rahman M,Hossain MJ,Blum LS,Husain MM,Gurley E,Khan R,Ahmed BN,Rahman S,Nahar N,Kenah E,Comer JA,Ksiazek TG

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lyme disease occurs in specific geographic regions of the United States. We present a method for defining high-risk counties based on observed versus expected number of reported human Lyme disease cases. Applying this method to successive periods shows substantial geographic expansion of counties at high risk for Lyme...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Kugeler KJ,Farley GM,Forrester JD,Mead PS

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterovirus 68 (EV68) is a rare enterovirus associated with respiratory illness that, unlike other enteroviruses, has been identified only from respiratory specimens. We identified EV68 from respiratory specimens of children hospitalized with a diagnosis of severe pneumonia in Leyte, Republic of the Philippines. Twent...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Imamura T,Fuji N,Suzuki A,Tamaki R,Saito M,Aniceto R,Galang H,Sombrero L,Lupisan S,Oshitani H

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Widespread deaths recently devastated the smallest known population of Ethiopian wolves. Of 7 carcasses found, all 3 tested were positive for rabies. Two wolves were subsequently vaccinated for rabies; 1 of these later died from canine distemper. Only 2 of a known population of 13 wolves survived. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Marino J,Sillero-Zubiri C,Deressa A,Bedin E,Bitewa A,Lema F,Rskay G,Banyard A,Fooks AR

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An outbreak of influenza A(H7N2) virus in cats in a shelter in New York, NY, USA, resulted in zoonotic transmission. Virus isolated from the infected human was closely related to virus isolated from a cat; both were related to low pathogenicity avian influenza A(H7N2) viruses detected in the United States during the e...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Marinova-Petkova A,Laplante J,Jang Y,Lynch B,Zanders N,Rodriguez M,Jones J,Thor S,Hodges E,De La Cruz JA,Belser J,Yang H,Carney P,Shu B,Berman L,Stark T,Barnes J,Havers F,Yang P,Trock SC,Fry A,Gubareva L,Brese

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated transmission characteristics of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in a mother and son from Spain. Despite differences in patient age and disease manifestations, we found the same strain properties in these patients as in UK vCJD cases. A single strain of agent appears to be responsible for all vCJD cas...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Diack AB,Boyle A,Ritchie D,Plinston C,Kisielewski D,de Pedro-Cuesta J,Rábano A,Will RG,Manson JC

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In eastern chipmunks (Tamias striatus) inoculated intramuscularly with 101.5 to 105.7 PFU of West Nile virus (WNV), serum titers developed sufficient to infect Aedes triseriatus (Say), Ae. vexans (Meigen), and Culex pipiens (L.). Mean titers (95% confidence interval) of 8 chipmunks were 103.9(3.3-4.5), 106.7(6.4-7.0),...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Platt KB,Tucker BJ,Halbur PG,Tiawsirisup S,Blitvich BJ,Fabiosa FG,Bartholomay LC,Rowley WA

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pyrethroid knockdown resistance gene (kdr) has become widespread in Anopheles gambiae in West Africa. A trial to test the continuing efficacy of insecticide-treated nets (ITN) and indoor residual spraying (IRS) was undertaken in experimental huts at 2 sites in Benin, the first where kdr is present at high frequenc...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： N'Guessan R,Corbel V,Akogbéto M,Rowland M

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the influence of a mass poultry vaccination campaign on passive surveillance of highly pathogenic avian influenza subtype (H5N1) outbreaks among poultry in Egypt. Passive reporting dropped during the campaign, although probability of infection remained unchanged. Future poultry vaccination campaigns sh...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Vergne T,Grosbois V,Jobre Y,Saad A,El Nabi AA,Galal S,Kalifa M,El Kader SA,Dauphin G,Roger F,Lubroth J,Peyre M

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Highland areas where malaria transmission is unstable are targets for malaria elimination because transmission decreases to low levels during the dry season. In highland areas of Kipsamoite and Kapsisiywa, Kenya (population approximately 7,400 persons), annual household indoor residual spraying with a synthetic pyreth...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： John CC,Riedesel MA,Magak NG,Lindblade KA,Menge DM,Hodges JS,Vulule JM,Akhwale W

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chagas disease, caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, is a major neglected tropical disease affecting the Americas. The epidemiology of this disease in the United States is incomplete. We report evidence of likely autochthonous vectorborne transmission of T. cruzi and health outcomes in T. cruzi-seropositive blood donors in so...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Gunter SM,Murray KO,Gorchakov R,Beddard R,Rossmann SN,Montgomery SP,Rivera H,Brown EL,Aguilar D,Widman LE,Garcia MN

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We identified a case of fatal acute respiratory disease from household transmission of human adenovirus type 55 (HAdV-55) in Anhui Province, China. Computed tomography showed severe pneumonia. Comparative genomic analysis of HAdV-55 indicated the virus possibly originated in Shanxi Province, China. More attention shou...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Jing S,Zhang J,Cao M,Liu M,Yan Y,Zhao S,Cao N,Ou J,Ma K,Cai X,Wu J,Mei YF,Zhang Q

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Second Year of Life project of the Global Health Security Agenda aims to improve immunization systems and strengthen measles and rubella surveillance, including building laboratory capacity. A new laboratory assessment tool was developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to assess the national labo...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Ogee-Nwankwo A,Opare D,Boateng G,Nyaku M,Haynes LM,Balajee SA,Conklin L,Icenogle JP,Rota PA,Waku-Kouomou D

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We obtained ribosomal and mitochondrial DNA sequences from residents of Amazonas state, Brazil, with Mansonella parasitemias. Phylogenetic analysis of these sequences confirm that M. ozzardi and M. perstans parasites occur in sympatry and reveal the close relationship between M. perstans in Africa and Brazil, providin...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Tavares da Silva LB,Crainey JL,Ribeiro da Silva TR,Suwa UF,Vicente AC,Fernandes de Medeiros J,Pessoa FA,Luz SL

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary bloodstream infection (BSI) is a leading, preventable infectious complication in critically ill patients and has a negative impact on patients' outcome. Surveillance definitions for primary BSI distinguish those that are microbiologically documented from those that are not. The latter is known as clinical seps...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Hugonnet S,Sax H,Eggimann P,Chevrolet JC,Pittet D

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the context of tuberculosis (TB) resurgence, isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) is increasingly promoted, but concerns about the risk for development of isoniazid-resistant tuberculosis may hinder its widespread implementation. We conducted a systematic review of data published since 1951 to assess the effect of pr...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Balcells ME,Thomas SL,Godfrey-Faussett P,Grant AD

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hyper-virulent emm59 genotype of invasive group A Streptococcus was identified in northern Arizona in 2015. Eighteen isolates belonging to a genomic cluster grouped most closely with recently identified isolates in New Mexico. The continued transmission of emm59 in the southwestern United States poses a public hea...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Engelthaler DM,Valentine M,Bowers J,Pistole J,Driebe EM,Terriquez J,Nienstadt L,Carroll M,Schumacher M,Ormsby ME,Brady S,Livar E,Yazzie D,Waddell V,Peoples M,Komatsu K,Keim P

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a case-control study to investigate factors associated with epidemic cholera. Water treatment and handwashing may have been protective, highlighting the need for personal hygiene for cholera prevention in contaminated urban environments. We also found a diverse diet, a possible proxy for improved nutritio...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Dunkle SE,Mba-Jonas A,Loharikar A,Fouché B,Peck M,Ayers T,Archer WR,De Rochars VM,Bender T,Moffett DB,Tappero JW,Dahourou G,Roels T,Quick R

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We documented a 6-fold increase in the frequency of nontuberculous mycobacteria isolated from clinical samples in Botswana during 2011-2014. Because antituberculosis treatment is often initiated only on the basis of acid-fast bacilli smear-positive microscopy results, some patients with nontuberculous mycobacterial in...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Mbeha B,Mine M,Motswaledi MS,Dewar J

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, a new paramyxovirus closely related to human mumps virus (MuV) was detected in bats. We generated recombinant MuVs carrying either or both of the fusion and hemagglutinin-neuraminidase bat virus glycoproteins. These viruses showed replication kinetics similar to human MuV in cultured cells and were neutraliz...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Katoh H,Kubota T,Ihara T,Maeda K,Takeda M,Kidokoro M

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used latent class analysis to examine Zika virus-related information-accessing behavior of US residents during the 2016 international outbreak. We characterized 3 classes of information-accessing behavior patterns: universalists, media seekers, and passive recipients. Understanding these patterns is crucial to plan...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Piltch-Loeb R,Abramson D

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zoonoses with a wildlife reservoir represent a major public health problem, affecting all continents. Hundreds of pathogens and many different transmission modes are involved, and many factors influence the epidemiology of the various zoonoses. The importance and recognition of wildlife as a reservoir of zoonoses are ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Kruse H,kirkemo AM,Handeland K

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a food-related outbreak of salmonellosis in humans caused by a nonmotile variant of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium in France in 2009. This nonmotile variant had been circulating in laying hens but was not considered as Typhimurium and consequently escaped European poultry flock regulations. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Le Hello S,Brisabois A,Accou-Demartin M,Josse A,Marault M,Francart S,Da Silva NJ,Weill FX

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess dissemination of OXA-23-producing strains of Acinetobacter baumannii, we obtained 20 carbapenem-resistant, OXA-23-producing isolates from different regions. Their clonal relationship was assessed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and multilocus sequence typing. We identified 8 sequence types, including 4 n...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Mugnier PD,Poirel L,Naas T,Nordmann P

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a retrospective serosurvey of 1,000 persons in Israel who had fever of undetermined cause to look for Ehrlichia chaffeensis antibodies. Four of five cases with antibodies reactive to E. chaffeensis were diagnosed in the summer, when ticks are more active. All patients had influenzalike symptoms with high ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Keysary A,Amram L,Keren G,Sthoeger Z,Potasman I,Jacob A,Strenger C,Dawson JE,Waner T

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a 1-hour field enzyme immunoassay (EIA) for detecting antibody to Sin Nombre virus in deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus). The assay specificity and sensitivity were comparable to those of a standard EIA. This test will permit identification of rodents with antibody to this and perhaps other hantaviruses. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Schountz T,Calisher CH,Richens TR,Rich AA,Doty JB,Hughes MT,Beaty BJ

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaccination with the 13-valent conjugated pneumococcal disease (PCV13) has reduced invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD), but there have been reports of vaccine failures. We performed a prospective study in children aged 2-59 months who received diagnoses of IPD during January 2012-June 2016 in 3 pediatric hospitals in ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Hernández S,Moraga-Llop F,Díaz A,de Sevilla MF,Ciruela P,Muñoz-Almagro C,Codina G,Campins M,García-García JJ,Esteva C,Izquierdo C,González-Peris S,Martínez-Osorio J,Uriona S,Salleras L,Domínguez Á

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the province of Gipuzkoa, Spain (≈700,000 inhabitants), 7-12 episodes of human listeriosis were recorded annually during 2009-2012. However, during January 2013-February 2014, 27 episodes were detected, including 11 pregnancy-associated cases. Fifteen cases in 2 epidemiologically unrelated outbreaks were caused by ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Pérez-Trallero E,Zigorraga C,Artieda J,Alkorta M,Marimón JM

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00