Quarantine methods and prevention of secondary outbreak of pandemic (H1N1) 2009.

abstract：:In 2015, Clostridium difficile testing rates among 30 US community, multispecialty, and cancer hospitals were 14.0, 16.3, and 33.9/1,000 patient-days, respectively. Pooled hospital onset rates were 0.56, 0.84, and 1.57/1,000 patient-days, respectively. Higher testing rates may artificially inflate reported rates of C....

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Kamboj M,Brite J,Aslam A,Kennington J,Babady NE,Calfee D,Furuya Y,Chen D,Augenbraun M,Ostrowsky B,Patel G,Mircescu M,Kak V,Tuma R,Karre TA,Fry DA,Duhaney YP,Moyer A,Mitchell D,Cantu S,Hsieh C,Warren N,Martin S

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We explored how different socioeconomic and racial/ethnic groups in the United States might fare in an influenza pandemic on the basis of social factors that shape exposure, vulnerability to influenza virus, and timeliness and adequacy of treatment. We discuss policies that might differentially affect social groups' r...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Blumenshine P,Reingold A,Egerter S,Mockenhaupt R,Braveman P,Marks J

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated West Nile (WN) virus seroprevalence in healthy horses, dogs, and cats in New York City after an outbreak of human WN virus encephalitis in 1999. Two (3%) of 73 horses, 10 (5%) of 189 dogs, and none of 12 cats tested positive for WN virus-neutralizing antibodies. Domestic mammals should be evaluated as sen...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Komar N,Panella NA,Boyce E

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous findings have suggested that the nosocomial transmission capacity of livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA) is lower than that of other MRSA genotypes. We therefore performed a 6-month (June 1-November 30, 2011) nationwide study to quantify the single-admission reproduction...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Hetem DJ,Bootsma MC,Troelstra A,Bonten MJ

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Technologic advances in surgery include a trend toward less invasive procedures, driven by potential benefits to patients and by health-care economics. These less invasive procedures provide infection control personnel opportunities for direct involvement in outcomes measurement. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Gordon SM

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe an outbreak of Cyclospora cayetanensis infection among Dutch participants at a scientific meeting in September 2001 in Bogor, Indonesia. Fifty percent of the investigated participants were positive for C. cayetanensis. To our knowledge, this outbreak is the first caused by C. cayetanensis among susceptible...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Blans MC,Ridwan BU,Verweij JJ,Rozenberg-Arska M,Verhoef J

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used comprehensive serodiagnostic methods (IgM, IgG, and IgG avidity) and PCR to study Merkel cell polyomavirus and trichodysplasia spinulosa-associated polyomavirus infections in children observed from infancy to adolescence. Comparing seroconversion intervals with previous and subsequent intervals, we found that ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Chen T,Tanner L,Simell V,Hedman L,Mäkinen M,Sadeghi M,Veijola R,Hyöty H,Ilonen J,Knip M,Toppari J,Simell O,Söderlund-Venermo M,Hedman K

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate an association between KI and WU polyomavirus (KIPyV and WUPyV) infections and CD4+ cell counts, we tested HIV-1-positive patients and blood donors. No association was found between cell counts and virus infections in HIV-1-positive patients. Frequency of KIPyV infection was similar for both groups. WUP...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Babakir-Mina M,Ciccozzi M,Farchi F,Bergallo M,Cavallo R,Adorno G,Perno CF,Ciotti M

更新日期：2010-09-01 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：:Prior immunization of hamsters with three heterologous flaviviruses (Japanese encephalitis virus [JEV] SA14-2-8 vaccine, wild-type St. Louis encephalitis virus [SLEV], and Yellow fever virus [YFV] 17D vaccine) reduces the severity of subsequent West Nile virus (WNV) infection. Groups of adult hamsters were immunized w...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Tesh RB,Travassos da Rosa AP,Guzman H,Araujo TP,Xiao SY

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed Coxiella burnetii prevalence and genotypes in pigs in South Korea during 2014-2015. Prevalence was low among 1,030 samples tested by ELISA and immunofluorescent assay and 1,124 samples tested by PCR. Despite this finding, possible transmission of C. burnetii from pigs to humans cannot be excluded. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Seo MG,Ouh IO,Lee SH,Kwak D

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The growing availability of big data in healthcare and public health opens possibilities for infectious disease control in local settings. We prospectively evaluated a method for integrated local detection and prediction (nowcasting) of influenza epidemics over 5 years, using the total population in Östergötland Count...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Spreco A,Eriksson O,Dahlström Ö,Cowling BJ,Timpka T

更新日期：2018-10-01 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：:In August 2015, a soldier returned from field exercises in Texas, USA, with nonspecific febrile illness. Culture and sequencing of spirochetes from peripheral blood diagnosed Borrelia turicatae infection. The patient recovered after receiving doxycycline. No illness occurred in asymptomatic soldiers potentially expose...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Christensen AM,Pietralczyk E,Lopez JE,Brooks C,Schriefer ME,Wozniak E,Stermole B

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We characterized Middle East respiratory syndrome coronaviruses from a hospital outbreak in Jordan in 2015. The viruses from Jordan were highly similar to isolates from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, except for deletions in open reading frames 4a and 3. Transmissibility and pathogenicity of this strain remains to be determined...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Lamers MM,Raj VS,Shafei M,Ali SS,Abdallh SM,Gazo M,Nofal S,Lu X,Erdman DD,Koopmans MP,Abdallat M,Haddadin A,Haagmans BL

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In March 2017, a patient became febrile within 4 days after visiting a rustic conference center in Austin, Texas, USA, where Austin Public Health suspected an outbreak of tickborne relapsing fever a month earlier. Evaluation of a patient blood smear and molecular diagnostic assays identified Borrelia turicatae as the ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Bissett JD,Ledet S,Krishnavajhala A,Armstrong BA,Klioueva A,Sexton C,Replogle A,Schriefer ME,Lopez JE

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed results of recent microbiologic surveillance of meningitis in northern Cameroon. During the 2007 and 2008 meningitis seasons, all 57 identified meningococcal isolates were serogroup W135. This situation might indicate that the area is experiencing a period between epidemic waves due to 2 different clones o...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Massenet D,Inrombe J,Mevoula DE,Nicolas P

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) is the prototype of the family Arenaviridae. LCMV can be associated with severe disease in humans, and its global distribution reflects the broad dispersion of the primary rodent reservoir, the house mouse (Mus musculus). Recent interest in the natural history of the virus has...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Albariño CG,Palacios G,Khristova ML,Erickson BR,Carroll SA,Comer JA,Hui J,Briese T,St George K,Ksiazek TG,Lipkin WI,Nichol ST

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) may be transmissible by blood. To prevent secondary transmission through blood components, several countries have started to exclude as donors persons who have received a blood transfusion. We investigated the effectiveness of this measure by using a dynamic age-structured mode...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Dietz K,Raddatz G,Wallis J,Müller N,Zerr I,Duerr HP,Lefèvre H,Seifried E,Löwer J

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：:Cryptosporidium muris, predominantly a rodent species of Cryptosporidium, is not normally considered a human pathogen. Recently, isolated human infections have been reported from Indonesia, Thailand, France, and Kenya. We report the first case of C. muris in a human in the Western Hemisphere. This species may be an em...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Palmer CJ,Xiao L,Terashima A,Guerra H,Gotuzzo E,Saldías G,Bonilla JA,Zhou L,Lindquist A,Upton SJ

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Baylisascaris procyonis, a common roundworm of raccoons, causes severe or fatal human infections, often in suburban areas. To evaluate the effectiveness of a baiting strategy requiring minimal labor, we distributed medicated baits near raccoon latrines in suburban Chicago, Illinois, USA. This strategy lowered B. procy...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Page K,Smyser TJ,Dunkerton E,Gavard E,Larkin B,Gehrt S

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis E is transmitted mainly by water or food, but in industrialized countries, all routes of transmission have not been identified. We describe possible zoonotic transmission of hepatitis E virus that involved direct contact between a pet pig and its owner. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Renou C,Cadranel JF,Bourlière M,Halfon P,Ouzan D,Rifflet H,Carenco P,Harafa A,Bertrand JJ,Boutrouille A,Muller P,Igual JP,Decoppet A,Eloit M,Pavio N

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the presence of Clostridium difficile, we sampled cooked and uncooked meat products sold in Tucson, Arizona. Forty-two percent contained toxigenic C. difficile strains (either ribotype 078/toxinotype V [73%] or 027/toxinotype III [NAP1 or NAP1-related; 27%]). These findings indicate that food products may...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Songer JG,Trinh HT,Killgore GE,Thompson AD,McDonald LC,Limbago BM

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains that are resistant to an increasing number of second-line drugs used to treat multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) are becoming a threat to public health worldwide. We surveyed the Network of Supranational Reference Laboratories for M. tuberculosis isolates that were resistant t...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Shah NS,Wright A,Bai GH,Barrera L,Boulahbal F,Martín-Casabona N,Drobniewski F,Gilpin C,Havelková M,Lepe R,Lumb R,Metchock B,Portaels F,Rodrigues MF,Rüsch-Gerdes S,Van Deun A,Vincent V,Laserson K,Wells C,Cegielski JP

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimicrobial resistance rates for shigella, campylobacter, nontyphoidal salmonella, and enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli were compared for Vietnam and Thailand from 1996 to 1999. Resistance to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, ampicillin, chloramphenicol, and tetracycline was common. Quinolone resistance remains low in ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Isenbarger DW,Hoge CW,Srijan A,Pitarangsi C,Vithayasai N,Bodhidatta L,Hickey KW,Cam PD

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Variably protease-sensitive prionopathy (VPSPr), a recently identified and seemingly sporadic human prion disease, is distinct from Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) but shares features of Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker disease (GSS). However, contrary to exclusively inherited GSS, no prion protein (PrP) gene variations...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Notari S,Xiao X,Espinosa JC,Cohen Y,Qing L,Aguilar-Calvo P,Kofskey D,Cali I,Cracco L,Kong Q,Torres JM,Zou W,Gambetti P

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a patient in Wuhan, China, with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection who had progressive pulmonary lesions and rhabdomyolysis with manifestations of lower limb pain and fatigue. Rapid clinical recognition of rhabdomyolysis symptoms in patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome cor...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Jin M,Tong Q

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eczema herpeticum can clinically resemble smallpox. On the basis of the algorithm for rapid evaluation of patients with an acute generalized vesiculopustular rash illness, our patient met criteria for high risk for smallpox. The Tzanck preparation was critical for rapid diagnosis of herpetic infection and exclusion of...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Boyd DA,Sperling LC,Norton SA

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During February and March 2010, the New York State Department of Health investigated secondary and tertiary vaccinia contact transmission from a military vaccinee to 4 close contacts. Identification of these cases underscores the need for strict adherence to postvaccination infection control guidance to avoid transmis...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Young GE,Hidalgo CM,Sullivan-Frohm A,Schult C,Davis S,Kelly-Cirino C,Egan C,Wilkins K,Emerson GL,Noyes K,Blog D

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00