KI and WU polyomaviruses and CD4+ cell counts in HIV-1-infected patients, Italy.

abstract：:A new coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has recently emerged to cause a human pandemic. Although molecular diagnostic tests were rapidly developed, serologic assays are still lacking, yet urgently needed. Validated serologic assays are needed for contact tracing, identifying th...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Okba NMA,Müller MA,Li W,Wang C,GeurtsvanKessel CH,Corman VM,Lamers MM,Sikkema RS,de Bruin E,Chandler FD,Yazdanpanah Y,Le Hingrat Q,Descamps D,Houhou-Fidouh N,Reusken CBEM,Bosch BJ,Drosten C,Koopmans MPG,Haagmans BL

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined condom use throughout pregnancy during the Zika outbreak in Puerto Rico during 2016. Overall, <25% of women reported consistent condom use during pregnancy. However, healthcare provider counseling was associated with a 3-fold increase in consistent use, reinforcing the value of provider counseling in Zika ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Salvesen von Essen B,Kortsmit K,Warner L,D'Angelo DV,Shulman HB,Virella WH,Taraporewalla A,Harrison L,Ellington S,Shapiro-Mendoza C,Barfield W,Smith RA,Jamieson DJ,Cox S,Pazol K,Díaz PG,Herrera BR,Bernal MV,Puerto Ric

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We identified the near-full-genome sequence (29,908 nt, >99%) of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) from a nasal swab specimen from a dromedary camel in Egypt. We found that viruses genetically very similar to human MERS-CoV are infecting dromedaries beyond the Arabian Peninsula, where human MERS-...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Chu DK,Poon LL,Gomaa MM,Shehata MM,Perera RA,Abu Zeid D,El Rifay AS,Siu LY,Guan Y,Webby RJ,Ali MA,Peiris M,Kayali G

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To understand the clinical and epidemiologic characteristics of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus infection, we retrospectively reviewed medical records of 237 patients with laboratory-confirmed cases reported in Shanghai, China, during May-July 2009. Surveillance activities effectively contained the outbreak and provided us...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Shen Y,Lu H

更新日期：2010-06-01 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：:Zika virus RNA has been detected in semen samples collected <370 days after symptom onset. We report unusual persistence of Zika virus RNA in semen, confirmed by sequencing at 515 days after symptom onset and detectable for >900 days, in a patient with immunosuppression. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Petridou C,Bonsall D,Ahmed A,Roberts M,Bell C,de Cesare M,Bowden R,Graham V,Bailey D,Simpson A,Aarons E

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Signs and symptoms of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) serogroup O157:H7 infection range from mild gastrointestinal to bloody diarrhea and hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). We assessed the association between Shiga toxin gene (stx) subtype and disease severity for »3,000 patients with STEC O157:H7 in Engla...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Byrne L,Adams N,Jenkins C

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 1994 and 1996, three elephants from an exotic animal farm in Illinois died of pulmonary disease due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In October 1996, a fourth living elephant was culture-positive for M. tuberculosis. Twenty-two handlers at the farm were screened for tuberculosis (TB); eleven had positive reactio...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Michalak K,Austin C,Diesel S,Bacon MJ,Zimmerman P,Maslow JN

更新日期：1998-04-01 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：: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 epidemiology of human rabies postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) in 4 upstate New York counties was described from data obtained from 2,216 incidences of PEP recorded by local health departments from 1995 to 2000. Overall annual incidence for the study period was 27 cases per 100,000 persons. Mean annual PEP incidence ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Blanton JD,Bowden NY,Eidson M,Wyatt JD,Hanlon CA

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rickettsia prowazekii is the causative agent of epidemic typhus and a potential bioterrorism agent. Sensitive and specific rapid assays are needed to complement existing methods of detecting this organism. We developed a real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction assay by using a species-specific probe targeting...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Svraka S,Rolain JM,Bechah Y,Gatabazi J,Raoult D

更新日期：2006-03-01 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：:Dengue virus type 1 (DENV-1), which was responsible for the dengue fever outbreak in Yap State, Micronesia, in 2004, was isolated from serum samples of 4 dengue patients in Japan. Genome sequencing demonstrated that this virus belonged to genotype IV and had a 29-nucleotide deletion in the 3 noncoding region. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Nukui Y,Tajima S,Kotaki A,Ito M,Takasaki T,Koike K,Kurane I

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To our knowledge, previous population-based surveys have not assessed misconceptions about antibacterial drug use over time. We documented a 26.3% decline in a key misconception in California women in 2003 compared to 2000; declines varied significantly by education level. Educational campaigns specifically designed t...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Cummings KC,Rosenberg J,Vugia DJ

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A trophic network involving molds, invertebrates, and vertebrates, ancestrally adapted to the palm tree (Attalaea phalerata) microhabitat, maintains enzootic Trypanosoma cruzi infections in the Amazonian county Paço do Lumiar, state of Maranhão, Brazil. We assessed seropositivity for T. cruzi infections in the human p...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Teixeira AR,Monteiro PS,Rebelo JM,Argañaraz ER,Vieira D,Lauria-Pires L,Nascimento R,Vexenat CA,Silva AR,Ault SK,Costa JM

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dengue was first reported in Puerto Rico in 1899 and sporadically thereafter. Following outbreaks in 1963 and 1969, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has worked closely with the Puerto Rico Department of Health to monitor and reduce the public health burden of dengue. During that time, evolving epidemiolo...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Sharp TM,Ryff KR,Santiago GA,Margolis HS,Waterman SH

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PCR amplification indicated the minimum infection rate of Rickettsia spp. was 0.66% in Haemaphysalis longicornis ticks collected from Shandong Province, China. Phylogenetic analysis based on the rrs, gltA, ompA, and ompB genes indicated that the ticks carried R. japonica, Candidatus Rickettsia longicornii, and a novel...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Qin XR,Han HJ,Han FJ,Zhao FM,Zhang ZT,Xue ZF,Ma DQ,Qi R,Zhao M,Wang LJ,Zhao L,Yu H,Liu JW,Yu XJ

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SARS coronavirus injected intratracheally into chickens, turkeys, geese, ducks, and quail, or into the allantoic sac of their embryonating eggs, failed to cause disease or replicate. This finding suggests that domestic poultry were unlikely to have been the reservoir, or associated with dissemination, of SARS coronavi...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Swayne DE,Suarez DL,Spackman E,Tumpey TM,Beck JR,Erdman D,Rollin PE,Ksiazek TG

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While studying respiratory infections in Peru, we identified Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (VEEV) in a nasopharyngeal swab, indicating that this alphavirus can be present in human respiratory secretions. Because VEEV may be infectious when aerosolized, our finding is relevant for the management of VEEV-infected...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Juarez D,Guevara C,Wiley M,Torre A,Palacios G,Halsey ES,Ampuero S,Leguia M

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a population-based case-control study of community acquired Clostridium difficile-associated disease (CDAD), we matched 1,233 cases to 12,330 controls. CDAD risk increased 3-fold with use of any antimicrobial agent and 6-fold with use of fluoroquinolones. Prior use of antimicrobial agents did not affect risk for CD...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Delaney JA,Dial S,Barkun A,Suissa S

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Edwardsiella tarda is primarily associated with gastrointestinal disease, but an increasing number of cases involving extraintestinal disease, especially E. tarda bacteremia, have been reported. Using clinical information of E. tarda bacteremia patients identified during January 2005-December 2016 in Japan, we charact...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Kamiyama S,Kuriyama A,Hashimoto T

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute encephalitis is a severe neurologic syndrome. Determining etiology from among ≈100 possible agents is difficult. To identify infectious etiologies of encephalitis in Thailand, we conducted surveillance in 7 hospitals during July 2003-August 2005 and selected patients with acute onset of brain dysfunction with fe...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Olsen SJ,Campbell AP,Supawat K,Liamsuwan S,Chotpitayasunondh T,Laptikulthum S,Viriyavejakul A,Tantirittisak T,Tunlayadechanont S,Visudtibhan A,Vasiknanonte P,Janjindamai S,Boonluksiri P,Rajborirug K,Watanaveeradej V,Khetsur

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine which species of Culicoides biting midges carry Schmallenberg virus (SBV), we assayed midges collected in the Netherlands during autumn 2011. SBV RNA was found in C. scoticus, C. obsoletus sensu stricto, and C. chiopterus. The high proportion of infected midges might explain the rapid spread of SBV throug...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Elbers AR,Meiswinkel R,van Weezep E,Sloet van Oldruitenborgh-Oosterbaan MM,Kooi EA

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four major clades of Candida auris have been described, and all infections have clustered in these 4 clades. We identified an isolate representative of a potential fifth clade, separated from the other clades by >200,000 single-nucleotide polymorphisms, in a patient in Iran who had never traveled outside the country. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Chow NA,de Groot T,Badali H,Abastabar M,Chiller TM,Meis JF

更新日期：2019-09-01 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：:Southern Sudan is one of the areas in eastern Africa most affected by visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar), but lack of security and funds has hampered control. Since 2005, the return of stability has opened up new opportunities to expand existing interventions and introduce new ones. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Kolaczinski JH,Hope A,Ruiz JA,Rumunu J,Richer M,Seaman J

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreaks have occurred during the past 5 decades, but none has affected European countries like the 2014 epidemic in West Africa. We used an online questionnaire to investigate risk perceptions in Germany during this epidemic peak. Our questionnaire covered risk perceptions, knowledge about ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Rübsamen N,Castell S,Horn J,Karch A,Ott JJ,Raupach-Rosin H,Zoch B,Krause G,Mikolajczyk RT

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trapping and removing deer mice from ranch buildings resulted in an increased number of mice, including Sin Nombre virus antibody-positive mice, entering ranch buildings. Mouse removal without mouse proofing will not reduce and may even increase human exposure to Sin Nombre hantavirus. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Douglass RJ,Kuenzi AJ,Williams CY,Douglass SJ,Mills JN

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Powerful diagnostic technology, plus the realization that organisms of otherwise unimpressive virulence can produce slowly progressive chronic disease with a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations and disease outcomes, has resulted in the discovery of new infectious agents and new concepts of infectious diseases. Th...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Cassell GH

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00