Identification of rickettsial infections by using cutaneous swab specimens and PCR.

abstract：:We investigated the presence in US pigs of rotavirus H (RVH), identified in pigs in Japan and Brazil. From 204 samples collected during 2006-2009, we identified RVH in 15% of fecal samples from 10 US states, suggesting that RVH has circulated in the United States since 2002, but probably longer. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Marthaler D,Rossow K,Culhane M,Goyal S,Collins J,Matthijnssens J,Nelson M,Ciarlet M

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reemergence of Schmallenberg virus (SBV) occurred among lambs (n = 50) in a sheep flock in Belgium between mid-July and mid-October 2012. Bimonthly assessment by quantitative reverse transcription PCR and seroneutralization demonstrated that 100% of lambs were infected. Viremia duration may be longer in naturally infe...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Claine F,Coupeau D,Wiggers L,Muylkens B,Kirschvink N

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During April 2011-March 2012, we retrospectively reviewed medical records for South Korea soldiers to assess the etiology and epidemiology of acute viral lower respiratory tract infections. Adenovirus was the most commonly identified virus (63.2%) and the most common cause of pneumonia (79.3%) and hospitalization (76....

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Heo JY,Lee JE,Kim HK,Choe KW

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During August 2009-July 2010, we conducted 7 longitudinal telephone surveys among 503 adults in Hong Kong, China, to explore changes in their behavioral and psychological responses to the influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus epidemic. Trends were examined using generalized estimating equations models. Findings showed that res...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Yeung NCY,Lau JTF,Choi KC,Griffiths S

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) is a polio-like disease that results in paralysis in previously healthy persons. Although the definitive cause of AFM remains unconfirmed, enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) is suspected based on 2014 data demonstrating an increase in AFM cases concomitant with an EV-D68 outbreak. We examined the pr...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Uprety P,Curtis D,Elkan M,Fink J,Rajagopalan R,Zhao C,Bittinger K,Mitchell S,Ulloa ER,Hopkins S,Graf EH

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We isolated and characterized Nipah virus (NiV) from Pteropus vampyrus bats, the putative reservoir for the 1998 outbreak in Malaysia, and provide evidence of viral recrudescence. This isolate is monophyletic with previous NiVs in combined analysis, and the nucleocapsid gene phylogeny species. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Rahman SA,Hassan SS,Olival KJ,Mohamed M,Chang LY,Hassan L,Saad NM,Shohaimi SA,Mamat ZC,Naim MS,Epstein JH,Suri AS,Field HE,Daszak P,Henipavirus Ecology Research Group.

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phylogenetic analysis of a collection of 103 E1 gene sequences from rubella viruses isolated from 17 countries from 1961 to 2000 confirmed the existence of at least two genotypes. Rubella genotype I (RGI) isolates, predominant in Europe, Japan, and the Western Hemisphere, segregated into discrete subgenotypes; interna...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Zheng DP,Frey TK,Icenogle J,Katow S,Abernathy ES,Song KJ,Xu WB,Yarulin V,Desjatskova RG,Aboudy Y,Enders G,Croxson M

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes mellitus and hypertension are recognized risk factors for severe clinical outcomes, including death, associated with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection. Among 32 virus-infected patients in Saudi Arabia, severity of illness and frequency of death corresponded closely with presence of multip...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Alanazi KH,Abedi GR,Midgley CM,Alkhamis A,Alsaqer T,Almoaddi A,Algwizani A,Ghazal SS,Assiri AM,Jokhdar H,Gerber SI,Alabdely H,Watson JT

更新日期：2020-01-01 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：:Despite the recent global spread of CTX-M beta-lactamases in Escherichia coli isolates from community-acquired urinary tract infections (CA-UTIs), their dissemination has been little studied in developing countries. In a 2-year prospective study, we documented the prevalence of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Ruppé E,Hem S,Lath S,Gautier V,Ariey F,Sarthou JL,Monchy D,Arlet G

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:“Mycobacterium canettii,” an opportunistic human pathogen living in an unknown environmental reservoir, is the progenitor species from which Mycobacterium tuberculosis emerged. Since its discovery in 1969, most of the ≈70 known M. canettii strains were isolated in the Republic of Djibouti, frequently from expatriate c...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Blouin Y,Cazajous G,Dehan C,Soler C,Vong R,Hassan MO,Hauck Y,Boulais C,Andriamanantena D,Martinaud C,Martin É,Pourcel C,Vergnaud G

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subclinical infection of vaccinated chickens with a highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N2) virus was identified through routine surveillance in China. Investigation suggested that the virus has evolved into multiple genotypes. To better control transmission of the virus, we recommend a strengthened program of educa...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Ma QX,Jiang WM,Liu S,Wang SC,Zhuang QY,Hou GY,Liu XM,Sui ZH,Chen JM

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated an indirect immunofluorescence assay based on virus-infected cells for detecting anti-severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV) immunoglobulin (Ig) G antibody. All confirmed SARS cases demonstrated seroconversion or fourfold rise in IgG antibody titer; no control was positive. Se...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Chan PK,Ng KC,Chan RC,Lam RK,Chow VC,Hui M,Wu A,Lee N,Yap FH,Cheng FW,Sung JJ,Tam JS

更新日期：2004-03-01 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：:We investigated the genetic diversity of measles virus (MV) in Nigeria (2004-2005) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) (2002-2006). Genotype B3 strains circulating in Kinshasa, DRC, in 2002-2003 were fully replaced by genotype B2 in 2004 at the end of the second Congo war. In Nigeria (2004-2005), two geneti...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Kremer JR,Nkwembe E,Bola Oyefolu AO,Smit SB,Pukuta E,Omilabu SA,Adu FD,Muyembe Tamfum JJ,Muller CP

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fungal diseases are increasing among patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1. Infections due to Candida and Cryptococcus are the most common. Although mucocutaneous candidiasis can be treated with oral antifungal agents, increasing evidence suggests that prolonged use of these drugs results in...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Ampel NM

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hantaviruses are carried by numerous rodent species throughout the world. In 1993, a previously unknown group of hantaviruses emerged in the United States as the cause of an acute respiratory disease now termed hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS). Before than, hantaviruses were known as the etiologic agents of hemorrh...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Schmaljohn C,Hjelle B

更新日期：1997-04-01 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 previously healthy man from eastern Kansas, USA, sought medical care in late spring because of a history of tick bite, fever, and fatigue. The patient had thrombocytopenia and leukopenia and was given doxycycline for a presumed tickborne illness. His condition did not improve. Multiorgan failure developed, and he di...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Kosoy OI,Lambert AJ,Hawkinson DJ,Pastula DM,Goldsmith CS,Hunt DC,Staples JE

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Influenza A pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus continues to rapidly spread worldwide. In 2009, pandemic (H1N1) 2009 infection in a domestic cat from Iowa was diagnosed by a novel PCR assay that distinguishes between Eurasian and North American pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus matrix genes. Human-to-cat transmission is presumed. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Sponseller BA,Strait E,Jergens A,Trujillo J,Harmon K,Koster L,Jenkins-Moore M,Killian M,Swenson S,Bender H,Waller K,Miles K,Pearce T,Yoon KJ,Nara P

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested for dengue seroconversion among 104 Israeli young adults who traveled to tropical countries for at least 3 months. Seven (6. 7%) seroconverted during travel; four (3.8%) had immunoglobulin (Ig) M antibodies; one was symptomatic with borderline IgM and a rise in IgG; two others (1.9%) had a rise in IgG titers...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Potasman I,Srugo I,Schwartz E

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Australia in 2015, Candida auris sternal osteomyelitis was diagnosed in a 65-year-old man with a history of intensive care treatment in Kenya in 2012 and without a history of cardiac surgery. The isolate was South Africa clade III. Clinicians should note that C. auris can cause low-grade disease years after coloniz...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Heath CH,Dyer JR,Pang S,Coombs GW,Gardam DJ

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a case of recurrent coccidioidal meningitis in which a fungal biofilm on the tip of ventriculo-peritoneal shunt tubing was likely responsible for a 4-year persistence of Coccidioides immitis, despite the patient's taking an adequate dosage of fluconazole. Fungal biofilms should be considered as a cause for...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Davis LE,Cook G,Costerton JW

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An estimated one quarter of persons worldwide are infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In 2018, the World Health Organization issued revised guidance on BCG vaccine for high-risk groups. The World Health Organization should consider guiding countries on a case-by-case basis in developing appropriate BCG policies ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Pooransingh S,Sakhamuri S

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimicrobial treatments and vaccines can alter bacterial interactions in the nasopharynx, thereby altering disease processes. To better understand these interactions, we examined colonization rates of 3 respiratory bacterial pathogens among 320 children when healthy and at onset of acute otitis media (AOM). Bacterial...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Xu Q,Almudervar A,Casey JR,Pichichero ME

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diphtheritic polyneuropathy is a vaccine-preventable illness caused by exotoxin-producing strains of Corynebacterium diphtheriae. We present a retrospective convenience case series of 15 children (6 girls)<15 years of age (mean age 5.2 years, case-fatality rate 53%, and 1 additional case-patient who was ventilator dep...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Mateen FJ,Bahl S,Khera A,Sutter RW

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomic analysis of type emm59 group A Streptococcus invasive strains isolated in the United States discovered higher than anticipated genetic heterogeneity among strains and identified a heretofore unrecognized monoclonal cluster of invasive infections in the San Francisco Bay area. Heightened monitoring for a potent...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Fittipaldi N,Olsen RJ,Beres SB,Van Beneden C,Musser JM

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Baloxavir showed broad-spectrum in vitro replication inhibition of 4 types of influenza viruses (90% effective concentration range 1.2-98.3 nmol/L); susceptibility pattern was influenza A ˃ B ˃ C ˃ D. This drug also inhibited influenza A viruses of avian and swine origin, including viruses that have pandemic potential...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Mishin VP,Patel MC,Chesnokov A,De La Cruz J,Nguyen HT,Lollis L,Hodges E,Jang Y,Barnes J,Uyeki T,Davis CT,Wentworth DE,Gubareva LV

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyrethroid resistance is becoming widespread in Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes, coinciding with expanded use of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) throughout Africa. To investigate whether nets in use are still protective, we conducted household trials in northern and southern Benin, where An. gambiae mosquitoes are suscep...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Asidi A,N'Guessan R,Akogbeto M,Curtis C,Rowland M

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preventing emergence of new zoonotic viruses depends on understanding determinants for human risk. Nipah virus (NiV) is a lethal zoonotic pathogen that has spilled over from bats into human populations, with limited person-to-person transmission. We examined ecologic and human behavioral drivers of geographic variatio...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Gurley ES,Hegde ST,Hossain K,Sazzad HMS,Hossain MJ,Rahman M,Sharker MAY,Salje H,Islam MS,Epstein JH,Khan SU,Kilpatrick AM,Daszak P,Luby SP

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00