Survey of infections transmissible between baboons and humans, Cape Town, South Africa.

abstract：:Northwestern Memorial Hospital instituted in-house molecular typing to rapidly assess microbial clonality and integrated this typing into an infection control program. We compared data on nosocomial infections collected during 24 months before and 60 months after implementing the new program. During the intervention p...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Peterson LR,Noskin GA

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Risk factors for sporadic cryptosporidiosis were determined in 152 patients and 466 unmatched controls who resided in two local government districts in North Cumbria, North West England, from March 1, 1996, to February 29, 2000. Risk was associated with the usual daily volume of cold unboiled tap water drunk (odds rat...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Goh S,Reacher M,Casemore DP,Verlander NQ,Chalmers R,Knowles M,Williams J,Osborn K,Richards S

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four hundred specimens were collected from pediatric patients hospitalized in Singapore; 21 of these specimens tested positive for human metapneumovirus (HMPV), with the A2 genotype predominating. A 5% infection rate was estimated, suggesting that HMPV is a significant cause of morbidity among the pediatric population...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Loo LH,Tan BH,Ng LM,Tee NW,Lin RT,Sugrue RJ

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a retrospective population-based study of 140 episodes of Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis bacteremia occurring in Finland during 1995-2004. Rare emm types were associated with more severe disease and increased mortality rates. Skin and soft tissue infections were more frequent clinical signs...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Rantala S,Vahakuopus S,Vuopio-Varkila J,Vuento R,Syrjanen J

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known about the emergence and spread of virulent subtypes of Cryptosporidium hominis, the predominant species responsible for human cryptosporidiosis. We conducted sequence analyses of 32 genetic loci of 53 C. hominis specimens isolated from a longitudinally followed cohort of children living in a small comm...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Li N,Xiao L,Cama VA,Ortega Y,Gilman RH,Guo M,Feng Y

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 1,068 asymptomatic close contacts of patients with severe acute respiratory (SARS) from the 2003 epidemic in Hong Kong were serologically tested, and 2 (0.19%) were positive for SARS coronavirus immunoglobulin G antibody. SARS rarely manifests as a subclinical infection, and at present, wild animal species ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Leung GM,Chung PH,Tsang T,Lim W,Chan SK,Chau P,Donnelly CA,Ghani AC,Fraser C,Riley S,Ferguson NM,Anderson RM,Law YL,Mok T,Ng T,Fu A,Leung PY,Peiris JS,Lam TH,Hedley AJ

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (the cause of Lyme borreliosis) seropositivity in Germany, we tested serum samples from health survey (2008-2011) participants. Seroprevalence was 5.8% among women and 13.0% among men; infection risk was highest among persons >60 years of age. Public health interventions, incl...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Wilking H,Fingerle V,Klier C,Thamm M,Stark K

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whether severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV) infection can be asymptomatic is unclear. We examined the seroprevalence of SARS-CoV among 674 healthcare workers from a hospital in which a SARS outbreak had occurred. A total of 353 (52%) experienced mild self-limiting illnesses, and 321 (48...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Chan PK,Ip M,Ng KC,Rickjason CW,Wu A,Lee N,Rainer TH,Joynt GM,Sung JJ,Tam JS

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retrospective testing of 3,232 serum samples from the general population and 518 serum samples from a high-risk group showed no evidence of human exposure to Neospora caninum in England. Results were obtained by using immunofluorescence antibody testing and ELISA to analyze frequency distribution. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： McCann CM,Vyse AJ,Salmon RL,Thomas D,Williams DJ,McGarry JW,Pebody R,Trees AJ

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-distance transport of pathogens plays a critical role in the emergence of novel diseases. Shipping is a major contributor to such transport, and the role of ships in spreading disease has been recognized for centuries. However, statistical confirmation of pathogen spread by shipping is usually impractical. We pre...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Murray AG,Smith RJ,Stagg RM

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report 3 cases of spotted fever group rickettsial infection (presumed Queensland tick typhus) in residents of northern Queensland, Australia, who had unusually severe clinical manifestations. Complications included renal failure, purpura fulminans, and severe pneumonia. Clinical illness caused by Rickettsia austral...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： McBride WJ,Hanson JP,Miller R,Wenck D

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the effect of closing live poultry markets in China on influenza A(H7N9) virus detection and viability. Intensive sampling was carried out before, during, and after a 2-week citywide market closure; the markets were cleaned and disinfected at the beginning of the closure period. Swab samples were collected...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Yuan J,Lau EH,Li K,Leung YH,Yang Z,Xie C,Liu Y,Liu Y,Ma X,Liu J,Li X,Chen K,Luo L,Di B,Cowling BJ,Tang X,Leung GM,Wang M,Peiris M

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used whole-genome sequence typing (WGST) to investigate an outbreak of Sarocladium kiliense bloodstream infections (BSI) associated with receipt of contaminated antinausea medication among oncology patients in Colombia and Chile during 2013-2014. Twenty-five outbreak isolates (18 from patients and 7 from medication...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Etienne KA,Roe CC,Smith RM,Vallabhaneni S,Duarte C,Escadon P,Castaneda E,Gomez BL,de Bedout C,López LF,Salas V,Hederra LM,Fernandez J,Pidal P,Hormazabel JC,Otaiza F,Vannberg FO,Gillece J,Lemmer D,Driebe EM,Engleth

更新日期：2016-03-01 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：:We compared travel histories of case-patients with Cryptococcus gattii infection during 1999-2006 to travel destinations of the general public on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Findings validated and refined estimates of risk on the basis of place of residence and showed no spatial progression of risk are...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Chambers C,MacDougall L,Li M,Galanis E

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vellore, a region in southern India, has a high incidence of severe human infections with Beta-hemolytic group C and G streptococci (GCGS). To determine the causative species in these infections, we conducted 16S rRNA gene sequencing: Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis (81%) and S. anginosus (19%) were the ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Reissmann S,Friedrichs C,Rajkumari R,Itzek A,Fulde M,Rodloff AC,Brahmadathan KN,Chhatwal GS,Nitsche-Schmitz DP

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multidrug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis seriously threaten tuberculosis (TB) control and prevention efforts. Molecular studies of the mechanism of action of antitubercular drugs have elucidated the genetic basis of drug resistance in M. tuberculosis. Drug resistance in M. tuberculosis is attributed p...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Rattan A,Kalia A,Ahmad N

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a highly contagious viral tick-borne disease with case-fatality rates as high as 50%. We describe a collaborative evaluation of the characteristics, performance, and on-site applicability of serologic and molecular assays for diagnosis of CCHF. We evaluated ELISA, immunofluore...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Vanhomwegen J,Alves MJ,Zupanc TA,Bino S,Chinikar S,Karlberg H,Korukluoğlu G,Korva M,Mardani M,Mirazimi A,Mousavi M,Papa A,Saksida A,Sharifi-Mood B,Sidira P,Tsergouli K,Wölfel R,Zeller H,Dubois P

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Viruses occupy a unique position in biology. Although they possess some of the properties of living systems such as having a genome, they are actually nonliving infectious entities and should not be considered microorganisms. A clear distinction should be drawn between the terms virus, virion, and virus species. Speci...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： van Regenmortel MH,Mahy BW

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multidrug-resistant Salmonella enterica serotype Anatum strain reported in Taiwan was isolated in the United States from patients and from seafood imported from Asia. Isolates harbored 11 resistance determinants, including quinolone and inducible cephalosporin resistance genes. Most patients had traveled to Asia. Th...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Karp BE,Leeper MM,Chen JC,Tagg KA,Francois Watkins LK,Friedman CR

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe incidence and risk factors for pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus infection in healthcare personnel during the June-September 2009 epidemic in Singapore. Personnel contributed 3 serologic samples during June-October 2009, with seroconversion defined as a ≥4-fold increase in hemagglutination inhibition titers to pa...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Chen MI,Lee VJ,Barr I,Lin C,Goh R,Lee C,Singh B,Tan J,Lim WY,Cook AR,Ang B,Chow A,Tan BH,Loh J,Shaw R,Chia KS,Lin RT,Leo YS

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed the main karyologic changes that have occurred during the dispersion of Triatoma infestans, the main vector of Chagas disease. We identified two allopatric groups, named Andean and non-Andean. The Andean specimens present C-heterochromatic blocks in most of their 22 chromosomes, whereas non-Andean specimen...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Panzera F,Dujardin JP,Nicolini P,Caraccio MN,Rose V,Tellez T,Bermúdez H,Bargues MD,Mas-Coma S,O'Connor JE,Pérez R

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shigella commonly causes gastroenteritis but rarely spreads to the blood. During 2002-2012, we identified 11,262 Shigella infections through population-based active surveillance in Georgia; 72 (0.64%) were isolated from blood. Bacteremia was associated with age >18 years, black race, and S. flexneri. More than half of...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Tobin-D'Angelo M,Oosmanally N,Wilson SN,Anderson EJ,Segler S,Poventud L

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a retrospective study on circulation of Zika virus in Cambodia during 2007-2016 among patients with dengue-like symptoms and Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. Our findings suggest that Zika virus in Cambodia belongs to the Asia genotype, is endemic, has low prevalence, and has had low-level impact on public health...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Duong V,Ong S,Leang R,Huy R,Ly S,Mounier U,Ou T,In S,Peng B,Ken S,Buchy P,Tarantola A,Horwood PF,Dussart P

更新日期：2017-02-01 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：: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：:From February through April 2007, avian influenza (H5N1) was confirmed in poultry in 4 of 34 Afghan provinces. A survey conducted in 2 affected and 3 unaffected provinces found that greater knowledge about reducing exposure was associated with higher socioeconomic status, residence in affected provinces, and not ownin...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Leslie T,Billaud J,Mofleh J,Mustafa L,Yingst S

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transmissible mink encepholapathy (TME) is a foodborne transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) of ranch-raised mink; infection with a ruminant TSE has been proposed as the cause, but the precise origin of TME is unknown. To compare the phenotypes of each TSE, bovine-passaged TME isolate and 3 distinct natural bo...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Baron T,Bencsik A,Biacabe AG,Morignat E,Bessen RA

更新日期：2007-12-01 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：: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