Influenza A and B virus attachment to respiratory tract in marine mammals.

abstract：:Invasive nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) infections may result from a previously unrecognized source of transmission, heater-cooler devices (HCDs) used during cardiac surgery. In July 2015, the Pennsylvania Department of Health notified the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) about a cluster of NTM infe...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Lyman MM,Grigg C,Kinsey CB,Keckler MS,Moulton-Meissner H,Cooper E,Soe MM,Noble-Wang J,Longenberger A,Walker SR,Miller JR,Perz JF,Perkins KM

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of naturally acquired Plasmodium knowlesi in Singapore, a malaria-free country. Diagnosis was confirmed by PCR with validated species-specific primers. In industrialized countries, free-ranging primates are a potential source of P. knowlesi human infection. P. knowlesi infection is a differential diag...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Ng OT,Ooi EE,Lee CC,Lee PJ,Ng LC,Pei SW,Tu TM,Loh JP,Leo YS

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus infection in a captive giant panda in Hong Kong. The viral load peaked on day 1 and became undetectable on day 5, and an antibody response developed. Genome analysis showed 99.3%-99.9% nucleotide identity between the virus and influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus circulating in Hong Kong...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Martelli P,Teng JLL,Lee FK,Yeong KY,Fong JYH,Hui SW,Chan KH,Lau SKP,Woo PCY

更新日期：2019-12-01 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：:Influenza A (H5N1) viruses are strong candidates for causing the next influenza pandemic if they acquire the ability for efficient human-to-human transmission. A major public health goal is to make efficacious vaccines against these viruses by using novel approaches, including cell-culture system, reverse genetics, an...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Haque A,Hober D,Kasper LH

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the detection of Bordetella holmesii as a cause of whooping cough in Spain. Prevalence was 3.9% in 2015, doubling to 8.8% in 2016. This emergence raises concern regarding the contribution of B. holmesii to the reemergence of whooping cough and the effectiveness of the pertussis vaccine. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Mir-Cros A,Codina G,Martín-Gómez MT,Fàbrega A,Martínez X,Jané M,Van Esso D,Cornejo T,Rodrigo C,Campins M,Pumarola T,González-López JJ

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess diversity of rotavirus strains in Lilongwe, Malawi, we conducted a cross-sectional study of children with acute gastroenteritis, July 2005-June 2007. Serotype G12 was identified in 30 (5%) of 546 rotavirus-positive fecal specimens. The G12 strain possessed multiple electropherotypes and P-types, but their vi...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Cunliffe NA,Ngwira BM,Dove W,Nakagomi O,Nakagomi T,Perez A,Hart CA,Kazembe PN,Mwansambo CC

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study is the first confirmation of Rickettsia felis in Australia. The organism was identified from 4 species of fleas obtained from dogs and cats in Western Australia, by using polymerase chain reaction amplification and DNA sequencing of the citrate synthase and outer membrane protein A genes. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Schloderer D,Owen H,Clark P,Stenos J,Fenwick SG

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine resistance of highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) virus to chlorination, we exposed allantoic fluid containing 2 virus strains to chlorinated buffer at pH 7 and 8, at 5 degrees C. Free chlorine concentrations typically used in drinking water treatment are sufficient to inactivate the virus by >3 orde...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Rice EW,Adcock NJ,Sivaganesan M,Brown JD,Stallknecht DE,Swayne DE

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Death rates exceeded emergency thresholds at 4 sites during epidemics of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Burundi (2000-2001) and in Ethiopia (2003-2004). Deaths likely from malaria ranged from 1,000 to 8,900, depending on site, and accounted for 52% to 78% of total deaths. Earlier detection of malaria and better case...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Guthmann JP,Bonnet M,Ahoua L,Dantoine F,Balkan S,van Herp M,Tamrat A,Legros D,Brown V,Checchi F

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Market surveillance showed continuing circulation of avian influenza A(H5N6) virus in live poultry markets in Guangdong Province in 2017, despite compulsory vaccination for avian influenza A(H5Nx) and A(H7N9). We analyzed H5N6 viruses from 2014-2018 from Guangdong Province, revealing antigenic drift and decreased anti...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Bai R,Sikkema RS,Li CR,Munnink BBO,Wu J,Zou L,Jing Y,Lu J,Yuan R,Liao M,Koopmans MPG,Ke CW

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During November 2004-January 2005, 5 cases of eosinophilic meningitis (EM) attributable to Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection were reported in Hawaii. To determine if this temporal clustering reflected an increased incidence, we ascertained EM and A. cantonensis cases by systematic review of statewide laboratory an...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Hochberg NS,Park SY,Blackburn BG,Sejvar JJ,Gaynor K,Chung H,Leniek K,Herwaldt BL,Effler PV

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is unclear whether seasonal influenza vaccination results in a net increase or decrease in the risk for Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). To assess the effect of seasonal influenza vaccination on the absolute risk of acquiring GBS, we used simulation models and published estimates of age- and sex-specific risks for GB...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Hawken S,Kwong JC,Deeks SL,Crowcroft NS,McGeer AJ,Ducharme R,Campitelli MA,Coyle D,Wilson K

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a nationwide study of the prevalence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection in the Faroe Islands. Of 1,075 randomly selected participants, 6 (0.6%) tested seropositive for antibodies to the virus. Adjustment for test sensitivity and specificity yielded a 0.7% prevalence. Our findings...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Petersen MS,Strøm M,Christiansen DH,Fjallsbak JP,Eliasen EH,Johansen M,Veyhe AS,Kristiansen MF,Gaini S,Møller LF,Steig B,Weihe P

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, usually a sexually transmitted disease, is a risk factor for cervical cancer. Given the substantial disease and death associated with HPV and cervical cancer, development of a prophylactic HPV vaccine is a public health priority. We evaluated the cost-effectiveness of vaccinating ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Sanders GD,Taira AV

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High frequencies of antimicrobial drug resistance were observed in O157 and non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing E. coli strains recovered from patients in Michigan during 2010-2014. Resistance was more common in non-O157 strains and independently associated with hospitalization, indicating that resistance could contribute ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Mukherjee S,Mosci RE,Anderson CM,Snyder BA,Collins J,Rudrik JT,Manning SD

更新日期：2017-09-01 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 analyzed data from the 2015 and 2016 meningitis epidemic seasons in Central African Republic as part of the national disease surveillance. Of 80 tested specimens, 66 belonged to meningococcal serogroup W. Further analysis found that 97.7% of 44 isolates belonged to the hyperinvasive clonal complex sequence type 11....

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Frank T,Hong E,Mbecko JR,Lombart JP,Taha MK,Rubbo PA

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

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：:Carriage of the New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase variant 1 (NDM-1) enables drug resistance to move between communities and hospitals. In Bangladesh, we found the blaNDM-1 gene in 62% of environmental waters and in fermentative and nonfermentative gram-negative bacteria. Escherichia coli sequence type (ST) 101 was most co...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Toleman MA,Bugert JJ,Nizam SA

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bacterium Tropheryma whipplei, which causes Whipple disease in humans, is commonly detected in the feces of persons in Africa. It is also associated with acute infections. We investigated the role of T. whipplei in febrile patients from 2 rural villages in Senegal. During June 2010-March 2012, we collected whole-b...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Bassene H,Mediannikov O,Socolovschi C,Ratmanov P,Keita AK,Sokhna C,Raoult D,Fenollar F

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Members of the Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc), found in many environments, are associated with clinical infections. Examining diverse species and strains from different environments with multilocus sequence typing, we identified > 20% of 381 clinical isolates as indistinguishable from those in the environment. Thi...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Baldwin A,Mahenthiralingam E,Drevinek P,Vandamme P,Govan JR,Waine DJ,LiPuma JJ,Chiarini L,Dalmastri C,Henry DA,Speert DP,Honeybourne D,Maiden MC,Dowson CG

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An ongoing outbreak of multidrug-resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Anatum began in Taiwan in 2015. Pork and poultry were identified as vehicles for transmission. Contaminated meat contributed to the high rate of infections among children. Nearly identical Salmonella Anatum strains have been identified in the Unite...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Feng Y,Chang YJ,Pan SC,Su LH,Li HC,Yang HP,Yu MJ,Chiu CH

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After an alert regarding ≈31 tuberculosis (TB) cases, 3 of which were rifampin-resistant TB cases, in Mbuji-Mayi Central Prison, Democratic Republic of the Congo, we conducted an outbreak investigation in January 2015. We analyzed sputum of presumptive TB patients by using the Xpert MTB/RIF assay. We also assessed the...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Kayomo MK,Hasker E,Aloni M,Nkuku L,Kazadi M,Kabengele T,Muteteke D,Kapita F,Lufulwabo A,Mukadi YD,Muyembe-Tamfum JJ,Ieven M,de Jong BC,Boelaert M

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clonal VGII subtypes (outbreak strains) of Cryptococcus gattii have caused an outbreak in the US Pacific Northwest since 2004. Outbreak-associated infections occur equally in male and female patients (median age 56 years) and usually cause pulmonary disease in persons with underlying medical conditions. Since 2009, a ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Harris JR,Lockhart SR,Sondermeyer G,Vugia DJ,Crist MB,D'Angelo MT,Sellers B,Franco-Paredes C,Makvandi M,Smelser C,Greene J,Stanek D,Signs K,Nett RJ,Chiller T,Park BJ

更新日期：2013-10-01 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：:Cryptococcus gattii has emerged as a human and animal pathogen in the Pacific Northwest. First recognized on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, it now involves mainland British Columbia, and Washington and Oregon in the United States. In Canada, the incidence of disease has been one of the highest worldwide. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Datta K,Bartlett KH,Baer R,Byrnes E,Galanis E,Heitman J,Hoang L,Leslie MJ,MacDougall L,Magill SS,Morshed MG,Marr KA,Cryptococcus gattii Working Group of the Pacific Northwest.

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human bocavirus (HBoV) is a widespread respiratory virus. To improve diagnostic methods, we conducted immunoglobulin (Ig) G and IgM enzyme immunoassays with recombinant virus-like particles of HBoV as antigen. Acute-phase and follow-up serum samples from 258 wheezing children and single serum samples from 115 healthy ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Söderlund-Venermo M,Lahtinen A,Jartti T,Hedman L,Kemppainen K,Lehtinen P,Allander T,Ruuskanen O,Hedman K

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mental models are cognitive representations of phenomena that can constrain efforts to reduce infectious disease. In a study of Zika virus awareness in Guatemala, many participants referred to experiences with other mosquitoborne diseases during discussions of Zika virus. These results highlight the importance of past...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Southwell BG,Ray SE,Vazquez NN,Ligorria T,Kelly BJ

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative data on the onset and evolution of malaria epidemics are scarce. We review case studies from recent African Plasmodium falciparum epidemics (Kisii and Gucha Districts, Kenya, 1999; Kayanza Province, Burundi, 2000-2001; Aweil East, southern Sudan, 2003; Gutten and Damot Gale, Ethiopia, 2003-2004). We highl...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Checchi F,Cox J,Balkan S,Tamrat A,Priotto G,Alberti KP,Guthmann JP

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00