Detection of HPAI H5N1 viruses in ducks sampled from live bird markets in Vietnam.

abstract：:From 1996 to 2004, the incidence of Salmonella Javiana infections increased in FoodNet, the U.S. national active foodborne disease surveillance programme. Contact with amphibians and consumption of tomatoes have been associated with outbreaks of S. Javiana infection. To generate and test hypotheses about risk factors ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Clarkson LS,Tobin-D'Angelo M,Shuler C,Hanna S,Benson J,Voetsch AC

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After a Christmas party in a restaurant, 48 (68%) of the 82 guests contracted calicivirus gastroenteritis. The epidemiological investigation showed that salad was strongly associated with the disease episode (RR = 2.43, P = 0.0005). Similar symptoms occurred among other customers who had had a meal at the same restaur...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Gaulin C,Frigon M,Poirier D,Fournier C

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seasonal peaks in both human campylobacter infections and poultry isolates have been observed in several European countries but remain unexplained. We compared weekly data on human campylobacter infections with thermophilic Campylobacter isolation rates from fresh, retail chicken samples (n = 514) purchased weekly in ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Meldrum RJ,Griffiths JK,Smith RM,Evans MR

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to develop a method for identifying newly diagnosed tuberculosis (TB) patients at risk for TB adverse events in Tamaulipas, Mexico. Surveillance data between 2006 and 2013 (8431 subjects) was used to develop risk scores based on predictive modelling. The final models revealed that TB pati...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Abdelbary BE,Garcia-Viveros M,Ramirez-Oropesa H,Rahbar MH,Restrepo BI

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:American Samoa does not have a hepatitis B vaccination policy for healthcare personnel (HCP). Consequently, hepatitis B has remained a health threat to HCP. In this study, we performed a cross-sectional study and examined demographic and risk information and hepatitis B vaccination, testing, and serostatus in hospital...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Ly KN,Roberts H,Williams RE,Masunu-Faleafaga Y,Drobeniuc J,Kamili S,Teshale EH

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, men who have sex with men (MSM) constitute a major group of HIV transmission in China. High primary drug-resistance (PDR) rate in MSM also represents a serious challenge for the Chinese antiretroviral therapy (ART) program. To assess the efficiency of ART in controlling HIV/AIDS infection among MSM, w...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Lu Z,Wang L,Wang LP,Xing H,Fu G,Yan H,Wang L,Li Z,Xu J,Wang N,Wang K,Peng Z

更新日期：2020-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Laboratory-based surveillance of invasive pneumococcal infections in adults in Finland from 1983 to 1992 identified 862 episodes of pneumococcal bacteraemia and 97 episodes of meningitis. The overall incidence of invasive pneumococcal infections was 9.1 per 100,000 for all adults per year, but 27.1, 35.8, and 44.5 per...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Sankilampi U,Herva E,Haikala R,Liimatainen O,Renkonen OV,Leinonen M

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 2-year study from January 1981 to December 1982 was undertaken to determine the role of viruses in the causation of diarrhoea in hospitalized children in Pune, Maharashtra State, India. The stool samples of 426 children (213 diarrhoeal and 213 non-diarrhoeal controls) were investigated by electron microscopy and ELI...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Singh PB,Sreenivasan MA,Pavri KM

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2016, we reviewed preventive control measures for secondary transmission of Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli (STEC) in humans in European Union (EU)/European Free Trade Association (EEA) countries to inform the revision of the respective Norwegian guidelines which at that time did not accommodate for the vary...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Veneti L,Lange H,Brandal L,Danis K,Vold L

更新日期：2019-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to describe the diurnal shedding dynamics of Escherichia coli O157 in cattle managed on pasture. The purpose was to identify the value of a single measurement for predicting the shedding status on subsequent days. Over a 14-day period, 24 beef cows with known E. coli O157 shedding status were sampled ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Lammers GA,Jordan D,McCONNEL CS,Heller J

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Orf of the hand is an uncommon zoonotic infection caused by a dermotropic DNA virus that belongs to the Parapoxvirus genus of the family Poxviridae. It is transmitted to humans through contact with infected sheep and goats and is reported as an occupational disease. We report nine cases of human orf seen in the hands ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Uzel M,Sasmaz S,Bakaris S,Cetinus E,Bilgic E,Karaoguz A,Ozkul A,Arican O

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:False-positive serological reactions (FPSR) due to infections with Yersinia enterocolitica serotype Oratio9 (YeOratio9) are a problem in tests for brucellosis. In the present study, FPSR in classical and novel tests for brucellosis following experimental infections of pigs with YeOratio9 were compared with responses o...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Jungersen G,Sørensen V,Giese SB,Stack JA,Riber U

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the impact of viral and bacterial co-infection in hospitalised children with Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia (RMPP). Retrospective analysis of 396 children with RMPP in our hospital admitted between 1 January 2011 and 31 December 2016 was performed. Nasal aspirate samples were collected for pathogen det...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Zhang X,Chen Z,Gu W,Ji W,Wang Y,Hao C,He Y,Huang L,Wang M,Shao X,Yan Y

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to estimate the prevalence and risk factors for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in Mexican Americans living in South Texas. We tested plasma for the presence of HCV antibody from the Cameron County Hispanic Cohort (CCHC), a randomized, population-based cohort in an economically disadvantaged Mexican...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Watt GP,Vatcheva KP,Beretta L,Pan JJ,Fallon MB,McCormick JB,Fisher-Hoch SP

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To describe the features of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in Madagascar, a randomized sero-epidemiological survey was undertaken in the general population > or = 1 year old of two provinces which represents 45% of the total population. In the 921 sera tested, the prevalence of HBV markers was 20.5% for HBsAg, 38.2...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Boisier P,Rabarijaona L,Piollet M,Roux JF,Zeller HG

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two enterotoxins, shigella enterotoxin 1 (SHET1) and shigella enterotoxin 2 (SHET2) have been recently characterized and are believed to play a role in the clinical manifestation of shigellosis. One hundred and twenty-one isolates of Shigella spp. of 13 different serotypes and variants and 10 isolates of enteroinvasiv...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Yavzori M,Cohen D,Orr N

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Occurrences of ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP) and Vibrio cholerae infected patients in Hong Kong were reviewed for the 13-year period 1989-2001. Peak activity of CFP preceded peak activity of cholera in nine of the years except in 4 years (1990, 1991, 1992, 1996) where it was observed that the total number of cholera ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Kwan LC,Cheung DK,Kam KM

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In March 2020, China had periodically controlled the coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) epidemic. We reported the results of health screening for COVID-19 among returned staff of a hospital and conducted a summary analysis to provide valuable experience for curbing the COVID-19 epidemic and rebound. In total, 4729 retu...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Duan P,Deng ZQ,Pan ZY,Wang YP

更新日期：2020-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole apples have not been previously implicated in outbreaks of foodborne bacterial illness. We investigated a nationwide listeriosis outbreak associated with caramel apples. We defined an outbreak-associated case as an infection with one or both of two outbreak strains of Listeria monocytogenes highly related by who...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Angelo KM,Conrad AR,Saupe A,Dragoo H,West N,Sorenson A,Barnes A,Doyle M,Beal J,Jackson KA,Stroika S,Tarr C,Kucerova Z,Lance S,Gould LH,Wise M,Jackson BR

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of band differences in DNA macrorestriction profiles required to distinguish unrelated strains from an index strain varies in an outbreak with the species and restriction enzyme used. In order to define this difference for epidemiological studies of Serratia marcescens, we produced DNA fingerprints from 57 ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Aucken HM,Boquete T,Kaufmann ME,Pitt TL

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the prevalence, correlates and trends of H. pylori infection in Israel using residual sera obtained in 2007-2008 from 1466 Jewish subjects aged 0-77 years and 897 Arabs aged 0-19 years, and in 2000-2001 from 627 Jewish and 575 Arab subjects aged 0-19 years. H. pylori IgG antibodies were measured by ELISA. ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Muhsen K,Cohen D,Spungin-Bialik A,Shohat T

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most villagers in north-east Thailand carry water to their homes and store it in separate containers depending on its subsequent use. In one village, information on water use was collated with the bacteriological quality of stored water, water sources and fingertip-rinses. Stored water quality was a function of water-...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Pinfold JV

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a common herpesvirus establishing lifelong persisting infection, which has been implicated in immunosenescence and mortality in the elderly. Little is known about how and when susceptibility to CMV infection is determined. We measured CMV seroprevalence in two genetically informative coh...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Mortensen LH,Maier AB,Slagbom PE,Pawelec G,Derhovanessian E,Petersen I,Jahn G,Westendorp RG,Christensen K

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The seasonality of canine births was investigated using records from the Kennel Club and the breeding centre for the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association. In these populations a distinct seasonal pattern was found with a greater number of puppies being born in the summer months than the winter. The hypothesis that the...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Evans SJ

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We systematically investigated risk factors for typhoid fever in Kamalapur, a poor urban area of Bangladesh, to inform targeted public health measures for its control. We interviewed patients with typhoid fever and two age-matched controls per case about exposures during the 14 days before the onset of illness. The mu...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Ram PK,Naheed A,Brooks WA,Hossain MA,Mintz ED,Breiman RF,Luby SP

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study the distribution of phenotypes of campylobacter strains in sewage and surface waters was investigated by subtyping and by speciation of isolates from various aquatic environments. These environments included two municipal sewage plants (SPA and SPB) and waste water from a poultry abattoir (WWA). Both the...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Koenraad PM,Ayling R,Hazeleger WC,Rombouts FM,Newell DG

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 1976 and 1986, 258 incidents of suspected scombrotoxic fish poisoning were reported in Britain. Histamine analysis was carried out on 240 fish samples from these incidents, and 101 were found to contain greater than 5 mg histamine/100 g fish. The symptoms most consistently reported were rash, diarrhoea, flushi...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Bartholomew BA,Berry PR,Rodhouse JC,Gilbert RJ,Murray CK

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:West Nile virus (WNV) strains belonging to lineage 2 were detected and isolated from the tissues of a goshawk and two carrion crows in Sardinia in August 2012. According to NS3 sequence analysis, the Sardinian isolates shared a high level of similarity with those of Italian lineage 2 strains which circulated in 2011 a...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Savini G,Puggioni G,DI Gennaro A,DI Francesco G,Rocchigiani AM,Polci A,Marini V,Pinoni C,Rolesu S,Marruchella G,Lorusso A,Monaco F

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated whether straight-line distance from residential compounds to healthcare facilities influenced mortality, the incidence of pneumonia and vaccine efficacy against pneumonia in rural Gambia. Clinical surveillance for pneumonia was conducted on 6938 children living in the catchment areas of the two largest...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Zaman SM,Cox J,Enwere GC,Bottomley C,Greenwood BM,Cutts FT

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transmission of varicella occurs frequently in schools and households. We investigated the characteristics of varicella cases derived from within-household transmission and the modes of varicella transmission between school and household settings in Shanghai, China, from 2009 to 2018. Within-household transmission occ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Chen YF,Zhou Q,Liu JY,Gong RJ,Mao SQ,Ye ZJ,Wu QS

更新日期：2020-02-14 00:00:00