Important roles of public playgrounds in the transmission of hand, foot, and mouth disease.

abstract：:Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) with the type IV staphylococcal chromosomal cassette mec (SCCmec) is rarely reported as being acquired in hospital. We report a hospital outbreak, in Grampian, Scotland, of eight cases of skin and soft-tissue infections due to such a strain. Al...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Gould IM,Girvan EK,Browning RA,MacKenzie FM,Edwards GF

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite rapid urbanization and increasing affluence in Karachi, cases of cholera are frequent. We analysed computerized isolation data from the AKUH Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Karachi, from 1990-6 to examine microbiological, temporal and demographic trends in Vibrio cholerae infections. During this period 888 s...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Sheikh A,Khan A,Malik T,Fisher-Hoch SP

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated two sequential outbreaks of severe diarrhoea in two neighbouring villages of Orissa, in 2005. We conducted descriptive and matched case-control studies. The attack rates were 5.6% (n=62) and 5.2% (n=51), respectively, in the first and second villages. One death was reported in the second village (case ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： DAS A,Manickam P,Hutin Y,Pattanaik B,Pal BB,Chhotray GP,Kar SK,Gupte MD

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transmission of acute respiratory infections (ARI) and acute gastroenteritis (AGE) often occurs in households. The aim of this study was to assess which proportion of ARI and AGE is introduced and transmitted by children in German households with children attending child care. We recruited families with children aged ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Schlinkmann KM,Bakuli A,Karch A,Meyer F,Dreesman J,Monazahian M,Mikolajczyk R

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The emergence of 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is currently a global concern. In this study, our goal was to explore the changing expression levels of acute-phase reaction proteins (APRPs) in the serum of COVID-19 patients and to elucidate the immunological characteristics of COVID-19. In the study design,...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Li L,Chen C

更新日期：2020-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Twelve non-replicate Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from five European hospitals, Kuwait, and the US military healthcare system collected between 1980 and 2005 revealed a new clone, CC32. These included representative isolates of outbreaks/cross-infections. Antimicrobial susceptibility and carbapenem-resistant genet...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Da Silva GJ,Van Der Reijden T,Domingues S,Mendonça N,Petersen K,Dijkshoorn L

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dogs can be infected by a wide range of Bartonella spp., but limited studies have been conducted in tropical urban and rural dog populations. We aimed to determine Bartonella antibody prevalence in 455 domestic dogs from four tropical countries and detect Bartonella DNA in a subset of these dogs. Bartonella antibodies...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Brenner EC,Chomel BB,Singhasivanon OU,Namekata DY,Kasten RW,Kass PH,Cortés-Vecino JA,Gennari SM,Rajapakse RP,Huong LT,Dubey JP

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey of the seroprevalence of pertussis antibodies in a representative sample of the population from Catalonia was carried out. Ninety-seven municipalities and 30 schools were randomly selected to recruit the 2126 subjects who participated in the study. A serum sample was obtained from all individuals participatin...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Domínguez A,Vidal J,Plans P,Salleras L

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emergence of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus in Egypt in mid-February 2006 caused significant losses for the poultry industry and constituted a potential threat to public health. Since late 2007, there has been increasing evidence that stable lineages of H5N1 viruses are being established in ch...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Abdelwhab EM,Hafez HM

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Capture-recapture analysis has been used to evaluate infectious disease surveillance. Violation of the underlying assumptions can jeopardize the validity of the capture-recapture estimates and a tool is needed for cross-validation. We re-examined 19 datasets of log-linear model capture-recapture studies on infectious ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： van Hest NA,Grant AD,Smit F,Story A,Richardus JH

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In May 1992, a small, circumscribed community outbreak of infection due to verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 phage type 49 occurred in a semi-rural area of south-east Scotland. On the basis of stool cultures, six cases were identified, one of whom was asymptomatic. One child developed the haemolytic uraemic sy...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Brewster DH,Brown MI,Robertson D,Houghton GL,Bimson J,Sharp JC

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rabies is a prevalent and re-emerging disease in South Africa particularly in rural areas with high human densities. Outbreaks are frequently reported in the north and eastern parts of this country, probably an indication of inadequacy in the control of the disease. Following the 2005/2006 outbreak in Limpopo, we unde...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Sabeta CT,Mkhize GC,Ngoepe EC

更新日期：2011-10-01 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：:The prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection is decreasing in developed countries. In this study we included 22,612 patients in whom a first culture of gastric biopsy (routinely performed in our medical centres) yielded an interpretable result over a 20-year period (1988-2007) in Brussels. The effects of patients' ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Miendje Deyi VY,Vanderpas J,Bontems P,Van den Borre C,De Koster E,Cadranel S,Burette A

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current methods of control recruitment for case-control studies can be slow (a particular issue for outbreak investigations), resource-intensive and subject to a range of biases. Commercial market panels are a potential source of rapidly recruited controls. Our study evaluated food exposure data from these panel contr...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Inns T,Curtis D,Crook P,Vivancos R,Gardiner D,McCarthy N,Mook P

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) is a cattle respiratory disease that represents one of the major threats to cattle health and production in sub-Saharan Africa. The transmission contact rate of CBPP plays a key role in the spreading dynamics of the disease. We have developed an approach based on the combinatio...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Balenghien T,Chalvet-Monfray K,Bicout DJ,Sabatier P

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) publishes guidelines regularly for the management of skin and soft tissue infections; however, the extent to which practice patterns follow these guidelines and if this can affect treatment failure rates is unknown. We observed the treatment failure rates from a multice...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Haran JP,Wilsterman E,Zeoli T,Goulding M,McLendon E,Clark MA

更新日期：2018-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:To gain insight into pertussis disease dynamics, we studied age-specific long-term periodicity and seasonality of pertussis in The Netherlands. Hierarchical time-series models were used to analyse the monthly reported pertussis incidence in January 1996-June 2006 by age group. The incidence of pertussis showed a sligh...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： De Greeff SC,Dekkers AL,Teunis P,Rahamat-Langendoen JC,Mooi FR,De Melker HE

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated which vaccination schedule gives best protection to the vaccinating population, in case there is a measles epidemic in an area with low vaccine coverage. We considered combinations of an early measles vaccination (none, at 6 months or at 9 months), a measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccination around the f...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： van den Hof S,Wallinga J,Widdowson MA,Conyn-van Spaendonck MA

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 637 strains of Salmonella bareilly received from different parts of India between 1959 and 1985 were phage typed using five locally isolated wild phages. The overall typability was 94.5% and 11 different phage types could be defined. Phage types 10 and 1 were the most prevalent and the geographical and sour...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Singh G,Sharma NC,Jayasheela M,Saxena SN

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) outbreaks in pigs are associated with increased susceptibility of pigs to secondary bacterial infections, including Streptococcus suis - an important zoonotic pathogen causing bacterial meningitis in humans. This case-control study examined the association between h...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Huong VT,Thanh LV,Phu VD,Trinh DT,Inui K,Tung N,Oanh NT,Trung NV,Hoa NT,Bryant JE,Horby PW,Kinh NV,Wertheim HF

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the relationship between meteorological parameters and hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) activity. Meteorological data collected from 2000 to 2004 were tested for correlation with HFMD consultation rates calculated through the sentinel surveillance system in Hong Kong. The regression model constructed wa...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Ma E,Lam T,Wong C,Chuang SK

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:West Nile virus (WNV) is now endemic in the USA. After the widespread surge of virus activity across the USA, research has flourished, and our knowledge base has significantly expanded over the past 10 years since WNV was first recognized in New York City. This article provides a review of the virology of WNV, history...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Murray KO,Walker C,Gould E

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred and seventy-five consecutive clinical isolates of coagulase-negative staphylococci, including strains associated with disease, contaminants and skin colonizers, were speciated, tested for slime production and for their sensitivity to a range of antibiotics. Staphylococcus epidermidis was the most commonly ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Deighton MA,Franklin JC,Spicer WJ,Balkau B

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis (TB) remains a global public health threat. Misdiagnosis and delayed therapy of sputum smear-negative TB can affect the treatment outcomes and promote pathogen transmission. The application of Xpert MTB/RIF assay in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) has been recommended but needs clinical evidence. We c...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Liu Q,Ji Y,Martinez L,Lu W,Shi X,Wang J,Zeng Y

更新日期：2020-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:A Bayesian Belief Network (BBN) for assessing the potential risk of dengue virus emergence and distribution in Western Australia (WA) is presented and used to identify possible hotspots of dengue outbreaks in summer and winter. The model assesses the probabilities of two kinds of events which must take place before an...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Ho SH,Speldewinde P,Cook A

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Argentina, bovine leukaemia virus (BLV) infection is common in dairy herds. The country currently has a National Voluntary Control Programme but relatively few farms have enrolled. However, there is increased interest from authorities and farmers to implement regional compulsory programmes but there is scarce quant...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Monti GE,Frankena K,De Jong MC

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Guidelines for the severity classification and treatment of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) were published by Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)/Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) in 2010; however, compliance and efficacy of these guidelines has not been widely investigated. This pr...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Crowell KT,Julian KG,Katzman M,Berg AS,Tinsley A,Williams ED,Koltun WA,Messaris E

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many infectious diseases in humans may manifest with no or mild symptoms. While numerous studies have estimated the proportion of infectious individuals in whom symptoms are absent during the entire course of infection, the contribution of asymptomatic cases to the overall cumulative incidence is difficult to untangle...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Champredon D,Moghadas SM

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an incomplete study in 1965 microscopic haematuria in the second or third week after acute pharyngitis was found four times more often in patients with either microbiological or clinical evidence of dual infection with both group A streptococci and a virus than in patients with evidence only of infection with group...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Higgins PM

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00