Widespread detection of antibodies to Leptospira in feral swine in the United States.

abstract：:The status of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among non-European Union (non-EU) immigrants in North-East Italy was evaluated. Among the 1683 individuals tested the prevalence of HBsAg was 8.9% (150 subjects) and of HBV antibodies (anti-HBc with/without anti-HBs) was 38.9% (654 subjects). ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Chiaramonte M,Pupo A,Menegon T,Baldo V,Malatesta R,Trivello R

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) outbreak in Japan was investigated with an observational study, analytical epidemiology and bacteriological examination (including phage typing). The outbreak occurred among 96 schoolchildren, and was caused by SE phage type 1. The outbreak source was dessert buns served at a school lunch...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Matsui T,Suzuki S,Takahashi H,Ohyama T,Kobayashi J,Izumiya H,Watanabe H,Kasuga F,Kijima H,Shibata K,Okabe N

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaccines are the cornerstone of influenza control policy, but can suffer from several drawbacks. Seasonal influenza vaccines are prone to production problems and low efficacies, while pandemic vaccines are unlikely to be available in time to slow a rapidly spreading global outbreak. Antiviral therapy was found to be b...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Kramer SC,Bansal S

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sera from an outbreak of acute respiratory illness in a boys boarding school originally thought to have been due to psittacosis (1) have been re-examined and evidence is presented that suggests that the outbreak was caused by Chlamydia pneumoniae, strain TWAR (2). ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Pether JV,Wang SP,Grayston JT

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SUMMARY This study assesses the contribution of different sources of human campylobacteriosis in Denmark using two different source-attribution approaches. In total, 794 non-human isolates and 406 isolates from human cases (domestic, travel related, and cases with unknown travel history) were collected. Isolates were ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Boysen L,Rosenquist H,Larsson JT,Nielsen EM,Sørensen G,Nordentoft S,Hald T

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrophoretic types B1 and B2 of carboxylesterase B produced by strains of Escherichia coli isolated from 100 septicaemia cases were correlated with alpha-haemolysin and mannose resistant haemagglutinin (MRHA) production and with clinical data including eventual underlying diseases, origin of septicaemia and evoluti...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Picard B,Goullet P

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper applies a scenario planning approach, to outline some current uncertainties related to COVID-19 and what they might mean for plausible futures for which we should prepare, and to identify factors that we as individual faculty members and university institutions should be considering now, when planning for t...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Majowicz SE

更新日期：2020-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Q fever patients are often reported to experience a long-term impaired health status, including fatigue, which can persist for many years. During the large Q fever epidemic in The Netherlands, many patients with a laboratory-confirmed Coxiella burnetii infection were not notified as acute Q fever because they did not ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： van Loenhout JA,Wielders CC,Morroy G,Cox MJ,van der Hoek W,Hautvast JL,Paget WJ,van der Velden J

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cross-sectional study was conducted from 2014 to 2017 in 13 organised pig farms located in eight states of India (Northern, North-Eastern and Southern regions) to identify the risk factors, pathotype and antimicrobial resistance of Escherichia coli associated with pre- and post-weaning piglet diarrhoea. The data col...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： VinodhKumar OR,Singh BR,Sinha DK,Pruthvishree BS,Tamta S,Dubal ZB,Karthikeyan R,Rupner RN,Malik YS

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to examine trends in incidence, geographical distribution, and survival of classic and AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) in the general US population using Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) tumour registries with 12 066 patients diagnosed with KS between 1975 and 2005. Although the a...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Armstrong AW,Lam KH,Chase EP

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Historically, the highest incidence rates of invasive Haemophilus influenzae disease in the world were found in North American and Australian Indigenous children. Although immunization against H. influenzae type b (Hib) led to a marked decrease in invasive Hib disease in countries where it was implemented, this diseas...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Tsang RS,Bruce MG,Lem M,Barreto L,Ulanova M

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular epidemiology of a representative collection of sporadic foreign and domestically acquired Salmonella Typhimurium (S. Typhimurium) isolates from Norwegian patients in 1996-9 was studied by numerical analysis of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) profiles. Three subclusters (E5, F1 and G1) comprised 4...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Heir E,Lindstedt BA,Nygård I,Vardund T,Hasseltvedt V,Kapperud G

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When applicable, case-crossover studies may be quicker and cheaper to complete than case-control studies. Because time is a major issue in outbreak investigations, we evaluated the interest of this design during a continuous common source food-borne outbreak of salmonellosis for which the vehicle (hamburgers) was also...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Haegebaert S,Duche L,Desenclos JC

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a 3-year period Branhamella catarrhalis was isolated in significant numbers from 239 (1.3%) of 19,488 specimens of sputum sent for routine microbiological examination at a 700-bed general hospital. The majority of patients (83%) were over 60 years of age and 65% were male. There was a distinct seasonal variatio...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： DiGiovanni C,Riley TV,Hoyne GF,Yeo R,Cooksey P

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Virus surveillance of Northern Ireland recreational waters, between April 1986 and May 1989 demonstrated widespread enteroviral contamination of coastal and inland waters. In 1986, enteroviruses were detected in 4 of 46 (8.7%) water samples, collected from 6 coastal bathing waters. In 1987, 49 of 107 (45.8%) samples, ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Hughes MS,Coyle PV,Connolly JH

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two groups of pigs were infected with a recent Italian isolate of swine vesicular disease virus (SVDV). Blood, nasal swabs and faeces were collected for up to 6 months after exposure to infection and animals were killed at regular intervals to obtain tissues post-mortem. These samples were examined for virus by conven...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Lin F,Mackay DK,Knowles NJ

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enteric pathogens are commonly known to be transmitted through food or water; however, contact with animals is another important transmission route. This study estimated the annual burden of illness attributable to animal contact for eight enteric pathogens in Canada. Using data from a Canadian expert elicitation on t...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Murray R,Tataryn J,Pintar K,Thomas MK

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Targets for maximum acceptable levels of Salmonella in pigs and pork are to be decided. A stochastic simulation model accounting for herd and abattoir information was used to evaluate food safety and economic consequences of different surveillance and control strategies, based among others on Danish surveillance data....

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Baptista FM,Halasa T,Alban L,Nielsen LR

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of this descriptive study were to confirm the high incidence of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) previously reported from Papua New Guinea (PNG) and to relate SSPE to previous measles vaccination and measles illness. From February 1997 to April 1999 we diagnosed a total of 55 patients with SSPE at G...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Takasu T,Mgone JM,Mgone CS,Miki K,Komase K,Namae H,Saito Y,Kokubun Y,Nishimura T,Kawanishi R,Mizutani T,Markus TJ,Kono J,Asuo PG,Alpers MP

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two epidemics of acute, watery diarrhoea in villages in North Arcot district, India, were investigated. The attack rates were 10.03 and 15.53 per 100 population, the median duration was 5 days and enteric pathogens were present in 56.8% and 60.3% of specimens from the two villages, but no predominant pathogen was iden...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Kang G,Ramakrishna BS,Daniel J,Mathan M,Mathan VI

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of patients with severe invasive group-G streptococcal (Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis) infections has been increasing in Japan. The emm genotypes and SmaI-digested pulsed-field gel electrophoresis DNA profiles were variable among the strains isolated, suggesting there has not been clonal exp...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Ikebe T,Murayama S,Saitoh K,Yamai S,Suzuki R,Isobe J,Tanaka D,Katsukawa C,Tamaru A,Katayama A,Fujinaga Y,Hoashi K,Watanabe H,Working Group for Streptococci in Japan.

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mosquito-borne Sindbis virus (SINV) causes rash-arthritis syndrome in Finland. Major outbreaks with approximately 7-year cycles have caused substantial burden of illness. Forest dwelling grouse are suspected to be amplifying hosts, with the infection transmitted to humans by mosquito bites. SINV infection surveillance...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Jalava K,Sane J,Ollgren J,Ruuhela R,Rätti O,Kurkela S,Helle P,Hartonen S,Pirinen P,Vapalahti O,Kuusi M

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the extent to which proximity to cattle and weather events in Alberta predispose human populations to E. coli O157 disease. Cases of human E. coli O157 infection in Alberta between 2004 and 2011 were obtained from the province's Communicable Disease Reporting System and Discharge Abstract Datab...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Bifolchi N,Michel P,Talbot J,Svenson L,Simmonds K,Checkley S,Chui L,Dick P,Wilson JB

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aims to locate the knots of cumulative coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) case number during the first-level response to public health emergency in the provinces of China except Hubei. The provinces were grouped into three regions, namely eastern, central and western provinces, and the trends between adjac...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Liang C,Shen L

更新日期：2021-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Enrichment culture is often used to isolate Campylobacter. This study compared isolation of Campylobacter spp. from 119 broiler chicken environments from two farms, using Preston and modified Exeter (mExeter) and modified Bolton (mBolton) enrichments. mExeter was significantly more effective in isolating Campylobacter...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Williams LK,Sait LC,Cogan TA,Jørgensen F,Grogono-Thomas R,Humphrey TJ

更新日期：2012-07-01 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：:Plague is a re-emerging disease endemic in at least 24 countries. Non-endemic countries should be able to confirm plague to prevent outbreaks due to imported cases. We established a combination of a IgG/IgM screening ELISA and a confirmation immunoblot employing F1 capsular antigen (CA) for the serodiagnosis of plague...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Neubauer H,Rahalison L,Brooks TJ,Aleksic S,Chanteau S,Splettstösser WD

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human bocaviruses (HBoVs) have been detected in human gastrointestinal infections worldwide. In 2005, HBoV was also discovered in infants and children with infections of the lower respiratory tract. Recently, several genotypes of this parvovirus, including HBoV genotype 2 (HBoV2), genotype 3 (HBoV3) and genotype 4 (HB...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Kang LH,Won YJ,Lee AR,Lee SG,Cho HG,Park YJ,Han JI,Paik SY

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is highly prevalent in Spanish hospitals and community long-term-care facilities (LTCFs). This longitudinal study was performed in community LTCFs to determine whether MRSA colonization is associated with MRSA infections and overall mortality. Nasal and decubitus ulce...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Manzur A,De Gopegui ER,Dominguez M,Mariscal D,Gavalda L,Perez JL,Segura F,Pujol M,Spanish Network for Research in Infectious Diseases.

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intradermal inoculation of four badgers with small numbers of Mycobacterium bovis resulted in localized lesions with ulceration which slowly healed by 5 months after inoculation. Lesions of generalized tuberculosis were seen in three badgers, one of which died at 17 months post-inoculation and in the remaining two...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Pritchard DG,Stuart FA,Brewer JI,Mahmood KH

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00