Q fever infection in dairy cattle herds: increased risk with high wind speed and low precipitation.

abstract：:In the last decade, a declining prevalence of HCV infection has been described in injecting drug users (IDUs) in different countries. This study is the first to assess temporal trends in drug-injecting patterns, HCV infection rates and viral genotype distribution in 770 Brazilian IDUs, recruited by two cross-sectional...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Oliveira ML,Yoshida CF,Telles PR,Hacker MA,Oliveira SA,Miguel JC,do O KM,Bastos FI

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a seroepidemiological study to evaluate the potential impact of mass varicella vaccination on the transmission of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) in Italy, where vaccination is not mandatory. We tested 3179 serum samples, collected from September 1996 to October 1997, for specific anti-VZV antibodies using a...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Gabutti G,Penna C,Rossi M,Salmaso S,Rota MC,Bella A,Crovari P,Serological Study Group.

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SUMMARYA prospective cohort study with a 1-year telephone follow-up was performed to estimate the incidence of surgical-site infections (SSIs) in hip and knee prostheses. Twenty-five public hospitals equipped with orthopaedic units in two Italian regions were involved. An 8-month surveillance period was set to obtain ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Castella A,Argentero PA,Farina EC,Charrier L,Del Prever EM,Zotti CM,Piemonte Nosocomial Infection Study Group.

更新日期：2011-05-01 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：:The degree of protection conferred by vaccinated dams on infant mice against colonization by Campylobacter jejuni depended on the bacterial strain, preparation, and route of administration of the vaccine. In some instances of homologous protection, serum bactericidal titres correlated well with protection. However, bo...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Abimiku AG,Dolby JM,Borriello SP

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deterministic models were employed to investigate the biology of Trypanosoma evansi infection in the Indonesian buffalo. Models were fitted to two age-structured data sets of infection. The Susceptible-Infected-Susceptible (SIS) model was the best supported description of this infection, although the results of the an...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Coen PG,Luckins AG,Davison HC,Woolhouse ME

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the 10-year period 1978-87 there were 48 outbreaks of food poisoning in Scottish hospitals affecting a total of 2287 persons of whom 12 died. This compared with 50 outbreaks during the previous 5 years (1973-77) when over 1500 persons and 7 deaths were recorded. Although the incidence of outbreaks has decreased...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Collier PW,Sharp JC,MacLeod AF,Forbes GI,Mackay F

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined multistate outbreaks attributed to raw tomatoes in the United States from 1990 to 2010. We summarized the demographic and epidemiological characteristics of 15 outbreaks resulting in 1959 illnesses, 384 hospitalizations, and three deaths. Most (80%) outbreaks were reported during 2000-2010; 73% occurred Ma...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Bennett SD,Littrell KW,Hill TA,Mahovic M,Behravesh CB

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rubella, a vaccine-preventable infection. This study examined the antibody status of 11 987 pregnant women during 2005-2009. Results showed a non-significant decrease in those with antibody levels of <4·0 IU/ml from 29/2312 (1·3%) in 2005 to 21/2447 (0·9%) in 2009 (χ² for linear trend=0·279, P=0·56) but a significant ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Matthews LA,Lawrance LM,Gray D,Gray S

更新日期：2011-11-01 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：:Annual periodicities of reported chickenpox cases have been observed in several countries. Of these, Japan has reported a two-peaked, bimodal annual cycle of reported chickenpox cases. This study investigated the possible underlying association of the bimodal cycle observed in the surveillance data of reported chicken...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Harigane K,Sumi A,Mise K,Kobayashi N

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The morphology of faecal microflora of nine healthy human volunteers was studied by digital image analysis of microscopic slides. Weekly specimens were collected during an 8-week period. Seven morphometrical parameters were derived: the means and medians of components 1, 2 and 3, and morphometrical entropy. Statistica...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Meijer BC,Kootstra GJ,Wilkinson MH

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine the most cost-effective strategy for the prevention and control of multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) in intensive care units (ICUs) in areas with limited health resources. The study was conducted in 12 ICUs of four hospitals. The total cost for the prevention of MDROs and the...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Wang Y,Yuan Y,Lin L,Tan X,Tan Y

更新日期：2020-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Carrion is a major source of botulinal toxin for animals. A type D strain of Clostridium botulinum differed from type A and B strains in producing (1) much higher concentrations of toxin in putrefying mouse carcasses at several different temperatures over a period of 35 days, (2) toxicity that sometimes persisted in m...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Ortiz NE,Smith GR

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding infection dynamics in animal hosts is fundamental to managing spillover and emergence of zoonotic infections. Hendra virus is endemic in Australian pteropodid bat populations and can be lethal to horses and humans. However, we know little about the factors driving Hendra virus prevalence in resevoir bat ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Páez DJ,Giles J,McCallum H,Field H,Jordan D,Peel AJ,Plowright RK

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During 2004 and at the start of 2005 a university hospital in Southwest Germany was affected by an extensive outbreak of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VRE). Although the outbreak was contained, linezolid-resistant enterococci emerged during and after the outbreak as the usage of linezolid became more comm...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Schulte B,Heininger A,Autenrieth IB,Wolz C

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed prevalence of and risk factors for candidaemia following Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) using longitudinal population-based surveillance. Of 13 615 adults with CDI, 113 (0·8%) developed candidaemia in the 120 days following CDI. In a matched case-control analysis, severe CDI and CDI treatment with v...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Vallabhaneni S,Almendares O,Farley MM,Reno J,Smith ZT,Stein B,Magill SS,Smith RM,Cleveland AA,Lessa FC

更新日期：2016-05-01 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：:In 1996 Japan had a big outbreak of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) O157:H7, especially in Osaka prefecture where about 6000 patients (mainly schoolchildren) suffered from diarrhoea, haemorrhagic colitis and haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) due to EHEC infection via school lunch. Our survey of doctors who ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Yoh M,Honda T

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Until recently, reports on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in food production animals were mainly limited to occasional detections in dairy cattle mastitis. However, since 2005 a MRSA clone, CC398, has been reported colonizing pigs, veal calves and broiler chickens and infecting dairy cows. Many asp...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Vanderhaeghen W,Hermans K,Haesebrouck F,Butaye P

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Esterase electrophoretic typing and restriction fragment length polymorphism of ribosomal DNA regions (ribotyping) were used to differentiate 102 Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates obtained from chronic lung infection in 23 patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) and two reference strains (including the type strain A...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Denamur E,Picard B,Goullet P,Bingen E,Lambert N,Elion J

更新日期：1991-06-01 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：:Leprosy is a granulomatous disease, infectious and transmissible, which affects the skin and peripheral nerves, having Mycobacterium leprae as causative agent. The manifestation of this disease causes cutaneous lesions, peripheral neuropathies and, in more extreme cases, may generate deformities and disabilities in af...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Gomes Lima Santos N,Perez Pereira Ramos K,Shanmugam S,Oliveira de Carvalho F,Garcez Barreto Teixeira L,Ramos Silva É,de Vasconcelos Cerqueira-Braz J,Santos Nunes P,Antunes de Souza Araújo A

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The isolation of Fusobacterium necrophorum present in small numbers in heavily contaminated material such as faeces or soil is hampered by the lack of an efficient selective medium and by the high minimum infective dose of the organism. A sensitive method for the detection and isolation of faecal strains of F. necroph...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Smith GR,Barton SA,Wallace LM

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IgM- and IgG-capture ELISAs are widely used as diagnostic tests for confirmation of dengue virus infection. The positive rate of anti-dengue IgM and IgG detection was examined in primary and secondary dengue virus infections in the setting of a provincial hospital using IgM- and IgG-capture ELISAs. Disease day 1 was d...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Sa-Ngasang A,Anantapreecha S,A-Nuegoonpipat A,Chanama S,Wibulwattanakij S,Pattanakul K,Sawanpanyalert P,Kurane I

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From March to October 1993, 15 cases of haemolytic-uraemic syndrome (HUS) in children were detected in a large area of northern Italy, where only 8 cases had occurred in the previous 5 years. Analysis of stool and serum specimens obtained from 14 cases showed evidence of Verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC) inf...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Tozzi AE,Niccolini A,Caprioli A,Luzzi I,Montini G,Zacchello G,Gianviti A,Principato F,Rizzoni G

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main feature of the epidemiological transition is a shift in the recorded causes of death from infectious diseases to other morbid conditions. This paper outlines modifications made to Omran's original model and stages of transition, and suggests that without a focus on aetiology and morbidity, these have been bas...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Mercer AJ

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our objective was to determine the frequency of zika (ZIKV), chikungunya (CHIKV) and dengue (DENV) virus coinfection and describe the mortality cases that occurred during the epidemiologic surveillance of the ZIKV epidemic in Colombia. We analysed all cases of suspected ZIKV infection that were reported to the Nationa...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Mercado-Reyes M,Acosta-Reyes J,Navarro-Lechuga E,Corchuelo S,Rico A,Parra E,Tolosa N,Pardo L,González M,Martìn-Rodriguez-Hernández J,Karime-Osorio L,Ospina-Martinez M,Rodriguez-Perea H,Del Rio-Pertuz G,Viasus D

更新日期：2019-01-01 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：:We analysed two large national surveys conducted in 2001 and 2008 to examine incidence and outcomes of gastroenteritis in older Australians. A case was someone reporting ≥3 loose stools or ≥1 episode of vomiting in 24 h, excluding non-infectious causes. We compared cases arising in the elderly (≥65 years) and in other...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Kirk MD,Hall GV,Becker N

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00