Quantitative risk assessment of the introduction of rabies into Japan through the importation of dogs and cats worldwide.

abstract：:Respiratory outbreaks are common in aged-care facilities (ACFs), are both underreported and frequently identified late, and are often associated with considerable burden of illness and death. There is emerging evidence that active surveillance coupled with early and systematic intervention can reduce this burden. Acti...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Rosewell A,Chiu C,Lindley R,Dwyer DE,Moffatt CR,Shineberg C,Clarke E,Booy R,MacIntyre CR

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has previously been suggested that southern Tunisian oases may be suitable areas for the circulation of flaviviruses. In order to anticipate and prevent possible epidemiological spread of flaviviruses in humans and domestic animals, the ecology of their transmission in the oasis system needs to be better understood...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Ayadi T,Hammouda A,Poux A,Boulinier T,Lecollinet S,Selmi S

更新日期：2017-10-01 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：:To analyse sociodemographic, viroimmunological and clinical parameters in different HIV-transmission categories at baseline and during treatment, 3039 patients were followed up for 12 months after the initiation of a nelfinavir-based regimen. Multiple baseline parameters were significantly different in the diverse cat...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Collazos J,Asensi V,Carton JA,Grupo Español para el Estudio Multifactorial de la Adherencia (GEEMA).

更新日期：2010-07-01 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：: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：: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：:Healthcare workers (HCWs) reporting no history of varicella frequently receive varicella vaccination (vOka) if they test varicella-zoster virus (VZV) immunoglobulin G (IgG) negative. In this study, the utilities of VZV-IgG time-resolved fluorescence immunoassay (VZV-TRFIA) and a commercial VZV-IgG purified glycoprotei...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Maple PA,Haedicke J,Quinlivan M,Steinberg SP,Gershon AA,Brown KE,Breuer J

更新日期：2016-08-01 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：:Despite national guidance recommending testing and vaccination of household contacts of hepatitis B-infected pregnant women, provision and uptake of this is sub-optimal. The aim of this study was to evaluate the use of in-home dried blood spot (DBS) testing to increase testing and vaccination of household contacts of ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Keel P,Edwards G,Flood J,Nixon G,Beebeejaun K,Shute J,Poh J,Millar A,Ijaz S,Parry J,Mandal S,Ramsay M,Amirthalingam G

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cowpox is an orthopoxvirus infection endemic in European wild rodents, but with a wide host range including human beings. In this longitudinal study we examined cowpox in two wild rodent species, bank voles Clethrionomys glareolus and wood mice Apodemus sylvaticus, to investigate the dynamics of a virus in its wild re...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Hazel SM,Bennett M,Chantrey J,Bown K,Cavanagh R,Jones TR,Baxby D,Begon M

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous modelling studies have estimated that between 1% and 10% of human salmonella infections are attributable to pig meat consumption. In response to this food safety threat the British pig industry have initiated a salmonella monitoring programme. It is anticipated that this programme will contribute to achieving...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Hill AA,Snary EL,Arnold ME,Alban L,Cook AJ

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One-hundred and twenty-one isolates of Salmonella enterica serotype Montevideo, representing different biotypes and incidents of infection detected in the UK between 1977 and 1995, were analysed by EcoRI ribotyping, PvuII ribotyping and IS200 fingerprinting. Among the isolates examined, 7 EcoRI ribotypes, 5 PvuII ribo...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Old DC,Chisholm SA,Crichton PB,Taylor A

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Portugal, the recommended age for the second dose of MMR (MMR2) was changed from 10-13 years to 5-6 years for those born in 1994 and afterwards. This study aimed to assess if MMR schedule and time elapsed from the last dose are associated with the concentration of rubella and mumps IgG antibodies. Three Portuguese ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Gonçalves G,Frade J,Nascimento MS,Mesquita JR,Nunes C

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multi-locus sequence typing was performed on 1003 Campylobacter jejuni isolates collected in a 2-year longitudinal study of 15 dairy farms and four sheep farms in Lancashire, UK. There was considerable farm-level variation in occurrence and prevalence of clonal complexes (CC). Clonal complexes ST61, ST21, ST403 and ST...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Grove-White DH,Leatherbarrow AJ,Cripps PJ,Diggle PJ,French NP

更新日期：2011-11-01 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：:Excessive weight loss due to protein calorie malnutrition (PCM) is a significant problem in Nigerian children. This syndrome may be difficult to differentiate from the wasting disease caused by human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection. We studied 70 children admitted to the Baptist Medical Center in Ogbom...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Fischer GD,Rinaldo CR Jr,Gbadero D,Kingsley LA,Ndimbie O,Howard C,Montemayor PC,Langer A,Sibolboro W

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight cases of Salmonella senftenberg infection in infants were identified in the first half of 1995 in England, five were indistinguishable S. senftenberg strains. A case-control study showed an association between illness and consumption of one brand of baby cereal (P = 0.03). The cereal manufacturer reported isolat...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Rushdy AA,Stuart JM,Ward LR,Bruce J,Threlfall EJ,Punia P,Bailey JR

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Empirical data about contact frequencies of children is needed for estimating parameters in mathematical modelling studies that investigate the effect of targeting influenza intervention to children. A survey about the social contacts of school children was conducted in a primary school in Germany. The distribution of...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Mikolajczyk RT,Akmatov MK,Rastin S,Kretzschmar M

更新日期：2008-06-01 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：:Dromedary camels have been shown to be the main reservoir for human Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) infections. This systematic review aims to compile and analyse all published data on MERS-coronavirus (CoV) in the global camel population to provide an overview of current knowledge on the distribution, spread ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Sikkema RS,Farag EABA,Islam M,Atta M,Reusken CBEM,Al-Hajri MM,Koopmans MPG

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although Lyme borreliosis is increasingly diagnosed in the United Kingdom, few systematic studies have been performed there. UK data suggest that the commonest complications are neurological, but inadequate information exists about their nature and the incidence of late neuroborreliosis. Local data are necessary becau...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Lovett JK,Evans PH,O'Connell S,Gutowski NJ

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the introduction of routine measles, mumps and rubella immunization for children in England and Wales in 1988, the incidence of mumps has declined steadily. We describe an outbreak of mumps in 1996 attacking 34 of a cohort of 98 schoolchildren born in 1982 and 1983. This is the largest outbreak in the UK since t...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Wehner H,Morris R,Logan M,Hunt D,Jin L,Stuart J,Cartwright K

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study provides a comprehensive epidemio-clinical picture of sporadic, domestically acquired cases of amoebiasis, cryptosporidiosis and giardiasis in one Canadian community based on patient symptom, outcome and exposure data from an enhanced surveillance system. It yields valuable data for estimating the burden of...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Ravel A,Nesbitt A,Pintar K,Macarthur A,Wang HL,Marshall B,Pollari F

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sera from an age-stratified sample of 4188 individuals, submitted for diagnostic purposes to 15 public health laboratories in England and Wales in 1996, were tested for hepatitis A antibody. The serological profiles were consistent with declining incidence in the past. This hypothesis was tested by comparing the serol...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Morris MC,Gay NJ,Hesketh LM,Morgan-Capner P,Miller E

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathogenic Vibrio species are naturally-occurring bacteria in freshwater and saline aquatic environments. Counts of free-living bacteria in water are generally less than required to induce disease. Increases in number of organisms towards an infective dose can occur as water temperatures rise seasonally followed by gr...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： West PA

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been a worldwide increase in bed bug infestations over the last 10-15 years. A major stigma is placed upon the institutions found to be infested. We report our experience with an outbreak of the tropical bed bug, Cimex hemipterus, in a neonatal unit. The outbreak not only affected the admitted newborns and m...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Bandyopadhyay T,Kumar A,Saili A

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a period of 3 years, 1998-2000, 1047 faecal swabs from Black-headed gulls were sampled at one location in Southern Sweden. Salmonella spp. was found in 28 individuals (2.7%) and the dominating serotype found was S. Typhimurium (83%). Twenty-five per cent of the Salmonella-infected gulls were later recaptured an...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Palmgren H,Aspán A,Broman T,Bengtsson K,Blomquist L,Bergström S,Sellin M,Wollin R,Olsen B

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the European Union, Meat Inspection (MI) aims to protect public health by ensuring that minimal hazardous material enters in the food chain. It also contributes to the detection and monitoring of animal diseases and welfare problems but its utility for animal surveillance has been assessed partially for some diseas...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Huneau-Salaün A,Stärk KD,Mateus A,Lupo C,Lindberg A,LE Bouquin-Leneveu S

更新日期：2015-08-01 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