Assessment of National Public Health and Reference Laboratory, Accra, Ghana, within Framework of Global Health Security.

abstract：:Dengue is a major cause of illness among travelers and a threat to military troops operating in areas to which it is endemic. Before and during World War II, dengue frequently occurred in US military personnel in Asia and the South Pacific. From the 1960s into the 1990s, dengue often occurred in US troops in Vietnam, ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Gibbons RV,Streitz M,Babina T,Fried JR

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 1997 Hong Kong outbreak of an avian influenzalike virus, with 18 proven human cases, many severe or fatal, highlighted the challenges of novel influenza viruses. Lessons from this episode can improve international and national planning for influenza pandemics in seven areas: expanded international commitment to fi...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Snacken R,Kendal AP,Haaheim LR,Wood JM

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the seroprevalence of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV) and the association of antibody occurrence with location, sex, and age among the human population in Pakistan. Our results indicate substantial activity of SFTSV and SFTSV-related viruses in this country. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Zohaib A,Zhang J,Saqib M,Athar MA,Hussain MH,Chen J,Sial AU,Tayyab MH,Batool M,Khan S,Luo Y,Waruhiu C,Taj Z,Hayder Z,Ahmed R,Siddique AB,Yang X,Qureshi MA,Ujjan IU,Lail A,Khan I,Sajjad-Ur-Rahman.,Zhang T,Den

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To understand the clinical and epidemiologic characteristics of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus infection, we retrospectively reviewed medical records of 237 patients with laboratory-confirmed cases reported in Shanghai, China, during May-July 2009. Surveillance activities effectively contained the outbreak and provided us...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Shen Y,Lu H

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the genetic diversity of measles virus (MV) in Nigeria (2004-2005) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) (2002-2006). Genotype B3 strains circulating in Kinshasa, DRC, in 2002-2003 were fully replaced by genotype B2 in 2004 at the end of the second Congo war. In Nigeria (2004-2005), two geneti...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Kremer JR,Nkwembe E,Bola Oyefolu AO,Smit SB,Pukuta E,Omilabu SA,Adu FD,Muyembe Tamfum JJ,Muller CP

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases contains 2 articles that report increases in England in the incidence of hospitalizations for specific diseases, one on pneumonias and the other on community-acquired staphylococcal diseases. Both articles report increases in disease among those >65 years of age. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Meltzer MI

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine effects of school breaks on influenza virus transmission in the Southern Hemisphere, we analyzed 2004-2010 influenza-like-illness surveillance data from Chile. Winter breaks were significantly associated with a two-thirds temporary incidence reduction among schoolchildren, which supports use of school clo...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Chowell G,Towers S,Viboud C,Fuentes R,Sotomayor V

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella enterica serotype Baildon, a rare serotype, was recovered from 86 persons in eight states; 87% of illnesses began during a 3-week period ending January 9, 1999. Raw restaurant-prepared tomatoes were implicated in multiple case-control studies. Contamination likely occurred on the farm or during packing; mor...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Cummings K,Barrett E,Mohle-Boetani JC,Brooks JT,Farrar J,Hunt T,Fiore A,Komatsu K,Werner SB,Slutsker L

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial distribution and antimicrobial drug resistance were monitored in patients with bacterial bloodstream infections in rural hospitals in Ghana. In 2001-2002 and in 2009, Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi was the most prevalent pathogen. Although most S. enterica serovar Typhi isolates were chloramphenicol resis...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Gross U,Amuzu SK,de Ciman R,Kassimova I,Gross L,Rabsch W,Rosenberg U,Schulze M,Stich A,Zimmermann O

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carriage of the New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase variant 1 (NDM-1) enables drug resistance to move between communities and hospitals. In Bangladesh, we found the blaNDM-1 gene in 62% of environmental waters and in fermentative and nonfermentative gram-negative bacteria. Escherichia coli sequence type (ST) 101 was most co...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Toleman MA,Bugert JJ,Nizam SA

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four persons with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection had traveled on the same flight from Boston, Massachusetts, USA, to Hong Kong, China. Their virus genetic sequences are identical, unique, and belong to a clade not previously identified in Hong Kong, which strongly suggests that the virus can...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Choi EM,Chu DKW,Cheng PKC,Tsang DNC,Peiris M,Bausch DG,Poon LLM,Watson-Jones D

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mode of transmission of Helicobacter pylori infection is poorly characterized. In northern California, 2,752 household members were tested for H. pylori infection in serum or stool at a baseline visit and 3 months later. Among 1,752 person considered uninfected at baseline, 30 new infections (7 definite, 7 probabl...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Perry S,de la Luz Sanchez M,Yang S,Haggerty TD,Hurst P,Perez-Perez G,Parsonnet J

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spread of infectious agents through the mail has concerned public health officials for 5 centuries. The dissemination of anthrax spores in the US mail in 2001 was a recent example. In 1901, two medical journals reported outbreaks of smallpox presumably introduced by letters contaminated with variola viruses. The s...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Ambrose CT

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe 58 adult patients with melioidosis in Cambodia (2007-2010). Diabetes was the main risk factor (59%); 67% of infections occurred during the rainy season. Bloodstream infection was present in 67% of patients, which represents 12% of all bloodstream infections. The case-fatality rate was 52% and associated wi...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Vlieghe E,Kruy L,De Smet B,Kham C,Veng CH,Phe T,Koole O,Thai S,Lynen L,Jacobs J

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Members of the Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc), found in many environments, are associated with clinical infections. Examining diverse species and strains from different environments with multilocus sequence typing, we identified > 20% of 381 clinical isolates as indistinguishable from those in the environment. Thi...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Baldwin A,Mahenthiralingam E,Drevinek P,Vandamme P,Govan JR,Waine DJ,LiPuma JJ,Chiarini L,Dalmastri C,Henry DA,Speert DP,Honeybourne D,Maiden MC,Dowson CG

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, usually a sexually transmitted disease, is a risk factor for cervical cancer. Given the substantial disease and death associated with HPV and cervical cancer, development of a prophylactic HPV vaccine is a public health priority. We evaluated the cost-effectiveness of vaccinating ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Sanders GD,Taira AV

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yaws is targeted for eradication by 2020. The mainstay of the eradication strategy is mass treatment followed by case finding. Modeling has been used to inform programmatic requirements for other neglected tropical diseases and could provide insights into yaws eradication. We developed a model of yaws transmission var...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Marks M,Mitjà O,Fitzpatrick C,Asiedu K,Solomon AW,Mabey DC,Funk S

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The per capita incidence of human Lyme disease in the northeastern United States is more than twice that in the Midwest. However, the prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium that causes Lyme disease, in the tick vector is nearly identical in the 2 regions. The disparity in human Lyme disease incidence may re...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Brisson D,Vandermause MF,Meece JK,Reed KD,Dykhuizen DE

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Death rates exceeded emergency thresholds at 4 sites during epidemics of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Burundi (2000-2001) and in Ethiopia (2003-2004). Deaths likely from malaria ranged from 1,000 to 8,900, depending on site, and accounted for 52% to 78% of total deaths. Earlier detection of malaria and better case...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Guthmann JP,Bonnet M,Ahoua L,Dantoine F,Balkan S,van Herp M,Tamrat A,Legros D,Brown V,Checchi F

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pandemic influenza planning is well under way across the globe. Antiviral drugs and vaccines have dominated the therapeutic agenda. Far less work has been conducted on stockpiling and planning for deployment of antimicrobial drugs against secondary bacterial pneumonia, a cause of substantial illness and death in previ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Gupta RK,George R,Nguyen-Van-Tam JS

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We documented a 6-fold increase in the frequency of nontuberculous mycobacteria isolated from clinical samples in Botswana during 2011-2014. Because antituberculosis treatment is often initiated only on the basis of acid-fast bacilli smear-positive microscopy results, some patients with nontuberculous mycobacterial in...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Mbeha B,Mine M,Motswaledi MS,Dewar J

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a case of recurrent coccidioidal meningitis in which a fungal biofilm on the tip of ventriculo-peritoneal shunt tubing was likely responsible for a 4-year persistence of Coccidioides immitis, despite the patient's taking an adequate dosage of fluconazole. Fungal biofilms should be considered as a cause for...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Davis LE,Cook G,Costerton JW

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Asia and associated human infections have led to a heightened level of awareness and preparation for a possible influenza pandemic. Vaccination is the best option by which spread of a pandemic virus could be prevented and severity of disease reduced. Production ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Luke CJ,Subbarao K

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trapping and removing deer mice from ranch buildings resulted in an increased number of mice, including Sin Nombre virus antibody-positive mice, entering ranch buildings. Mouse removal without mouse proofing will not reduce and may even increase human exposure to Sin Nombre hantavirus. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Douglass RJ,Kuenzi AJ,Williams CY,Douglass SJ,Mills JN

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After our recent discovery of a Streptococcus pneumoniae 19A "superbug" (Legacy strain) that is resistant to all Food and Drug Administration-approved antimicrobial drugs for treatment of acute otitis media (AOM) in children, other S. pneumoniae isolates from children with AOM were characterized by multilocus sequence...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Xu Q,Pichichero ME,Casey JR,Zeng M

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEEV; family Togaviridae, genus Alphavirus) is an arbovirus that causes severe disease in humans in North America and in equids throughout the Americas. The enzootic transmission cycle of EEEV in North America involves passerine birds and the ornithophilic mosquito vector, Culiseta m...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Arrigo NC,Adams AP,Watts DM,Newman PC,Weaver SC

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To further assess the geographic occurrence, possible vectors, and prevalence of Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis, we analyzed spleen tissues from 276 voles trapped close to human settlements in France; 5 were infected with the organism. Sequencing showed the isolates carried the same genotype as the bacteria that c...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Vayssier-Taussat M,Le Rhun D,Buffet JP,Maaoui N,Galan M,Guivier E,Charbonnel N,Cosson JF

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reported autochthonous dengue fever transmission in the United States has been limited to 5 south Texas border counties since 1980. We conducted a cross-sectional serosurvey in Brownsville, Texas, and Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico (n = 600), in 2004 to assess dengue seroprevalence. Recent dengue infection was detected...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Brunkard JM,Robles López JL,Ramirez J,Cifuentes E,Rothenberg SJ,Hunsperger EA,Moore CG,Brussolo RM,Villarreal NA,Haddad BM

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tropheryma whipplei endocarditis differs from classic Whipple disease, which primarily affects the gastrointestinal system. We diagnosed 28 cases of T. whipplei endocarditis in Marseille, France, and compared them with cases reported in the literature. Specimens were analyzed mostly by molecular and histologic techniq...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Fenollar F,Célard M,Lagier JC,Lepidi H,Fournier PE,Raoult D

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a study in the summer of 2004 at county fairs in the Midwest to investigate the role poultry exhibits have in spreading avian pathogens to humans. A nearly invisible powder (pathogen surrogate) that fluoresces under UV light was surreptitiously sprinkled each day on 1 show bird at each of 2 fairs. A UV li...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Olson SR,Gray GC

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00