Correction: Vol. 22, No. 11.

abstract：:To better define areas of human Lyme disease risk, we compared US surveillance data with published data on the seroprevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi antibodies among domestic dogs. Canine seroprevalence >5% was a sensitive but nonspecific marker of human risk, whereas seroprevalence <1% was associated with minimal ri...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Mead P,Goel R,Kugeler K

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Up to 50% of persons with HIV and a diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) in Thailand die during TB treatment. In a prospective observational study, a team of physicians ascribed the cause of death after reviewing verbal autopsies (interviews of family members about events preceding death), laboratory data, and medical recor...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Cain KP,Anekthananon T,Burapat C,Akksilp S,Mankhatitham W,Srinak C,Nateniyom S,Sattayawuthipong W,Tasaneeyapan T,Varma JK

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We identified a new polyomavirus in skin lesions from a patient with trichodysplasia spinulosa (TS). Apart from TS being an extremely rare disease, little is known of its epidemiology. On the basis of knowledge regarding other polyomaviruses, we anticipated that infections with trichodysplasia spinulosa-associated pol...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： van der Meijden E,Kazem S,Burgers MM,Janssens R,Bouwes Bavinck JN,de Melker H,Feltkamp MC

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During an 8-year study period, Arcobacter butzleri was the fourth most common Campylobacter-like organism isolated from 67,599 stool specimens. Our observations suggest that A. butzleri displays microbiologic and clinical features similar to those of Campylobacter jejuni; however, A. butzleri is more frequently associ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Vandenberg O,Dediste A,Houf K,Ibekwem S,Souayah H,Cadranel S,Douat N,Zissis G,Butzler JP,Vandamme P

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fungal endophthalmitis is a rare but serious infection. In March 2012, several cases of probable and laboratory-confirmed fungal endophthalmitis occurring after invasive ocular procedures were reported nationwide. We identified 47 cases in 9 states: 21 patients had been exposed to the intraocular dye Brilliant Blue G ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Mikosz CA,Smith RM,Kim M,Tyson C,Lee EH,Adams E,Straif-Bourgeois S,Sowadsky R,Arroyo S,Grant-Greene Y,Duran J,Vasquez Y,Robinson BF,Harris JR,Lockhart SR,Török TJ,Mascola L,Park BJ,Fungal Endophthalmitis Outbreak Resp

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a large outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli illness associated with an agricultural show in Australia, we used whole-genome sequencing to detect an IS1203v insertion in the Shiga toxin 2c subunit A gene of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli. Our study showed that clinical illness was mild, and hemolyt...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Vasant BR,Stafford RJ,Jennison AV,Bennett SM,Bell RJ,Doyle CJ,Young JR,Vlack SA,Titmus P,El Saadi D,Jarvinen KAJ,Coward P,Barrett J,Staples M,Graham RMA,Smith HV,Lambert SB

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the summer of 2002, an epidemic of West Nile meningoencephalitis occurred in southern Louisiana. Following the outbreak, blood samples were collected from 1,692 captive rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta), pigtail macaques (M. nemestrina), and baboons (Papio spp.) that were permanently housed outdoors at a nonhuman...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Ratterree MS,da Rosa AP,Bohm RP Jr,Cogswell FB,Phillippi KM,Caillouet K,Schwanberger S,Shope RE,Tesh RB

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We isolated highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (H5N8) of clade 2.3.4.4 from the common coot (Fulica atra) in Egypt, documenting its introduction into Africa through migratory birds. This virus has a close genetic relationship with subtype H5N8 viruses circulating in Europe. Enhanced surveillance to detect newly e...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Selim AA,Erfan AM,Hagag N,Zanaty A,Samir AH,Samy M,Abdelhalim A,Arafa AA,Soliman MA,Shaheen M,Ibraheem EM,Mahrous I,Hassan MK,Naguib MM

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By using data from a 2015 clinical trial on Ebola convalescent-phase plasma in Guinea, we assessed the prevalence of electrolyte and metabolic abnormalities at admission and their predictive value to stratify patients into risk groups. Patients underwent testing with a point-of-care device. We used logistic regression...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： van Griensven J,Bah EI,Haba N,Delamou A,Camara BS,Olivier KJ,De Clerck H,Nordenstedt H,Semple MG,Van Herp M,Buyze J,De Crop M,Van Den Broucke S,Lynen L,De Weggheleire A,Ebola-Tx Consortium.

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Directors of all major BioSafety Level 4 (BSL-4) laboratories in the United States met in 2008 to review the current status of biocontainment laboratory operations and to discuss the potential impact of a proposed 2-person security rule on maximum-containment laboratory operations. Special attention was paid to the va...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： LeDuc JW,Anderson K,Bloom ME,Carrion R Jr,Feldmann H,Fitch JP,Geisbert JB,Geisbert TW,Holbrook MR,Jahrling PB,Ksiazek TG

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted molecular typing of a Corynebacterium ulcerans isolate from a woman who died in Japan in 2016. Genomic DNA modification might have affected the isolate's ribotyping profile. Multilocus sequence typing results (sequence type 337) were more accurate. Whole-genome sequencing had greater ability to discrimina...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Sekizuka T,Katsukawa C,Kuroda M,Shibayama K,Otsuji K,Saito M,Yamamoto A,Iwaki M

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We surveyed 56 Ebola treatment centers (ETCs) in the United States and identified costs incurred since 2014 ($1.76 million/ETC) and sustainability strategies. ETCs reported heavy reliance on federal funding. It is uncertain if, or for how long, ETCs can maintain capabilities should federal funding expire in 2020. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Herstein JJ,Le AB,McNulty LA,Buehler SA,Biddinger PD,Hewlett AL,Lowe JJ,Gibbs SG

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Longitudinal surveillance of 2 live bird markets in Cambodia revealed year-round, high co-circulation of H5, H7, and H9 influenza viruses. We detected influenza A viruses in 51.3% of ducks and 39.6% of chickens, and co-infections, mainly by H5 and H9 viruses, in 0.8% of ducks and 4.5% of chickens. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Horwood PF,Horm SV,Suttie A,Thet S,Y P,Rith S,Sorn S,Holl D,Tum S,Ly S,Karlsson EA,Tarantola A,Dussart P

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) is a newly discovered pathogen thought to be associated with respiratory disease. We report the results of a study of 587 children hospitalized with respiratory infection over a 13-month period. HMPV was detected in the nasopharyngeal aspirates from 32 (5.5%) children by reverse transcript...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Peiris JS,Tang WH,Chan KH,Khong PL,Guan Y,Lau YL,Chiu SS

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Japanese spotted fever (JSF) and scrub typhus (ST) are endemic to Japan and share similar clinical features. To document the clinical and epidemiologic characteristics that distinguish these 2 rickettsial diseases, during 2004-2015 we recruited 31 JSF patients, 188 ST patients, and 97 nonrickettsial disease patients f...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Sando E,Suzuki M,Katoh S,Fujita H,Taira M,Yaegashi M,Ariyoshi K

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During November 2004-January 2005, 5 cases of eosinophilic meningitis (EM) attributable to Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection were reported in Hawaii. To determine if this temporal clustering reflected an increased incidence, we ascertained EM and A. cantonensis cases by systematic review of statewide laboratory an...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Hochberg NS,Park SY,Blackburn BG,Sejvar JJ,Gaynor K,Chung H,Leniek K,Herwaldt BL,Effler PV

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We identified human bocavirus (HBoV) DNA by PCR in cerebrospinal fluid from adults and children with encephalitis in Sri Lanka. HBoV types 1, 2, and 3 were identified among these cases. Phylogenetic analysis of HBoV1 strain sequences found no subclustering with strains previously identified among encephalitis cases in...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Mori D,Ranawaka U,Yamada K,Rajindrajith S,Miya K,Perera HK,Matsumoto T,Dassanayake M,Mitui MT,Mori H,Nishizono A,Söderlund-Venermo M,Ahmed K

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A unique physical feature of Treponema pallidum, the venereally transmitted agent of human syphilis, is that its outer membrane contains 100-fold less membrane-spanning protein than the outer membranes of typical gram-negative bacteria, a property that has been related to the chronicity of syphilitic infection. These ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Blanco DR,Miller JN,Lovett MA

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After a 2014 outbreak of severe respiratory illness caused by enterovirus D68 in the United States, sporadic cases of acute flaccid myelitis have been reported worldwide. We describe a cluster of acute flaccid myelitis cases in Argentina in 2016, adding data to the evidence of association between enterovirus D68 and t...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Carballo CM,Erro MG,Sordelli N,Vazquez G,Mistchenko AS,Cejas C,Rodriguez M,Cisterna DM,Freire MC,Contrini MM,Lopez EL

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In March 2017, a patient became febrile within 4 days after visiting a rustic conference center in Austin, Texas, USA, where Austin Public Health suspected an outbreak of tickborne relapsing fever a month earlier. Evaluation of a patient blood smear and molecular diagnostic assays identified Borrelia turicatae as the ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Bissett JD,Ledet S,Krishnavajhala A,Armstrong BA,Klioueva A,Sexton C,Replogle A,Schriefer ME,Lopez JE

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated an outbreak of encephalitis in Tangail District, Bangladesh. We defined case-patients as persons from the outbreak area in whom fever developed with new onset of seizures or altered mental status from December 15, 2004, through January 31, 2005. Twelve persons met the definition; 11 (92%) died. Serum s...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Luby SP,Rahman M,Hossain MJ,Blum LS,Husain MM,Gurley E,Khan R,Ahmed BN,Rahman S,Nahar N,Kenah E,Comer JA,Ksiazek TG

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During 2009-2012, Greece experienced a resurgence of domestic malaria transmission. To help guide malaria response efforts, we used spatial modeling to characterize environmental signatures of areas suitable for transmission. Nonlinear discriminant analysis indicated that sea-level altitude and land-surface temperatur...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Sudre B,Rossi M,Van Bortel W,Danis K,Baka A,Vakalis N,Semenza JC

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report serologic and molecular evidence of acute, febrile illness associated with Rickettsia conorii in 3 male Yorkshire terriers from Sicily (Italy). ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Solano-Gallego L,Kidd L,Trotta M,Di Marco M,Caldin M,Furlanello T,Breitschwerdt E

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first two recognized cases of rapidly fatal hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in Pennsylvania occurred within an 8-month period in 1997. Illness in the two patients was confirmed by immunohistochemical techniques on autopsy material. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction analysis of tissue from one patient a...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Rhodes LV 3rd,Huang C,Sanchez AJ,Nichol ST,Zaki SR,Ksiazek TG,Humphreys JG,Freeman JJ,Knecht KR

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella enterica serovar Paratyphi A is increasingly a cause of enteric fever. Sequence analysis of an Indian isolate showed a unique strain with high-level resistance to ciprofloxacin associated with double mutations in the DNA gyrase subunit gyrA (Ser83-->Phe and Asp87-->Gly) and a mutation in topoisomerase IV su...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Nair S,Unnikrishnan M,Turner K,Parija SC,Churcher C,Wain J,Harish N

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human monocytic ehrlichiosis is a febrile illness caused by Ehrlichia chaffeensis, an intracellular bacterium transmitted by ticks. In Mexico, a case of E. chaffeensis infection in an immunocompetent 31-year-old woman without recognized tick bite was fatal. This diagnosis should be considered for patients with fever, ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Sosa-Gutierrez CG,Solorzano-Santos F,Walker DH,Torres J,Serrano CA,Gordillo-Perez G

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Travelers' diarrhea is a major public health problem. From patients in whom diarrhea developed after travel to India, 5 enteroaggregative Escherichia coli strains carrying β-lactamase CTX-M-15 were identified; 3 belonged to clonal complex sequence type 38. This β-lactamase contributes to the multidrug resistance of en...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Guiral E,Mendez-Arancibia E,Soto SM,Salvador P,Fabrega A,Gascon J,Vila J

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The detection of Rickettsia akari in 2 human patients increased the diversity of rickettsioses affecting the public health in the southeast of Mexico. Rickettsialpox should be considered in the differential diagnosis with other febrile illnesses for the correct diagnosis and accurate treatment of this potential threat...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Zavala-Castro JE,Zavala-Velázquez JE,Peniche-Lara GF,Sulú Uicab JE

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previously unidentified strain of avian hepatitis E virus (aHEV) is now endemic among chickens in Taiwan. Analysis showed that the virus is 81.5%-86.5% similar to other aHEVs. In Taiwan, aHEV infection has been reported in chickens without aHEV exposure, suggesting transmission from asymptomatic cases or repeated in...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Hsu IW,Tsai HJ

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB) is a major cause of illness and death worldwide. We analyzed temporal trends of SAB incidence and death in Denmark during 2008-2015. SAB incidence increased 48%, from 20.76 to 30.37 per 100,000 person-years, during this period (p<0.001). The largest change in incidence was observ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Thorlacius-Ussing L,Sandholdt H,Larsen AR,Petersen A,Benfield T

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00