Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension, and Death among 32 Patients with MERS-CoV Infection, Saudi Arabia.

abstract：:During an investigation conducted December 17-20, 2001, we collected environmental samples from a U.S. postal facility in Washington, D.C., known to be extensively contaminated with Bacillus anthracis spores. Because methods for collecting and analyzing B. anthracis spores have not yet been validated, our objective wa...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Sanderson WT,Hein MJ,Taylor L,Curwin BD,Kinnes GM,Seitz TA,Popovic T,Holmes HT,Kellum ME,McAllister SK,Whaley DN,Tupin EA,Walker T,Freed JA,Small DS,Klusaritz B,Bridges JH

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated West Nile (WN) virus seroprevalence in healthy horses, dogs, and cats in New York City after an outbreak of human WN virus encephalitis in 1999. Two (3%) of 73 horses, 10 (5%) of 189 dogs, and none of 12 cats tested positive for WN virus-neutralizing antibodies. Domestic mammals should be evaluated as sen...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Komar N,Panella NA,Boyce E

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cross-sectional serosurvey was conducted to assess the proportion of persons exposed to hantaviruses in a virus-endemic area of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Findings of this study suggested the presence of > or =1 hantaviruses circulating in this region causing hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, mild disease, or a...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Limongi JE,da Costa FC,Pinto RM,de Oliveira RC,Bragagnolo C,Lemos ER,de Paula MB,Pajuaba Neto AA,Ferreira MS

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined the seroprevalence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in an affected area in northern Iran in April 2020. Antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 were detected in 528 persons by using rapid tests. Adjusted prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity was 22.2% (95% CI 16.4%-28.5%). ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Shakiba M,Nazemipour M,Salari A,Mehrabian F,Nazari SSH,Rezvani SM,Ghasempour Z,Heidarzadeh A,Mansournia MA

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mosquitoes and mosquitoborne disease transmission are sensitive to hydrologic variability. If local hydrologic conditions can be monitored or modeled at the scales at which these conditions affect the population dynamics of vector mosquitoes and the diseases they transmit, a means for monitoring or modeling mosquito p...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Shaman J,Day JF

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe human cases and clustered animal cases of mecA(LGA251)-positive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in France. Our report confirms that this new variant has a large distribution in Europe. It may represent a public health threat because phenotypic and genotypic tests seem unable to detect this new ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Laurent F,Chardon H,Haenni M,Bes M,Reverdy ME,Madec JY,Lagier E,Vandenesch F,Tristan A

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After 70 years with no confirmed autochthonous cases of dengue fever in Japan, 19 cases were reported during August-September 2014. Dengue virus serotype 1 was detected in 18 patients. Phylogenetic analysis of the envelope protein genome sequence from 3 patients revealed 100% identity with the strain from the first pa...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Kutsuna S,Kato Y,Moi ML,Kotaki A,Ota M,Shinohara K,Kobayashi T,Yamamoto K,Fujiya Y,Mawatari M,Sato T,Kunimatsu J,Takeshita N,Hayakawa K,Kanagawa S,Takasaki T,Ohmagari N

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three worldwide (pandemic) outbreaks of influenza occurred in the 20th century: in 1918, 1957, and 1968. The latter 2 were in the era of modern virology and most thoroughly characterized. All 3 have been informally identified by their presumed sites of origin as Spanish, Asian, and Hong Kong influenza, respectively. T...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Kilbourne ED

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We isolated Andes virus (formal name: Andes virus [ANDV], a species in the genus Hantavirus), from serum of an asymptomatic 10-year-old Chilean boy who died 6 days later of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS). The serum was obtained 12 days after his grandmother died from HPS and 2 days before he became febrile. No ha...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Galeno H,Mora J,Villagra E,Fernandez J,Hernandez J,Mertz GJ,Ramirez E

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We diagnosed leptospirosis in 2 patients exposed to southern flying squirrels imported from the United States to Japan. Patients worked with exotic animals in their company. Leptospira isolates from 1 patient and 5 of 10 squirrels at the company were genetically and serologically identical and were identified as Lepto...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Masuzawa T,Okamoto Y,Une Y,Takeuchi T,Tsukagoshi K,Koizumi N,Kawabata H,Ohta S,Yoshikawa Y

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine resistance of highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) virus to chlorination, we exposed allantoic fluid containing 2 virus strains to chlorinated buffer at pH 7 and 8, at 5 degrees C. Free chlorine concentrations typically used in drinking water treatment are sufficient to inactivate the virus by >3 orde...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Rice EW,Adcock NJ,Sivaganesan M,Brown JD,Stallknecht DE,Swayne DE

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 420 rodents in China were examined for Francisella tularensis by polymerase chain reaction. The infection rates were 4.76% in total, and 11.65%, 10.00%, 6.56%, 1.77%, and 0% in Jilin, Xinjiang, Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, and Zhejiang, respectively. Sequence analysis showed that all the detected agents be...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Zhang F,Liu W,Chu MC,He J,Duan Q,Wu XM,Zhang PH,Zhao QM,Yang H,Xin ZT,Cao WC

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Guidelines available to school administrators to support school closure decisions during influenza outbreaks are usually not evidence-based. Using empirical data on absentee rates of elementary school students in Japan, we developed a simple and practical algorithm for determining the optimal timing of school closures...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Sasaki A,Hoen AG,Ozonoff A,Suzuki H,Tanabe N,Seki N,Saito R,Brownstein JS

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We obtained ribosomal and mitochondrial DNA sequences from residents of Amazonas state, Brazil, with Mansonella parasitemias. Phylogenetic analysis of these sequences confirm that M. ozzardi and M. perstans parasites occur in sympatry and reveal the close relationship between M. perstans in Africa and Brazil, providin...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Tavares da Silva LB,Crainey JL,Ribeiro da Silva TR,Suwa UF,Vicente AC,Fernandes de Medeiros J,Pessoa FA,Luz SL

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In winter 2015-16, norovirus GII.17 Kawasaki 2014 emerged as a cause of sporadic gastroenteritis in children in Italy. Median patient age was higher for those with GII.17 than GII.4 infection (55 vs. 24 months), suggesting limited cross-protection for older children. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Giammanco GM,De Grazia S,Bonura F,Cappa V,Muli SL,Pepe A,Medici MC,Tummolo F,Calderaro A,Di Bernardo F,Dones P,Morea A,Loconsole D,Catella C,Terio V,Bànyai K,Chironna M,Martella V

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomic analysis of type emm59 group A Streptococcus invasive strains isolated in the United States discovered higher than anticipated genetic heterogeneity among strains and identified a heretofore unrecognized monoclonal cluster of invasive infections in the San Francisco Bay area. Heightened monitoring for a potent...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Fittipaldi N,Olsen RJ,Beres SB,Van Beneden C,Musser JM

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report Rickettsia parkeri and Candidatus Rickettsia andeanae in ticks of the Amblyomma maculatum group collected from dogs in Sonora, Mexico. Molecular characterization of these bacteria was accomplished by DNA amplification and sequence analysis of portions of the rickettsial genes gltA, htrA, ompA, and ompB. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Delgado-de la Mora J,Sánchez-Montes S,Licona-Enríquez JD,Delgado-de la Mora D,Paddock CD,Beati L,Colunga-Salas P,Guzmán-Cornejo C,Zambrano ML,Karpathy SE,López-Pérez AM,Álvarez-Hernández G

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dobrava-Belgrade virus (DOBV) is a European hantavirus that causes hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS); case-fatality rates in Balkan countries are as high as 12%. To determine causative agents, we examined 126 cases of DOBV-associated HFRS in central and southern European Russia. In central Russia (Lipetsk, ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Klempa B,Tkachenko EA,Dzagurova TK,Yunicheva YV,Morozov VG,Okulova NM,Slyusareva GP,Smirnov A,Kruger DH

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After the last reported cases of rabies in a human in 1959 and a nonhuman animal in 1961, Taiwan was considered free from rabies. However, during 2012-2013, an outbreak occurred among ferret badgers in Taiwan. To examine the origin of this virus strain, we sequenced 3 complete genomes and acquired multiple rabies viru...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Chiou HY,Hsieh CH,Jeng CR,Chan FT,Wang HY,Pang VF

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shigella commonly causes gastroenteritis but rarely spreads to the blood. During 2002-2012, we identified 11,262 Shigella infections through population-based active surveillance in Georgia; 72 (0.64%) were isolated from blood. Bacteremia was associated with age >18 years, black race, and S. flexneri. More than half of...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Tobin-D'Angelo M,Oosmanally N,Wilson SN,Anderson EJ,Segler S,Poventud L

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cholera outbreak began in Haiti during October, 2010. Spatiotemporal patterns of household-level cholera in Ouest Department showed that the initial clusters tended to follow major roadways; subsequent clusters occurred further inland. Our data highlight transmission pathway complexities and the need for case and ho...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Blackburn JK,Diamond U,Kracalik IT,Widmer J,Brown W,Morrissey BD,Alexander KA,Curtis AJ,Ali A,Morris JG Jr

更新日期：2014-09-01 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：:In 2009, an outbreak of Vibrio parahaemolyticus occurred in Piura, Cajamarca, Lambayeque, and Lima, Peru. Whole-genome sequencing of clinical and environmental samples from the outbreak revealed a new V. parahaemolyticus clone. All the isolates identified belonged to a single clonal complex described exclusively in As...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Gonzalez-Escalona N,Gavilan RG,Toro M,Zamudio ML,Martinez-Urtaza J

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute encephalitis is a severe neurologic syndrome. Determining etiology from among ≈100 possible agents is difficult. To identify infectious etiologies of encephalitis in Thailand, we conducted surveillance in 7 hospitals during July 2003-August 2005 and selected patients with acute onset of brain dysfunction with fe...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Olsen SJ,Campbell AP,Supawat K,Liamsuwan S,Chotpitayasunondh T,Laptikulthum S,Viriyavejakul A,Tantirittisak T,Tunlayadechanont S,Visudtibhan A,Vasiknanonte P,Janjindamai S,Boonluksiri P,Rajborirug K,Watanaveeradej V,Khetsur

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used latent class analysis to examine Zika virus-related information-accessing behavior of US residents during the 2016 international outbreak. We characterized 3 classes of information-accessing behavior patterns: universalists, media seekers, and passive recipients. Understanding these patterns is crucial to plan...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Piltch-Loeb R,Abramson D

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown a high prevalence of toxoplasmosis and the frequent occurrence of ocular disease in Brazil. To identify the genotypes of parasite strains associated with ocular disease, we compared 25 clinical and animal isolates of Toxoplasma gondii from Brazil to previously characterized clonal lineages ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Khan A,Jordan C,Muccioli C,Vallochi AL,Rizzo LV,Belfort R Jr,Vitor RW,Silveira C,Sibley LD

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used physician sentinel surveillance to identify 25 (7.7%) mild to severe infections with enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) in children and adults among 325 outpatients with acute respiratory infections in Germany during August-October 2014. Results suggested low-level circulation of enterovirus D68 in Germany. Viruses were...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Reiche J,Böttcher S,Diedrich S,Buchholz U,Buda S,Haas W,Schweiger B,Wolff T

更新日期：2015-05-01 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：:From 1996 to 2000, 23 Maryland and Washington, D.C., tuberculosis cases were identified in one six-band DNA cluster. Cases were clustered on the basis of their Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates. Medical record reviews and interviews were conducted to identify epidemiologic linkages. Eighteen (78%) of the 23 case-pat...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Lathan M,Mukasa LN,Hooper N,Golub J,Baruch N,Mulcahy D,Benjamin W,Cronin WA

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative data on the onset and evolution of malaria epidemics are scarce. We review case studies from recent African Plasmodium falciparum epidemics (Kisii and Gucha Districts, Kenya, 1999; Kayanza Province, Burundi, 2000-2001; Aweil East, southern Sudan, 2003; Gutten and Damot Gale, Ethiopia, 2003-2004). We highl...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Checchi F,Cox J,Balkan S,Tamrat A,Priotto G,Alberti KP,Guthmann JP

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00