Need for BCG Vaccination to Prevent TB in High-Incidence Countries and Populations.

abstract：:The potential threat of biological warfare with a specific agent is proportional to the susceptibility of the population to that agent. Preventing disease after exposure to a biological agent is partially a function of the immunity of the exposed individual. The only available countermeasure that can provide immediate...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Casadevall A

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From July to September 1999, a widespread outbreak of meningoencephalitis associated with West Nile virus (Flavivirus, Flaviviridae) occurred in southern Russia, with hundreds of cases and dozens of deaths. Two strains of West Nile virus isolated from patient serum and brain-tissue samples reacted in hemagglutination-...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Lvov DK,Butenko AM,Gromashevsky VL,Larichev VP,Gaidamovich SY,Vyshemirsky OI,Zhukov AN,Lazorenko VV,Salko VN,Kovtunov AI,Galimzyanov KM,Platonov AE,Morozova TN,Khutoretskaya NV,Shishkina EO,Skvortsova TM

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreaks have occurred during the past 5 decades, but none has affected European countries like the 2014 epidemic in West Africa. We used an online questionnaire to investigate risk perceptions in Germany during this epidemic peak. Our questionnaire covered risk perceptions, knowledge about ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Rübsamen N,Castell S,Horn J,Karch A,Ott JJ,Raupach-Rosin H,Zoch B,Krause G,Mikolajczyk RT

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe 4 cases of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 13-associated pneumonia. These cases originate from a broad geographic range that includes Scotland, Australia, and New Zealand. L. pneumophila serogroup 13 pneumonia has a clinically diverse spectrum that ranges from relatively mild, community-acquired pneumonia...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Faris B,Faris C,Schousboe M,Heath CH

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify risk factors associated with influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 among students in Beijing, China, we conducted a case-control study. Participants (304 case-patients and 608 controls, age range 6-19 years) were interviewed by using a standardized questionnaire. We found that in addition to vaccination, nonpharmaceutica...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Zheng Y,Duan W,Yang P,Zhang Y,Wang X,Zhang L,Liyanage SS,Wang Q

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prior immunization of hamsters with three heterologous flaviviruses (Japanese encephalitis virus [JEV] SA14-2-8 vaccine, wild-type St. Louis encephalitis virus [SLEV], and Yellow fever virus [YFV] 17D vaccine) reduces the severity of subsequent West Nile virus (WNV) infection. Groups of adult hamsters were immunized w...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Tesh RB,Travassos da Rosa AP,Guzman H,Araujo TP,Xiao SY

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two different West Nile virus (WNV) strains caused lethal encephalitis in a flock of geese and a goshawk in southeastern Hungary in 2003 and 2004, respectively. During the outbreak in geese, 14 confirmed human cases of WNV encephalitis and meningitis were reported in the same area. Sequencing of complete genomes of bo...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Bakonyi T,Ivanics E,Erdélyi K,Ursu K,Ferenczi E,Weissenböck H,Nowotny N

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chytridiomycosis is an emerging disease responsible for a series of global declines and extinctions of amphibians. We report the causative agent, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, in North American bullfrogs (Rana catesbeiana) farmed for the international restaurant trade. Our findings suggest that international trade m...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Mazzoni R

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last decade tuberculosis (TB) has reemerged as a major worldwide public health hazard with increasing incidence among adults and children. Although cases among children represent a small percentage of all TB cases, infected children are a reservoir from which many adult cases will arise. TB diagnosis in childre...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Khan EA,Starke JR

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human metapneumovirus pneumonia, most commonly found in children, was diagnosed in an adult with encephalitis. This case suggests that testing for human metapneumovirus RNA in nasopharyngeal aspirate and cerebrospinal fluid samples should be considered in adults with encephalitis who have a preceding respiratory infec...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Fok A,Mateevici C,Lin B,Chandra RV,Chong VH

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report Mycobacterium chimaera pulmonary disease in 4 patients given a diagnosis of cystic fibrosis in a university hospital in Montpellier, France. All patients had M. chimaera-positive expectorated sputum specimens, clinical symptoms of pulmonary exacerbation, or a decrease in spirometry test results that improved...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Larcher R,Lounnas M,Dumont Y,Michon AL,Bonzon L,Chiron R,Carriere C,Klouche K,Godreuil S

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of influenza-associated hospitalizations in tropical settings are lacking. To increase understanding of the effect of influenza in Singapore, we estimated the age-specific influenza-associated hospitalizations for pneumonia and influenza during 2004-2008 and 2010-2012. The rate of hospitalization was 28.3/100,...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Ang LW,Lim C,Lee VJ,Ma S,Tiong WW,Ooi PL,Lin RT,James L,Cutter J

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Nakhon Phanom, Thailand, we identified 38 hospitalized patients with Streptococcus suis infection during 2006-2012. Deafness developed in 12 patients; none died. Thirty-five reported recent exposure to pigs/pork. Annual incidence was 0.1-2.2 cases/100,000 population (0.2-3.2 in persons ≥20 years of age). Clinicians...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Praphasiri P,Owusu JT,Thammathitiwat S,Ditsungnoen D,Boonmongkon P,Sangwichian O,Prasert K,Srihapanya S,Sornwong K,Kerdsin A,Dejsirilert S,Baggett HC,Olsen SJ

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Borrelia miyamotoi is distantly related to B. burgdorferi and transmitted by the same hard-body tick species. We report 46 cases of B. miyamotoi infection in humans and compare the frequency and clinical manifestations of this infection with those caused by B. garinii and B. burgdorferi infection. All 46 patients live...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Platonov AE,Karan LS,Kolyasnikova NM,Makhneva NA,Toporkova MG,Maleev VV,Fish D,Krause PJ

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infections of mammals by species in the phylum Oomycota taxonomically and molecularly similar to known Lagenidium giganteum strains have increased. During 2013-2014, we conducted a phylogenetic study of 21 mammalian Lagenidium isolates; we found that 11 cannot be differentiated from L. giganteum strains that the US En...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Vilela R,Taylor JW,Walker ED,Mendoza L

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known about the emergence and spread of virulent subtypes of Cryptosporidium hominis, the predominant species responsible for human cryptosporidiosis. We conducted sequence analyses of 32 genetic loci of 53 C. hominis specimens isolated from a longitudinally followed cohort of children living in a small comm...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Li N,Xiao L,Cama VA,Ortega Y,Gilman RH,Guo M,Feng Y

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A historical study evaluated maternal outcomes in pregnancy complicated by smallpox. The overall case fatality was estimated to be 34.3% (95% confidence interval [CI] 31.4-37.1), and the proportion of miscarriage or premature birth was estimated to be 39.9% (95% CI 36.5-43.2). Vaccination before pregnancy reduced the ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Nishiura H

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dengue was first reported in Puerto Rico in 1899 and sporadically thereafter. Following outbreaks in 1963 and 1969, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has worked closely with the Puerto Rico Department of Health to monitor and reduce the public health burden of dengue. During that time, evolving epidemiolo...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Sharp TM,Ryff KR,Santiago GA,Margolis HS,Waterman SH

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retrospective testing of 3,232 serum samples from the general population and 518 serum samples from a high-risk group showed no evidence of human exposure to Neospora caninum in England. Results were obtained by using immunofluorescence antibody testing and ELISA to analyze frequency distribution. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： McCann CM,Vyse AJ,Salmon RL,Thomas D,Williams DJ,McGarry JW,Pebody R,Trees AJ

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated two fatal cases of invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) infection in a community nursing home in western Sydney, Australia. Two elderly women had lived in the same room, and the onset of their illness was 5 days apart. Hib isolates from blood cultures showed identical profiles by pulsed field g...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Heath TC,Hewitt MC,Jalaludin B,Roberts C,Capon AG,Jelfs P,Gilbert GL

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sentinel group of primary-care physicians in Wales actively reported cases of acute bloody diarrhea from February 1997 through December 1998. The estimated annual rate was 18 cases per 100,000 population. Most (80%) cases were due to Campylobacter or Salmonella; however, 18% were undiagnosed. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Chalmers RM,Salmon RL

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Signs and symptoms of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) serogroup O157:H7 infection range from mild gastrointestinal to bloody diarrhea and hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). We assessed the association between Shiga toxin gene (stx) subtype and disease severity for »3,000 patients with STEC O157:H7 in Engla...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Byrne L,Adams N,Jenkins C

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the usefulness of noninvasive cutaneous swab specimens for detecting rickettsiae, we tested skin eschars from 6 guinea pigs and from 9 humans. Specimens from eschars in guinea pigs were positive for rickettsiae as long as lesions were present. Optimal storage temperature for specimens was 4 degrees C for ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Bechah Y,Socolovschi C,Raoult D

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio cholerae in O-group 139 was first isolated in 1992 and by 1993 had been found throughout the Indian subcontinent. This epidemic expansion probably resulted from a single source after a lateral gene transfer (LGT) event that changed the serotype of an epidemic V. cholerae O1 El Tor strain to O139. However, some ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Garg P,Aydanian A,Smith D,J Glenn M Jr,Nair GB,Stine OC

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lyme disease occurs in specific geographic regions of the United States. We present a method for defining high-risk counties based on observed versus expected number of reported human Lyme disease cases. Applying this method to successive periods shows substantial geographic expansion of counties at high risk for Lyme...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Kugeler KJ,Farley GM,Forrester JD,Mead PS

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In North America, hantaviruses commonly cause hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS). Clinical descriptions of hantavirus-associated renal disease in the Americas are scarce. Herein, we discuss the case of a 61-year-old man whose predominant manifestations were acute kidney injury and proteinuria. Clinical recognition of...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Chand S,Thapa S,Kon S,Johnson SC,Poeschla EM,Franco-Paredes C,Rodríguez-Morales AJ,Mattar S,Henao-Martínez AF

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report characteristics of oseltamivir-resistant influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 viruses and patients infected with these viruses in the United States. During 2013-14, fifty-nine (1.2%) of 4,968 analyzed US influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 viruses had the H275Y oseltamivir resistance-conferring neuraminidase substitution. Our results ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Okomo-Adhiambo M,Fry AM,Su S,Nguyen HT,Elal AA,Negron E,Hand J,Garten RJ,Barnes J,Xiyan X,Villanueva JM,Gubareva LV,2013–14 US Influenza Antiviral Working Group.

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brucellosis causes appreciable economic losses in livestock. Examination of milk and tissues from animals in Egypt for Brucella spp. showed increased prevalence rates of serologically reactive animals. All isolates were B. melitensis biovar 3. One Brucella sp. was isolated from milk of serologically nonreactive buffal...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Samaha H,Al-Rowaily M,Khoudair RM,Ashour HM

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We explored how different socioeconomic and racial/ethnic groups in the United States might fare in an influenza pandemic on the basis of social factors that shape exposure, vulnerability to influenza virus, and timeliness and adequacy of treatment. We discuss policies that might differentially affect social groups' r...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Blumenshine P,Reingold A,Egerter S,Mockenhaupt R,Braveman P,Marks J

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An outbreak of cryptosporidiosis occurred in and around Clitheroe, Lancashire, in northwest England, during March 2000. Fifty-eight cases of diarrhea with Cryptosporidium identified in stool specimens were reported. Cryptosporidium oocysts were identified in samples from the water treatment works as well as domestic t...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Howe AD,Forster S,Morton S,Marshall R,Osborn KS,Wright P,Hunter PR

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00