Radical Change in Zoonotic Abilities of Atypical BSE Prion Strains as Evidenced by Crossing of Sheep Species Barrier in Transgenic Mice.

abstract：:Murine typhus was diagnosed by PCR in 50 (7%) of 756 adults with febrile illness seeking treatment at Patan Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal. Of patients with murine typhus, 64% were women, 86% were residents of Kathmandu, and 90% were unwell during the winter. No characteristics clearly distinguished typhus patients from...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Zimmerman MD,Murdoch DR,Rozmajzl PJ,Basnyat B,Woods CW,Richards AL,Belbase RH,Hammer DA,Anderson TP,Reller LB

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a program of population-based molecular typing of all Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates obtained in Alabama since 1994. Of 2452 isolates, 1013 (41%) had fewer than 6 bands of IS6110; 348 (14%) had a single two-band pattern (JH2). With conventional epidemiologic methods, we identified three groups of rel...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Lok KH,Benjamin WH Jr,Kimerling ME,Pruitt V,Mulcahy D,Robinson N,Keenan NB,Dunlap NE

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central nervous system (CNS) infection is a serious neurologic condition, although the etiology remains unknown in >50% of patients. We used metagenomic next-generation sequencing to detect viruses in 204 cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples from patients with acute CNS infection who were enrolled from Vietnam hospitals ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Anh NT,Nhu LNT,Hong NTT,Phuc TM,Tam PTT,Huong DT,Anh TT,Deng X,Nghia HDT,Nguyen TT,Van Hung N,Thuan ND,Phuong PTH,Chau NVV,Baker S,Delwart E,Thwaites G,Van Tan L,VIZIONS Consortium1.

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a retrospective study on all cases of pneumococcal septic arthritis (SA) in patients >18 years of age reported to the Picardie Regional Pneumococcal Network in France during 2005-2016. Among 1,062 cases of invasive pneumococcal disease, we observed 16 (1.5%) SA cases. Although SA is uncommon in adult pati...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Dernoncourt A,El Samad Y,Schmidt J,Emond JP,Gouraud C,Brocard A,El Hamri M,Plassart C,Rousseau F,Salle V,Diouf M,Varon E,Hamdad F

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the province of Gipuzkoa, Spain (≈700,000 inhabitants), 7-12 episodes of human listeriosis were recorded annually during 2009-2012. However, during January 2013-February 2014, 27 episodes were detected, including 11 pregnancy-associated cases. Fifteen cases in 2 epidemiologically unrelated outbreaks were caused by ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Pérez-Trallero E,Zigorraga C,Artieda J,Alkorta M,Marimón JM

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bluetongue has emerged recently in Belgium. A bluetongue virus strain was isolated and characterized as serotype 8. Two new real-time reverse transcription-quantitative PCRs (RT-qPCRs) that amplified 2 different segments of bluetongue virus detected this exotic strain. These 2 RT-qPCRs detected infection earlier than ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Toussaint JF,Sailleau C,Mast J,Houdart P,Czaplicki G,Demeestere L,VandenBussche F,van Dessel W,Goris N,Bréard E,Bounaadja L,Etienne T,Zientara S,De Clercq K

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From July through September 2005, shortly after a typhoon, 40 cases of Burkholderia pseudomallei infection (melioidosis) were identified in southern Taiwan. Two genotypes that had been present in 2000 were identified by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. Such a case cluster confirms that melioidosis is endemic to Taiwa...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Ko WC,Cheung BM,Tang HJ,Shih HI,Lau YJ,Wang LR,Chuang YC

更新日期：2007-06-01 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：:The prevalence of body lice among 2,288 sheltered homeless persons in the city of Marseille during 2000-2017 was 12.2% and significantly decreased over time. We report a positive association between body lice infestations and older age, duration of stays in France for migrants, frequent consumption of alcohol, and tob...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Ly TDA,Touré Y,Calloix C,Badiaga S,Raoult D,Tissot-Dupont H,Brouqui P,Gautret P

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diphtheritic polyneuropathy is a vaccine-preventable illness caused by exotoxin-producing strains of Corynebacterium diphtheriae. We present a retrospective convenience case series of 15 children (6 girls)<15 years of age (mean age 5.2 years, case-fatality rate 53%, and 1 additional case-patient who was ventilator dep...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Mateen FJ,Bahl S,Khera A,Sutter RW

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a contagious and fatal neurodegenerative disease and a serious animal health issue for deer and elk in North America. The identification of the first cases of CWD among free-ranging reindeer and moose in Europe brings back into focus the unresolved issue of whether CWD can be zoonotic ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Barria MA,Libori A,Mitchell G,Head MW

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fourteen influenza A(H7N9) viruses were isolated from poultry or the environment in live poultry markets in Guangdong Province, China during 2014-2015. Phylogenetic analysis showed that all viruses were descended from viruses of the second wave of influenza A(H7N9) virus infections during 2013. These viruses can be di...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Xie S,Jia W,Lin Y,Xing K,Ren X,Qi W,Liao M

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Veterinary diagnostic laboratories identify and characterize influenza A viruses primarily through passive surveillance. However, additional surveillance programs are needed. To meet this need, an active surveillance program was conducted at pig farms throughout the midwestern United States. From June 2009 through Dec...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Corzo CA,Culhane M,Juleen K,Stigger-Rosser E,Ducatez MF,Webby RJ,Lowe JF

更新日期：2013-06-01 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：:We analyzed results of recent microbiologic surveillance of meningitis in northern Cameroon. During the 2007 and 2008 meningitis seasons, all 57 identified meningococcal isolates were serogroup W135. This situation might indicate that the area is experiencing a period between epidemic waves due to 2 different clones o...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Massenet D,Inrombe J,Mevoula DE,Nicolas P

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A trophic network involving molds, invertebrates, and vertebrates, ancestrally adapted to the palm tree (Attalaea phalerata) microhabitat, maintains enzootic Trypanosoma cruzi infections in the Amazonian county Paço do Lumiar, state of Maranhão, Brazil. We assessed seropositivity for T. cruzi infections in the human p...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Teixeira AR,Monteiro PS,Rebelo JM,Argañaraz ER,Vieira D,Lauria-Pires L,Nascimento R,Vexenat CA,Silva AR,Ault SK,Costa JM

更新日期：2001-01-01 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：:The lack of population health surveillance for companion animal populations leaves them vulnerable to the effects of novel diseases without means of early detection. We present evidence on the effectiveness of a system that enabled early detection and rapid response a canine gastroenteritis outbreak in the United King...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Radford AD,Singleton DA,Jewell C,Appleton C,Rowlingson B,Hale AC,Cuartero CT,Newton R,Sánchez-Vizcaíno F,Greenberg D,Brant B,Bentley EG,Stewart JP,Smith S,Haldenby S,Noble PM,Pinchbeck GL

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of naturally acquired Plasmodium knowlesi in Singapore, a malaria-free country. Diagnosis was confirmed by PCR with validated species-specific primers. In industrialized countries, free-ranging primates are a potential source of P. knowlesi human infection. P. knowlesi infection is a differential diag...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Ng OT,Ooi EE,Lee CC,Lee PJ,Ng LC,Pei SW,Tu TM,Loh JP,Leo YS

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used a combination approach of conventional virus isolation and molecular techniques to detect human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Of the 48 study patients, 25 (52.1%) were infected with HMPV; 6 of these 25 patients were also infected with coronavirus, and another...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Chan PK,Tam JS,Lam CW,Chan E,Wu A,Li CK,Buckley TA,Ng KC,Joynt GM,Cheng FW,To KF,Lee N,Hui DS,Cheung JL,Chu I,Liu E,Chung SS,Sung JJ

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A high percentage of camel handlers in Saudi Arabia are seropositive for Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus. We found that 12/100 camel handlers and their family members in Pakistan, a country with extensive camel MERS-CoV infection, were seropositive, indicating that MERS-CoV infection of these populations ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Zheng J,Hassan S,Alagaili AN,Alshukairi AN,Amor NMS,Mukhtar N,Nazeer IM,Tahir Z,Akhter N,Perlman S,Yaqub T

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Onchocerca lupi nematode is an emerging helminth capable of infecting pets and humans. We detected this parasite in 2 dogs that were imported into Canada from the southwestern United States, a region to which this nematode is endemic. We discuss risk for establishment of O. lupi in Canada. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Verocai GG,Conboy G,Lejeune M,Marron F,Hanna P,MacDonald E,Skorobohach B,Wilcock B,Kutz SJ,Gilleard JS

更新日期：2016-08-01 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：:Legionellosis caused by Legionella longbeachae is diagnosed mainly by PCR. We report a case of L. longbeachae infection in mainland China, which was diagnosed by metagenomic next-generation sequencing, in a man who developed an epileptic seizure after using moxifloxacin. Metagenomic next-generation sequencing may be a...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Wang JY,Li X,Chen JY,Tong B

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although rubella is epidemic in Indonesia, the phylogenetic profile of circulating rubella virus strains has not been clarified. In 2017, rubella virus was detected in 2 travelers who returned from Indonesia to Japan. These strains were classified into genotype 1E lineage 2, which may be an indigenous strain in Indone...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Kanbayashi D,Kurata T,Nishino Y,Orii F,Takii Y,Kinoshita M,Ohara T,Motomura K,Yumisashi T

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From January 1995 through July 1998, we investigated the occurrence of Cyclospora cayetanensis infection associated with gastrointestinal illness or diarrhea in foreign residents and natives of West Java, Indonesia. We found that C. cayetanensis was the main protozoal cause of gastrointestinal illness and diarrhea in ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Fryauff DJ,Krippner R,Prodjodipuro P,Ewald C,Kawengian S,Pegelow K,Yun T,von Heydwolff-Wehnert C,Oyofo B,Gross R

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rodent trapping and drag sampling in Van Cortlandt Park, New York City, yielded all stages of Ixodes scapularis, the deer tick vector of Lyme disease and human granulocytic ehrlichiosis (HGE). Polymerase chain reaction analyses of the ticks showed Borrelia burgdorferi and the Ehrlichia sp. that causes HGE. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Daniels TJ,Falco RC,Schwartz I,Varde S,Robbins RG

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined condom use throughout pregnancy during the Zika outbreak in Puerto Rico during 2016. Overall, <25% of women reported consistent condom use during pregnancy. However, healthcare provider counseling was associated with a 3-fold increase in consistent use, reinforcing the value of provider counseling in Zika ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Salvesen von Essen B,Kortsmit K,Warner L,D'Angelo DV,Shulman HB,Virella WH,Taraporewalla A,Harrison L,Ellington S,Shapiro-Mendoza C,Barfield W,Smith RA,Jamieson DJ,Cox S,Pazol K,Díaz PG,Herrera BR,Bernal MV,Puerto Ric

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phylogenetic analysis of a collection of 103 E1 gene sequences from rubella viruses isolated from 17 countries from 1961 to 2000 confirmed the existence of at least two genotypes. Rubella genotype I (RGI) isolates, predominant in Europe, Japan, and the Western Hemisphere, segregated into discrete subgenotypes; interna...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Zheng DP,Frey TK,Icenogle J,Katow S,Abernathy ES,Song KJ,Xu WB,Yarulin V,Desjatskova RG,Aboudy Y,Enders G,Croxson M

更新日期：2003-12-01 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