Serologic Evidence of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus and Related Viruses in Pakistan.

abstract：:We assessed the societal costs and benefits of a subtype-specific surveillance system for identifying outbreak-associated Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections. Using data from Colorado, we estimated that if it averted five cases annually, the system would recover all its costs. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Elbasha EH,Fitzsimmons TD,Meltzer MI

更新日期：2000-05-01 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：:From January 1982 to May 2000, 17 infections caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei were diagnosed in 15 patients in Taiwan; almost all the infections were diagnosed from 1994 to May 2000. Of the 15 patients, 9 (60%) had underlying diseases, and 10 (67%) had bacteremic pneumonia. Thirteen (76%) episodes of infection were...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Hsueh PR,Teng LJ,Lee LN,Yu CJ,Yang PC,Ho SW,Luh KT

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate an association between KI and WU polyomavirus (KIPyV and WUPyV) infections and CD4+ cell counts, we tested HIV-1-positive patients and blood donors. No association was found between cell counts and virus infections in HIV-1-positive patients. Frequency of KIPyV infection was similar for both groups. WUP...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Babakir-Mina M,Ciccozzi M,Farchi F,Bergallo M,Cavallo R,Adorno G,Perno CF,Ciotti M

更新日期：2010-09-01 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：:Cloth masks have been used in healthcare and community settings to protect the wearer from respiratory infections. The use of cloth masks during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is under debate. The filtration effectiveness of cloth masks is generally lower than that of medical masks and respirators; howeve...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Chughtai AA,Seale H,Macintyre CR

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nontuberculous mycobacteria are human pathogens with increasing incidence and prevalence worldwide. Mycobacterium shimoidei is a rare cause of pulmonary disease, with only 15 cases previously reported. This series documents an additional 23 cases of M. shimoidei from Queensland, Australia, and highlights the pathogeni...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Baird TM,Carter R,Eather G,Thomson R

更新日期：2017-11-01 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：:Whole-genome analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates collected in Russia (N = 71) from patients with tuberculous spondylitis supports a detailed characterization of pathogen strain distributions and drug resistance phenotype, plus distinguished occurrence and association of known resistance mutations. We ident...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Chernyaeva E,Rotkevich M,Krasheninnikova K,Yurchenko A,Vyazovaya A,Mokrousov I,Solovieva N,Zhuravlev V,Yablonsky P,O'Brien SJ

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The United Kingdom and United States have recently experienced large outbreaks of mumps, which raises concerns about vaccine effectiveness. The effectiveness of the mumps component of the measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine was estimated using the screening method. In England from January 2004 through March 2005, 31...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Cohen C,White JM,Savage EJ,Glynn JR,Choi Y,Andrews N,Brown D,Ramsay ME

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reemergence of Schmallenberg virus (SBV) occurred among lambs (n = 50) in a sheep flock in Belgium between mid-July and mid-October 2012. Bimonthly assessment by quantitative reverse transcription PCR and seroneutralization demonstrated that 100% of lambs were infected. Viremia duration may be longer in naturally infe...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Claine F,Coupeau D,Wiggers L,Muylkens B,Kirschvink N

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In April 2005, 4 transplant recipients became ill after receiving organs infected with lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV); 3 subsequently died. All organs came from a donor who had been exposed to a hamster infected with LCMV. The hamster was traced back through a Rhode Island pet store to a distribution center...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Amman BR,Pavlin BI,Albariño CG,Comer JA,Erickson BR,Oliver JB,Sealy TK,Vincent MJ,Nichol ST,Paddock CD,Tumpey AJ,Wagoner KD,Glauer RD,Smith KA,Winpisinger KA,Parsely MS,Wyrick P,Hannafin CH,Bandy U,Zaki S,Rollin P

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bartonella quintana is a bacterium that causes trench fever in humans. Past reports have shown Bartonella spp. infections in homeless populations in San Francisco, California, USA. The California Department of Public Health in collaboration with San Francisco Project Homeless Connect initiated a program in 2007 to col...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Bonilla DL,Kabeya H,Henn J,Kramer VL,Kosoy MY

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteria with intrinsic resistance to antibiotics are found in nature. Such organisms may acquire additional resistance genes from bacteria introduced into soil or water, and the resident bacteria may be the reservoir or source of widespread resistant organisms found in many environments. We isolated antibiotic-resist...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Ash RJ,Mauck B,Morgan M

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surveillance for alveolar echinococcosis in central Europe was initiated in 1998. On a voluntary basis, 559 patients were reported to the registry. Most cases originated from rural communities in regions from eastern France to western Austria; single cases were reported far away from the disease-"endemic" zone through...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Kern P,Bardonnet K,Renner E,Auer H,Pawlowski Z,Ammann RW,Vuitton DA,Kern P,European Echinococcosis Registry.

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine risk for mycosis among persons with silicosis, we examined US mortality data for 1979-2004. Persons with silicosis were more likely to die with pulmonary mycosis than were those without pneumoconiosis or those with more common pneumoconioses. Health professionals should consider enhanced risk for mycosis fo...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Iossifova Y,Bailey R,Wood J,Kreiss K

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Innovative regulatory and legislative measures to stimulate and facilitate the development of new antimicrobial drugs are needed. We discuss research approaches that can aid regulatory decision making on the treatment of resistant infections and minimization of resistance selection. We also outline current and future ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Metlay JP,Powers JH,Dudley MN,Christiansen K,Finch RG

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zika virus (ZIKV) is a flavivirus related to yellow fever, dengue, West Nile, and Japanese encephalitis viruses. In 2007 ZIKV caused an outbreak of relatively mild disease characterized by rash, arthralgia, and conjunctivitis on Yap Island in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. This was the first time that ZIKV was detect...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Hayes EB

更新日期：2009-09-01 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：:Cryptosporidium muris, predominantly a rodent species of Cryptosporidium, is not normally considered a human pathogen. Recently, isolated human infections have been reported from Indonesia, Thailand, France, and Kenya. We report the first case of C. muris in a human in the Western Hemisphere. This species may be an em...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Palmer CJ,Xiao L,Terashima A,Guerra H,Gotuzzo E,Saldías G,Bonilla JA,Zhou L,Lindquist A,Upton SJ

更新日期：2003-09-01 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：:The era of genomics (the study of genes and their function) began a scant dozen years ago with a suggestion by James Watson that the complete DNA sequence of the human genome be determined. Since that time, the human genome project has attracted a great deal of attention in the scientific world and the general media; ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Schwartz I

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight fatal cases of tick-borne encephalitis with an unusual hemorrhagic syndrome were identified in 1999 in the Novosibirsk Region, Russia. To study these strains, we sequenced cDNA fragments of protein E gene from six archival formalin-fixed brain samples. Phylogenetic analysis showed tick-borne encephalitis variant...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Ternovoi VA,Kurzhukov GP,Sokolov YV,Ivanov GY,Ivanisenko VA,Loktev AV,Ryder RW,Netesov SV,Loktev VB

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From 1995 to 1998, outbreaks of bubonic plague occurred annually in the coastal city of Mahajanga, Madagascar. A total of 1,702 clinically suspected cases of bubonic plague were reported, including 515 laboratory confirmed by Yersinia pestis isolation (297), enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, or both. Incidence was hi...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Boisier P,Rahalison L,Rasolomaharo M,Ratsitorahina M,Mahafaly M,Razafimahefa M,Duplantier JM,Ratsifasoamanana L,Chanteau S

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the detection of Bordetella holmesii as a cause of whooping cough in Spain. Prevalence was 3.9% in 2015, doubling to 8.8% in 2016. This emergence raises concern regarding the contribution of B. holmesii to the reemergence of whooping cough and the effectiveness of the pertussis vaccine. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Mir-Cros A,Codina G,Martín-Gómez MT,Fàbrega A,Martínez X,Jané M,Van Esso D,Cornejo T,Rodrigo C,Campins M,Pumarola T,González-López JJ

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multidrug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis seriously threaten tuberculosis (TB) control and prevention efforts. Molecular studies of the mechanism of action of antitubercular drugs have elucidated the genetic basis of drug resistance in M. tuberculosis. Drug resistance in M. tuberculosis is attributed p...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Rattan A,Kalia A,Ahmad N

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assembled a collection of 73 Capnocytophaga canimorsus isolates obtained from blood cultures taken from patients treated at Helsinki University Hospital (Helsinki, Finland) during 2000-2017. We serotyped these isolates by PCR and Western blot and attempted to correlate pathogen serovar with patient characteristics....

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Hess E,Renzi F,Karhunen P,Dol M,Lefèvre A,Antikainen J,Carlier E,Hästbacka J,Cornelis GR

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a surveillance study of patients in a long-term care facility and the affiliated acute care hospital in the United States, we identified a Clostridioides difficile strain related to the epidemic PCR ribotype (RT) 027 strain associated with hospital outbreaks of severe disease. Fifteen patients were infected wit...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Skinner AM,Petrella L,Siddiqui F,Sambol SP,Gulvik CA,Gerding DN,Donskey CJ,Johnson S

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the risk for the Spanish Olympic Team acquiring Zika virus in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, during 2016. We recruited 117 team members, and all tested negative for Zika virus. Lack of cases in this cohort supports the minimum risk estimates made before the Games. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Rodriguez-Valero N,Borobia AM,Lago M,Sánchez-Seco MP,de Ory F,Vázquez A,Pérez-Arellano JL,Rodríguez CC,Martínez MJ,Capón A,Cañas E,Salas-Coronas J,Galparsoro AA,Muñoz J

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central venous catheters, often needed by cancer patients, can be the source of Nocardia bacteremia. We evaluated the clinical characteristics and outcomes of 17 cancer patients with Nocardia bacteremia. For 10 patients, the bacteremia was associated with the catheter; for the other 7, it was a disseminated infection....

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Al Akhrass F,Hachem R,Mohamed JA,Tarrand J,Kontoyiannis DP,Chandra J,Ghannoum M,Haydoura S,Chaftari AM,Raad I

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00