Epidemiology of COVID-19 Outbreak on Cruise Ship Quarantined at Yokohama, Japan, February 2020.

abstract：:Rickettsia felis has been reported to be a cause of fever in sub-Saharan Africa, but this association has been poorly evaluated in Gabon. We assessed the prevalence of this bacterium among children <15 years of age in 4 areas of Gabon; the locations were in urban, semiurban, and rural areas. DNA samples from 410 febri...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Mourembou G,Lekana-Douki JB,Mediannikov O,Nzondo SM,Kouna LC,Essone JC,Fenollar F,Raoult D

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After an alert regarding ≈31 tuberculosis (TB) cases, 3 of which were rifampin-resistant TB cases, in Mbuji-Mayi Central Prison, Democratic Republic of the Congo, we conducted an outbreak investigation in January 2015. We analyzed sputum of presumptive TB patients by using the Xpert MTB/RIF assay. We also assessed the...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Kayomo MK,Hasker E,Aloni M,Nkuku L,Kazadi M,Kabengele T,Muteteke D,Kapita F,Lufulwabo A,Mukadi YD,Muyembe-Tamfum JJ,Ieven M,de Jong BC,Boelaert M

更新日期：2018-11-01 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 describe a retrospective study on circulation of Zika virus in Cambodia during 2007-2016 among patients with dengue-like symptoms and Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. Our findings suggest that Zika virus in Cambodia belongs to the Asia genotype, is endemic, has low prevalence, and has had low-level impact on public health...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Duong V,Ong S,Leang R,Huy R,Ly S,Mounier U,Ou T,In S,Peng B,Ken S,Buchy P,Tarantola A,Horwood PF,Dussart P

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated Treponema pallidum infection in 8 nonhuman primate species (289 animals) in Tanzania during 2015-2017. We used a serologic treponemal test to detect antibodies against the bacterium. Infection was further confirmed from tissue samples of skin-ulcerated animals by 3 independent PCRs (polA, tp47, and TP_...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Chuma IS,Batamuzi EK,Collins DA,Fyumagwa RD,Hallmaier-Wacker LK,Kazwala RR,Keyyu JD,Lejora IA,Lipende IF,Lüert S,Paciência FMD,Piel A,Stewart FA,Zinner D,Roos C,Knauf S

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient who had initial infection with mixed strains of drug-susceptible and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis was presumed to have acquired drug resistance before confirmation that sequential strains were genotypically distinct. Transmitted infection with mixed strains is likely underappreciated; identifying these i...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Baffoe-Bonnie A,Houpt ER,Turner L,Dodge D,Heysell SK

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed Zika virus seroprevalence among healthy 1-4-year-old children using a serum sample collection assembled in 2014 representing 30 urban sites across Indonesia. Of 662 samples, 9.1% were Zika virus seropositive, suggesting widespread recent Zika virus transmission and immunity. Larger studies are needed to be...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Sasmono RT,Dhenni R,Yohan B,Pronyk P,Hadinegoro SR,Soepardi EJ,Ma'roef CN,Satari HI,Menzies H,Hawley WA,Powers AM,Rosenberg R,Myint KSA,Soebandrio A

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To confirm whether respiratory virus infections increase susceptibility to invasive pneumococcal pneumonia, we examined data from 11 influenza seasons (1994-2005) in the United States. Invasive pneumococcal pneumonia was significantly associated with influenza and respiratory syncytial virus activities in 5 seasons. A...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Zhou H,Haber M,Ray S,Farley MM,Panozzo CA,Klugman KP

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 56-year-old man receiving rituximab who had months of neurologic symptoms was found to have Jamestown Canyon virus in cerebrospinal fluid by clinical metagenomic sequencing. The patient died, and postmortem examination revealed extensive neuropathologic abnormalities. Deep sequencing enabled detailed characterizatio...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Solomon IH,Ganesh VS,Yu G,Deng XD,Wilson MR,Miller S,Milligan TA,Mukerji SS,Mathewson A,Linxweiler J,Morse D,Ritter JM,Staples JE,Hughes H,Gould CV,Sabeti PC,Chiu CY,Piantadosi A

更新日期：2021-01-01 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：:We found that lethal, urban rat control is associated with a significant increase in the odds that surviving rats carry Leptospira interrogans. Our results suggest that human interventions have the potential to affect and even increase the prevalence of zoonotic pathogens within rat populations. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Lee MJ,Byers KA,Donovan CM,Bidulka JJ,Stephen C,Patrick DM,Himsworth CG

更新日期：2018-02-01 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：:Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) may be transmissible by blood. To prevent secondary transmission through blood components, several countries have started to exclude as donors persons who have received a blood transfusion. We investigated the effectiveness of this measure by using a dynamic age-structured mode...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Dietz K,Raddatz G,Wallis J,Müller N,Zerr I,Duerr HP,Lefèvre H,Seifried E,Löwer J

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：:The hyper-virulent emm59 genotype of invasive group A Streptococcus was identified in northern Arizona in 2015. Eighteen isolates belonging to a genomic cluster grouped most closely with recently identified isolates in New Mexico. The continued transmission of emm59 in the southwestern United States poses a public hea...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Engelthaler DM,Valentine M,Bowers J,Pistole J,Driebe EM,Terriquez J,Nienstadt L,Carroll M,Schumacher M,Ormsby ME,Brady S,Livar E,Yazzie D,Waddell V,Peoples M,Komatsu K,Keim P

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Echovirus 13 (EV13), considered rare, was reported worldwide in 2000, mostly related to aseptic meningitis outbreaks. In Spain, 135 EV13 isolates were identified. The genetic relationships between 64 representative strains from Spain and other reported isolates from the United States, Germany, Italy, Japan, and Sweden...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Avellón A,Casas I,Trallero G,Pérez C,Tenorio A,Palacios G

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous findings have suggested that the nosocomial transmission capacity of livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA) is lower than that of other MRSA genotypes. We therefore performed a 6-month (June 1-November 30, 2011) nationwide study to quantify the single-admission reproduction...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Hetem DJ,Bootsma MC,Troelstra A,Bonten MJ

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed the main karyologic changes that have occurred during the dispersion of Triatoma infestans, the main vector of Chagas disease. We identified two allopatric groups, named Andean and non-Andean. The Andean specimens present C-heterochromatic blocks in most of their 22 chromosomes, whereas non-Andean specimen...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Panzera F,Dujardin JP,Nicolini P,Caraccio MN,Rose V,Tellez T,Bermúdez H,Bargues MD,Mas-Coma S,O'Connor JE,Pérez R

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four cholera outbreaks were reported in the Central African Republic during 1997-2016. We show that the outbreak isolates were Vibrio cholerae O1 serotype Inaba from 3 seventh pandemic El Tor sublineages originating from West Africa (sublineages T7 and T9) or the African Great Lakes Region (T10). ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Breurec S,Franck T,Njamkepo E,Mbecko JR,Rauzier J,Sanke-Waïgana H,Kamwiziku G,Piarroux R,Quilici ML,Weill FX

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rickettsia prowazekii is the causative agent of epidemic typhus and a potential bioterrorism agent. Sensitive and specific rapid assays are needed to complement existing methods of detecting this organism. We developed a real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction assay by using a species-specific probe targeting...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Svraka S,Rolain JM,Bechah Y,Gatabazi J,Raoult D

更新日期：2006-03-01 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：:We describe two immunosuppressed female patients with fever and Actinomyces odontolyticus bacteremia, a combination documented once previously in an immunocompetent male patient. The patients were treated with doxycycline and clindamycin; these drugs, with beta-lactams, are effective treatment for A. odontolyticus inf...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Cone LA,Leung MM,Hirschberg J

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endemic scrub typhus was recently detected on Chiloé Island in southern Chile. We report a series of cases, acquired over a wide geographical range in continental Chile during 2016-2018, demonstrating that this emerging rickettsial infection is also found on the mainland of South America. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Weitzel T,Martínez-Valdebenito C,Acosta-Jamett G,Jiang J,Richards AL,Abarca K

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pyrethroid knockdown resistance gene (kdr) has become widespread in Anopheles gambiae in West Africa. A trial to test the continuing efficacy of insecticide-treated nets (ITN) and indoor residual spraying (IRS) was undertaken in experimental huts at 2 sites in Benin, the first where kdr is present at high frequenc...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： N'Guessan R,Corbel V,Akogbéto M,Rowland M

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyrethroid resistance is becoming widespread in Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes, coinciding with expanded use of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) throughout Africa. To investigate whether nets in use are still protective, we conducted household trials in northern and southern Benin, where An. gambiae mosquitoes are suscep...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Asidi A,N'Guessan R,Akogbeto M,Curtis C,Rowland M

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a food-related outbreak of salmonellosis in humans caused by a nonmotile variant of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium in France in 2009. This nonmotile variant had been circulating in laying hens but was not considered as Typhimurium and consequently escaped European poultry flock regulations. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Le Hello S,Brisabois A,Accou-Demartin M,Josse A,Marault M,Francart S,Da Silva NJ,Weill FX

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the United States, the seroprevalence rate for hepatitis E virus (HEV) is approximately 20%. This study examined HEV seroprevalence in persons with and without chronic liver disease. Our data indicate that HEV seropositivity is high in patients with chronic liver disease and that HEV seroprevalence increases signif...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Atiq M,Shire NJ,Barrett A,Rouster SD,Sherman KE,Shata MT

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study is the first confirmation of Rickettsia felis in Australia. The organism was identified from 4 species of fleas obtained from dogs and cats in Western Australia, by using polymerase chain reaction amplification and DNA sequencing of the citrate synthase and outer membrane protein A genes. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Schloderer D,Owen H,Clark P,Stenos J,Fenwick SG

更新日期：2006-05-01 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：:In China, the doubling time of the coronavirus disease epidemic by province increased during January 20-February 9, 2020. Doubling time estimates ranged from 1.4 (95% CI 1.2-2.0) days for Hunan Province to 3.1 (95% CI 2.1-4.8) days for Xinjiang Province. The estimate for Hubei Province was 2.5 (95% CI 2.4-2.6) days. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Muniz-Rodriguez K,Chowell G,Cheung CH,Jia D,Lai PY,Lee Y,Liu M,Ofori SK,Roosa KM,Simonsen L,Viboud C,Fung IC

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00