Early Insights from Statistical and Mathematical Modeling of Key Epidemiologic Parameters of COVID-19.

abstract：:We analyzed 1,093 Vibrio cholerae isolates from the Democratic Republic of the Congo during 1997-2012 and found increasing antimicrobial drug resistance over time. Our study also demonstrated that the 2011-2012 epidemic was caused by an El Tor variant clonal complex with a single antimicrobial drug susceptibility prof...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Miwanda B,Moore S,Muyembe JJ,Nguefack-Tsague G,Kabangwa IK,Ndjakani DY,Mutreja A,Thomson N,Thefenne H,Garnotel E,Tshapenda G,Kakongo DK,Kalambayi G,Piarroux R

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previously healthy man from eastern Kansas, USA, sought medical care in late spring because of a history of tick bite, fever, and fatigue. The patient had thrombocytopenia and leukopenia and was given doxycycline for a presumed tickborne illness. His condition did not improve. Multiorgan failure developed, and he di...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Kosoy OI,Lambert AJ,Hawkinson DJ,Pastula DM,Goldsmith CS,Hunt DC,Staples JE

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular surveillance of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) was implemented in Europe as case reporting in 2005. For all new MDR TB cases detected from January 2003 through June 2007, countries reported case-based epidemiologic data and DNA fingerprint patterns of MDR TB strains when available. International c...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Devaux I,Kremer K,Heersma H,Van Soolingen D

更新日期：2009-07-01 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：:We tested for enterovirus D68 in fecal samples collected during June-September 2016 from 567 patients with acute flaccid paralysis in 7 West Africa nations. Children <5 years old comprised 64.3% of enterovirus D68 positive patients. Our findings emphasize the need for active surveillance for acute flaccid myelitis. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Fall A,Ndiaye N,Messacar K,Kebe O,Jallow MM,Harouna H,Kiori DE,Sy S,Goudiaby D,Dia M,Niang MN,Ndiaye K,Dia N

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2015, Clostridium difficile testing rates among 30 US community, multispecialty, and cancer hospitals were 14.0, 16.3, and 33.9/1,000 patient-days, respectively. Pooled hospital onset rates were 0.56, 0.84, and 1.57/1,000 patient-days, respectively. Higher testing rates may artificially inflate reported rates of C....

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Kamboj M,Brite J,Aslam A,Kennington J,Babady NE,Calfee D,Furuya Y,Chen D,Augenbraun M,Ostrowsky B,Patel G,Mircescu M,Kak V,Tuma R,Karre TA,Fry DA,Duhaney YP,Moyer A,Mitchell D,Cantu S,Hsieh C,Warren N,Martin S

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vancouver Island, Canada, reports the world's highest incidence of Cryptococcus gattii infection among humans and animals. To identify key biophysical factors modulating environmental concentrations, we evaluated monthly concentrations of C. gatti in air, soil, and trees over a 3-year period. The 2 study datasets were...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Uejio CK,Mak S,Manangan A,Luber G,Bartlett KH

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine whether guinea pigs are infected with influenza virus in nature, we conducted a serologic study in domestic guinea pigs in Ecuador. Detection of antibodies against influenza A and B raises the question about the role of guinea pigs in the ecology and epidemiology of influenza virus in the region. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Leyva-Grado VH,Mubareka S,Krammer F,Cárdenas WB,Palese P

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella enterica serotype Baildon, a rare serotype, was recovered from 86 persons in eight states; 87% of illnesses began during a 3-week period ending January 9, 1999. Raw restaurant-prepared tomatoes were implicated in multiple case-control studies. Contamination likely occurred on the farm or during packing; mor...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Cummings K,Barrett E,Mohle-Boetani JC,Brooks JT,Farrar J,Hunt T,Fiore A,Komatsu K,Werner SB,Slutsker L

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2010, in Veneto Region, Italy, surveillance of summer fevers was conducted to promptly identify autochthonous cases of West Nile fever and increase detection of imported dengue and chikungunya in travelers. Surveillance highlighted the need to modify case definitions, train physicians, and when a case is identified...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Gobbi F,Barzon L,Capelli G,Angheben A,Pacenti M,Napoletano G,Piovesan C,Montarsi F,Martini S,Rigoli R,Cattelan AM,Rinaldi R,Conforto M,Russo F,Palù G,Bisoffi Z,Veneto Summer Fever Study Group.

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Baboons on South Africa's Cape Peninsula come in frequent contact with humans. To determine potential health risks for both species, we screened 27 baboons from 5 troops for 10 infections. Most (56%) baboons had antibodies reactive or cross-reactive to human viruses. Spatial overlap between these species poses low but...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Drewe JA,O'Riain MJ,Beamish E,Currie H,Parsons S

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the United States, outbreaks of avian influenza H5 and H7 virus infections in poultry have raised concern about the risk for infections in humans. We reviewed the data collected during 2014-2017 and found no human infections among 4,555 exposed responders who were wearing protection. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Olsen SJ,Rooney JA,Blanton L,Rolfes MA,Nelson DI,Gomez TM,Karli SA,Trock SC,Fry AM

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed 43 CTX-M-15-producing Escherichia coli isolates and 6 plasmids encoding the blaCTX-M-15 gene from Canada, India, Kuwait, France, Switzerland, Portugal, and Spain. Most isolates belonged to phylogroups B2 (50%) and D (25%). An EC-B2 strain of clonal complex sequence type (ST) 131 was detected in all countri...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Coque TM,Novais A,Carattoli A,Poirel L,Pitout J,Peixe L,Baquero F,Cantón R,Nordmann P

更新日期：2008-02-01 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：:Human parvovirus 4 infections are primarily associated with parenteral exposure in western countries. By ELISA, we demonstrate frequent seropositivity for antibody to parvovirus 4 viral protein 2 among adult populations throughout sub-Saharan Africa (Burkina Faso, 37%; Cameroon, 25%; Democratic Republic of the Congo, ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Sharp CP,Vermeulen M,Nébié Y,Djoko CF,LeBreton M,Tamoufe U,Rimoin AW,Kayembe PK,Carr JK,Servant-Delmas A,Laperche S,Harrison GL,Pybus OG,Delwart E,Wolfe ND,Saville A,Lefrère JJ,Simmonds P

更新日期：2010-10-01 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：: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：:We studied 1,432 febrile travelers from Sweden who had returned from malaria-endemic areas during March 2005-March 2008. In 383 patients, paired serum samples were blindly analyzed for influenza and 7 other agents. For 21% of 115 patients with fever of unknown origin, serologic analysis showed that influenza was the m...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Askling HH,Lesko B,Vene S,Berndtson A,Björkman P,Bläckberg J,Bronner U,Follin P,Hellgren U,Palmerus M,Ekdahl K,Tegnell A,Struwe J

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During April 2011-March 2012, we retrospectively reviewed medical records for South Korea soldiers to assess the etiology and epidemiology of acute viral lower respiratory tract infections. Adenovirus was the most commonly identified virus (63.2%) and the most common cause of pneumonia (79.3%) and hospitalization (76....

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Heo JY,Lee JE,Kim HK,Choe KW

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Guidelines for Preventing Opportunistic Infections Among Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients contains a section on hospital infection control including evidence-based recommendations regarding ventilation, construction, equipment, plants, play areas and toys, health-care workers, visitors, patient skin and o...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Dykewicz CA

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An outbreak of nosocomial infections with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus occurred in South Korea in May 2015. Spike glycoprotein genes of virus strains from South Korea were closely related to those of strains from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. However, virus strains from South Korea showed strain-specific varia...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Kim DW,Kim YJ,Park SH,Yun MR,Yang JS,Kang HJ,Han YW,Lee HS,Kim HM,Kim H,Kim AR,Heo DR,Kim SJ,Jeon JH,Park D,Kim JA,Cheong HM,Nam JG,Kim K,Kim SS

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Powerful diagnostic technology, plus the realization that organisms of otherwise unimpressive virulence can produce slowly progressive chronic disease with a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations and disease outcomes, has resulted in the discovery of new infectious agents and new concepts of infectious diseases. Th...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Cassell GH

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent epidemiologic, virologic, and modeling reports support the possibility of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission from persons who are presymptomatic (SARS-CoV-2 detected before symptom onset) or asymptomatic (SARS-CoV-2 detected but symptoms never develop). SARS-CoV-2 transmis...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Furukawa NW,Brooks JT,Sobel J

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterovirus 68 (EV68) is a rare enterovirus associated with respiratory illness that, unlike other enteroviruses, has been identified only from respiratory specimens. We identified EV68 from respiratory specimens of children hospitalized with a diagnosis of severe pneumonia in Leyte, Republic of the Philippines. Twent...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Imamura T,Fuji N,Suzuki A,Tamaki R,Saito M,Aniceto R,Galang H,Sombrero L,Lupisan S,Oshitani H

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ross River virus, a mosquitoborne alphavirus, causes epidemic polyarthritis in Australia and the Pacific region. We analyzed serum cytokine, chemokine, and growth factor levels in travelers returning to Germany from Australia. Serum samples showed elevated concentrations in the acute phase of the illness and, more pro...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Tappe D,Pérez-Girón JV,Gómez-Medina S,Günther S,Muñoz-Fontela C,Schmidt-Chanasit J

更新日期：2017-04-01 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：:From July to September 2002, an outbreak of West Nile virus (WNV) caused a high number of deaths in captive owls at the Owl Foundation, Vineland, Ontario, Canada. Peak death rates occurred in mid-August, and the epidemiologic curve resembled that of corvids in the surrounding Niagara region. The outbreak occurred in t...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Gancz AY,Barker IK,Lindsay R,Dibernardo A,McKeever K,Hunter B

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the epidemiology of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in a call center in South Korea. We obtained information on demographic characteristics by using standardized epidemiologic investigation forms. We performed descriptive analyses and reported the results as frequencies and proportions for catego...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Park SY,Kim YM,Yi S,Lee S,Na BJ,Kim CB,Kim JI,Kim HS,Kim YB,Park Y,Huh IS,Kim HK,Yoon HJ,Jang H,Kim K,Chang Y,Kim I,Lee H,Gwack J,Kim SS,Kim M,Kweon S,Choe YJ,Park O,Park YJ,Jeong EK

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In some areas of Africa, health facility data have indicated declines in malaria that might have resulted from increasingly effective control programs. Most such reports have been from countries where malaria transmission is highly seasonal or of modest intensity. In Malawi, perennial malaria transmission is intense, ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Roca-Feltrer A,Kwizombe CJ,Sanjoaquin MA,Sesay SS,Faragher B,Harrison J,Geukers K,Kabuluzi S,Mathanga DP,Molyneux E,Chagomera M,Taylor T,Molyneux M,Heyderman RS

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the first genetic characterization of wildtype measles viruses from Uganda. Thirty-six virus isolates from outbreaks in 6 districts were analyzed from 2000 to 2002. Analyses of sequences of the nucleoprotein (N) and hemagglutinin (H) genes showed that the Ugandan isolates were all closely related, and phylog...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Muwonge A,Nanyunja M,Rota PA,Bwogi J,Lowe L,Liffick SL,Bellini WJ,Sylvester S

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00