Antigenic analysis of SAT 2 serotype foot-and-mouth disease virus isolates from Zimbabwe using monoclonal antibodies.

abstract：:Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (Map), the cause of ruminant paratuberculosis, has been proposed as the causative agent of Crohn's disease. The objective of this study was to determine whether exposure to clinical cases of bovine paratuberculosis was a risk factor for Crohn's disease. A questionnaire w...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Jones PH,Farver TB,Beaman B,Cetinkaya B,Morgan KL

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SUMMARY This study assesses the contribution of different sources of human campylobacteriosis in Denmark using two different source-attribution approaches. In total, 794 non-human isolates and 406 isolates from human cases (domestic, travel related, and cases with unknown travel history) were collected. Isolates were ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Boysen L,Rosenquist H,Larsson JT,Nielsen EM,Sørensen G,Nordentoft S,Hald T

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The drug susceptibility and genes responsible for the drug resistance of Vibrio cholerae O1 isolated in Vietnam in 1995, 2000 and 2002 were studied. The strains isolated in 1995 were resistant to streptomycin and harboured the class I integron which contained the aadA1 gene responsible for streptomycin resistance. The...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Ehara M,Nguyen BM,Nguyen DT,Toma C,Higa N,Iwanaga M

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Major surgery carried out in low- and middle-income countries is associated with a high risk of surgical site infections (SSI), but knowledge is limited regarding contributory factors to such infections. This study explores factors related to patients developing an SSI in a teaching hospital in Ghana. A prospective co...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Bediako-Bowan AAA,Mølbak K,Kurtzhals JAL,Owusu E,Debrah S,Newman MJ

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical records, for 2000 and 2001, of symptomatic amoebic patients who were treated at our hospitals in Tokyo, Yokohama and Osaka were studied retrospectively for the purpose of gathering epidemiological data on symptomatic Entamoeba histolytica infection. A total of 58 patients were treated. Fifty-five of them were ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Ohnishi K,Kato Y,Imamura A,Fukayama M,Tsunoda T,Sakaue Y,Sakamoto M,Sagara H

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamin D has been shown to be an important immune system regulator. Vitamin D insufficiency during winter may cause increased susceptibility to upper respiratory tract infections (URIs). To determine whether vitamin D supplementation during the winter season prevents or decreases URI symptoms, 162 adults were randomi...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Li-Ng M,Aloia JF,Pollack S,Cunha BA,Mikhail M,Yeh J,Berbari N

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased population movements and increased mobility made it possible for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, which is mainly spread by respiratory droplets, to spread faster and more easily. This study tracked and analysed the development of the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in the top 100 cities...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Yang H,Chen D,Jiang Q,Yuan Z

更新日期：2020-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaccines are the cornerstone of influenza control policy, but can suffer from several drawbacks. Seasonal influenza vaccines are prone to production problems and low efficacies, while pandemic vaccines are unlikely to be available in time to slow a rapidly spreading global outbreak. Antiviral therapy was found to be b...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Kramer SC,Bansal S

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strains of Salmonella enteritidis belonging to phage type 4 (SE4) were grown in the peritoneal cavities of chickens, and without subculture on laboratory media examined for inducible in vivo phenotypic characteristics. These bacteria expressed three major outer membrane proteins (OMPs) of 33, 35 and 36 kilodaltons (kD...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Chart H,Conway D,Rowe B

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of the methylene blue test for the examination of cows milk was investigated in an inter-laboratory survey. A poor relationship was found between results of these tests and total viable counts. Coliforms were detected in a large number of pasteurized milks, indicating frequent post-pasteurization contamination...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Greenwood MH,Gill P,Coetzee EF,Ford BM,Hooper WL,Matthews SC,Patrick S

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rates of acquisition and mean duration of nasal carriage of different serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae have been estimated by fitting a stochastic model to longitudinal carriage data in children from Papua New Guinea. Immunogenicity and two indices of relative invasiveness were determined for each serotype. Immun...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Smith T,Lehmann D,Montgomery J,Gratten M,Riley ID,Alpers MP

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When Pst I-generated digests of genomic DNA from each of the type strains of 49 of the Vi phage types of Salmonella typhi were probed with a PCR-amplified IS200 gene probe, all strains were found to possess at least 11 IS200 elements carried on fragments in the range 24.2-1.2 kb. Fourteen fingerprints were identified ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Threlfall EJ,Torre E,Ward LR,Dávalos-Pérez A,Rowe B,Gibert I

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis (TB) has been known to affect elephants for thousands of years. It was put into spotlight when few circus elephants were diagnosed carrying Mycobacterium (M.) tuberculosis. Because of the zoonotic risk and high susceptibility to M. tuberculosis, periodic testing was enacted since, in captive breeding prog...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Hermes R,Saragusty J,Moser I,Holtze S,Nieter J,Sachse K,Voracek T,Bernhard A,Bouts T,Göritz F,Hildebrandt TB

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Owing to limited data, we conducted a meta-analysis to re-evaluate the relationship between obesity and coronavirus-2019 (COVID-19). Literature published between 1 January 2020 and 22 August 2020 was comprehensively analysed, and RevMan3.5 was used for data analysis. A total of 50 studies, including data on 18 260 378...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Yang J,Ma Z,Lei Y

更新日期：2020-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of antibodies to hepatitis A virus was assessed in a Dutch nationwide sample (n = 7367). A questionnaire was used to study the association with various sociodemographic characteristics. Overall, 33.8% (95% CI 31.6-36%) of the population had hepatitis A antibodies. The seroprevalence was less than 10% in...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Termorshuizen F,Dorigo-Zetsma JW,de Melker HE,van den Hof S,Conyn-Van Spaendonck MA

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a molecular epidemiological study of rabies virus (RABV) strains circulating in animal populations in Bhutan, and investigate potential origins of these viruses. Twenty-three RABV isolates originating from dogs and other domestic animals were characterized by sequencing the partial nucleoprotein (N) gene (39...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Tenzin,Wacharapluesadee S,Denduangboripant J,Dhand NK,Dorji R,Tshering D,Rinzin K,Raika V,Dahal N,Ward MP

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rubella infections, notified by general practitioners on the basis of a clinical diagnosis, were investigated by testing blood and saliva samples for specific IgM. Overall 52 (29%) of 178 cases with appropriately timed blood specimens were confirmed as recent rubella by IgM serology. Only 2 (3%) of 74 cases in childre...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Ramsay ME,Brugha R,Brown DW,Cohen BJ,Miller E

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1993 New York and Texas each reported a human rabies case traced to a rare variant of rabies virus found in an uncommon species of bat. This study examined the epidemiology of bat rabies in New York State. Demographic, species, and animal-contact information for bats submitted for rabies testing from 1988-92 was an...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Childs JE,Trimarchi CV,Krebs JW

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recruited 1591 patients who presented to our fever clinics from 23 January 2020 to 16 February 2020. The different imaging findings between COVID-19 pneumonia and influenza A viruses, influenza B virus pneumonia were also investigated. Most patients were infected by influenza A and B viruses in the flu-season. A la...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Zhao W,Xie X,Liu J

更新日期：2020-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Strongyloides stercoralis is rarely recognized as a major public health issue, probably because its burden is largely underestimated. We reviewed the literature (both PubMed and 'grey' literature) about the prevalence of strongyloidiasis in Latin America, an area of presumable high endemicity. There were finally 88 pa...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Buonfrate D,Mena MA,Angheben A,Requena-Mendez A,Muñoz J,Gobbi F,Albonico M,Gotuzzo E,Bisoffi Z,COHEMI Project Study Group.

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine work-related blood and body fluid exposure (BBFE) among health-care workers (HCWs), to explore potential risk factors and to provide policy suggestions, a 6-year retrospective study of all reported BBFE among HCWs (1998-2003) was conducted in a 430-bed teaching hospital in Australia. Results showed that BBF...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Bi P,Tully PJ,Pearce S,Hiller JE

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole apples have not been previously implicated in outbreaks of foodborne bacterial illness. We investigated a nationwide listeriosis outbreak associated with caramel apples. We defined an outbreak-associated case as an infection with one or both of two outbreak strains of Listeria monocytogenes highly related by who...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Angelo KM,Conrad AR,Saupe A,Dragoo H,West N,Sorenson A,Barnes A,Doyle M,Beal J,Jackson KA,Stroika S,Tarr C,Kucerova Z,Lance S,Gould LH,Wise M,Jackson BR

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1996 Japan had a big outbreak of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) O157:H7, especially in Osaka prefecture where about 6000 patients (mainly schoolchildren) suffered from diarrhoea, haemorrhagic colitis and haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) due to EHEC infection via school lunch. Our survey of doctors who ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Yoh M,Honda T

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Esterase electrophoretic typing and restriction fragment length polymorphism of ribosomal DNA regions (ribotyping) were used to differentiate 102 Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates obtained from chronic lung infection in 23 patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) and two reference strains (including the type strain A...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Denamur E,Picard B,Goullet P,Bingen E,Lambert N,Elion J

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Very few Pacific islands escaped the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic. Subsequent influenza epidemics in the established colonial outposts of American Samoa and New Caledonia infected many but killed very few persons whereas the extraordinarily isolated Niue, Rotuma, Jaliut and Yule islands experienced high mortality infl...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Shanks GD,Brundage JF

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Varicella is a common and highly contagious childhood disease which impacts the public worldwide. Hong Kong children can only be vaccinated against the disease in private practice. The varicella vaccination rate of local children in preschool is uncertain. Therefore a cross-sectional kindergarten-based parent-administ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Chan JY,Leung KM,Tam WW,Lee A

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 598 isolates of Shigella species (24 S. dysenteriae, 254 S. flexneri, 30 S. boydii, 290 S. sonnei) submitted to the Ontario Public Health Laboratories in 1990 were tested for their susceptibility to 14 antimicrobial agents by the agar dilution method. Overall 79.6% of isolates were resistant to one or more ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Harnett N

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined stool specimens for viral pathogens from 50 children referred to hospital due to acute gastroenteritis (AGE) resulting from consuming drinking water contaminated with sewage in a Finnish community using PCR methods. Rotavirus was detected in 33 (66%), human calicivirus in 31 (62%), and both in 40% of cases...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Räsänen S,Lappalainen S,Kaikkonen S,Hämäläinen M,Salminen M,Vesikari T

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From 2007 to 2010, the largest reported Q-fever epidemic occurred in the Netherlands with 4026 notified laboratory-confirmed cases. During the course of the epidemic, health-seeking behaviour changed and awareness among health professionals increased. Changes in laboratory workflows were implemented. The aim of this s...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Hanssen DAT,Morroy G,de Lange MMA,Wielders CCH,van der Hoek W,Dijkstra F,Schneeberger PM

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mosquito-borne Sindbis virus (SINV) causes rash-arthritis syndrome in Finland. Major outbreaks with approximately 7-year cycles have caused substantial burden of illness. Forest dwelling grouse are suspected to be amplifying hosts, with the infection transmitted to humans by mosquito bites. SINV infection surveillance...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Jalava K,Sane J,Ollgren J,Ruuhela R,Rätti O,Kurkela S,Helle P,Hartonen S,Pirinen P,Vapalahti O,Kuusi M

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00