Using laboratory-based surveillance data for prevention: an algorithm for detecting Salmonella outbreaks.

abstract：:Adventure travel is becoming more popular, increasing the likelihood of contact with unusual pathogens. We investigated an outbreak of leptospirosis in "Eco-Challenge" multisport race athletes to determine illness etiology and implement public health measures. Of 304 athletes, we contacted 189 (62%) from the United St...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Sejvar J,Bancroft E,Winthrop K,Bettinger J,Bajani M,Bragg S,Shutt K,Kaiser R,Marano N,Popovic T,Tappero J,Ashford D,Mascola L,Vugia D,Perkins B,Rosenstein N,Eco-Challenge Investigation Team.

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida parapsilosis is an important non-albicans species which infects hospitalized patients. No studies have correlated outbreak infections of C. parapsilosis with multiple virulence factors. We used DNA fingerprinting to determine genetic variability among isolates from a C. parapsilosis outbreak and from our clini...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Kuhn DM,Mikherjee PK,Clark TA,Pujol C,Chandra J,Hajjeh RA,Warnock DW,Soil DR,Ghannoum MA

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During 2009-2012, Greece experienced a resurgence of domestic malaria transmission. To help guide malaria response efforts, we used spatial modeling to characterize environmental signatures of areas suitable for transmission. Nonlinear discriminant analysis indicated that sea-level altitude and land-surface temperatur...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Sudre B,Rossi M,Van Bortel W,Danis K,Baka A,Vakalis N,Semenza JC

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptococcus gattii has emerged as a human and animal pathogen in the Pacific Northwest. First recognized on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, it now involves mainland British Columbia, and Washington and Oregon in the United States. In Canada, the incidence of disease has been one of the highest worldwide. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Datta K,Bartlett KH,Baer R,Byrnes E,Galanis E,Heitman J,Hoang L,Leslie MJ,MacDougall L,Magill SS,Morshed MG,Marr KA,Cryptococcus gattii Working Group of the Pacific Northwest.

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with immunodeficiency-associated vaccine-derived poliovirus (iVDPV) are potential poliovirus reservoirs in the posteradication era that might reintroduce polioviruses into the community. We update the iVDPV registry in Iran by reporting 9 new patients. In addition to national acute flaccid paralysis surveilla...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Shaghaghi M,Shahmahmoodi S,Nili A,Abolhassani H,Madani SP,Nejati A,Yousefi M,Kandelousi YM,Irannejad M,Shaghaghi S,Zahraei SM,Mahmoudi S,Gouya MM,Yazdani R,Azizi G,Parvaneh N,Aghamohammadi A

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the clinical and epidemiologic features of an outbreak of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in Herat Province, Afghanistan. The study comprised 63 patients hospitalized in 2017. The overall case-fatality rate was 22.2%; fatal outcome was significantly associated with a negative IgM test result, longer prothro...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Niazi AU,Jawad MJ,Amirnajad A,Durr PA,Williams DT

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary bloodstream infection (BSI) is a leading, preventable infectious complication in critically ill patients and has a negative impact on patients' outcome. Surveillance definitions for primary BSI distinguish those that are microbiologically documented from those that are not. The latter is known as clinical seps...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Hugonnet S,Sax H,Eggimann P,Chevrolet JC,Pittet D

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During May-August 2016, mumps virus genotype K was detected in 12 Vietnam citizens who entered China at the Shuikou border crossing and 1 girl from China. We provide evidence that mumps genotype K is circulating in Vietnam and was imported to China from Vietnam. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Liu W,Deng L,Lin X,Wang X,Ma Y,Deng Q,Xue X,Zhong G,Jin L

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Findings among a cohort of 26 patients who had hematologic malignancies and hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection support that HEV can induce chronic hepatitis. However, a 3-month course of ribavirin can induce a rapid viral clearance, reducing the risk for chronic hepatitis and enabling continuation of cytotoxic treatmen...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Tavitian S,Peron JM,Huguet F,Kamar N,Abravanel F,Beyne-Rauzy O,Oberic L,Faguer S,Alric L,Roussel M,Gaudin C,Ysebaert L,Huynh A,Recher C

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To detect orthopoxvirus in the Brazilian Amazon, we conducted a serosurvey of 344 wild animals. Neutralizing antibodies against orthopoxvirus were detected by plaque-reduction neutralizing tests in 84 serum samples. Amplicons from 6 monkey samples were sequenced. These amplicons identified vaccinia virus genetically s...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Abrahão JS,Silva-Fernandes AT,Lima LS,Campos RK,Guedes MI,Cota MM,Assis FL,Borges IA,Souza-Júnior MF,Lobato ZI,Bonjardim CA,Ferreira PC,Trindade GS,Kroon EG

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report mutations in influenza A virus (H5N1) strains associated with 2 outbreaks in Turkey. Four novel amino acid changes (Q447L, N556K, and R46K in RNA polymerase and S133A in hemagglutinin) were detected in virus isolates from 2 siblings who died. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Altiok E,Taylan F,Yenen OS,Demirkeser G,Bozaci M,Onel D,Akcadag B,Iyisan AS,Ciblak M,Bozkaya E,Yuksel S,Badur S

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of transfusion-associated bacteremia caused by Psychrobacter arenosus. This psychrotolerant bacterium was previously isolated in 2004 from coastal sea ice and sediments in the Sea of Japan, but not from humans. P. arenosus should be considered a psychrotolerant bacterial species that can cause transfu...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Caspar Y,Recule C,Pouzol P,Lafeuillade B,Mallaret MR,Maurin M,Croize J

更新日期：2013-07-01 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：:Carriage of the New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase variant 1 (NDM-1) enables drug resistance to move between communities and hospitals. In Bangladesh, we found the blaNDM-1 gene in 62% of environmental waters and in fermentative and nonfermentative gram-negative bacteria. Escherichia coli sequence type (ST) 101 was most co...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Toleman MA,Bugert JJ,Nizam SA

更新日期：2015-06-01 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 investigated transmission characteristics of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in a mother and son from Spain. Despite differences in patient age and disease manifestations, we found the same strain properties in these patients as in UK vCJD cases. A single strain of agent appears to be responsible for all vCJD cas...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Diack AB,Boyle A,Ritchie D,Plinston C,Kisielewski D,de Pedro-Cuesta J,Rábano A,Will RG,Manson JC

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After severe neurocognitive decline developed in an otherwise healthy 63-year-old man, brain magnetic resonance imaging showed eosinophilic meningoencephalitis and enhancing lesions. The patient tested positive for antibodies to Baylisascaris spp. roundworms, was treated with albendazole and dexamethasone, and showed ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Langelier C,Reid MJ,Halabi C,Witek N,LaRiviere A,Shah M,Wilson MR,Chin-Hong P,Douglas V,Kazacos KR,Babik JM

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:WU polyomavirus (WUPyV) and KI polyomavirus (KIPyV) are novel human polyomaviruses. They were originally identified in human respiratory secretions, but the extent of human infection caused by these viruses has not been described to date. To determine the seroepidemiology of WUPyV and KIpyIV, we used an ELISA to scree...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Nguyen NL,Le BM,Wang D

更新日期：2009-08-01 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：:During 2015-2016, several outbreaks of tilapia lake virus infection occurred among tilapia in Thailand. Phylogenetic analysis showed that the virus from Thailand grouped with a tilapia virus (family Orthomyxoviridae) from Israel. This emerging virus is a threat to tilapia aquaculture in Asia and worldwide. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Surachetpong W,Janetanakit T,Nonthabenjawan N,Tattiyapong P,Sirikanchana K,Amonsin A

更新日期：2017-06-01 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 need for closer linkages between scientific and programmatic areas focused on addressing vaccine-preventable and acute respiratory infections led to establishment of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. During its first 10 years (2...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Schuchat A,Anderson LJ,Rodewald LE,Cox NJ,Hajjeh R,Pallansch MA,Messonnier NE,Jernigan DB,Wharton M

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dengue virus infection during pregnancy increased the risk for any neurologic congenital anomaly in the infant by roughly 50% and for other congenital malformations of brain 4-fold. Our results show an association between dengue during pregnancy and congenital anomalies of the brain, suggesting that flaviviruses other...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Paixão ES,Teixeira MG,Costa MDCN,Barreto ML,Rodrigues LC

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a study in the summer of 2004 at county fairs in the Midwest to investigate the role poultry exhibits have in spreading avian pathogens to humans. A nearly invisible powder (pathogen surrogate) that fluoresces under UV light was surreptitiously sprinkled each day on 1 show bird at each of 2 fairs. A UV li...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Olson SR,Gray GC

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several severe respiratory virus infections that have emerged during the past decade originated in animals, including bats. In Indonesia, exposure to bats has been associated with increased risk of acquiring orthoreovirus infection. Although orthoreovirus infections are mild and self-limiting, we explored their potent...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Wong AH,Cheng PK,Lai MY,Leung PC,Wong KK,Lee WY,Lim WW

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In some parts of western Africa, Ebola treatment centers (ETCs) have reached capacity. Unless capacity is rapidly scaled up, the chance to avoid a generalized Ebola epidemic will soon diminish. The World Health Organization and partners are considering additional Ebola patient care options, including community care ce...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Kucharski AJ,Camacho A,Checchi F,Waldman R,Grais RF,Cabrol JC,Briand S,Baguelin M,Flasche S,Funk S,Edmunds WJ

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Residents of the Red River Delta region of northern Vietnam have a long tradition of eating raw fish. Fish-borne zoonotic trematodes (FZTs) are estimated to infect ≈1 million persons in Vietnam. It remains uncertain at what stages in the aquaculture production cycle fish become infected with FZTs. Newly hatched fish (...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Phan VT,Ersbøll AK,Nguyen TT,Nguyen KV,Nguyen HT,Murrell D,Dalsgaard A

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human metapneumovirus pneumonia, most commonly found in children, was diagnosed in an adult with encephalitis. This case suggests that testing for human metapneumovirus RNA in nasopharyngeal aspirate and cerebrospinal fluid samples should be considered in adults with encephalitis who have a preceding respiratory infec...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Fok A,Mateevici C,Lin B,Chandra RV,Chong VH

更新日期：2015-11-01 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：:We report 13 cases of Naegleria fowleri primary amebic meningoencephalitis in persons in Karachi, Pakistan, who had no history of aquatic activities. Infection likely occurred through ablution with tap water. An increase in primary amebic meningoencephalitis cases may be attributed to rising temperatures, reduced leve...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Shakoor S,Beg MA,Mahmood SF,Bandea R,Sriram R,Noman F,Ali F,Visvesvara GS,Zafar A

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00