The persistence of swine vesicular disease virus infection in pigs.

abstract：:The occupational risk of acquiring minor respiratory infections for paediatric student nurses was estimated by performing serological examinations with influenza A, B, C, parainfluenza, mumps, respiratory syncytial virus, adenovirus and Mycoplasma pneumoniae at 6-month intervals over a period of 4 years in paediatric ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Gerth HJ,Grüner C,Müller R,Dietz K

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous respiratory tract infections (RTI) and antibiotics consumption as possible risk factors for extended duration of PRP carriage were investigated in 24 children (cases) with previous carriage of penicillin-resistant pneumococci (PRP) for a duration exceeding 120 days (median 168 days) and a control group of 53 ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Gunnarsson O,Ekdahl K

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 2-year study from January 1981 to December 1982 was undertaken to determine the role of viruses in the causation of diarrhoea in hospitalized children in Pune, Maharashtra State, India. The stool samples of 426 children (213 diarrhoeal and 213 non-diarrhoeal controls) were investigated by electron microscopy and ELI...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Singh PB,Sreenivasan MA,Pavri KM

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The impact of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) on the incidence of pneumococcal meningitis (PM) in children is unknown. To determine this impact, a descriptive multicentre retrospective cohort study was conducted from 2008 to 2013 in northern France. All laboratory-confirmed PM in children aged <18...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Chapoutot AG,Dessein R,Guilluy O,Lagrée M,Wallet F,Varon E,Martinot A,Dubos F

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We propose an age-structured mathematical model for respiratory syncytial virus in which children aged <1 year are especially considered. Real data on hospitalized children in the Spanish region of Valencia were used in order to determine some seasonal parameters of the model. Weekly predictions of the number of child...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Acedo L,Díez-Domingo J,Moraño JA,Villanueva RJ

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV-infected individuals with high levels of IgG antibodies against human herpesvirus-8 (HHV-8) are at increased risk of developing Kaposi's sarcoma. The aim of this study was to measure the association between HHV-8 viraemia and IgG antibody responses (by immunofluorescence) in a group of 201 HIV-infected individuals...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Alagiozoglou L,Morris L,Bredell H,Martin DJ,Sitas F

更新日期：2003-12-01 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：:We report an evaluation of the accuracy of ELISA for the detection of Leptospira-specific antibodies in humans. Eighty-eight studies published in 35 articles met all inclusion criteria and were submitted to meta-analysis. Pooled sensitivity and specificity were 0·779 (95% CI 0·770-0·789) and 0·913 (95% CI 0·908-0·917)...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Signorini ML,Lottersberger J,Tarabla HD,Vanasco NB

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Guidelines for the severity classification and treatment of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) were published by Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)/Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) in 2010; however, compliance and efficacy of these guidelines has not been widely investigated. This pr...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Crowell KT,Julian KG,Katzman M,Berg AS,Tinsley A,Williams ED,Koltun WA,Messaris E

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Food poisoning due to Salmonella typhimurium phage type 141 was unusual in the Sheffield area before 1984. The sudden increase in incidence of this phage type during 1984 and 1985, and its causative role in several small outbreaks in this period have been investigated. Epidemiological and laboratory investigations sug...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Chapman PA,Rhodes P,Rylands W

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Noroviruses are an important aetiological agent of acute gastroenteritis. They are responsible for large outbreaks of disease in the community, hospitals and long-term-care facilities. The clinical manifestations of norovirus outbreaks in psychiatric units are rarely described. The disease burden and impact highlight ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Tseng CY,Chen CH,Su SC,Wu FT,Chen CC,Hsieh GY,Hung CH,Fung CP

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite many years of state-sponsored efforts to eradicate the disease from cattle through testing and slaughter, bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is still regarded as the most important and complex of animal health challenges facing the British livestock agricultural industry. This paper provides a historical analysis of th...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Robinson PA

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed if there has been a decline in the median number of reported lifetime sexual partners in Kenya following the AIDS epidemic. The Wilcoxon rank-sum test was used to compare the median and interquartile range (IQR) of the number of lifetime sexual partners for men aged 20-54 years in the 1993 and 2008 Kenyan ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Kenyon CR,Schwartz I,Buyze J

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe microbiological, clinical and epidemiological aspects of a diphtheria outbreak that occurred in Maranhão, Brazil. The majority of the 27 confirmed cases occurred in partially (n = 16) or completely (n = 10) immunized children (n = 26). Clinical signs and characteristic symptoms of diphtheria such as cervic...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Santos LS,Sant'anna LO,Ramos JN,Ladeira EM,Stavracakis-Peixoto R,Borges LL,Santos CS,Napoleão F,Camello TC,Pereira GA,Hirata R,Vieira VV,Cosme LM,Sabbadini PS,Mattos-Guaraldi AL

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bartonella spp. are endemic in wild rodents in many parts of the world. A study conducted in two northern California counties (Sonoma and Yolo) sampling California ground squirrels (Otospermophilus beecheyi) and four other rodent species (Peromyscus maniculatus, P. boylii, P. truei and Neotoma fuscipes) led to the iso...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Ziedins AC,Chomel BB,Kasten RW,Kjemtrup AM,Chang CC

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a study of three high-risk occupational groups using Rose Bengal and complement fixation tests, the highest prevalence (7.1%) was found among dairy farm workers and owners in randomly selected dairy-cattle farms, followed by veterinary personnel (4.5%) and inhabitants in pastoralist areas (3.0%). There was no evide...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Omer MK,Assefaw T,Skjerve E,Tekleghiorghis T,Woldehiwet Z

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-five human rabies virus isolates from a wide geographical area of Brazil were characterized using an anti-nucleoprotein monoclonal antibody panel and by partial nucleotide sequencing analysis of the nucleoprotein gene. Three major antigenic groups related to the antigenic variants maintained in domestic dogs, va...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Favoretto SR,de Mattos CC,de Mattos CA,Campos AC,Sacramento DR,Durigon EL

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sharps injuries are a major cause of transmission of hepatitis B and C viruses and human immunodeficiency virus in health-care workers. To determine the yearly incidence and causes of sharps injuries in health-care workers in Taiwan, we conducted a questionnaire survey in a total of 8645 health care workers, including...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Guo YL,Shiao J,Chuang YC,Huang KY

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) can be spread by a variety of mechanisms, including wind. Simulation models, developed to predict the risk of airborne spread, have played an important part in decision making in some outbreaks. The amount of airborne virus excreted as well as the minimal infectious dose (MID) of FM...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Alexandersen S,Donaldson AI

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lumpy skin disease (LSD) is an economically important, acute or sub-acute, viral disease of cattle that occurs across Africa and in the Middle East. The aim of this study was to investigate if lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV) can be transmitted mechanically by African brown ear ticks (Rhipicephalus appendiculatus Neum....

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Tuppurainen ES,Lubinga JC,Stoltsz WH,Troskie M,Carpenter ST,Coetzer JA,Venter EH,Oura CA

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the impact of viral and bacterial co-infection in hospitalised children with Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia (RMPP). Retrospective analysis of 396 children with RMPP in our hospital admitted between 1 January 2011 and 31 December 2016 was performed. Nasal aspirate samples were collected for pathogen det...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Zhang X,Chen Z,Gu W,Ji W,Wang Y,Hao C,He Y,Huang L,Wang M,Shao X,Yan Y

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the occurrence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) in patients with chronic liver disease (CLD) and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in Pakistan, blood samples from 105 sequential patients with biopsy-proven CLD (n = 82) and HCC (n = 23) were tested for HBV and HCV markers. Of the 105, 87 (83...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Tong CY,Khan R,Beeching NJ,Tariq WU,Hart CA,Ahmad N,Malik IA

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify predictive factors and mortality of patients with influenza admitted to intensive care units (ICU) we carried out a prospective cohort study of patients hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed influenza in adult ICUs in a network of Canadian hospitals between 2006 and 2012. There were 626 influenza-positive...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Taylor G,Abdesselam K,Pelude L,Fernandes R,Mitchell R,McGeer A,Frenette C,Suh KN,Wong A,Katz K,Wilkinson K,Mersereau T,Gravel D,Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program (CNISP).

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pasteurized bottled milk supplied by a single dairy was frequently found to be contaminated with Yersinia spp. Investigations were carried out at the dairy in an effort to pinpoint the source of these organisms. Viable counts obtained from milk bottle rinses indicated that bottle washing was often unsatisfactory, and ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Greenwood MH,Hooper WL,Rodhouse JC

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nosocomial infection or colonization due to enterococci with high-level resistance to vancomycin (minimal inhibitory concentrations [MICs] between 64 and greater than 2000 mg/L) has occurred in 41 patients with renal disease. These vancomycin-resistant enterococci were cultured from many sources including blood. All b...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Uttley AH,George RC,Naidoo J,Woodford N,Johnson AP,Collins CH,Morrison D,Gilfillan AJ,Fitch LE,Heptonstall J

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the increased prevalence of hepatitis B and C in most migrant groups in The Netherlands, a national screening policy for these infections is not available. In order to estimate the prevalence of hepatitis B and C in the largest group of first-generation migrants (FGM) in The Netherlands, we conducted a screeni...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Richter C,Beest GT,Sancak I,Aydinly R,Bulbul K,Laetemia-Tomata F,De Leeuw M,Waegemaekers T,Swanink C,Roovers E

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The degerming effect of a 3 min handwash with 2% triclosan, or 4% chlorhexidine, in detergent and enhanced efficacy of either antiseptic in isopropyl alcohol, was evaluated in volunteers. Handwashing with either antiseptic preparation reduced the normal flora by a factor of 10; alcohol rubbing by approximately a facto...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Bartzokas CA,Corkill JE,Makin T,Parry E

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thailand was a hyper-endemic country for dengue with co-circulation of four serotypes and tens of thousands of infected cases annually. Taking into consideration the large number of local dengue virus (DENV) sequences available in GenBank, Thailand was the most ideal locality to study co-evolution of DENV. Therefore, ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Chen SP

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to assess and describe the current spectrum of emerging zoonoses between 2000 and 2006 in European countries. A computerized search of the Medline database from January 1966 to August 2006 for all zoonotic agents in European countries was performed using specific criteria for emergence. F...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Vorou RM,Papavassiliou VG,Tsiodras S

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To obtain insight into mumps immunity 9 years after introduction of vaccination in The Netherlands, antibodies were measured in a national sample (n = 8298) and in clustered religious groups with low vaccine acceptance (n = 254). All sera were tested by indirect ELISA, and agreement with neutralization assay was asses...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： van den Hof S,Beaumont MT,Berbers GA,de Melker HE

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00