Salivary diagnosis of rubella: a study of notified cases in the United Kingdom, 1991-4.

abstract：:Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) regulation in adults is influenced by early psychosocial adversity, but the role of infectious disease history is poorly understood. We studied the association between cumulative pathogen burden and cortisol profile over the day in a sample of 317 healthy men and women aged ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Steptoe A,Gylfe A,Shamaei-Tousi A,Bergstrom S,Henderson B

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cattle are considered to be a reservoir host of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and contaminated foods of bovine origin are important vehicles of human infection. In this study, the susceptibility of calves to experimental E. coli O157:H7 infection following low oral exposures was determined. Two of 17 calves exposed to very...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Besser TE,Richards BL,Rice DH,Hancock DD

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to determine the distribution of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) virulence markers (stx1, stx2, eae, ehxA) in E. coli strains isolated from young calves aged fewer than 7 days (bobby calves). In total, 299 recto-anal mucosal swabs were collected from animals at two slaught...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Irshad H,Cookson AL,Prattley DJ,Dufour M,French NP

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple and reproducible typing system based on restriction fragment size of chromosomal DNA was developed to compare isolates of Streptococcus uberis obtained from the bovine mammary gland. The endonuclease giving the most useful restriction patterns was Hind III. Although seven other endonucleases (Bgl 1, Eco R1, N...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Hill AW,Leigh JA

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first epidemic of sporotrichosis in humans as a result of zoonotic transmission was identified in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1998. A cross-sectional study was conducted applying questionnaires to patients seen in 2002 at Evandro Chagas Clinical Research Institute, Fiocruz, with a confirmed diagnosis of sporotricho...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Barros MB,Schubach AO,Schubach TM,Wanke B,Lambert-Passos SR

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although community-onset bloodstream infection (BSI) is recognized to be a major cause of morbidity and mortality, there is a paucity of population-based studies defining its overall burden. We conducted population-based laboratory surveillance for all community-onset BSI in the Calgary Health Region during 2000-2004....

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Laupland KB,Gregson DB,Flemons WW,Hawkins D,Ross T,Church DL

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From 1 January 1992 to 31 December 2000, 27 milkborne general outbreaks of infectious intestinal disease (IID) were reported to the Public Health Laboratory Service (PHLS) Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre (CDSC). These outbreaks represented a fraction (2%) of all outbreaks of foodborne origin (N = 1774) report...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Gillespie IA,Adak GK,O'Brien SJ,Bolton FJ

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Virus surveillance of Northern Ireland recreational waters, between April 1986 and May 1989 demonstrated widespread enteroviral contamination of coastal and inland waters. In 1986, enteroviruses were detected in 4 of 46 (8.7%) water samples, collected from 6 coastal bathing waters. In 1987, 49 of 107 (45.8%) samples, ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Hughes MS,Coyle PV,Connolly JH

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A ten-fold increase in Salmonella Typhimurium DT104 cases in The Netherlands during September-November 2005 prompted an outbreak investigation. A population-based matched case-control study included 56 cases and 100 controls. Risk factors for infection were consumption of a pre-processed raw beef product (odds ratio 4...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Kivi M,Hofhuis A,Notermans DW,Wannet WJ,Heck ME,Van De Giessen AW,Van Duynhoven YT,Stenvers OF,Bosman A,Van Pelt W

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Noroviruses, along with rotaviruses, are among the leading causes of gastroenteritis worldwide and novel strains are periodically emerging. In August 2015, an unusual increase of gastroenteritis cases occurred in a touristic district in Kassandra peninsula, Chalkidiki, Northern Greece. Seven stool specimens from cases...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Tryfinopoulou K,Kyritsi M,Mellou K,Kolokythopoulou F,Mouchtouri VA,Potamiti-Komi M,Lamprou A,Georgakopoulou T,Hadjichristodoulou C

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (HA-MRSA) is becoming increasingly established in Asian hospitals. The primary aim of this study was to decompose the risk factors for HA-MRSA based on conceptual clinical pathways. The secondary aim was to show the amount of effect attributable to antibiot...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Wong JG,Chen MI,Win MK,Ng PY,Chow A

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laboratory-based surveillance of salmonella isolates serotyped at four state health departments (Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin) led to the identification of multistate outbreaks of salmonella infections during 1990 (176 cases of S. javiana) and 1993 (100 cases of S. montevideo). Community-based case-cont...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Hedberg CW,Angulo FJ,White KE,Langkop CW,Schell WL,Stobierski MG,Schuchat A,Besser JM,Dietrich S,Helsel L,Griffin PM,McFarland JW,Osterholm MT

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2005, a serological study was carried out on horses in five ecologically contrasted zones of the Senegal River basin (Senegal) to assess West Nile virus (WNV) transmission and investigate underlying environmental risk factors. In each study zone, horses were randomly selected and blood samples taken. A land-cover m...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Chevalier V,Dupressoir A,Tran A,Diop OM,Gottland C,Diallo M,Etter E,Ndiaye M,Grosbois V,Dia M,Gaidet N,Sall AA,Soti V,Niang M

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the prevalence of mumps antibodies in the Israeli population in relation to mumps vaccination policy and past and subsequent incidence of disease. The levels of specific IgG antibodies against mumps were tested in 3330 residual sera collected during 1997-1998 from an age-stratified population sample. Again...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Muhsen Kh,Aboudy Y,Mendelson E,Green MS,Cohen D

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We prospectively studied diarrhoea incidence among 1655 children < 5 years of age in northern Vietnam for 1 year using primarily passive surveillance. Standard culture methods were used to detect bacterial pathogens. Overall 2160 cases occurred (13 cases/child per year). Peak rates of diarrhoea occurred in children < ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Isenbarger DW,Hien BT,Ha HT,Ha TT,Bodhidatta L,Pang LW,Cam PD

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rising numbers of campylobacteriosis case notifications in Switzerland resulted in an increased attention to acute gastroenteritis (AG) in general. Patients with a laboratory-confirmed Campylobacter infection perceive their disease as severe and around 15% of these patients are hospitalized. This study aimed at estima...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Schmutz C,Mäusezahl D,Bless PJ,Hatz C,Schwenkglenks M,Urbinello D

更新日期：2017-03-01 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：:Computer models can be useful in planning interventions against novel strains of influenza. However such models sometimes make unsubstantiated assumptions about the relative infectivity of asymptomatic and symptomatic cases, or conversely assume there is no impact at all. Using household-level data from known-index st...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Wardell R,Prem K,Cowling BJ,Cook AR

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical information was collected on 722 cases of Listeria monocytogenes infections in humans occurring in Britain between 1967 and 1985. This series comprised 34% (248 cases) associated with pregnancy and 66% (474 cases) in non-pregnant adults and juveniles. The cases not associated with pregnancy comprised: 76% in ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： McLauchlin J

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is concern that widespread usage of ertapenem may promote cross-resistance to other carbapenems. To analyse the impact that adding ertapenem to our hospital formulary had on usage of other broad-spectrum agents and on susceptibilities of nosocomial Enterobacteriaceae and Pseudomonas isolates, we performed interr...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Graber CJ,Hutchings C,Dong F,Lee W,Chung JK,Tran T

更新日期：2012-01-01 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

abstract：:Public Health England conducts enhanced national surveillance of tetanus, a potentially life-threatening vaccine-preventable disease. A standardized questionnaire was used to ascertain clinical and demographic details of individuals reported with clinically suspected tetanus. The 96 cases identified between 2001 and 2...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Collins S,Amirthalingam G,Beeching NJ,Chand MA,Godbole G,Ramsay ME,Fry NK,White JM

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As feral swine continue to expand their geographical range and distribution across the United States, their involvement in crop damage, livestock predation, and pathogen transmission is likely to increase. Despite the relatively recent discovery of feral swine involvement in the aetiology of a variety of pathogens, th...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Pedersen K,Pabilonia KL,Anderson TD,Bevins SN,Hicks CR,Kloft JM,Deliberto TJ

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Portugal, the recommended age for the second dose of MMR (MMR2) was changed from 10-13 years to 5-6 years for those born in 1994 and afterwards. This study aimed to assess if MMR schedule and time elapsed from the last dose are associated with the concentration of rubella and mumps IgG antibodies. Three Portuguese ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Gonçalves G,Frade J,Nascimento MS,Mesquita JR,Nunes C

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptospirosis is the most widespread zoonosis in humans worldwide. In the United States, widespread detection of antibodies to leptospirosis have been identified in feral swine (Sus scrofa) with the highest detection of serovars, Bratislava, Icterohaemorrhagiae, and Pomona. Over the past few years, feral swine populat...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Pedersen K,Anderson TD,Bevins SN,Pabilonia KL,Whitley PN,Virchow DR,Gidlewski T

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mode of spread of Helicobacter pylori infection is subject to ongoing debate. Recent studies among patients with gastrointestinal disorders suggest a potential role of conjugal transmission. In this study, the clustering of H. pylori infection was assessed among 110 employees of a health insurance company and thei...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Brenner H,Rothenbacher D,Bode G,Dieudonné P,Adler G

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF) and dengue shock syndrome (DSS) are reportable diseases, the third most common causes for hospitalization of children in Thailand. Data collected from the Ministry of Public Health were analysed for trends. Rates of DHF increased in Thailand until 1987 when the largest epidemic ever, 32...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Chareonsook O,Foy HM,Teeraratkul A,Silarug N

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 2210 salmonella isolates referred to the New Zealand Communicable Disease Centre for epidemiological surveillance during 1987, 147 (6.7%) were resistant to one or more of 10 antibiotics. Resistance to streptomycin was most common (4.5%), followed by sulphamethoxazole (3.4%), tetracycline (3.3%), ampicillin (1.5%), ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Heffernan HM

更新日期：1991-02-01 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 possible relationship between the results of a microbiological sampling programme and visual inspections carried out in local food-manufacturing premises was examined. Using five main parameters - overall appearance, personal hygiene, risk of contamination, temperature control, and training and education - a visua...

journal_title：Epidemiology and infection

authors： Tebbutt GM,Southwell JM

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00