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

abstract：:We conducted a preliminary comparison of the relative sensitivity of a cross-section of published human rhinovirus (HRV)-specific PCR primer pairs, varying the oligonucleotides and annealing temperature. None of the pairs could detect all HRVs in 2 panels of genotyped clinical specimens; >1 PCR is required for accurat...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Faux CE,Arden KE,Lambert SB,Nissen MD,Nolan TM,Chang AB,Sloots TP,Mackay IM

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite widespread use of communicable disease surveillance data to inform public health intervention and control measures, the reporting completeness of the notifiable disease surveillance system remains incompletely assessed. Therefore, we conducted a comprehensive study of reporting completeness with an analysis of...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Sickbert-Bennett EE,Weber DJ,Poole C,MacDonald PD,Maillard JM

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the usefulness of noninvasive cutaneous swab specimens for detecting rickettsiae, we tested skin eschars from 6 guinea pigs and from 9 humans. Specimens from eschars in guinea pigs were positive for rickettsiae as long as lesions were present. Optimal storage temperature for specimens was 4 degrees C for ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Bechah Y,Socolovschi C,Raoult D

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the prevalence of helminthic infections in Pursat Province, Cambodia, we tested fecal specimens from 471 children, 10-14 years of age, in June 2007. The prevalence of infection with echinostome flukes ranged from 7.5% to 22.4% in 4 schools surveyed. Adult worms were identified as Echinostoma revolutum. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Sohn WM,Chai JY,Yong TS,Eom KS,Yoon CH,Sinuon M,Socheat D,Lee SH

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recently designated cyprinid herpesvirus 3 (CyHV-3) is an emerging agent that causes fatal disease in common and koi carp. Since its emergence in the late 1990s, this highly contagious pathogen has caused severe financial losses in common and koi carp culture industries worldwide. In addition to its economic role,...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Michel B,Fournier G,Lieffrig F,Costes B,Vanderplasschen A

更新日期：2010-12-01 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：:Data are missing on the diversity of Plasmodium spp. infecting apes that live in their natural habitat, with limited possibility of human-mosquito-ape exchange. We surveyed Plasmodium spp. diversity in wild chimpanzees living in an undisturbed tropical rainforest habitat and found 5 species: P. malariae, P. vivax, P. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Kaiser M,Löwa A,Ulrich M,Ellerbrok H,Goffe AS,Blasse A,Zommers Z,Couacy-Hymann E,Babweteera F,Zuberbühler K,Metzger S,Geidel S,Boesch C,Gillespie TR,Leendertz FH

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We isolated and characterized Nipah virus (NiV) from Pteropus vampyrus bats, the putative reservoir for the 1998 outbreak in Malaysia, and provide evidence of viral recrudescence. This isolate is monophyletic with previous NiVs in combined analysis, and the nucleocapsid gene phylogeny species. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Rahman SA,Hassan SS,Olival KJ,Mohamed M,Chang LY,Hassan L,Saad NM,Shohaimi SA,Mamat ZC,Naim MS,Epstein JH,Suri AS,Field HE,Daszak P,Henipavirus Ecology Research Group.

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The seventh International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases (ICEID) was held in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, July 11-14, 2010. The conference goal was to bring together public health professionals to encourage exchange of scientific and public health information on global emerging infectious disease issues. The con...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Marano N,Smith TL,Hajjeh RA,McDonald M,Bridges CB,Martin SA,Chorba T

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the genetic diversity of measles virus (MV) in Nigeria (2004-2005) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) (2002-2006). Genotype B3 strains circulating in Kinshasa, DRC, in 2002-2003 were fully replaced by genotype B2 in 2004 at the end of the second Congo war. In Nigeria (2004-2005), two geneti...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Kremer JR,Nkwembe E,Bola Oyefolu AO,Smit SB,Pukuta E,Omilabu SA,Adu FD,Muyembe Tamfum JJ,Muller CP

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bat-to-horse transmission of Hendra virus has occurred at least 14 times. Although clinical signs in horses have differed, genome sequencing has demonstrated little variation among the isolates. Our sequencing of 5 isolates from recent Hendra virus outbreaks in horses found no correlation between sequences and time or...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Marsh GA,Todd S,Foord A,Hansson E,Davies K,Wright L,Morrissy C,Halpin K,Middleton D,Field HE,Daniels P,Wang LF

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe incidence and risk factors for pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus infection in healthcare personnel during the June-September 2009 epidemic in Singapore. Personnel contributed 3 serologic samples during June-October 2009, with seroconversion defined as a ≥4-fold increase in hemagglutination inhibition titers to pa...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Chen MI,Lee VJ,Barr I,Lin C,Goh R,Lee C,Singh B,Tan J,Lim WY,Cook AR,Ang B,Chow A,Tan BH,Loh J,Shaw R,Chia KS,Lin RT,Leo YS

更新日期：2010-10-01 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：:Eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEEV; family Togaviridae, genus Alphavirus) is an arbovirus that causes severe disease in humans in North America and in equids throughout the Americas. The enzootic transmission cycle of EEEV in North America involves passerine birds and the ornithophilic mosquito vector, Culiseta m...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Arrigo NC,Adams AP,Watts DM,Newman PC,Weaver SC

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the prevalence of invasive nontyphoid salmonellosis and typhoid fever in Malawi and South Africa, we compared case frequency and patient age distribution. Invasive nontyphoid salmonellosis showed a clear bimodal age distribution; the infection developed in women at a younger age than in men. Case frequenc...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Feasey NA,Archer BN,Heyderman RS,Sooka A,Dennis B,Gordon MA,Keddy KH

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate an association between KI and WU polyomavirus (KIPyV and WUPyV) infections and CD4+ cell counts, we tested HIV-1-positive patients and blood donors. No association was found between cell counts and virus infections in HIV-1-positive patients. Frequency of KIPyV infection was similar for both groups. WUP...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Babakir-Mina M,Ciccozzi M,Farchi F,Bergallo M,Cavallo R,Adorno G,Perno CF,Ciotti M

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A task force of experts on influenza, public health, and animal health met at the conference One Health Approach to Influenza: Assessment of Critical Issues and Options in Washington, DC, on December 1-2, 2009. These experts discussed the role of the One Health approach in preparing for and responding to an influenza ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Powdrill TF,Nipp TL,Rinderknecht JL

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On April 23, 2009, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) was notified of a school outbreak of respiratory illness; 2 days later the infection was identified as pandemic (H1N1) 2009. This was the first major outbreak of the illness in the United States. To guide decisions on the public healt...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Balter S,Gupta LS,Lim S,Fu J,Perlman SE,New York City 2009 H1N1 Flu Investigation Team.

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the 2009 influenza (H1N1) pandemic, some countries used quarantine for containment or mitigation. Of 152 quarantined university students we studied, risk for illness was higher for students quarantined in a room with a person with a confirmed case; we found no difference between students quarantined in double o...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Chu CY,Li CY,Zhang H,Wang Y,Huo DH,Wen L,Yin ZT,Li F,Song HB

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) is the prototype of the family Arenaviridae. LCMV can be associated with severe disease in humans, and its global distribution reflects the broad dispersion of the primary rodent reservoir, the house mouse (Mus musculus). Recent interest in the natural history of the virus has...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Albariño CG,Palacios G,Khristova ML,Erickson BR,Carroll SA,Comer JA,Hui J,Briese T,St George K,Ksiazek TG,Lipkin WI,Nichol ST

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During November 2008-July 2009, we investigated the origin of unknown fever in Senegalese patients with a negative malaria test result, focusing on potential rickettsial infection. Using molecular tools, we found evidence for Rickettsia felis-associated illness in the initial days of infection in febrile Senegalese pa...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Socolovschi C,Mediannikov O,Sokhna C,Tall A,Diatta G,Bassene H,Trape JF,Raoult D

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lone survivor of seven sets of twins born to his mother, he started life as a legend among the Yoruba in Nigeria, who have one of the highest rates of twin births and infant deaths in the world. According to family lore, he was the spirit that kept trying to be born and kept being turned back, the child "born to die."...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Potter P

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The per capita incidence of human Lyme disease in the northeastern United States is more than twice that in the Midwest. However, the prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium that causes Lyme disease, in the tick vector is nearly identical in the 2 regions. The disparity in human Lyme disease incidence may re...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Brisson D,Vandermause MF,Meece JK,Reed KD,Dykhuizen DE

更新日期：2010-06-01 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：:To understand the clinical and epidemiologic characteristics of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus infection, we retrospectively reviewed medical records of 237 patients with laboratory-confirmed cases reported in Shanghai, China, during May-July 2009. Surveillance activities effectively contained the outbreak and provided us...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Shen Y,Lu H

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Public health surveillance is essential for detecting and responding to infectious diseases and necessary for compliance with the revised International Health Regulations (IHR) 2005. To assess reporting capacities and compliance with IHR of all 50 states and Washington, DC, we sent a questionnaire to respective epidem...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Armstrong KE,McNabb SJ,Ferland LD,Stephens T,Muldoon A,Fernandez JA,Ostroff S

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a retrospective population-based study of 140 episodes of Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis bacteremia occurring in Finland during 1995-2004. Rare emm types were associated with more severe disease and increased mortality rates. Skin and soft tissue infections were more frequent clinical signs...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Rantala S,Vahakuopus S,Vuopio-Varkila J,Vuento R,Syrjanen J

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vellore, a region in southern India, has a high incidence of severe human infections with Beta-hemolytic group C and G streptococci (GCGS). To determine the causative species in these infections, we conducted 16S rRNA gene sequencing: Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis (81%) and S. anginosus (19%) were the ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Reissmann S,Friedrichs C,Rajkumari R,Itzek A,Fulde M,Rodloff AC,Brahmadathan KN,Chhatwal GS,Nitsche-Schmitz DP

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the specificity of Morogoro virus for its reservoir host, we studied its host range and genetic diversity in Tanzania. We found that 2 rodent species other than Mastomys natalensis mice carry arenaviruses. Analysis of 340 nt of the viral RNA polymerase gene showed sympatric occurrence of 3 distinct arenav...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： de Bellocq JG,Borremans B,Katakweba A,Makundi R,Baird SJ,Becker-Ziaja B,Günther S,Leirs H

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bartonella spp. infect humans and many animal species. Mainly because PCR studies have demonstrated Bartonella DNA in ticks, some healthcare providers believe that these microorganisms are transmitted by ticks. B. henselae, in particular, is regarded as being present in and transmissible by the Ixodes scapularis tick....

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Telford SR 3rd,Wormser GP

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The water-borne pathogen Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 (Lp1) is the most commonly reported etiologic agent of legionellosis. To examine the genetic diversity, the long-term epidemiology, and the molecular evolution of Lp1 clinical isolates, we conducted sequence-based typing on a collection of clinical isolates r...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Tijet N,Tang P,Romilowych M,Duncan C,Ng V,Fisman DN,Jamieson F,Low DE,Guyard C

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a new Bartonella species for which we propose the name Candidatus Bartonella mayotimonensis. It was isolated from native aortic valve tissue of a person with infective endocarditis. The new species was identified by using PCR amplification and sequencing of 5 genes (16S rRNA gene, ftsZ, rpoB, gltA, and int...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Lin EY,Tsigrelis C,Baddour LM,Lepidi H,Rolain JM,Patel R,Raoult D

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Influenza A pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus continues to rapidly spread worldwide. In 2009, pandemic (H1N1) 2009 infection in a domestic cat from Iowa was diagnosed by a novel PCR assay that distinguishes between Eurasian and North American pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus matrix genes. Human-to-cat transmission is presumed. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Sponseller BA,Strait E,Jergens A,Trujillo J,Harmon K,Koster L,Jenkins-Moore M,Killian M,Swenson S,Bender H,Waller K,Miles K,Pearce T,Yoon KJ,Nara P

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recent Hendra virus outbreak at a veterinary clinic in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, involved 5 equine and 2 human infections. In contrast to previous outbreaks, infected horses had predominantly encephalitic, rather than respiratory, signs. After an incubation period of 9-16 days, influenza-like illnesses develo...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Playford EG,McCall B,Smith G,Slinko V,Allen G,Smith I,Moore F,Taylor C,Kung YH,Field H

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine risk for mycosis among persons with silicosis, we examined US mortality data for 1979-2004. Persons with silicosis were more likely to die with pulmonary mycosis than were those without pneumoconiosis or those with more common pneumoconioses. Health professionals should consider enhanced risk for mycosis fo...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Iossifova Y,Bailey R,Wood J,Kreiss K

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess dissemination of OXA-23-producing strains of Acinetobacter baumannii, we obtained 20 carbapenem-resistant, OXA-23-producing isolates from different regions. Their clonal relationship was assessed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and multilocus sequence typing. We identified 8 sequence types, including 4 n...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Mugnier PD,Poirel L,Naas T,Nordmann P

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Community transmission of influenza A pandemic (H1N1) 2009 was followed by high rates of hospital admissions in the Wellington region of New Zealand, particularly among Maori and Pacific Islanders. These findings may help health authorities anticipate the effects of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in other communities. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Verrall A,Norton K,Rooker S,Dee S,Olsen L,Tan CE,Paull S,Allen R,Blackmore TK

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate feed as a source for fluoroquinolone-resistant Escherichia coli in broiler chickens, we compared antimicrobial drug-resistant E. coli from broiler feed and broilers with ciprofloxacin-resistant human clinical isolates by using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. Feed was implicated as a source for ciprofl...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Thorsteinsdottir TR,Haraldsson G,Fridriksdottir V,Kristinsson KG,Gunnarsson E

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Highland areas where malaria transmission is unstable are targets for malaria elimination because transmission decreases to low levels during the dry season. In highland areas of Kipsamoite and Kapsisiywa, Kenya (population approximately 7,400 persons), annual household indoor residual spraying with a synthetic pyreth...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： John CC,Riedesel MA,Magak NG,Lindblade KA,Menge DM,Hodges JS,Vulule JM,Akhwale W

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00