abstract：:Genome degradation has been central to the adaptation of Salmonella enterica serotypes to their hosts throughout evolution. We witnessed the patho-adaptation of a strain of Salmonella Dublin (a cattle-adapted serotype) to a human host during the course of a recurrent prosthetic hip joint infection evolving over severa...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： El Sayed F,Sapriel G,Fawal N,Gruber A,Bauer T,Heym B,Dupont C,Garchon HJ,Gaillard JL,Rottman M,Le Hello S

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated 16 Japanese spotted fever cases that occurred in southeastern China during September-October 2015. Patients had fever, rash, eschar, and lymphadenopathy. We confirmed 9 diagnoses and obtained 2 isolates with high identity to Rickettsia japonica strain YH. R. japonica infection should be considered for ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Lu Q,Yu J,Yu L,Zhang Y,Chen Y,Lin M,Fang X

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed data from the 2015 and 2016 meningitis epidemic seasons in Central African Republic as part of the national disease surveillance. Of 80 tested specimens, 66 belonged to meningococcal serogroup W. Further analysis found that 97.7% of 44 isolates belonged to the hyperinvasive clonal complex sequence type 11....

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Frank T,Hong E,Mbecko JR,Lombart JP,Taha MK,Rubbo PA

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After an alert regarding ≈31 tuberculosis (TB) cases, 3 of which were rifampin-resistant TB cases, in Mbuji-Mayi Central Prison, Democratic Republic of the Congo, we conducted an outbreak investigation in January 2015. We analyzed sputum of presumptive TB patients by using the Xpert MTB/RIF assay. We also assessed the...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Kayomo MK,Hasker E,Aloni M,Nkuku L,Kazadi M,Kabengele T,Muteteke D,Kapita F,Lufulwabo A,Mukadi YD,Muyembe-Tamfum JJ,Ieven M,de Jong BC,Boelaert M

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In March 2017, a patient became febrile within 4 days after visiting a rustic conference center in Austin, Texas, USA, where Austin Public Health suspected an outbreak of tickborne relapsing fever a month earlier. Evaluation of a patient blood smear and molecular diagnostic assays identified Borrelia turicatae as the ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Bissett JD,Ledet S,Krishnavajhala A,Armstrong BA,Klioueva A,Sexton C,Replogle A,Schriefer ME,Lopez JE

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The growing availability of big data in healthcare and public health opens possibilities for infectious disease control in local settings. We prospectively evaluated a method for integrated local detection and prediction (nowcasting) of influenza epidemics over 5 years, using the total population in Östergötland Count...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Spreco A,Eriksson O,Dahlström Ö,Cowling BJ,Timpka T

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2016, disseminated tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium caprae was diagnosed in a captive Borneo elephant in Japan. The bacterium was initially identified from clinical isolates. An isolate collected during a relapse showed isoniazid monoresistance and a codon 315 katG mutation. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Yoshida S,Suga S,Ishikawa S,Mukai Y,Tsuyuguchi K,Inoue Y,Yamamoto T,Wada T

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A clinical case study involving a man (35-49 years of age) with wounds to his lower right extremity. An isolate was sent to the Delaware Public Health Laboratory for confirmatory testing by genetic analysis of the 16S gene. Testing identified the isolate as a novel genus and species, Haematospirillum jordaniae. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Hovan G,Hollinger A

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lassa virus, the cause of Lassa fever in humans, is endemic to West Africa. Treatment of Lassa fever is primarily supportive, although ribavirin has shown limited efficacy if administered early during infection. We tested favipiravir in Lassa virus-viremic macaques and found that 300 mg/kg daily for 2 weeks successful...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Rosenke K,Feldmann H,Westover JB,Hanley PW,Martellaro C,Feldmann F,Saturday G,Lovaglio J,Scott DP,Furuta Y,Komeno T,Gowen BB,Safronetz D

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Japanese spotted fever (JSF) and scrub typhus (ST) are endemic to Japan and share similar clinical features. To document the clinical and epidemiologic characteristics that distinguish these 2 rickettsial diseases, during 2004-2015 we recruited 31 JSF patients, 188 ST patients, and 97 nonrickettsial disease patients f...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Sando E,Suzuki M,Katoh S,Fujita H,Taira M,Yaegashi M,Ariyoshi K

更新日期：2018-09-01 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：:Although rubella is epidemic in Indonesia, the phylogenetic profile of circulating rubella virus strains has not been clarified. In 2017, rubella virus was detected in 2 travelers who returned from Indonesia to Japan. These strains were classified into genotype 1E lineage 2, which may be an indigenous strain in Indone...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Kanbayashi D,Kurata T,Nishino Y,Orii F,Takii Y,Kinoshita M,Ohara T,Motomura K,Yumisashi T

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed Zika virus seroprevalence among healthy 1-4-year-old children using a serum sample collection assembled in 2014 representing 30 urban sites across Indonesia. Of 662 samples, 9.1% were Zika virus seropositive, suggesting widespread recent Zika virus transmission and immunity. Larger studies are needed to be...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Sasmono RT,Dhenni R,Yohan B,Pronyk P,Hadinegoro SR,Soepardi EJ,Ma'roef CN,Satari HI,Menzies H,Hawley WA,Powers AM,Rosenberg R,Myint KSA,Soebandrio A

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Occasionally, abnormal forms of parasitic helminth eggs are detected during routine diagnostics. This finding can prove problematic in diagnosis because morphologic analysis based on tightly defined measurements is the primary method used to identify the infecting species and molecular confirmation of species is not a...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Sapp SGH,Yabsley MJ,Bradbury RS

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a contagious and fatal neurodegenerative disease and a serious animal health issue for deer and elk in North America. The identification of the first cases of CWD among free-ranging reindeer and moose in Europe brings back into focus the unresolved issue of whether CWD can be zoonotic ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Barria MA,Libori A,Mitchell G,Head MW

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report new molecular evidence of locally acquired dengue virus infections in Ghana. We detected dengue viral RNA among children with suspected malaria by using a multipathogen real-time PCR. Subsequent sequence analysis revealed a close relationship with dengue virus serotype 2, which was implicated in a 2016 outbr...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Amoako N,Duodu S,Dennis FE,Bonney JHK,Asante KP,Ameh J,Mosi L,Hayashi T,Agbosu EE,Pratt D,Operario DJ,Fields B,Liu J,Houpt ER,Armah GE,Stoler J,Awandare GA

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While studying respiratory infections in Peru, we identified Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (VEEV) in a nasopharyngeal swab, indicating that this alphavirus can be present in human respiratory secretions. Because VEEV may be infectious when aerosolized, our finding is relevant for the management of VEEV-infected...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Juarez D,Guevara C,Wiley M,Torre A,Palacios G,Halsey ES,Ampuero S,Leguia M

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies are unique among biomarkers in their ability to identify persons with protective immunity to vaccine-preventable diseases and to measure past exposure to diverse pathogens. Most infectious disease surveillance maintains a single-disease focus, but broader testing of existing serologic surveys with multiplex...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Arnold BF,Scobie HM,Priest JW,Lammie PJ

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptococcus gattii is a fungal pathogen endemic in tropical and subtropical regions. Isolated cases and outbreaks have been reported in areas of North America and Europe, expanding the distribution pattern beyond warmer regions. We describe a case of ventriculo-peritoneal shunt infection by C. gattii in an immunocomp...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Moritz D,Mena Lora A,Blumer B,Harrington AT

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite use of 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, incidence of pleural effusion and empyema (pediatric complicated pneumococcal pneumonia [PCPP]) is reportedly increasing globally. We cultured and performed PCR on 152 pleural fluid samples recovered from pediatric patients in Portugal during 2010-2015 to identif...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Silva-Costa C,Brito MJ,Pinho MD,Friães A,Aguiar SI,Ramirez M,Melo-Cristino J,Portuguese Group for the Study of Streptococcal Infections.,Portuguese Study Group of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease of the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society.

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N8) viruses of clade 2.3.4.4 spread into West Africa in late 2016 during the autumn bird migration. Genetic characterization of the complete genome of these viruses detected in wild and domestic birds in Cameroon in January 2017 demonstrated the occurrence of multiple virus introd...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Wade A,Jumbo SD,Zecchin B,Fusaro A,Taiga T,Bianco A,Rodrigue PN,Salomoni A,Kameni JMF,Zamperin G,Nenkam R,Foupouapouognigni Y,Abdoulkadiri S,Aboubakar Y,Wiersma L,Cattoli G,Monne I

更新日期：2018-07-01 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：:Campylobacter jejuni, a major cause of bacterial foodborne illnesses, is considered highly susceptible to environmental stresses. In this study, we extensively investigated the stress tolerance of 121 clinical strains of C. jejuni against 5 stress conditions (aerobic stress, disinfectant exposure, freeze-thaw, heat tr...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Oh E,Chui L,Bae J,Li V,Ma A,Mutschall SK,Taboada EN,McMullen LM,Jeon B

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated Treponema pallidum infection in 8 nonhuman primate species (289 animals) in Tanzania during 2015-2017. We used a serologic treponemal test to detect antibodies against the bacterium. Infection was further confirmed from tissue samples of skin-ulcerated animals by 3 independent PCRs (polA, tp47, and TP_...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Chuma IS,Batamuzi EK,Collins DA,Fyumagwa RD,Hallmaier-Wacker LK,Kazwala RR,Keyyu JD,Lejora IA,Lipende IF,Lüert S,Paciência FMD,Piel A,Stewart FA,Zinner D,Roos C,Knauf S

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium bovis infection in wild red foxes was found in southern France, where livestock and other wildlife species are infected. Foxes frequently interact with cattle but have been underestimated as a reservoir of M. bovis. Our results suggest a possible role of the red fox in the epidemiology of bovine tubercul...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Michelet L,De Cruz K,Hénault S,Tambosco J,Richomme C,Réveillaud É,Gares H,Moyen JL,Boschiroli ML

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seoul hantavirus-associated hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome cases are rare outside Asia and have not yet been found in Germany. We report clinical and molecular evidence for a Seoul virus infection in a patient in Germany. The infection was most likely acquired during a stay in Sulawesi, Indonesia. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Hofmann J,Weiss S,Kuhns M,Zinke A,Heinsberger H,Kruger DH

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine trends, mortality rates, and costs of antimicrobial resistance in invasive bacterial infections in hospitalized children, we analyzed data from Angkor Hospital for Children, Siem Reap, Cambodia, for 2007-2016. A total of 39,050 cultures yielded 1,341 target pathogens. Resistance rates were high; 82% each ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Fox-Lewis A,Takata J,Miliya T,Lubell Y,Soeng S,Sar P,Rith K,McKellar G,Wuthiekanun V,McGonagle E,Stoesser N,Moore CE,Parry CM,Turner C,Day NPJ,Cooper BS,Turner P

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mental models are cognitive representations of phenomena that can constrain efforts to reduce infectious disease. In a study of Zika virus awareness in Guatemala, many participants referred to experiences with other mosquitoborne diseases during discussions of Zika virus. These results highlight the importance of past...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Southwell BG,Ray SE,Vazquez NN,Ligorria T,Kelly BJ

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expansion of hypervirulent sequence type 4821 clonal complex (CC4821) lineage Neisseria meningitidis bacteria has led to a shift in meningococcal disease epidemiology in China, from serogroup A (MenA) to MenC. Knowledge of the evolution and genetic origin of the emergent MenC strains is limited. In this study, we ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Guo Q,Mustapha MM,Chen M,Qu D,Zhang X,Chen M,Doi Y,Wang M,Harrison LH

更新日期：2018-04-01 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：:In September 2015, 4CMenB meningococcal vaccine was introduced into the United Kingdom infant immunization program without phase 3 trial information. Understanding the effect of this program requires enhanced surveillance of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) Neisseria meningitidis isolates and comparison with preva...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Rodrigues CMC,Lucidarme J,Borrow R,Smith A,Cameron JC,Moxon ER,Maiden MCJ

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:False-negative results for Plasmodium falciparum histidine-rich protein (HRP) 2-based rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are increasing in Eritrea. We investigated HRP gene 2/3 (pfhrp2/pfhrp3) status in 50 infected patients at 2 hospitals. We showed that 80.8% (21/26) of patients at Ghindae Hospital and 41.7% (10/24) at Ma...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Berhane A,Anderson K,Mihreteab S,Gresty K,Rogier E,Mohamed S,Hagos F,Embaye G,Chinorumba A,Zehaie A,Dowd S,Waters NC,Gatton ML,Udhayakumar V,Cheng Q,Cunningham J

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of ending the HIV/AIDS pandemic is theoretically achievable and would require addressing this global health catastrophe on individual and global levels by providing optimal prevention strategies and treatment regimens for individual persons living with or at risk for HIV, as well as ending the pandemic as an ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Eisinger RW,Fauci AS

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole-genome analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates collected in Russia (N = 71) from patients with tuberculous spondylitis supports a detailed characterization of pathogen strain distributions and drug resistance phenotype, plus distinguished occurrence and association of known resistance mutations. We ident...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Chernyaeva E,Rotkevich M,Krasheninnikova K,Yurchenko A,Vyazovaya A,Mokrousov I,Solovieva N,Zhuravlev V,Yablonsky P,O'Brien SJ

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2015, Clostridium difficile testing rates among 30 US community, multispecialty, and cancer hospitals were 14.0, 16.3, and 33.9/1,000 patient-days, respectively. Pooled hospital onset rates were 0.56, 0.84, and 1.57/1,000 patient-days, respectively. Higher testing rates may artificially inflate reported rates of C....

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Kamboj M,Brite J,Aslam A,Kennington J,Babady NE,Calfee D,Furuya Y,Chen D,Augenbraun M,Ostrowsky B,Patel G,Mircescu M,Kak V,Tuma R,Karre TA,Fry DA,Duhaney YP,Moyer A,Mitchell D,Cantu S,Hsieh C,Warren N,Martin S

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We identified a ceftriaxone-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolate in a patient in Canada. This isolate carried the penA-60 allele, which differs substantially from its closest relative, mosaic penA XXVII (80% nucleotide identity). Epidemiologic and genomic data suggest spread from Asia. Antimicrobial susceptibility ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Lefebvre B,Martin I,Demczuk W,Deshaies L,Michaud S,Labbé AC,Beaudoin MC,Longtin J

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article on p. 1690 in vol. 23, PMID: 28930024.]. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

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更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Longitudinal surveillance of 2 live bird markets in Cambodia revealed year-round, high co-circulation of H5, H7, and H9 influenza viruses. We detected influenza A viruses in 51.3% of ducks and 39.6% of chickens, and co-infections, mainly by H5 and H9 viruses, in 0.8% of ducks and 4.5% of chickens. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Horwood PF,Horm SV,Suttie A,Thet S,Y P,Rith S,Sorn S,Holl D,Tum S,Ly S,Karlsson EA,Tarantola A,Dussart P

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fiji recently experienced a sharp increase in reported typhoid fever cases. To investigate geographic distribution and environmental risk factors associated with Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi infection, we conducted a cross-sectional cluster survey with associated serologic testing for Vi capsular antigen-specific...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： de Alwis R,Watson C,Nikolay B,Lowry JH,Thieu NTV,Van TT,Ngoc DTT,Rawalai K,Taufa M,Coriakula J,Lau CL,Nilles EJ,Edmunds WJ,Kama M,Baker S,Cano J

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We found that lethal, urban rat control is associated with a significant increase in the odds that surviving rats carry Leptospira interrogans. Our results suggest that human interventions have the potential to affect and even increase the prevalence of zoonotic pathogens within rat populations. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Lee MJ,Byers KA,Donovan CM,Bidulka JJ,Stephen C,Patrick DM,Himsworth CG

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00