abstract：:We detected 2 hepatitis E virus (HEV) strains in an acutely infected immunocompetent patient. Two populations of genotype 3 virus were observed in the hypervariable regions and open reading frames 2 and 3, indicating multiple infection with hepatitis E virus. Persons with mixed infections may provide the opportunity f...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Smith DB,Vanek J,Wellington L,Johannessen I,Ramalingam S,Simmonds P

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a health hazard evaluation, we investigated 29 cases of laboratory-diagnosed Campylobacter infection among workers at a poultry-processing plant. Most infected employees worked at the plant <1 month, worked as live hangers, and lived at a state-operated center. To lessen the infection risk, we recommended impro...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： de Perio MA,Niemeier RT,Levine SJ,Gruszynski K,Gibbins JD

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify risk factors associated with influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 among students in Beijing, China, we conducted a case-control study. Participants (304 case-patients and 608 controls, age range 6-19 years) were interviewed by using a standardized questionnaire. We found that in addition to vaccination, nonpharmaceutica...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Zheng Y,Duan W,Yang P,Zhang Y,Wang X,Zhang L,Liyanage SS,Wang Q

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Identification of human monkeypox cases during 2005 in southern Sudan (now South Sudan) raised several questions about the natural history of monkeypox virus (MPXV) in Africa. The outbreak area, characterized by seasonally dry riverine grasslands, is not identified as environmentally suitable for MPXV transmission. We...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Nakazawa Y,Emerson GL,Carroll DS,Zhao H,Li Y,Reynolds MG,Karem KL,Olson VA,Lash RR,Davidson WB,Smith SK,Levine RS,Regnery RL,Sammons SA,Frace MA,Mutasim EM,Karsani ME,Muntasir MO,Babiker AA,Opoka L,Chowdhary V,D

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate whether Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) diversity in Sudan resulted from multiple introductions or from acquired changes over time from 1 introduction event, we generated complete genome sequences from RVFV strains detected during the 2007 and 2010 outbreaks. Phylogenetic analyses of small, medium, and lar...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Aradaib IE,Erickson BR,Elageb RM,Khristova ML,Carroll SA,Elkhidir IM,Karsany ME,Karrar AE,Elbashir MI,Nichol ST

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the clinical, laboratory, and radiographic characteristics of 15 cases of eastern equine encephalitis in children during 1970-2010. The most common clinical and laboratory features were fever, headache, seizures, peripheral leukocytosis, and cerebrospinal fluid neutrophilic pleocytosis. Radiographic lesion...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Silverman MA,Misasi J,Smole S,Feldman HA,Cohen AB,Santagata S,McManus M,Ahmed AA

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the cause of the recent upsurge in Kyasanur Forest disease, we investigated the outbreak that occurred during December 2011-March 2012 in India. Male patients >14 years of age were most commonly affected. Although vaccination is the key strategy for preventing disease, vaccine for boosters was unavailable...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Kasabi GS,Murhekar MV,Yadav PD,Raghunandan R,Kiran SK,Sandhya VK,Channabasappa GH,Mishra AC,Mourya DT,Mehendale SM

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human infection with avian influenza A(H9N2) virus was identified in Bangladesh in 2011. Surveillance for influenza viruses in apparently healthy poultry in live-bird markets in Bangladesh during 2008-2011 showed that subtype H9N2 viruses are isolated year-round, whereas highly pathogenic subtype H5N1 viruses are co-i...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Shanmuganatham K,Feeroz MM,Jones-Engel L,Smith GJ,Fourment M,Walker D,McClenaghan L,Alam SM,Hasan MK,Seiler P,Franks J,Danner A,Barman S,McKenzie P,Krauss S,Webby RJ,Webster RG

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine which species of Culicoides biting midges carry Schmallenberg virus (SBV), we assayed midges collected in the Netherlands during autumn 2011. SBV RNA was found in C. scoticus, C. obsoletus sensu stricto, and C. chiopterus. The high proportion of infected midges might explain the rapid spread of SBV throug...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Elbers AR,Meiswinkel R,van Weezep E,Sloet van Oldruitenborgh-Oosterbaan MM,Kooi EA

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a retrospective, observational, population-based study to investigate the effect of staphylococcal infections on the hospitalization of children in California during 1985-2009. Hospitalized children with staphylococcal infections were identified through the California Office of Statewide Health Planning a...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Gutierrez K,Halpern MS,Sarnquist C,Soni S,Arroyo AC,Maldonado Y

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We document linezolid dependence among 5 highly linezolid-resistant (LRSE) Staphylococcus epidermidis bloodstream isolates that grew substantially faster at 32 µg/mL linezolid presence. These isolates carried the mutations T2504A and C2534T in multiple 23S rRNA copies and 2 mutations leading to relevant amino acid sub...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Pournaras S,Ntokou E,Zarkotou O,Ranellou K,Themeli-Digalaki K,Stathopoulos C,Tsakris A

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diphtheritic polyneuropathy is a vaccine-preventable illness caused by exotoxin-producing strains of Corynebacterium diphtheriae. We present a retrospective convenience case series of 15 children (6 girls)<15 years of age (mean age 5.2 years, case-fatality rate 53%, and 1 additional case-patient who was ventilator dep...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Mateen FJ,Bahl S,Khera A,Sutter RW

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During an investigation of an outbreak of gastroenteritis caused by Salmonella enterica serovar Paratyphi B variant L(+) tartrate(+), we identified unpasteurized tempeh as a novel food vehicle and Rhizopus spp. starter culture as the source of the contamination. Safe handling of uncooked, unpasteurized tempeh should b...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Griese SE,Fleischauer AT,MacFarquhar JK,Moore Z,Harrelson C,Valiani A,Morrison SE,Sweat D,Maillard JM,Griffin D,Springer D,Mikoleit M,Newton AE,Jackson B,Nguyen TA,Bosch S,Davies M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Puumala virus causes nephropathia epidemica, a rodent-borne zoonosis that is endemic to Europe. We sequenced the complete Puumala virus genome that was directly recovered from a person who died and compared it with those of viruses from local bank voles. The virus strain involved was neither a unique nor rare genetic ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Plyusnina A,Razzauti M,Sironen T,Niemimaa J,Vapalahti O,Vaheri A,Henttonen H,Plyusnin A

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel virus, designated Cygnet River virus (CyRV), was isolated in embryonated eggs from Muscovy ducks in South Australia. CyRV morphologically resembles arenaviruses; however, sequencing identified CyRV as an orthomyxovirus. The high mortality rate among ducks co-infected with salmonellae suggests that CyRV may be ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Kessell A,Hyatt A,Lehmann D,Shan S,Crameri S,Holmes C,Marsh G,Williams C,Tachedjian M,Yu M,Bingham J,Payne J,Lowther S,Wang J,Wang LF,Smith I

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a highly contagious viral tick-borne disease with case-fatality rates as high as 50%. We describe a collaborative evaluation of the characteristics, performance, and on-site applicability of serologic and molecular assays for diagnosis of CCHF. We evaluated ELISA, immunofluore...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Vanhomwegen J,Alves MJ,Zupanc TA,Bino S,Chinikar S,Karlberg H,Korukluoğlu G,Korva M,Mardani M,Mirazimi A,Mousavi M,Papa A,Saksida A,Sharifi-Mood B,Sidira P,Tsergouli K,Wölfel R,Zeller H,Dubois P

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To further assess the geographic occurrence, possible vectors, and prevalence of Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis, we analyzed spleen tissues from 276 voles trapped close to human settlements in France; 5 were infected with the organism. Sequencing showed the isolates carried the same genotype as the bacteria that c...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Vayssier-Taussat M,Le Rhun D,Buffet JP,Maaoui N,Galan M,Guivier E,Charbonnel N,Cosson JF

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the influence of a mass poultry vaccination campaign on passive surveillance of highly pathogenic avian influenza subtype (H5N1) outbreaks among poultry in Egypt. Passive reporting dropped during the campaign, although probability of infection remained unchanged. Future poultry vaccination campaigns sh...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Vergne T,Grosbois V,Jobre Y,Saad A,El Nabi AA,Galal S,Kalifa M,El Kader SA,Dauphin G,Roger F,Lubroth J,Peyre M

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We identified 131 strains of Vibrio fluvialis among 400 nonagglutinating Vibrio spp. isolated from patients with diarrhea in Kolkata, India. For 43 patients, V. fluvialis was the sole pathogen identified. Most strains harbored genes encoding hemolysin and metalloprotease; this finding may contribute to understanding o...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Chowdhury G,Pazhani GP,Dutta D,Guin S,Dutta S,Ghosh S,Izumiya H,Asakura M,Yamasaki S,Takeda Y,Arakawa E,Watanabe H,Mukhopadhyay AK,Bhattacharya MK,Rajendran K,Nair GB,Ramamurthy T

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimicrobial treatments and vaccines can alter bacterial interactions in the nasopharynx, thereby altering disease processes. To better understand these interactions, we examined colonization rates of 3 respiratory bacterial pathogens among 320 children when healthy and at onset of acute otitis media (AOM). Bacterial...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Xu Q,Almudervar A,Casey JR,Pichichero ME

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:More than 900 cases of scarlet fever were recorded in Hong Kong during January-July, 2011. Six cases were complicated by toxic shock syndrome, of which 2 were fatal. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns suggested a multiclonal epidemic; emm12 was the predominant circulating type. We recommend genetic testing of a...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Luk EY,Lo JY,Li AZ,Lau MC,Cheung TK,Wong AY,Wong MM,Wong CW,Chuang SK,Tsang T

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite high vaccination coverage in most European countries, large community outbreaks of measles do occur, normally clustered around schools and resulting from suboptimal vaccination coverage. To determine whether or when it is worth implementing outbreak-response vaccination campaigns in schools, we used stochastic...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Bonačić Marinović AA,Swaan C,Wichmann O,van Steenbergen J,Kretzschmar M

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Haiti is considered chloroquine susceptible, although resistance transporter alleles associated with chloroquine resistance were recently detected. Among 49 patients with falciparum malaria, we found neither parasites carrying haplotypes associated with chloroquine resistance nor insta...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Neuberger A,Zhong K,Kain KC,Schwartz E

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe human cases and clustered animal cases of mecA(LGA251)-positive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in France. Our report confirms that this new variant has a large distribution in Europe. It may represent a public health threat because phenotypic and genotypic tests seem unable to detect this new ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Laurent F,Chardon H,Haenni M,Bes M,Reverdy ME,Madec JY,Lagier E,Vandenesch F,Tristan A

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current dengue epidemic in Latin America represents a major threat to health. However, surveillance of affected regions lacks timeliness and precision. We investigated real-time electronic sources for monitoring spread of dengue into new regions. This approach could provide timely estimates of changes in distribut...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Hoen AG,Keller M,Verma AD,Buckeridge DL,Brownstein JS

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyrethroid resistance is becoming widespread in Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes, coinciding with expanded use of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) throughout Africa. To investigate whether nets in use are still protective, we conducted household trials in northern and southern Benin, where An. gambiae mosquitoes are suscep...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Asidi A,N'Guessan R,Akogbeto M,Curtis C,Rowland M

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding which emerging infectious diseases are of international public health concern is vital. The International Health Regulations include a decision instrument to help countries determine which public health events are of international concern and require reporting to the World Health Organization (WHO) on th...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Edelstein M,Heymann DL,Giesecke J,Weinberg J

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine whether guinea pigs are infected with influenza virus in nature, we conducted a serologic study in domestic guinea pigs in Ecuador. Detection of antibodies against influenza A and B raises the question about the role of guinea pigs in the ecology and epidemiology of influenza virus in the region. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Leyva-Grado VH,Mubareka S,Krammer F,Cárdenas WB,Palese P

更新日期：2012-07-01 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：:We used multilocus variable-number tandem repeat analysis and multiple antigen sequence typing to characterize isolates of Bordetella pertussis strains circulating in Denmark during periods with and without pertussis vaccination coverage. Our results show substantial shifts in the B. pertussis population over time and...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Petersen RF,Dalby T,Dragsted DM,Mooi F,Lambertsen L

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We screened 1,200 living heart, lung, liver, and kidney transplant recipients for hepatitis E virus infection by reverse transcription PCR. In 12 (1%) patients, hepatitis E virus infection was identified; in 11 patients, chronic infection developed. This immunocompromised population is at risk for hepatitis E virus in...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Pas SD,de Man RA,Mulders C,Balk AH,van Hal PT,Weimar W,Koopmans MP,Osterhaus AD,van der Eijk AA

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patterns of virus attachment to the respiratory tract of 4 marine mammal species were determined for avian and human influenza viruses. Attachment of avian influenza A viruses (H4N5) and (H7N7) and human influenza B viruses to trachea and bronchi of harbor seals is consistent with reported influenza outbreaks in this ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Ramis AJ,van Riel D,van de Bildt MW,Osterhaus A,Kuiken T

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During July-December 2011, a variant virus, influenza A(H3N2)v, caused 12 human cases of influenza. The virus contained genes originating from swine, avian, and human viruses, including the M gene from influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus. Influenza A(H3N2)v viruses were antigenically distinct from seasonal influenza viruses ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Lindstrom S,Garten R,Balish A,Shu B,Emery S,Berman L,Barnes N,Sleeman K,Gubareva L,Villanueva J,Klimov A

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomic analysis of type emm59 group A Streptococcus invasive strains isolated in the United States discovered higher than anticipated genetic heterogeneity among strains and identified a heretofore unrecognized monoclonal cluster of invasive infections in the San Francisco Bay area. Heightened monitoring for a potent...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Fittipaldi N,Olsen RJ,Beres SB,Van Beneden C,Musser JM

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine possible cosavirus association with clinical disease, we used real-time reverse transcription PCR to test children and HIV-positive adults in Brazil with and without gastroenteritis. Thirteen (3.6%) of 359 children with gastroenteritis tested positive, as did 69 (33.8%) of 204 controls. Low prevalence, fr...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Stöcker A,Souza BF,Ribeiro TC,Netto EM,Araujo LO,Corrêa JI,Almeida PS,de Mattos AP,Ribeiro Hda C Jr,Pedral-Sampaio DB,Drosten C,Drexler JF

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2010, in Veneto Region, Italy, surveillance of summer fevers was conducted to promptly identify autochthonous cases of West Nile fever and increase detection of imported dengue and chikungunya in travelers. Surveillance highlighted the need to modify case definitions, train physicians, and when a case is identified...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Gobbi F,Barzon L,Capelli G,Angheben A,Pacenti M,Napoletano G,Piovesan C,Montarsi F,Martini S,Rigoli R,Cattelan AM,Rinaldi R,Conforto M,Russo F,Palù G,Bisoffi Z,Veneto Summer Fever Study Group.

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dengue is a major cause of illness among travelers and a threat to military troops operating in areas to which it is endemic. Before and during World War II, dengue frequently occurred in US military personnel in Asia and the South Pacific. From the 1960s into the 1990s, dengue often occurred in US troops in Vietnam, ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Gibbons RV,Streitz M,Babina T,Fried JR

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine whether hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a cause of hepatitis among HIV-infected persons, we evaluated 1985-2009 data for US military beneficiaries. Evidence of acute or prior HEV infection was detected for 7 (4%) and 5 (3%) of 194 HIV-infected persons, respectively. HEV might be a cause of acute hepatitis amon...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Crum-Cianflone NF,Curry J,Drobeniuc J,Weintrob A,Landrum M,Ganesan A,Bradley W,Agan BK,Kamili S,Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program HIV Working Group.

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In some areas of Africa, health facility data have indicated declines in malaria that might have resulted from increasingly effective control programs. Most such reports have been from countries where malaria transmission is highly seasonal or of modest intensity. In Malawi, perennial malaria transmission is intense, ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Roca-Feltrer A,Kwizombe CJ,Sanjoaquin MA,Sesay SS,Faragher B,Harrison J,Geukers K,Kabuluzi S,Mathanga DP,Molyneux E,Chagomera M,Taylor T,Molyneux M,Heyderman RS

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To confirm whether respiratory virus infections increase susceptibility to invasive pneumococcal pneumonia, we examined data from 11 influenza seasons (1994-2005) in the United States. Invasive pneumococcal pneumonia was significantly associated with influenza and respiratory syncytial virus activities in 5 seasons. A...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Zhou H,Haber M,Ray S,Farley MM,Panozzo CA,Klugman KP

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00