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Emerging Infectious Diseases
Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) is a peer-reviewed, monthly journal published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It offers the latest scientific information on emerging infectious diseases and trends. Emerging Infectious Diseases is freely available to the public as Diamond Open Access. For more on EID, visit https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid.
Host association of Campylobacter jejuni was analyzed by using multilocus sequence typing data for 713 isolates from chickens and bovids (cattle and sheep). Commonly used summary measures of genotypes (sequence type and clonal complex) showed poor accuracy, but a method using the full allelic profile showed 80% accuracy in distinguishing isolates f
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McCarthy, N. D., Colles, F. M., Dingle, K. E., Bagnall, M. C., Manning, G., Maiden, M. C., & Falush, D. (2007). Host-associated Genetic Import in Campylobacter jejuni. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1302.060620
McCarthy, Noel D., Frances M. Colles, Kate E. Dingle, Mary C. Bagnall, Georgina Manning, Martin C.J. Maiden, and Daniel Falush. Host-associated Genetic Import in Campylobacter jejuni. 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1302.060620.
An ertapenem-resistant Escherichia coli isolate was recovered from peritoneal fluid in a patient who had been treated with imipenem/cilastatin for 10 days. Ertapenem resistance may be explained by a defect in the outer membrane protein and production of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase CTX-M-2.
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Lartigue, M. F., Poirel, L., Poyart, C., Réglier-Poupet, H., & Nordmann, P. (2007). Ertapenem Resistance of Escherichia coli. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1302.060747
Lartigue, Marie-Frédérique, Laurent Poirel, Claire Poyart, Hélène Réglier-Poupet, and Patrice Nordmann. Ertapenem Resistance of Escherichia coli. 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1302.060747.
We developed a system for rapid determination of viral RNA sequences whereby genomic sequence is obtained from cultured virus isolates without subcloning into plasmid vectors. This method affords new opportunities to address the challenges of unknown or untypeable emerging viruses.
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Mizutani, T., Endoh, D., Okamoto, M., Shirato, K., Shimizu, H., Arita, M., Fukushi, S., Saijo, M., Lim, C. K., Ito, M., Nerome, R., Takasaki, T., Ishii, K., Suzuki, T., Kurane, I., Morikawa, S., & Nishimura, H. (2007). Rapid Genome Sequencing of RNA Viruses. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1302.061032
Mizutani, Tetsuya, Daiji Endoh, Michiko Okamoto, Kazuya Shirato, Hiroyuki Shimizu, Minetaro Arita, and Shuetsu Fukushi, et al.. Rapid Genome Sequencing of RNA Viruses. 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1302.061032.
Tega, L., Raieta, K., Ottaviani, D., Russo, G. L., Blanco, G., & Carraturo, A. (2007). Catheter-related Bacteremia and Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter lwoffii. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1302.060858
Tega, Luciano, Katia Raieta, Donatella Ottaviani, Gian Luigi Russo, Giovanni Blanco, and Antonio Carraturo. Catheter-related Bacteremia and Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter lwoffii. 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1302.060858.
Brent, Andrew J., Philippa C. Matthews, David A. Dance, Tyrone L. Pitt, and Rupert Handy. Misdiagnosing Melioidosis. 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1302.061290.
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus of clonal lineage ST398 that exhibits related spa types and contains SCCmec elements of types IVa or V has been isolated from colonized and infected humans and companion animals (e.g., dog, pig, horse) in Germany and Austria. Of particular concern is the association of these cases with cases of nosocomial
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Witte, W., Strommenger, B., Stanek, C., & Cuny, C. (2007). Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 in Humans and Animals, Central Europe. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1302.060924
Witte, Wolfgang, Birgit Strommenger, Christian Stanek, and Christiane Cuny. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 in Humans and Animals, Central Europe. 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1302.060924.
Witte, Wolfgang, et al. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 in Humans and Animals, Central Europe. 2007, Stacks. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1302.060924.
Cysticercosis has emerged as a cause of severe neurologic disease in the United States. We evaluated cysticercosis-related deaths in the United States for 1990-2002 by race, sex, age, state of residence, country of birth, and year of death. A total of 221 cysticercosis deaths were identified. Mortality rates were highest for Latinos (adjusted rate
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Avian influenza A virus subtype H5N1 was transmitted to domestic cats by close contact with infected birds. Virus-specific nucleic acids were detected in pharyngeal swabs from 3 of 40 randomly sampled cats from a group of 194 animals (day 8 after contact with an infected swan). All cats were transferred to a quarantine station and monitored for cli
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Leschnik, M., Weikel, J., Möstl, K., Revilla-Fernández, S., Wodak, E., Bagó, Z., Vanek, E., Benetka, V., Hess, M., & Thalhammer, J. G. (2007). Subclinical Infection with Avian Influenza A H5N1 Virus in Cats. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1302.060608
Leschnik, Michael, Joachim Weikel, Karin Möstl, Sandra Revilla-Fernández, Eveline Wodak, Zoltan Bagó, Elisabeth Vanek, Viviane Benetka, Michael Hess, and Johann G. Thalhammer. Subclinical Infection with Avian Influenza A H5N1 Virus in Cats. 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1302.060608.
Miller, Debra L., Sreekumari Rajeev, Matthew J. Gray, and Charles A. Baldwin. Frog Virus 3 Infection, Cultured American Bullfrogs. 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1302.061073.
In 2005, 13.5% of clinic-admitted raptors in northern Colorado tested positive for West Nile virus (WNV). Clinic-admitted-raptor surveillance detected WNV activity nearly 14 weeks earlier than other surveillance systems. WNV surveillance using live raptor admissions to rehabilitation clinics may offer a novel surveillance method and should be consi
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Nemeth, N., Kratz, G., Edwards, E., Scherpelz, J., Bowen, R., & Komar, N. (2007). Surveillance for West Nile Virus in Clinic-admitted Raptors, Colorado. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1302.051626
Nemeth, Nicole, Gail Kratz, Eric Edwards, Judy Scherpelz, Richard Bowen, and Nicholas Komar. Surveillance for West Nile Virus in Clinic-admitted Raptors, Colorado. 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1302.051626.
With the spread of avian influenza, use of automated data streams to rapidly detect and track human influenza cases has increased. We performed correlation analyses to determine whether International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9), groupings used to detect influenzalike illness (ILI) within an automated syndromic system correlat
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Marsden-Haug, N., Foster, V. B., Gould, P. L., Elbert, E., Wang, H., & Pavlin, J. A. (2007). Code-based Syndromic Surveillance for Influenzalike Illness by International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1302.060557
Marsden-Haug, Nicola, Virginia B. Foster, Philip L. Gould, Eugene Elbert, Hailiang Wang, and Julie A. Pavlin. Code-based Syndromic Surveillance for Influenzalike Illness by International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision. 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1302.060557.
Marsden-Haug, Nicola, et al. Code-based Syndromic Surveillance for Influenzalike Illness by International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision. 2007, Stacks. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1302.060557.
During autumn 2005, we conducted 3,436 interviews in European and Asian countries. We found risk perceptions of avian influenza to be at an intermediate level and beliefs of efficacy to be slightly lower. Risk perceptions were higher in Europe than in Asia; efficacy [corrected] beliefs were lower in Europe than in Asia.
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de Zwart, O., Veldhuijzen, I. K., Elam, G., Aro, A. R., Abraham, T., Bishop, G. D., Richardus, J. H., & Brug, J. (2007). Avian Influenza Risk Perception, Europe and Asia. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1302.060303
de Zwart, Onno, Irene K. Veldhuijzen, Gillian Elam, Arja R. Aro, Thomas Abraham, George D. Bishop, Jan Hendrik Richardus, and Johannes Brug. Avian Influenza Risk Perception, Europe and Asia. 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1302.060303.
We evaluated the epidemiologic factors of patients seeking treatment for travel-associated illness from January 2004 through May 2005 at the University Hospital of Zurich. When comparing persons whose purpose of travel was visiting friends and relatives (VFR travelers; n = 121) with tourists and other travelers (n = 217), VFR travelers showed a dis
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Fenner, L., Weber, R., Steffen, R., & Schlagenhauf, P. (2007). Imported Infectious Disease and Purpose of Travel, Switzerland. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1302.060847
Fenner, Lukas, Rainer Weber, Robert Steffen, and Patricia Schlagenhauf. Imported Infectious Disease and Purpose of Travel, Switzerland. 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1302.060847.
Yersinia pestis DNA was recently detected in human remains from 2 ancient plague pandemics in France and Germany. We have now sequenced Y pestis glpD gene in such remains, showing a 93-bp deletion specific for biotype Orientalis. These data show that only Orientalis type caused the 3 plague pandemics.
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Drancourt, M., Signoli, M., Dang, L. V., Bizot, B., Roux, V., Tzortzis, S., & Raoult, D. (2007). Yersinia pestis Orientalis in Remains of Ancient Plague Patients. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1302.060197
Drancourt, Michel, Michel Signoli, La Vu Dang, Bruno Bizot, Véronique Roux, Stéfan Tzortzis, and Didier Raoult. Yersinia pestis Orientalis in Remains of Ancient Plague Patients. 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1302.060197.
Brouwer, K. C., Mirel, L. B., Yang, C., Lal, R. B., Kolczak, M. S., Van Eijk, A. M., Ayisi, J., Otieno, J. A., Nahlen, B. L., Steketee, R., Shi, Y. P., & Lal, A. A. (2007). Subclinical Plasmodium falciparum Infection and HIV-1 Viral Load. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1302.060573
Brouwer, Kimberly C., Lisa B. Mirel, Chunfu Yang, Renu B. Lal, Margarette S. Kolczak, Anne M. Van Eijk, and John Ayisi, et al.. Subclinical Plasmodium falciparum Infection and HIV-1 Viral Load. 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1302.060573.
We noted a marked increase in healthcare-associated (HA) methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections caused by isolates phenotypically consistent with community-associated (CA)-MRSA strains. To study this trend, we retrospectively examined all HA-MRSA isolates from patients in our institution during 1999-2004. An isolate was consi
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Maree, C. L., Daum, R. S., Boyle-Vavra, S., Matayoshi, K., & Miller, L. G. (2007). Community-associated Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates and Healthcare-Associated Infections1. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1302.060781
Maree, Cynthia L., Robert S. Daum, Susan Boyle-Vavra, Kelli Matayoshi, and Loren G. Miller. Community-associated Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates and Healthcare-Associated Infections1. 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1302.060781.
Maree, Cynthia L., et al. Community-associated Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates and Healthcare-Associated Infections1. 2007, Stacks. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1302.060781.
In a prospective study of 660 HIV-positive Malawian adults, we diagnosed Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PcP) using clinical features, induced sputum for immunofluorescent staining, real-time PCR, and posttreatment follow-up. PcP incidence was highest in patients with the lowest CD4 counts, but PcP is uncommon compared with incidences of pulmonar
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van Oosterhout, J. J., Laufer, M. K., Perez, M. A., Graham, S. M., Chimbiya, N., Thesing, P. C., Álvarez-Martinez, M. J., Wilson, P. E., Chagomerana, M., Zijlstra, E. E., Taylor, T. E., Plowe, C. V., & Meshnick, S. R. (2007). Pneumocystis Pneumonia in HIV-positive Adults, Malawi1. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1302.060462
van Oosterhout, Joep J.G., Miriam K. Laufer, M. Arantza Perez, Stephen M. Graham, Nelson Chimbiya, Phillip C. Thesing, and Miriam J. Álvarez-Martinez, et al.. Pneumocystis Pneumonia in HIV-positive Adults, Malawi1. 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1302.060462.
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