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- 1From: Emerging Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 14, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedRickettsia typhi (prevalence 1.9%) and R. felis (prevalence 24.8%) DNA were detected in rat fleas (Xenopsylla cheopis) collected from mice on Oahu Island, Hawaii. The low prevalence of R. typhi on Oahu suggests that R....
- 2From: Emerging Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 14, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedMurine typhus was diagnosed by PCR in 50 (7%) of 756 adults with febrile illness seeking treatment at Patan Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal. Of patients with murine typhus, 64% were women, 86% were residents of Kathmandu,...
- 3From: Emerging Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 14, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedTo the Editor: Dissemination is a rare complication of gonococcal infection and has been observed in 0.5%-3% of patients (1). We describe a new case in a pregnant adolescent infected with a strain resistant to...
- 4From: Emerging Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 14, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedTo determine whether clinical manifestations are associated with genotypes or subtypes of Cryptosporidium spp., we studied a 4-year longitudinal birth cohort of 533 children in Peru. A total of 156 infection episodes...
- 5From: Emerging Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 14, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedWe conducted surveillance for multidrug-resistant P/asmodium falciparum in Cambodia during 2004-2006 by assessing molecular changes in pfmdr1. The high prevalence of isolates with multiple pfmdr1 copies found in western...
- 6From: Emerging Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 14, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedThe number of deaths in England and Wales associated with gastrointestinal pathogens, norovirus in particular, in persons ≥ 65 years was estimated for 2001-2006. Regression analysis was used to model monthly counts of...
- 7From: Emerging Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 14, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedRisky Trade: Infectious Disease in the Era of Global Trade Ann Marie Kimball Ashgate Press, Aldershot, UK, 2006 ISBN-10:0754642968 ISBN-13:978-0754642961 Pages: 212; Price: US $59.95 The linkages between...
- 8From: Emerging Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 14, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedTo the Editor: In Rosario, Argentina, during June 2005, a 15-year-old boy was hospitalized because of a 2-month history of fever. The patient had no history of cardiac disease or intravenous drug use. The results of the...
- 9From: Emerging Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 14, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedWe investigated chikungunya outbreaks in South India and observed a high attack rate, particularly among adults and women. Transmission was facilitated by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in peridomestic water containers, as...
- 10From: Emerging Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 14, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedWe investigated the effects of deforestation on microclimates and sporogonic development of Plasmodium falciparum parasites in Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes in an area of the western Kenyan highland prone to malaria...
- 11From: Emerging Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 14, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedTo the Editor: The People's Republic of China accounts for >500,000 cases of echinococcosis and more disability-associated life years (DALYs) lost because of this disease than any other world region (1,2). Hydatid cysts...
- 12From: Emerging Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 14, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedEquine herpesvirus 9 was detected in a polar bear with progressive encephalitis; the source was traced to 2 members of a potential equid reservoir species, Grevy's zebras. The virus was also found in an aborted Persian...
- 13From: Emerging Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 14, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedIn winter 2008, kindergartens and primary schools in Hong Kong were closed for 2 weeks after media coverage indicated that 3 children had died, apparently from influenza. We examined prospective influenza surveillance...
- 14From: Emerging Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 14, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedTo estimate multipliers linking surveillance of salmonellosis, campylobacteriosis, and Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coil (STEC) infections to community incidence, we used data from a gastroenteritis survey and other...
- 15From: Emerging Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 14, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedWe estimated the association between amount charged and probability that dog owners in N'Djamena, Chad, would have their dogs vaccinated against rabies. Owners would pay ≅ 400-700 CFA francs (US $0.78-$1.36)/animal. To...
- 16From: Emerging Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 14, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedTo the Editor: Nepal is situated on the southern slopes of the Himalayas, surrounded by India on 3 sides and China to the north. Nepal's altitude ranges from 8,848 m in the Himalayas to 90 m in the Terai, the southern,...
- 17From: Emerging Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 14, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedPyogenic liver abscess has become a health problem in Taiwanese society. However, the extent of this problem has remained unclear because of the lack of a population-based study. We therefore performed a nationwide...
- 18From: Emerging Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 14, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedIn the Netherlands a major part of preparedness planning for an epidemic or pandemic consists of maintaining essential public services, e.g., by the police, fire departments, army personnel, and healthcare workers. We...
- 19From: Emerging Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 14, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedTo determine effect of recent tuberculosis transmission rates on incidence rates, we conducted 2 prospective population-based molecular epidemiologic studies in Madrid during 1997-1999 (4% immigrants) and 2002-2004...
- 20From: Emerging Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 14, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedNoroviruses are the most common cause of viral gastroenteritis in the United States. To determine the magnitude and duration of virus shedding in feces, we evaluated persons who had been experimentally infected with...