Emerging Infectious Diseases articles

Recent articles from Emerging Infectious Diseases

Past, present, and possible future human infection with influenza virus a subtype H7.(PERSPECTIVE)(Report)
June 1, 2009... Influenza A viruses belong to the family Orthomyxoviridae and possess 8 negative-sense RNA segments encoding 11 known proteins. Of these, the 2 viral surface glycoproteins, hemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase (NA), form the basis of multiple serologically distinct virus subtypes. Currently,...

Diphyllobothriasis associated with eating raw Pacific salmon.(SYNOPSIS)
June 1, 2009... Broad tapeworms such as Diphyllobothrium latum and D. nihonkaiense are exotic parasites that grow as long as 12 meters in the small intestine. By the mid-19th century, infection with the Japanese broad tapeworm was known to be contracted by eating salmon (Figure 1) and was considered to be...

Geographic clustering of leishmaniasis in northeastern Brazil.(RESEARCH)
June 1, 2009... Leishmaniasis accounts for [approximately equal to]2 million disability-adjusted life years in [approximately equal to]90 countries, most of which are in the developing world (1). The past 3 decades have witnessed accumulation of much knowledge about the host-parasite relationship, especially...

Lineage 2 West Nile virus as cause of fatal neurologic disease in horses, South Africa.(RESEARCH)(Report)
June 1, 2009... West Nile virus (WNV), a mosquito-born flavivirus of the family Flaviviridae, is widely distributed throughout Africa, the Middle East, Asia, parts of Europe, Australia, North and South America, and the Caribbean. The WNV transmission cycle involves birds as vertebrate hosts and ornithophilic...

Hantaviruses in rodents and humans, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China.(RESEARCH)
June 1, 2009... Hantaviruses, members of the family Bunyaviridae and genus Hantavirus, can cause 2 human zoonoses: hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS), seen in Asia and Europe; and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, seen in the Western Hemisphere (1). Rodents are a main virus reservoir and a source of...