Emergence of Poultry-Associated Human Salmonella enterica Serovar Abortusovis Infections, New South Wales, Australia
Emerg Infect Dis. 2024 Apr;30(4):691-700. doi: 10.3201/eid3004.230958.ABSTRACTSalmonella enterica serovar Abortusovis is a ovine-adapted pathogen that causes spontaneous abortion. Salmonella Abortusovis was reported in poultry in 2009 and has since been reported in human infections in New South Wales, Australia. Phylogenomic analysis revealed a clade of 51 closely related isolates from Australia originating in 2004. That clade was genetically distinct from ovine-associated isolates. The clade was widespread in New South Wales poultry production facilities but was only responsible for sporadic human infections. Some known v...
Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases - March 25, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Michael Payne Sarah Williamson Qinning Wang Xiaomei Zhang Vitali Sintchenko Anthony Pavic Ruiting Lan Source Type: research
Nephropathia Epidemica Caused by Puumala Virus in Bank Voles, Scania, Southern Sweden
Emerg Infect Dis. 2024 Apr;30(4):732-737. doi: 10.3201/eid3004.231414.ABSTRACTIn 2018, a local case of nephropathia epidemica was reported in Scania, southern Sweden, more than 500 km south of the previously known presence of human hantavirus infections in Sweden. Another case emerged in the same area in 2020. To investigate the zoonotic origin of those cases, we trapped rodents in Ballingslöv, Norra Sandby, and Sörby in southern Sweden during 2020‒2021. We found Puumala virus (PUUV) in lung tissues from 9 of 74 Myodes glareolus bank voles by screening tissues using a hantavirus pan-large segment reverse transcription ...
Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases - March 25, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Jiaxin Ling Elin Economou Lundeberg Anishia Wasberg In ês R Faria Sanja Vucicevic Bo Settergren Åke Lundkvist Source Type: research
Isolation of Diverse Simian Arteriviruses Causing Hemorrhagic Disease
We describe several approaches that might be used to isolate additional simarteriviruses for phenotypic characterization. Our results will expedite laboratory studies of simarteriviruses to elucidate virus-host interactions, assess zoonotic risk, and develop medical countermeasures.PMID:38526136 | DOI:10.3201/eid3004.231457 (Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases)
Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases - March 25, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Teressa M Shaw Samuel T Dettle Andres Mejia Jennifer M Hayes Heather A Simmons Puja Basu Jens H Kuhn Mitchell D Ramuta Cody J Warren Peter B Jahrling David H O'Connor Liupei Huang Misbah Zaeem Jiwon Seo Igor I Slukvin Matthew E Brown Adam L Bailey Source Type: research
Effects of Shock and Vibration on Product Quality during Last-Mile Transportation of Ebola Vaccine under Refrigerated Conditions < sup > 1 < /sup >
Emerg Infect Dis. 2024 Apr;30(4):757-760. doi: 10.3201/eid3004.231060.ABSTRACTAnalyzing vaccine stability under different storage and transportation conditions is critical to ensure that effectiveness and safety are not affected by distribution. In a simulation of the last mile in the supply chain, we found that shock and vibration had no effect on Ad26.ZEBOV/MVA-BN-Filo Ebola vaccine regimen quality under refrigerated conditions.PMID:38526137 | DOI:10.3201/eid3004.231060 (Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases)
Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases - March 25, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Linda Bus-Jacobs Rute Lau Marjolein Soethoudt Lisa Gebbia Edwin Janssens Tjeerd Hermans Source Type: research
Deaths Associated with Pediatric Hepatitis of Unknown Etiology, United States, October 2021-June 2023
We describe demographic and clinical characteristics, including potential involvement of adenovirus in development of acute hepatitis, of 8 fatally ill children who met reporting criteria. The children had diverse courses of illness. Two children were immunocompromised when initially brought for care. Four children tested positive for adenovirus in multiple specimen types, including 2 for whom typing was completed. One adenovirus-positive child had no known underlying conditions, supporting a potential relationship between adenovirus and acute hepatitis in previously healthy children. Our findings emphasize the importance ...
Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases - March 25, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Olivia Almendares Julia M Baker David E Sugerman Umesh D Parashar Sarah Reagan-Steiner Hannah L Kirking Paul A Gasta ñaduy Jacqueline E Tate Hepatitis of Unknown Etiology Group2 Source Type: research
Co-Circulating Monkeypox and Swinepox Viruses, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2022
Emerg Infect Dis. 2024 Apr;30(4):761-765. doi: 10.3201/eid3004.231413.ABSTRACTIn September 2022, deaths of pigs manifesting pox-like lesions caused by swinepox virus were reported in Tshuapa Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Two human mpox cases were found concurrently in the surrounding community. Specific diagnostics and robust sequencing are needed to characterize multiple poxviruses and prevent potential poxvirus transmission.PMID:38526165 | DOI:10.3201/eid3004.231413 (Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases)
Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases - March 25, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Thierry Kalonji Emile Malembi Jean Paul Matela Toutou Likafi Eddy Kinganda-Lusamaki Emmanuel Hasivirwe Vakaniaki Nicole A Hoff Amuri Aziza Francisca Muyembe Joelle Kabamba Tine Cooreman B éatrice Nguete Danae Witte Ahidjo Ayouba Nicolas Fernandez-Nu ñez Source Type: research
Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, and Ukraine, 2017-2022
Emerg Infect Dis. 2024 Apr;30(4):831-833. doi: 10.3201/eid3004.231732.ABSTRACTIn 2021, the World Health Organization recommended new extensively drug-resistant (XDR) and pre-XDR tuberculosis (TB) definitions. In a recent cohort of TB patients in Eastern Europe, we show that XDR TB as currently defined is associated with exceptionally poor treatment outcomes, considerably worse than for the former definition (31% vs. 54% treatment success).PMID:38526186 | DOI:10.3201/eid3004.231732 (Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases)
Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases - March 25, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Victor Naestholt Dahl Tetiana Butova Alex Rosenthal Alina Grinev Andrei Gabrielian Sergo Vashakidze Natalia Shubladze Bekzat Toxanbayeva Lyailya Chingissova Valeriu Crudu Dumitru Chesov Gulmira Kalmambetova Gulbarchyn Saparova Christian Morberg Wejse Dmyt Source Type: research
Concurrent Outbreaks of Hepatitis A, Invasive Meningococcal Disease, and Mpox, Florida, USA, 2021-2022
Emerg Infect Dis. 2024 Apr;30(4). doi: 10.3201/eid3004.231392.ABSTRACTIn 2022, concurrent outbreaks of hepatitis A, invasive meningococcal disease (IMD), and mpox were identified in Florida, USA, primarily among men who have sex with men. The hepatitis A outbreak (153 cases) was associated with hepatitis A virus genotype IA. The IMD outbreak (44 cases) was associated with Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C, sequence type 11, clonal complex 11. The mpox outbreak in Florida (2,845 cases) was part of a global epidemic. The hepatitis A and IMD outbreaks were concentrated in Central Florida and peaked during March--June, wherea...
Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases - March 25, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Timothy J Doyle Megan Gumke Danielle Stanek Joshua Moore Brian Buck Timothy Locksmith Kelly Tomson Sarah Schmedes George Churchwell Shan Justin Hubsmith Baskar Krishnamoorthy Karalee Poschman Brandi Danforth Daniel Chacreton outbreak investigation team1 Source Type: research
Prioritizing Mental Health within HIV and Tuberculosis Services in PEPFAR
Emerg Infect Dis. 2024 Apr;30(4):1-5. doi: 10.3201/eid3004.231726.ABSTRACTUnderprioritization of mental health is a global problem and threatens the decades-long progress of the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) program. In recent years, mental health has become globally recognized as a part of universal healthcare, making this an opportune moment for the global community to integrate mental health services into routine programming. PEPFAR is well positioned to lead by example. We conceptualized 5 key strategies that might help serve as a framework to support mental health programming as part of PEPFAR...
Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases - March 25, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Rena Fukunaga Paul Pierre John K Williams Rebeca Briceno-Robaugh Sam Kalibala Meaghan Peterson Patrick K Moonan Source Type: research
Opportunistic Elizabethkingia miricola Infections in Intensive Care Unit, Spain
Emerg Infect Dis. 2024 Apr;30(4):834-837. doi: 10.3201/eid3004.231491.ABSTRACTIn 2021, we identified a cluster of Elizabethkingia miricola cases in an intensive care unit in Spain. Because E. miricola is not considered a special surveillance agent in Spain, whole-genome sequencing was not performed. The bacterial source was not identified. All Elizabethkingia species should be listed as special surveillance bacteria.PMID:38526191 | DOI:10.3201/eid3004.231491 (Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases)
Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases - March 25, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Eva Soler-Iborte Mario Rivera-Izquierdo Carmen Valero-Ubierna Source Type: research
Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus Seroprevalence in Human and Livestock Populations, Northern Tanzania
Emerg Infect Dis. 2024 Apr;30(4):836-838. doi: 10.3201/eid3004.231204.ABSTRACTWe conducted a cross-sectional study of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) in northern Tanzania. CCHFV seroprevalence in humans and ruminant livestock was high, as were spatial heterogeneity levels. CCHFV could represent an unrecognized human health risk in this region and should be included as a differential diagnosis for febrile illness.PMID:38526202 | DOI:10.3201/eid3004.231204 (Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases)
Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases - March 25, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Ellen C Hughes William de Glanville Tito Kibona Blandina Theophil Mmbaga Melinda K Rostal Emanuel S Swai Sarah Cleaveland Felix Lankester Brian J Willett Kathryn J Allan Source Type: research
Case Report of Nasal Rhinosporidiosis in South Africa
We describe a classic case of nasal rhinosporidiosis in a woman who resided in Johannesburg, South Africa, but originated from a rural area in Eastern Cape Province. We confirmed histologic diagnosis using PCR testing and compared details with those from records on 17 other cases from South Africa.PMID:38526207 | DOI:10.3201/eid3004.240018 (Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases)
Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases - March 25, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Huzaifah Mayet Denasha L Reddy Tika Bello Alvarez Yahya Atiya Nelesh P Govender Monica Birkhead Tsidiso Maphanga Sugeshnee Pather Source Type: research
Reemergence of Sylvatic Dengue Virus Serotype 2 in Kedougou, Senegal, 2020
Emerg Infect Dis. 2024 Apr;30(4):770-774. doi: 10.3201/eid3004.231301.ABSTRACTIn 2020, a sylvatic dengue virus serotype 2 infection outbreak resulted in 59 confirmed dengue cases in Kedougou, Senegal, suggesting those strains might not require adaptation to reemerge into urban transmission cycles. Large-scale genomic surveillance and updated molecular diagnostic tools are needed to effectively prevent dengue virus infections in Senegal.PMID:38526209 | DOI:10.3201/eid3004.231301 (Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases)
Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases - March 25, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Idrissa Dieng Maryam Diarra Bacary Djilocalisse Sadio Bocar Sow Alioune Gaye Amadou Diallo Martin Faye Marie Henriette Dior Ndione Diawo Diallo Safietou Sankhe Mignane Ndiaye Fode Danfakha Boly Diop Amadou Alpha Sall Gamou Fall Oumar Faye Cheikh Loucoubar Source Type: research
Novel Oral Poliovirus Vaccine 2 Safety Evaluation during Nationwide Supplemental Immunization Activity, Uganda, 2022
Emerg Infect Dis. 2024 Apr;30(4):775-778. doi: 10.3201/eid3004.231361.ABSTRACTGiven its enhanced genetic stability, novel oral poliovirus vaccine type 2 was deployed for type 2 poliovirus outbreak responses under World Health Organization Emergency Use Listing. We evaluated the safety profile of this vaccine. No safety signals were identified using a multipronged approach of passive and active surveillance.PMID:38526214 | DOI:10.3201/eid3004.231361 (Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases)
Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases - March 25, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Farrell A Tobolowsky Fred Nsubuga Zunera Gilani Annet Kisakye Helen Ndagije Daniel Kyabayinze Jane F Gidudu Source Type: research
Phylogenetic Characterization of Orthohantavirus dobravaense (Dobrava Virus)
We report complete coding sequences of Orthohantavirus dobravaense (Dobrava virus) Igneada strains and phylogenetic characterization of all available complete coding sequences. Our analyses suggested separation of host-dependent lineages, followed by geographic clustering. Surveillance of orthohantaviruses using complete genomes would be useful for assessing public health threats from Dobrava virus.PMID:38526228 | DOI:10.3201/eid3004.230912 (Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases)
Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases - March 25, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Mert Erdin Ceylan Polat Teemu Smura Sercan Irmak Ortac Cetintas Muhsin Cogal Faruk Colak Ahmet Karatas Mustafa Sozen Ferhat Matur Olli Vapalahti Tarja Sironen Ibrahim Mehmet Ali Oktem Source Type: research
