Volume 144 Issue 06
Epidemiology & Infection, Volume 144 Issue 06 Epidemiology & Infection publishes original reports and reviews on all aspects of infection in humans and animals. Particular emphasis is given to the epidemiology, prevention and control of infectious diseases. The scope covers the zoonoses, outbreaks, food hygiene, vaccine studies, statistics and the clinical, social and public-health aspects of infectious disease, as well as some tropical infections. It has become the key international periodical in which to find the latest reports on recently discovered infections and new technology. For those concerned with policy...
Source: Epidemiology and Infection - March 22, 2016 Category: Epidemiology Source Type: research

Trypanosoma cruzi screening in Texas blood donors, 2008–2012
Brief Report M. N. GARCIA, L. WOC-COLBURN, S. N. ROSSMANN, R. L. TOWNSEND, S. L. STRAMER, M. BRAVO, H. KAMEL, R. BEDDARD, M. TOWNSEND, R. OLDHAM, M. E. BOTTAZZI, P. J. HOTEZ, K. O. MURRAY, Epidemiology & Infection, Volume 144 Issue 05, pp 1010-1013Abstract (Source: Epidemiology and Infection)
Source: Epidemiology and Infection - March 5, 2016 Category: Epidemiology Source Type: research

High burden of invasive group A streptococcal disease in the Northern Territory of Australia
Research Articles R. BOYD, M. PATEL, B. J. CURRIE, D. C. HOLT, T. HARRIS, V. KRAUSE, Epidemiology & Infection, Volume 144 Issue 05, pp 1018-1027Abstract (Source: Epidemiology and Infection)
Source: Epidemiology and Infection - March 5, 2016 Category: Epidemiology Source Type: research

Incidence and risk factors for community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in New York City, 2006–2012
Brief Report P. BAKER, B. COHEN, J. LIU, E. LARSON, Epidemiology & Infection, Volume 144 Issue 05, pp 1014-1017Abstract (Source: Epidemiology and Infection)
Source: Epidemiology and Infection - March 5, 2016 Category: Epidemiology Source Type: research

Basic reproduction number of coxsackievirus type A6 and A16 and enterovirus 71: estimates from outbreaks of hand, foot and mouth disease in Singapore, a tropical city-state
Research Articles C. T. K. LIM, L. JIANG, S. MA, L. JAMES, L. W. ANG, Epidemiology & Infection, Volume 144 Issue 05, pp 1028-1034Abstract (Source: Epidemiology and Infection)
Source: Epidemiology and Infection - March 5, 2016 Category: Epidemiology Source Type: research

Norovirus diversity in children with gastroenteritis in South Africa from 2009 to 2013: GII.4 variants and recombinant strains predominate
Research Articles J. MANS, T. Y. MURRAY, S. NADAN, R. NETSHIKWETA, N. A. PAGE, M. B. TAYLOR, Epidemiology & Infection, Volume 144 Issue 05, pp 907-916Abstract (Source: Epidemiology and Infection)
Source: Epidemiology and Infection - March 5, 2016 Category: Epidemiology Source Type: research

Predictors of hospitalization for lower respiratory tract infection in children aged <2 years in the province of Quebec, Canada
Research Articles Z. ZHOU, R. GILCA, G. DECEUNINCK, F. D. BOUCHER, H. CHAREST, P. DE WALS, Epidemiology & Infection, Volume 144 Issue 05, pp 1035-1044Abstract (Source: Epidemiology and Infection)
Source: Epidemiology and Infection - March 5, 2016 Category: Epidemiology Source Type: research

Verotoxigenic Escherichia coli transmission in Ireland: a review of notified outbreaks, 2004–2012
Research Articles P. GARVEY, A. CARROLL, E. McNAMARA, P. J. McKEOWN, Epidemiology & Infection, Volume 144 Issue 05, pp 917-926Abstract (Source: Epidemiology and Infection)
Source: Epidemiology and Infection - March 5, 2016 Category: Epidemiology Source Type: research

Clinical symptoms cannot predict influenza infection during the 2013 influenza season in Bavaria, Germany
Research Articles H. CAMPE, S. HEINZINGER, C. HARTBERGER, A. SING, Epidemiology & Infection, Volume 144 Issue 05, pp 1045-1051Abstract (Source: Epidemiology and Infection)
Source: Epidemiology and Infection - March 5, 2016 Category: Epidemiology Source Type: research

Incidence of severe diarrhoea due to Vibrio cholerae in the catchment area of six surveillance hospitals in Bangladesh
Research Articles R. C. PAUL, A. S. G. FARUQUE, M. ALAM, A. IQBAL, K. ZAMAN, N. ISLAM, A. SOBHAN, S. K. DAS, M. A. MALEK, F. QADRI, A. CRAVIOTO, S.P. LUBY, Epidemiology & Infection, Volume 144 Issue 05, pp 927-939Abstract (Source: Epidemiology and Infection)
Source: Epidemiology and Infection - March 5, 2016 Category: Epidemiology Source Type: research

A conceptual framework for economic optimization of an animal health surveillance portfolio
Research Articles X. GUO, G. D. H. CLAASSEN, A. G. J. M. OUDE LANSINK, H. W. SAATKAMP, Epidemiology & Infection, Volume 144 Issue 05, pp 1084-1095Abstract (Source: Epidemiology and Infection)
Source: Epidemiology and Infection - March 5, 2016 Category: Epidemiology Source Type: research

Emergency department syndromic surveillance providing early warning of seasonal respiratory activity in England
Research Articles H. E. HUGHES, R. MORBEY, T. C. HUGHES, T. E. LOCKER, R. PEBODY, H. K. GREEN, J. ELLIS, G. E. SMITH, A. J. ELLIOT, Epidemiology & Infection, Volume 144 Issue 05, pp 1052-1064Abstract (Source: Epidemiology and Infection)
Source: Epidemiology and Infection - March 5, 2016 Category: Epidemiology Source Type: research

A comparison of exposure to risk factors for giardiasis in non-travellers, domestic travellers and international travellers in a Canadian community, 2006–2012
Research Articles A. L. SWIRSKI, D. L. PEARL, A. S. PEREGRINE, K. PINTAR, Epidemiology & Infection, Volume 144 Issue 05, pp 980-999Abstract (Source: Epidemiology and Infection)
Source: Epidemiology and Infection - March 5, 2016 Category: Epidemiology Source Type: research

Evidence supporting vertical transmission of Salmonella in dairy cattle
Brief Report D. L. HANSON, G. H. LONERAGAN, T. R. BROWN, D. J. NISBET, M. E. HUME, T. S. EDRINGTON, Epidemiology & Infection, Volume 144 Issue 05, pp 962-967Abstract (Source: Epidemiology and Infection)
Source: Epidemiology and Infection - March 5, 2016 Category: Epidemiology Source Type: research

Cryptosporidiosis outbreak in visitors of a UK industry-compliant petting farm caused by a rare Cryptosporidium parvum subtype: a case-control study
Research Articles L. UTSI, S. J. SMITH, R. M. CHALMERS, S. PADFIELD, Epidemiology & Infection, Volume 144 Issue 05, pp 1000-1009Abstract (Source: Epidemiology and Infection)
Source: Epidemiology and Infection - March 5, 2016 Category: Epidemiology Source Type: research