Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

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July 2013
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Volume 19, Number 7—July 2013

Synopsis

Transmission of Streptococcus equi Subspecies zooepidemicus Infections from Horses to Humans
S. Pelkonen et al.
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This agent may cause severe illness in humans and should be considered an emerging zoonosis.

Research

Influence of Peuemococcal Vaccines on Respiratory Syncytial Virus–associated Alveolar Pneumonia, Israel
D. M. Weinberger et al.
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Year-to-year fluctuations in RSV bias estimates of vaccine impact in young children in the first few years after vaccine introduction.
Pneumococcal Serotypes before and after Introduction of Conjugate Vaccines, United States, 1999–2011
S. S. Richter et al.
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Monitoring of serotypes causing disease provides insight into pathogenesis and vaccine composition.
Travel-associated Illness Trends and Clusters, 2000–2010
K. Leder et al.
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Enteric fever, dengue, and rabies are increasing; malaria is decreasing; and malaria, dengue, and enteric fever were detected in clusters.
Quantifying Effect of Geographic Location on Epidemiology of Plasmodium vivax Malaria A. A. Lover and R. J. Coker
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Regional variations in epidemiology should be considered in patient care, surveillance, and control programs.
Mutation in Spike Protein Cleavage Site and Pathogenesis of Feline Coronavirus
B. N. Licitra et al.
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Feline Coronavirus spike proteolytic requirement modifications may facilitate development of novel diagnostic and vaccine strategies against human strains.

Dispatches

Reduction of Visceral Leishmaniasis by Insecticide Impregnation of Bed-Nets
D. Mondal et al.
Babesiosis as a Tick-borne Illness, Eastern Pennsylvania, USA
M. E. Acosta et al.
Psychrobacter arenosus Bacteremia after Blood Transfusion
I. Caspar et al.
Asynchronous Onset of Clinical Disease In BSE-Infected Macaques
J. Montag et al.
Multidrug-Resistant Atypical Variants of Shigella flexneri in China
S. Qiu et al.
Reemergence of Chikungunya Virus in Bo, Sierra Leone
R. Ansumana et al.
Unique Clone of Coxiella burnetii associated with Q Fever, French Guiana
A. Mahamat et al.
Ciprofloxacin-Resistant Campylobacter spp. in Retail Chicken, Western Canada
A. Agunos et al.
Prevalence and Management of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria in Cystic Fibrosis Clinics, United Kingdom
P. Seddon et al.
New Scrub Typhus Epidemic Area, Northern China
M. Zhang et al.
Avian Metapneumovirus Subgroup C Infection in Chickens, China
L. Wei et al.
Schmallenberg Virus among Female Lambs, Belgium, Summer and Autumn 2012
F. Claine et al.
Human Alveolar Echinococcosis in Kyrgyzstan
J. Usubalieva et al.
Molecular Epidemiologic Tracking of Source of Orally Transmitted Chagas Disease, Venezuela
M. Segovia et al.
Novel Bartonella Agent as Cause of Verruga Peruana
D. L. Blazes et al.
Undetected Multidrug-Resistant TB Amplified by First-line Therapy in Mixed Infection
S. M. Hingley-Wilson et al.
Clinical Findings for Early Human Cases of Influenza A(H7N9) Virus Infection, Shanghai, China S. Lu et al.

Letters

Clostridium difficile Infection Caused by Binary Toxin–Positive Strains
M. Hensgens and E. J. Kuijper
Verona Integron–encoded Metallo-β-Lactamase in Enterobacteria, Ontario, Canada
N. Tijet et al.
Bartonella Species in Raccoons and Feral Cats, Georgia, USA
J. Hwang and N. L. Gottdenker
Tick-borne Encephalitis Virus, Zealand Denmark
A. Fomsgaard et al.
Novel Bat-borne Hantavirus, Vietnam
S. Arai et al.
Possible Cause of Liver Failure in Dengue Shock Syndrome
A. Khongphatthanayothin et al.
Rickettsia aeschlimannii infection, Greece
A. Germanakis et al.
Avian Influenza A(H7N9) Virus Infections, Shanghai, China Z. Mei et al.
MDR TB Transmission, Singapore
C. Chee et al.
Human Infection with Marten Tapeworm
P. Eberwein et al.
Campylobacter jejuni in Hospitalized Diarrheal Patients, Kolkata, India
P. Mukherjee et al.
Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae in Questing Ticks, Central Spain
I. G. Fernández de Mera et al.
Neonatal Granulicatella elegans Bacteremia, London, UK
L. Quartermain et al.
Rifampin-Resistant Mycobacterium bovis BCG–Induced Disease in HIV-Infected Infant, Vietnam
D. Hong et al.
Novel Bulleidia extructa Prosthetic Hip Joint Infection, United States
B. Kloesel et al.
Usutu Virus in Migratory Song Thrushes, Spain
U. Höfle et al.
High Prevalence of Rift Valley Fever Virus Antibodies in Cattle, Maputo Province, Mozambique
N. Lagerqvist et al.

Books and Media

The Stealth Virus
T. Julian

Online Report

Influence of Humans on Evolution and Mobilization of Environmental Antibiotic Resistome
W. H. Gaze et al.

Volume 19, Number 8—August 2013

Dispatches

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