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CME Past, Present, and Possible Future Human Infection With Influenza Virus A Subtype H7
What is the pathophysiology and what are the risks for human infection of subtype H7 influenza viruses?
Emerging Infectious Diseases, May 2009
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CME Increased Risk for Severe Malaria in HIV-1-Infected Adults, Zambia
Are HIV-1 infection and HIV-1-related immunosuppression risk factors for severe malaria in adults with immunity to malaria?
Emerging Infectious Diseases, April 2009
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Acute Conjunctivitis with Episcleritis and Anterior Uveitis Linked to Adiaspiromycosis and Freshwater Sponges, Amazon Region, Brazil, 2005
Adiaspiromycosis, a preventable cause of ocular disease in the Amazon region, may be more widespread than is currently recognized.
Emerging Infectious Diseases, March 2009
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Clinical Risk Factors for Severe Clostridium difficile-Associated Disease
Disease associated with Clostridium difficile is increasing with regard to overall prevalence as well as severity. The current study examines risk factors for severe disease associated with C difficile.
Emerging Infectious Diseases, February 2009
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Face Mask Use and Control of Respiratory Virus Transmission in Households
Nonpharmaceutical interventions such as mask use might be an effective early respiratory infection control strategy in a community. This activity reports the adherence to face mask use by parents of children with influenza-like illness.
Emerging Infectious Diseases, January 2009
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Sphingomonas paucimobilis Bloodstream Infections Associated With Contaminated Intravenous Fentanyl
Nationally distributed medications from compounding pharmacies, which typically adhere to less stringent quality-control standards than pharmaceutical manufacturers, can lead to multistate outbreaks.
Emerging Infectious Diseases, December 2008
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The Burden of Vibrio vulnificus Illnesses in Israel 1998-2005: Clinical Characteristics and Molecular Subtyping
What are the effects of V. vulnificus illnesses in Israel? Should there be more regulations of fresh fish marketing?
Emerging Infectious Diseases, November 2008
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Antimicrobial Drug Use and Resistance in Europe
Patterns of antimicrobial drug prescribing in Europe over a 6-year period are reviewed. Whether the notion that antimicrobial drug use determines resistance can be supported by empirical data pooled at national levels is examined.
Emerging Infectious Diseases, October 2008
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Microbial Interactions During Upper Respiratory Tract Infection
Bacterial colonization of the nasopharynx is an important public health issue among children. The current study examines factors that affect bacterial colonization during upper respiratory infection in children.
Emerging Infectious Diseases, September 2008
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Preventing and Controlling Emerging and Reemerging Transmissible Diseases in the Homeless
Homelessness is a grave public health problem, and the current review examines best practices in the prevention and treatment of illness in the setting of homelessness.
Emerging Infectious Diseases, August 2008
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Systematic Literature Review of Role of Human Noroviruses in Sporadic Gastroenteritis
A systematic review of studies that used reverse transcription-PCR to diagnose norovirus infections in patients is presented.
Emerging Infectious Diseases, July 2008
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Alcaligenes xylosoxidans Bloodstream Infections in Outpatient Oncology Office
Alcaligenes xylosoxidans is an uncommon infection in the healthcare setting, but the current study describes how poor infection control practices promoted an outbreak of A xylosoxidans in a major US metropolitan center.
Emerging Infectious Diseases, June 2008
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Transmission of Human Papillomavirus in Heterosexual Couples
HPV promotes cancer, but its transmission remains incompletely understood. The current study examines patterns of transmission among heterosexual couples and isolates factors associated with increased rates of transmission.
Emerging Infectious Diseases, May 2008
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Invasive Group A Streptococcal Disease in Nursing Homes, Minnesota, 1995-2006
Among nursing home elders, the incidence of invasive group A streptococcal (GAS) disease is almost 3 times that in the general population. The risk factors for invasive GAS disease and the factors related to outbreaks in nursing homes are reviewed.
Emerging Infectious Diseases, April 2008
