Adam J Kucharski, Timothy W Russell, Joel Hellewell, Sebastian Funk, Andrew Steele, W John Edmunds, Mark Gillett
{"title":"SARS-CoV-2 Dynamics in the Premier League Testing Program, United Kingdom.","authors":"Adam J Kucharski, Timothy W Russell, Joel Hellewell, Sebastian Funk, Andrew Steele, W John Edmunds, Mark Gillett","doi":"10.3201/eid3009.240853","DOIUrl":"10.3201/eid3009.240853","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>During 2020-2022, players and staff in the English Premier League in the United Kingdom were tested regularly for SARS-CoV-2 with the aim of creating a biosecure bubble for each team. We found that prevalence and reinfection estimates were consistent with those from other studies and with community infection trends.</p>","PeriodicalId":11595,"journal":{"name":"Emerging Infectious Diseases","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11346986/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141981911","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Paulo Ricardo Martins-Filho, Thialla Andrade Carvalho, Cliomar Alves dos Santos
{"title":"Spatiotemporal Epidemiology of Oropouche Fever, Brazil, 2015–2024","authors":"Paulo Ricardo Martins-Filho, Thialla Andrade Carvalho, Cliomar Alves dos Santos","doi":"10.3201/eid3010.241088","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3010.241088","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We assessed the spatiotemporal dynamics of Oropouche fever in Brazil during 2015–2024. We found the number of cases substantially increased during that period, particularly in the Amazon region. Our findings underscore the need for improved surveillance and public health measures in response to the disease’s potential spread beyond endemic areas.</p>","PeriodicalId":11595,"journal":{"name":"Emerging Infectious Diseases","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":11.8,"publicationDate":"2024-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142100624","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Emmanuel Hasivirwe Vakaniaki, Eddy Kinganda-Lusamaki, Sydney Merritt, Francois Kasongo, Emile Malembi, Lygie Lunyanga, Sylvie Linsuke, Megan Halbrook, Ernest Kalthan, Elisabeth Pukuta, Adrienne Amuri Aziza, Jean Claude Makangara Cigolo, Raphael Lumembe, Gabriel Kabamba, Yvon Anta, Pierrot Bolunza, Innocent Kanda, Raoul Ngazobo, Thierry Kalonji, Justus Nsio, Patricia Matoka, Dieudonné Mwamba, Christian Ngandu, Souradet Y. Shaw, Robert Shongo, Joule Madinga, Yap Boum, Laurens Liesenborghs, Eric Delaporte, Ahidjo Ayouba, Nicola Low, Steve Ahuka Mundeke, Lisa E. Hensley, Jean-Jacques Muyembe Tamfum, Emmanuel Nakoune, Martine Peeters, Nicole A. Hoff, Jason Kindrachuk, Anne W. Rimoin, Placide Mbala-Kingebeni
{"title":"Presumed Transmission of 2 Distinct Monkeypox Virus Variants from Central African Republic to Democratic Republic of the Congo","authors":"Emmanuel Hasivirwe Vakaniaki, Eddy Kinganda-Lusamaki, Sydney Merritt, Francois Kasongo, Emile Malembi, Lygie Lunyanga, Sylvie Linsuke, Megan Halbrook, Ernest Kalthan, Elisabeth Pukuta, Adrienne Amuri Aziza, Jean Claude Makangara Cigolo, Raphael Lumembe, Gabriel Kabamba, Yvon Anta, Pierrot Bolunza, Innocent Kanda, Raoul Ngazobo, Thierry Kalonji, Justus Nsio, Patricia Matoka, Dieudonné Mwamba, Christian Ngandu, Souradet Y. Shaw, Robert Shongo, Joule Madinga, Yap Boum, Laurens Liesenborghs, Eric Delaporte, Ahidjo Ayouba, Nicola Low, Steve Ahuka Mundeke, Lisa E. Hensley, Jean-Jacques Muyembe Tamfum, Emmanuel Nakoune, Martine Peeters, Nicole A. Hoff, Jason Kindrachuk, Anne W. Rimoin, Placide Mbala-Kingebeni","doi":"10.3201/eid3010.241118","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3010.241118","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We linked 4 mpox cases in South Ubangi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, to transboundary transmission from Central African Republic. Viral genome sequencing demonstrated that the monkeypox virus sequences belonged to distinct clusters of subclade Ia. This finding demonstrates the borderless nature of mpox and highlights the need for vigilant regional surveillance.</p>","PeriodicalId":11595,"journal":{"name":"Emerging Infectious Diseases","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":11.8,"publicationDate":"2024-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142100626","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hannah Charles, Katie Thorley, Charlie Turner, Kirsty F. Bennet, Nick Andrews, Marta Bertran, Sema Mandal, Gayatri Amirthalingam, Mary E. Ramsay, Hamish Mohammed, Katy Sinka
{"title":"Mpox Epidemiology and Vaccine Effectiveness, England, 2023","authors":"Hannah Charles, Katie Thorley, Charlie Turner, Kirsty F. Bennet, Nick Andrews, Marta Bertran, Sema Mandal, Gayatri Amirthalingam, Mary E. Ramsay, Hamish Mohammed, Katy Sinka","doi":"10.3201/eid3010.240292","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3010.240292","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Reported mpox cases in England continued at a low but steady frequency during 2023. Of 137 cases reported in 2023, approximately half were acquired overseas and half were in vaccinated persons. Estimated effectiveness of 2-dose vaccine was 80%, and no vaccinated mpox patient was hospitalized.</p>","PeriodicalId":11595,"journal":{"name":"Emerging Infectious Diseases","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":11.8,"publicationDate":"2024-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142084778","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Andreas A. Pedersen, Victor N. Dahl, Anders Løkke, Inge K. Holden, Andreas Fløe, Rikke Ibsen, Ole Hilberg, Isik S. Johansen
{"title":"Mortality Rate and Cause of Death in Adults with Extrapulmonary Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Infection, Denmark","authors":"Andreas A. Pedersen, Victor N. Dahl, Anders Løkke, Inge K. Holden, Andreas Fløe, Rikke Ibsen, Ole Hilberg, Isik S. Johansen","doi":"10.3201/eid3009.240475","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3009.240475","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Evidence on mortality rates and causes of death associated with extrapulmonary nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) infection is limited. This nationwide register-based study in Denmark used diagnostic codes to match adult patients with extrapulmonary NTM infection 1:4 to controls. During 2000–2017, we identified 485 patients, who had significantly more comorbidities than controls. The 5-year mortality rate for patients was 26.8% (95% CI 23.1%–31.0%) and for controls, 10.9% (95% CI 9.6%–12.4%). The median age at death was 76 (interquartile range 63–85) years for patients and 84 (interquartile range 73–90) years for controls. The adjusted hazard rate of death for patients was 1.34 (95% CI 1.10–1.63; p = 0.004). Patients and controls mainly died of cardiovascular disease and solid malignant neoplasms. Hematologic malignancies and HIV were more frequently causes of death in patients. Mortality rates are substantial among patients with extrapulmonary NTM infection, predominantly caused by underlying conditions.</p>","PeriodicalId":11595,"journal":{"name":"Emerging Infectious Diseases","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":11.8,"publicationDate":"2024-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142021851","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Views Most Would Never See","authors":"Byron Breedlove","doi":"10.3201/eid3009.ac3009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3009.ac3009","url":null,"abstract":"About the Cover","PeriodicalId":11595,"journal":{"name":"Emerging Infectious Diseases","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":11.8,"publicationDate":"2024-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142013841","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Immunocompetent Patient Co-Infected with COVID-19 and Non-HIV Severe Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia","authors":"Songsong Yu, Tiecheng Yang","doi":"10.3201/eid3009.240615","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3009.240615","url":null,"abstract":"<p><em>Pneumocystis jirovecii</em> pneumonia is an opportunistic infection that affects HIV-infected and immunocompromised persons and rarely affects immunocompetent patients. However, after the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, some COVID-19 patients without immunocompromise or HIV were infected with <em>P. jirovecii</em>. Clinical manifestations were atypical, easily misdiagnosed, and rapidly progressive, and the prognosis was poor.</p>","PeriodicalId":11595,"journal":{"name":"Emerging Infectious Diseases","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":11.8,"publicationDate":"2024-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141992005","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Association of Intestinal Helminthiasis with Disseminated Leishmaniasis, Brazil","authors":"Brady Page, Alexsandro Lago, Edgar M. Carvalho","doi":"10.3201/eid3009.240419","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3009.240419","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Disseminated leishmaniasis is an emerging clinical form of <em>Leishmania braziliensis</em> infection. Evidence shows that co-infection by <em>L. braziliensis</em> and intestinal helminths does not affect clinical manifestations or response to therapy in cutaneous leishmaniasis patients. We evaluated whether co-infection was associated with those aspects in disseminated leishmaniasis patients in Brazil.</p>","PeriodicalId":11595,"journal":{"name":"Emerging Infectious Diseases","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":11.8,"publicationDate":"2024-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141991993","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}