Jesús L Gómez Perales, Antonio García Mendoza, M Teresa Gutiérrez Amares
{"title":"Nosocomial Transmission of Plasmodium falciparum Malaria, Spain, 2024.","authors":"Jesús L Gómez Perales, Antonio García Mendoza, M Teresa Gutiérrez Amares","doi":"10.3201/eid3109.250920","DOIUrl":"10.3201/eid3109.250920","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11595,"journal":{"name":"Emerging Infectious Diseases","volume":"31 9","pages":"1874-1875"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12407212/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144946921","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}
Donal Bisanzio, Henry Kyobe Bosa, Barnabas Bakamutumaho, Carolyne Nasimiyu, Diana Atwine, Daniel Kyabayinze, Charles Olaro, Robert F Breiman, M Kariuki Njenga, Henry Mwebesa, Jane Ruth Aceng, Richard Reithinger
{"title":"Modeling Case Burden and Duration of Sudan Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak in Uganda, 2022.","authors":"Donal Bisanzio, Henry Kyobe Bosa, Barnabas Bakamutumaho, Carolyne Nasimiyu, Diana Atwine, Daniel Kyabayinze, Charles Olaro, Robert F Breiman, M Kariuki Njenga, Henry Mwebesa, Jane Ruth Aceng, Richard Reithinger","doi":"10.3201/eid3109.241545","DOIUrl":"10.3201/eid3109.241545","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In 2022, a Sudan Ebola virus outbreak was confirmed in Uganda. Within 1 month of the outbreak's onset, we developed an individual-based modeling platform to estimate the unfolding outbreak's burden of cases and deaths, as well as its duration, using different scenarios. Modeled projections were within the range of observed cases.</p>","PeriodicalId":11595,"journal":{"name":"Emerging Infectious Diseases","volume":"31 9","pages":"1829-1832"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12407115/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144946979","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}
Manuel F Liroa Romero, Maite Ruiz Pérez de Pipaón, Maria D Navarro Amuedo, Jose M Rubio Muñoz, Jose M Jiménez-Hoyuela, Jose M Cisneros
{"title":"Nosocomial Transmission of Plasmodium falciparum Malaria, Spain, 2024 (Response).","authors":"Manuel F Liroa Romero, Maite Ruiz Pérez de Pipaón, Maria D Navarro Amuedo, Jose M Rubio Muñoz, Jose M Jiménez-Hoyuela, Jose M Cisneros","doi":"10.3201/eid3109.251210","DOIUrl":"10.3201/eid3109.251210","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11595,"journal":{"name":"Emerging Infectious Diseases","volume":"31 9","pages":"1875"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12407192/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144946887","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}
Lanto A. Maminirina, Zaïna I. Bodoarison, Minoarisoa Rajerison, Séverine Ferdinand, Beza Ramasindrazana
{"title":"Angiostrongylus cantonensis Lungworms in Definitive and Intermediate Hosts, Madagascar, 2024","authors":"Lanto A. Maminirina, Zaïna I. Bodoarison, Minoarisoa Rajerison, Séverine Ferdinand, Beza Ramasindrazana","doi":"10.3201/eid3110.241741","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3110.241741","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We assessed the prevalence of the rat lungworm, <em>Angiostrongylus cantonensis</em>, in rats and snails in Toamasina, Madagascar, using molecular techniques. Although no human cases of neuroangiostrongyliasis have been reported in Madagascar, the pathogen’s presence in definitive hosts (2.5%, 2/78) and intermediate hosts (26.9%, 35/130) reveals active circulation and potential zoonotic risk.</p>","PeriodicalId":11595,"journal":{"name":"Emerging Infectious Diseases","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.8,"publicationDate":"2025-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144905873","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}
Paul W. Blair, Sultanah Alharthi, Andrés F. Londoño, Abdullah Wailagala, Yukari C. Manabe, J. Stephen Dumler
{"title":"Rickettsioses as Underrecognized Cause of Hospitalization for Febrile Illness, Uganda","authors":"Paul W. Blair, Sultanah Alharthi, Andrés F. Londoño, Abdullah Wailagala, Yukari C. Manabe, J. Stephen Dumler","doi":"10.3201/eid3109.250479","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3109.250479","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The complexity of rickettsial serodiagnostics during acute illness has limited clinical characterization in Africa. We used archived samples from sepsis (n = 259) and acute febrile illness (n = 70) cohorts in Uganda to identify spotted fever and typhus group rickettsiae by using immunofluorescence assay and clinically validated rRNA reverse transcription PCR (RT-PCR). Among 329 participants, 10.0% had rickettsial infections (n = 33; n = 20 identified with immunofluorescence assay and n = 13 by RT-PCR). Serum rRNA RT-PCR was 75.0% (95% CI 42.8–94.5%) sensitive and 91.2% (95% CI 85.8–95.1%) specific. Thrombocytopenia was more common among patients with rickettsial infections than with other nonmalarial infections (adjusted odds ratio 3.7; p = 0.003). No participants were on a tetracycline antimicrobial drug at admission. rRNA RT-PCR is a promising diagnostic strategy for identifying acute rickettsial infections. Doxycycline should be included in empiric antimicrobial drug regimens for nonmalarial febrile illness in this region.</p>","PeriodicalId":11595,"journal":{"name":"Emerging Infectious Diseases","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.8,"publicationDate":"2025-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144899620","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}
Montserrat Sierra Colomina, Alix Flamant, Guillaume Le Balle, Jérémie F. Cohen, Lionel Berthomieu, Stéphane Leteurtre, Yves Gillet, Etienne Javouhey, Stéphane Bechet, Corinne Levy, Robert Cohen, Agnès Ferroni, Damien Dubois, Miguel Angel Hernandez Martinez, Céline Plainvert, Asmaa Tazi, Camille Brehin
{"title":"Severe Group A Streptococcus Infection among Children, France, 2022–2024","authors":"Montserrat Sierra Colomina, Alix Flamant, Guillaume Le Balle, Jérémie F. Cohen, Lionel Berthomieu, Stéphane Leteurtre, Yves Gillet, Etienne Javouhey, Stéphane Bechet, Corinne Levy, Robert Cohen, Agnès Ferroni, Damien Dubois, Miguel Angel Hernandez Martinez, Céline Plainvert, Asmaa Tazi, Camille Brehin","doi":"10.3201/eid3109.250245","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3109.250245","url":null,"abstract":"<span> Suggested citation for this article</span><p>Sierra Colomina M, Flamant A, Le Balle G, Cohen JF, Berthomieu L, Leteurtre S, et al. Severe group A <em>Streptococcus</em> infection among children, France, 2022–2024. Emerg Infect Dis. 2025 Sep [<em>date cited</em>]. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3109.250245</p>\u0000<p>Group A <em>Streptococcus</em> infections have increased in Europe since September 2022. The French Pediatric Intensive Care and French Pediatric Infectious Diseases expert groups conducted a retrospective and prospective study of children who had severe group A <em>Streptococcus</em> infections during September 1, 2022–April 1, 2024, across 34 hospitals in France. A total of 402 pediatric patients (median age 4 [interquartile range 2–7.5] years; 42% girls, 58% boys) were enrolled. Cases were characterized by a low proportion of severe skin and soft tissue infections (16%), predominance of severe upper and lower respiratory tract infections (55%), and a 3.5% case-fatality rate. In multivariate analysis, hydrocortisone, corticosteroid, and vasopressor therapies were significantly associated with major sequelae or death. Molecular analysis revealed <em>emm1</em> (73.0%) and <em>emm12</em> (10.8%) strains; the M1<sub>UK</sub> clone represented 50% of <em>emm1</em> strains. Clinicians, researchers, and public health authorities must collaborate to mitigate the effects of GAS on child health.</p>","PeriodicalId":11595,"journal":{"name":"Emerging Infectious Diseases","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.8,"publicationDate":"2025-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144901735","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}
Nolan Hassold-Rugolino, Pierre Jaquet, Daniel Da Silva, Evangelina Papa, Julie Calmettes, Carole Henry, Hilaire Flamant, Etienne Brière, Guillaume André Durand, Gilda Grard, Ines Jabnoune, Nelly Fournet, Kamel Harchaou, Alexandre Bleibtreu, Michelle Saliba, Aude Gibelin, Marion Parisey, Yacine Tandjaoui-Lambiotte
{"title":"Two Cases of Autochthonous West Nile Virus Encephalitis, Paris, France, 2025.","authors":"Nolan Hassold-Rugolino, Pierre Jaquet, Daniel Da Silva, Evangelina Papa, Julie Calmettes, Carole Henry, Hilaire Flamant, Etienne Brière, Guillaume André Durand, Gilda Grard, Ines Jabnoune, Nelly Fournet, Kamel Harchaou, Alexandre Bleibtreu, Michelle Saliba, Aude Gibelin, Marion Parisey, Yacine Tandjaoui-Lambiotte","doi":"10.3201/eid3111.251220","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3111.251220","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We report 2 cases of febrile lymphocytic meningitis with encephalitis in patients in France. One patient had not traveled outside Paris; the other had traveled to eastern France. Laboratory findings revealed acute West Nile virus infection. The cases occurred days apart, raising concern the virus has spread further in France.</p>","PeriodicalId":11595,"journal":{"name":"Emerging Infectious Diseases","volume":"31 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2025-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144947012","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}
Daniela A. Sierra, Tiana L. Sanders, Erin E. Edwards, Christine M. Molter, Guilherme G. Verocai
{"title":"Zoonotic Rat Lungworm Angiostrongylus cantonensis in Black Rats, Houston, Texas, 2024","authors":"Daniela A. Sierra, Tiana L. Sanders, Erin E. Edwards, Christine M. Molter, Guilherme G. Verocai","doi":"10.3201/eid3109.251710","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3109.251710","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The <em>Angiostrongylus cantonensis</em> rat lungworm is a zoonotic nematode that infects several rat species. This nematode causes eosinophilic meningitis and meningoencephalitis in humans and other accidental hosts. We found a 20% prevalence of <em>A. cantonensis</em> lungworms in black rats from a zoo facility in Houston, Texas, USA.</p>","PeriodicalId":11595,"journal":{"name":"Emerging Infectious Diseases","volume":"35 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.8,"publicationDate":"2025-08-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144899573","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":"While Man Deliberates, Malaria Rules","authors":"David O. Freedman","doi":"10.3201/eid3109.ac3109","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3109.ac3109","url":null,"abstract":"About the Cover","PeriodicalId":11595,"journal":{"name":"Emerging Infectious Diseases","volume":"27 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.8,"publicationDate":"2025-08-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144901736","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}
Divakaran Pandian, Anna Šipková, Stefano Scarcelli, Giovanni Sgroi, Jana Kačmaříková, Francesco Buono, Elisa Castaldo, Nicola D’Alessio, Barbora Červená, Vincenzo Veneziano, David Modrý
{"title":"Detection of Rat Lungworm (Angiostrongylus cantonensis) in Rats and Gastropods, Italy","authors":"Divakaran Pandian, Anna Šipková, Stefano Scarcelli, Giovanni Sgroi, Jana Kačmaříková, Francesco Buono, Elisa Castaldo, Nicola D’Alessio, Barbora Červená, Vincenzo Veneziano, David Modrý","doi":"10.3201/eid3109.250648","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3109.250648","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The emerging zoonotic nematode <em>Angiostrongylus cantonensis</em> causes severe neural angiostrongyliasis in both humans and animals. The parasite has been reported in Spain. We detected <em>A. cantonensis</em> in rats and gastropods from the Campania region, southern Italy, demonstrating its broad distribution on the southern coast of Europe.</p>","PeriodicalId":11595,"journal":{"name":"Emerging Infectious Diseases","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.8,"publicationDate":"2025-08-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144899616","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}