AH1N1 Journal Highlights & Epidemiological Reports

AH1N1 Journal Highlights & Epidemiological ReportsHealth Protection Scotland - Lastest AH1N1 resources.Copyright (C) Health Protection ScotlandHealth Protection Scotland* 15 May 2012 Dengue/DHF update 2012 (20); Rabies - South Africa: (KZN), human ex Mozambique; Avian influenza (35): South Africa (WC), ostrich, LPAI, H5N2, OIE; Classical swine fever - Guatemala: (SU, GU) OIE; Ephemeral fever, bovine - international spread * 14 May 2012 Malaria, artemisinin resistance - East Africa; Foodborne illness - USA (04): (NY) Bacillus cereus susp; Chikungunya (05): India (OR) * 13 May 2012 Anthrax, bovine - Agentina (06): (SL); Measles update 2012 (20); Anthrax, human, 2001 - USA (02): chemical RFI; Koi herpesvirus disease - Italy: (VN), OIE; Pertussis - USA (08) * 12 May 2012 White nose syndrome, bats - North America (16): (MD); Norovirus, oysters - USA (03): (LA); Equine influenza - France: (CV); Brucellosis - France: (HS, PC), OIE; Rabies - Philippines: (CO), canine, human; Undiagnosed febrile illness - Nepal: (PM) RFI; Vibrio parahaemolyticus, oysters - USA: (MA), 2011; Trichinellosis - Argentina: (NQ, CB); Malaria - Madagascar; Influenza (37): WHO update; E. coli EHEC - USA (13): (SC) O157; Rabies, human - Peru: (CU); Cryptosporidiosis - UK: (Wales); Equine Herpesvirus, equine - North America: (08) USA (TN); Crimean-Congo hem. fever - Pakistan: (BA) * 11 May 2012 Rabies - China: (SC), canine, human; Anthrax, rhinoceros - India (03): (DL) 2 negative confirm. Tests; Hand, foot & mouth disease - Mexico: (Mexico City) RFI; Schmallenberg virus - Europe (40): no risk to humans, EU; Salmonellosis, multiple serotypes - USA (02): pet turtles, more strains; Influenza (36): Norway, H3N2v seroprevalence; Salmonellosis, serotype Paratyphi B - USA (05): (NC) tempeh source; Campylobacteriosis - USA (13): (CA) raw dairy products; Salmonellosis, st Infantis - N America: human, dog food, exp. Recall; Leprosy - Nigeria: (KE); Undiagnosed biotoxin - USA: (WA), shellfish harvest suspended, RFI; Mumps - Serbia: (VO) * 10 May 2012 Anthrax, human, 2001 - USA: chemical evidence; Norovirus - USA (02): (OR, WA) comment; Syphilis - Australia (02): (QL) increased incidence, RFI; Bovine tuberculosis, human - UK (02): (England) ex alpaca.http://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/lib/catalogue_redirect.aspx?id=5018616 May 2012 12:00:00 GMT* A postmarketing evaluation of the safety of Ann Arbor strain live attenuated influenza vaccine in adults 18-49 years of age (3053)* The recombinant globular head domain of the measles virus hemagglutinin protein as a subunit vaccine against measles (3061)* Immunogenicity and safety of a two-dose regimen of a combined measles, mumps, rubella and varicella live vaccine (ProQuad?) in infants from 9 months of age (3082)* An alternate delivery system improves vaccine performance against foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) (3106)* Factors associated with HPV vaccine-series initiation and healthcare provider recommendation in US adolescent females: 2007 National Survey of Children's Health (3112)* Immune responses and protective efficacy of a recombinant swinepox virus expressing HA1 against swine H1N1 influenza virus in mice and pigs (3119)* Children with otitis media mount a pneumococcal serotype specific serum IgG and IgA response comparable to healthy controls after pneumococcal conjugate vaccination (3136)* . . .http://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/lib/catalogue_redirect.aspx?id=5107026 Apr 2012 12:00:00 GMT* Lack of association of outcomes with treatment duration and microbiologic susceptibility data in Clostridium difficile infections in a non-NAP1/BI/027 setting (243)* Incidence, predisposing factors, and aetiology of infective endocarditis in the Czech Republic (250)* Interferon-gamma inducible protein 10 as a biomarker for active tuberculosis and latent TB infection in children (256)* Epidemiological investigation of a legionellosis outbreak in a Slovenian nursing home, August 2010 (263)* Impact of infectious diseases service consultation on diagnosis of infective endocarditis (270)* Late presenters, repeated testing, and missed opportunities in a Danish nationwide HIV cohort (282)* Impact of swine influenza and quarantine measures on patients and households during the H1N1/09 pandemic (289)* Oseltamivir overuse at a Chicago hospital during the 2009 influenza pandemic and the poor predictive value of influenza-like illness criteria (306)* Successful treatment of NDM-1 Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteraemia in a neutropenic patient (312)* Three cases of Capnocytophaga canimorsus meningitis seen at a regional hospital in one year (320)* . . .http://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/lib/catalogue_redirect.aspx?id=5102230 Mar 2012 12:00:00 GMT* Bacterial infections in Lilongwe, Malawi: aetiology and antibiotic resistance (12:67)* CD4 lymphocyte dynamics in Tanzanian pulmonary tuberculosis patients with and without HIV co-infection (12:66)* HIV incidence estimate combining HIV/AIDS surveillance, testing history information and HIV test to identify recent infections in Lazio, Italy (12:65)* Usefulness of health registries when estimating vaccine effectiveness during the Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 pandemic in Norway (12:63)* Burden of community-acquired and nosocomial rotavirus gastroenteritis in the pediatric population of Western Europe: a scoping review (12:62)* Candidiasis caused by Candida kefyr in a neonate: Case report (12:61)* Migrant tuberculosis: the extent of transmission in a low burden country (12:60)* Necrotizing fasciitis involving the chest and abdominal wall caused by Raoultella planticola (12:59)* Interspecies interactions and potential Influenza A virus risk in small swine farms in Peru (12:58).http://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/lib/catalogue_redirect.aspx?id=5092422 Mar 2012 12:00:00 GMT* Rapid Communications: Cross-reactive antibody to swine influenza A(H3N2) subtype virus in children and adults before and after immunisation with 2010/11 trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine in Canada, August to November 2010.http://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/lib/catalogue_redirect.aspx?id=5042126 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMT* Review: Clostridium difficile: a problem of concern in developed countries and still a mystery in Latin America (Free - 169)* Legionella longbeachae serogroup 1 infections linked to potting compost (D Lindsay, S Pravinkumar, E Anderson et al.) (218)* Detection of clinically important ?-lactamases in commensal Escherichia coli of human and swine origin in western China (233)* Identification of a plasmid-borne blaIMP-11 gene in clinical isolates of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae (246)* Prevalence of Chlamydia psittaci in the feral pigeon population of Basel, Switzerland (261)* Detection of Clostridium difficile toxin A/B genes by multiplex real-time PCR for the diagnosis of C. difficile infection (274)* Increased expression of virulence attributes in oral Candida albicans isolates from HIV-positive individuals (285)* . . .http://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/lib/catalogue_redirect.aspx?id=5032220 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMT* Comparison of multiple estimates of efficacy for influenza vaccine (1)* Innocuousness and safety of classical swine fever marker vaccine candidate CP7_E2alf in non-target and target species (5)* Control of MRSA infection utilizing a novel immunostimulatory peptide (9)* Progress in newborn HBV vaccination by birth year cohorts - 1998-2007, USA (14)* Pf332-C231-reactive antibodies affect growth and development of intra-erythrocytic Plasmodium falciparum parasites (21)* Antibody persistence and response to 2010-2011 trivalent influenza vaccine one year after a single dose of 2009 AS03-adjuvanted pandemic H1N1 vaccine in children (35)* Enhanced memory B-cell immune responses after a second acellular pertussis booster vaccination in children 9 years of age (51)* New neutralizing antibody epitopes in HBV envelope glycoproteins are revealed by dissecting peptide recognition profiles (69)* Mucosal co-immunization of mice with recombinant lactococci secreting VapA antigen and leptin elicits a protective immune response against Rhodococcus equi infection (95)* . . .http://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/lib/catalogue_redirect.aspx?id=4997109 Dec 2011 12:00:00 GMT* Theme Issue: Cholera in Haiti * Research: Dynamics of Cholera Outbreaks in Great Lakes Region of Africa, 1978-2008; Global Distribution and Epidemiologic Associations of Escherichia coli Clonal Group A, 1998-2007; Deaths Associated with Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 among Children, Japan, 2009-2010; Close Similarity between Sequences of Hepatitis E Virus Recovered from Humans and Swine, France, 2008?2009 * Dispatches: Seasonal Influenza A Virus in Feces of Hospitalized Adults; Ultrastructural Characterization of Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Virus; International Spread of MDR TB from Tugela Ferry, South Africa * Letters: Congenital Syphilis, R?union Island, 2010; Fatal Infectious Diseases during Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Outbreak; Mycobacterium doricum Osteomyelitis and Soft Tissue Infection; Antimicrobial Drug Resistance in Corynebacterium diphtheriae mitis; Reduced Susceptibility to Vancomycin in Staphylococcus aureus * Books: Smallpox: The Death of a Disease and House on Fire: The Fight to Eradicate Smallpox* . . .http://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/lib/catalogue_redirect.aspx?id=4959028 Oct 2011 12:00:00 GMT* Editorial Commentaries: Broadening Indications for Maternal Influenza Vaccination (Free - 1151); Optimizing Initial Therapy for HIV Infection (1154)* Natality Decline and Miscarriages Associated With the 1918 Influenza Pandemic: The Scandinavian and US Experiences (Free - 1157)* A Pre-Pandemic Outbreak of Triple-Reassortant Swine Influenza Virus Infection Among University Students, South Dakota, 2008 (1165)* Vaccine-Induced Cross-Genotype Reactive Neutralizing Antibodies Against HCV (1186)* Increased Platelet Reactivity in HIV-1-Infected Patients Receiving Abacavir-Containing Antiretroviral Therapy (1202)* The Human Transcriptome During Nontyphoid Salmonella and HIV Coinfection Reveals Attenuated NF?B-Mediated Inflammation and Persistent Cell Cycle Disruption (Free - 1237) * Genetic Variations and Interactions in Anti-inflammatory Cytokine Pathway Genes in the Outcome of Leprosy: A Study Conducted on a MassARRAY Platform (1264)* . . .http://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/lib/catalogue_redirect.aspx?id=4908823 Sep 2011 12:00:00 GMT* Historical Review: The occurrence of rabies in pre-Columbian Central America: an historical search (1445)* An outbreak of sheep rabies in Shanxi province, China (1453)* Bat population genetics and Lyssavirus presence in Great Britain (1463)* An evaluation of dog rabies control in Limpopo province (South Africa) (1470)* Detecting new and emerging diseases on livestock farms using an early detection system (1476)* OASIS: an assessment tool of epidemiological surveillance systems in animal health and food safety (1486)* A brief review of foodborne zoonoses in China (1497)* Contamination level and ingestion dose of foodborne pathogens associated with infections (1505)* Escherichia coli O157: comparing awareness of rural residents and visitors in livestock farming areas (1522)* Retrospective cohort study of an outbreak of cryptosporidiosis caused by a rare Cryptosporidium parvum subgenotype (1542)* Hospitalization in two waves of pandemic influenza A(H1N1) in England (1560)* Porcine bocaviruses: genetic analysis and prevalence in Chinese swine population (1581)* Spread of West Nile virus in Iran: a cross-sectional serosurvey in equines, 2008-2009 (1587)* Epidemiological and clinical aspects of human Brucella suis infection in Polynesia (1621)* Psittacosis outbreak after participation in a bird fair, Western France, December 2008 (1637)* . . .http://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/lib/catalogue_redirect.aspx?id=4895609 Sep 2011 12:00:00 GMT* Editorial: social epidemiology discovers environmental affordances (833)* Social environment and asthma: associations with crime and No Child Left Behind programmes (859)* UK newspapers' representations of the 2009-10 outbreak of swine flu: one health scare not over-hyped by the media? (941).http://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/lib/catalogue_redirect.aspx?id=4903909 Sep 2011 12:00:00 GMT* Chemical Suicides in Automobiles - Six States, 2006-2010 * Maternal and Infant Outcomes Among Severely Ill Pregnant and Postpartum Women with 2009 Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) - US, April 2009-August 2010 * Surveillance for Foodborne Disease Outbreaks - US, 2008 * Respiratory Syncytial Virus - US, July 2007-June 2011 * Vital Signs: Current Cigarette Smoking Among Adults Aged ?18 Years - US, 2005-2010 * Swine-Origin Influenza A (H3N2) Virus Infection in Two Children - Indiana and Pennsylvania, July-August 2011 * QuickStats: Percentage of Adults Aged ?18 Years with Self-Reported Excellent or Very Good Health, by Race and Hispanic Subpopulation - National Health Interview Survey, US, 2009.http://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/lib/catalogue_redirect.aspx?id=4905609 Sep 2011 12:00:00 GMT* Upfront: Security fears over plan to enrich uranium with lasers; Fukushima neighbourhoods may be uninhabitable for years (4); Surgeons may be adapting to 'safe' X-ray doses (5)* This Week: Surgeons may be adapting to 'safe' X-ray doses; Swine flu, not vaccine, may trigger narcolepsy (12)* Comment and Analysis: Stop ignoring the nuclear waste problem (26)* Opinion: The business of taking on malaria (52).http://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/lib/catalogue_redirect.aspx?id=4886727 Aug 2011 12:00:00 GMT* During the summer 2009 outbreak of "swine flu" in Scotland what respiratory pathogens were diagnosed as H1N1/2009? (11:192) * Integrated monitoring and evaluation and environmental risk factors for urogenital schistosomiasis and active trachoma in Burkina Faso before preventative chemotherapy using sentinel sites (11:191) * Antiretroviral treatment reverses HIV-associated anemia in rural Tanzania (11:190) * Soil transmitted helminths and Schistosoma mansoni infections among school children in Zarima town, northwest Ethiopia (11:189).http://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/lib/catalogue_redirect.aspx?id=4847914 Jul 2011 12:00:00 GMT* Impact of the GP contract on inequalities associated with influenza immunisation: a retrospective population-database analysis (e379)* Parental reasons for non-uptake of influenza vaccination in young at-risk groups: a qualitative study (e386)* Childhood swine flu vaccination uptake in a Welsh general practice: a prospective study (e392)* Editorial: Influenza vaccine uptake: the case for universal flu vaccination of young children (428)* Letters: HIV: low prevalence is no excuse for not testing (436); GPs' views in five European countries of interventions to promote prudent antibiotic use (439)* Diagnosis and assessment of food allergy in children and young people in primary care and community settings: NICE clinical guideline (473).http://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/lib/catalogue_redirect.aspx?id=4836201 Jul 2011 12:00:00 GMT* A systematic review/meta-analysis of primary research investigating swine, pork or pork products as a source of zoonotic hepatitis E virus (1127)* The incidence of hepatitis E virus infection in the general population of the USA (1145)* Prevalence of markers for HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C infection in UK military recruits (1166)* Changing risk profile of hepatitis A in The Netherlands: a comparison of seroprevalence in 1995-1996 and 2006-2007 (1172)* Factors associated with social contacts in four communities during the 2007-2008 influenza season (1181)* Adult intensive-care patients with 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1) infection (1202)* Seasonal breeding drives the incidence of a chronic bacterial infection in a free-living herbivore population (1210)* Spatial clustering of TB-infected cattle herds prior to and following proactive badger removal (1220)* Source attribution of human Salmonella cases in Sweden (1246)* Salmonella enterica serovar Agona European outbreak associated with a food company (1272)* Correspondence: Smoking and other risk factors for hantavirus infections: the whole story (1284)* . . .http://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/lib/catalogue_redirect.aspx?id=4837501 Jul 2011 12:00:00 GMT* Editorial: Modern heroes (vaccines) (420)* Research Highlights: Ecology: Parasites make their hosts hide (422); Metabolic engineering: Bacterial chemical factories; Genetics: Genetics of malaria severity; Cancer: Radiation's double whammy (423)* News: Polio clings on in Pakistan (427); Critics call for restructuring of WHO (430); Evidence of altered RNA stirs debate (432)* Feature: Vaccines: The case of measles (434); The real issues in vaccine safety (436); His best shot (HIV) (439)* Comment: Lessons from polio eradication (446)* News and Views: Vaccinology: Persistence pays off (456)* Perspectives: A 2020 vision for vaccines against HIV, tuberculosis and malaria (463)* Letters: Long-term evolution and transmission dynamics of swine influenza A virus (519); Profound early control of highly pathogenic SIV by an effector memory T-cell vaccine (523).http://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/lib/catalogue_redirect.aspx?id=4796826 May 2011 12:00:00 GMT* Clinical and epidemiological aspects of a hepatitis E outbreak in Bangui, Central African Republic (11:93)* Onset of a pandemic: characterizing the initial phase of the swine flu (H1N1) epidemic in Israel (11:92)* Rapid identification of allergenic and pathogenic molds in environmental air by an oligonucleotide array (11:91)* Statistical estimates of absenteeism attributable to seasonal and pandemic influenza from the Canadian Labour Force Survey (11:90)* Community-based cross-sectional survey of latent tuberculosis infection in Afar pastoralists, Ethiopia, using QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube and tuberculin skin test (11:89)* Prevalence and trend of HCV infection among blood donors in Chinese mainland: a systematic review and meta-analysis (11:88).http://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/lib/catalogue_redirect.aspx?id=4759714 Apr 2011 12:00:00 GMT* Letter: Towards validated assays for key immunological outcomes in malaria vaccine development (3093)* Response to hepatitis B vaccine differs by birthweight among neonates (3096)* Synthesis and immunogenicity of a Helicobacter pylori lipopolysaccharide-based conjugate (3098)* Review: Public engagement on ethical principles in allocating scarce resources during an influenza pandemic (3111)* An elastase-dependent attenuated heterologous swine influenza virus protects against pandemic H1N1 2009 influenza challenge in swine (3118)* An open label Phase I trial of a live attenuated H6N1 influenza virus vaccine in healthy adults (3144)* Impaired hepatitis B vaccine responses during chronic hepatitis C infection: Involvement of the PD-1 pathway in regulating CD4+ T cell responses (3169)* Canadian paediatricians? opinions on rotavirus vaccination (3177)* Durability of antibody responses after receipt of the monovalent 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) vaccine among HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected adults (3183)* The school nurse, the school and HPV vaccination: A qualitative study of factors affecting HPV vaccine uptake (3192)* Predictors of hepatitis A vaccination among young children in the US (3254)* ?http://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/lib/catalogue_redirect.aspx?id=4761012 Apr 2011 12:00:00 GMT* Meeting Reports: Sex differences in the vaccine-specific and non-targeted effects of vaccines (2349); Pertussis vaccines: WHO position paper - Recommendations (2355)* Letter: Effectiveness of influenza vaccination of staff on morbidity, and mortality of residents of long term care facilities for the elderly (2357)* Reviews: Considerations for HPV vaccination of mid-adult women in the US (2365); Rethinking the benefits and costs of childhood vaccination: The example of the Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine (2371)* Modelling the impact of a combined varicella and zoster vaccination programme on the epidemiology of varicella zoster virus in England (2411)* Likely uptake of swine and seasonal flu vaccines among healthcare workers. A cross-sectional analysis of UK telephone survey data (2421)* Pertussis after end of a mass vaccination project - End of the 'vaccination honey-moon' (2444)* Prevention of cervical cancer in rural China: Evaluation of HPV vaccination and primary HPV screening strategies (2487)* . . .http://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/lib/catalogue_redirect.aspx?id=4727816 Mar 2011 12:00:00 GMT