1/8. Cluster of cases of acute hepatitis associated with hepatitis e virus infection acquired in the netherlands.Increasing evidence suggests that hepatitis e virus (HEV) infection may occur in developed countries and that swine may act as a reservoir. We report a cluster of 2 confirmed cases and 1 presumptive case of hepatitis associated with HEV. The typed strain from 1 case was related to HEV strains found in north america and europe, and it was also related to a cluster of swine HEV strains found in The netherlands. Our findings indicate that locally acquired HEV infections in industrialized countries may be overlooked. Routine testing for HEV infection in patients with acute hepatitis in The netherlands should be considered before a diagnosis of autoimmune hepatitis is reached and steroid therapy is initiated.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = hepatitis (Clic here for more details about this article) |
2/8. Human and porcine hepatitis e virus strains, United Kingdom.We describe a case of acquired infection of a strain of hepatitis e virus (HEV) with a 100% amino acid identity to the analogous region in strains of HEV circulating in a United Kingdom pig herd. This case further supports the theory that autochthonous HEV infection in industrialized countries is zoonotic.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.41666666666667keywords = hepatitis (Clic here for more details about this article) |
3/8. infection of a Japanese patient by genotype 4 hepatitis e virus while traveling in vietnam.Cases of imported hepatitis E in industrialized countries infected with a genotype 1 hepatitis e virus (HEV) have been identified. We report a 56-year-old Japanese man who acquired infection with a genotype 4 HEV with 98.8% identity to a Vietnamese isolate after ingestion of uncooked shellfish while traveling in vietnam.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.5keywords = hepatitis (Clic here for more details about this article) |
4/8. Animal-to-human transmission of salmonella typhimurium DT104A variant.salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium was isolated from a pig, a calf, and a child on a farm in the netherlands. The isolates were indistinguishable by phenotyping and genotyping methods, which suggests nonfoodborne animal-to-animal and animal-to-human transmission. persons in close contact with farm animals should be aware of this risk.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.11295773573512keywords = animal (Clic here for more details about this article) |
5/8. hepatitis e virus transmission from wild boar meat.We investigated a case of hepatitis E acquired after persons ate wild boar meat. genotype 3 hepatitis e virus (HEV) rna was detected in both patient serum and wild boar meat. These findings provided direct evidence of zoonotic foodborne transmission of HEV from a wild boar to a human.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.16666666666667keywords = hepatitis (Clic here for more details about this article) |
6/8. microsporum nanum infection in hog farmers.microsporum nanum is a dermatophyte that can cause disease in both man and animals and is most frequently associated with ringworm infection in pigs. Human infections are rare in the literature. Three new cases of human M. nanum infection are reported here. Two patients had inflammatory tinea faciei and one had tinea cruris. The patients were successfully treated with clotrimazole or miconazole cream, sometimes combined with griseofulvin. All three patients were hog farmers and lived in the same small rural area. occupational exposure is suggested as the cause of infection.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.02823943393378keywords = animal (Clic here for more details about this article) |
7/8. Behcet's disease and close contact with pigs.Six male patients out of seven with Behcet's disease were found to have a very similar and close contact with pigs and pork. These six cases are reported and we ask the question whether the contacts with pigs are just coincidental findings or whether an external agent, e.g. a virus, could be forwarded to man from pigs and pork. Immune complex associated vasculitis is described e.g. in patients with hepatitis b and the same mechanisms might be operating in patients with Behcet's disease.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.083333333333333keywords = hepatitis (Clic here for more details about this article) |
8/8. Dynamic changes in the epidemiology of canicola fever in israel. Natural adaptation of an established serotype to a new reservoir host.Investigation of human leptospirosis caused by the serotype canicola revealed a significant shift in the chain of infection of this disease. The adaptation of an old and well-established serotype to a new and abundant host, the norway rat, provides a new means for spreading and transferring canicola fever to man and farm animals. The changes in the epidemiology of leptospirosis described should serve as a warning to epidemiologists responsible for suggesting proper prophylactic measures.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.02823943393378keywords = animal (Clic here for more details about this article) |