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May 6, 2013
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A specific type of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus — CC398 — is especially prevalent among veterinarians, and the infection seems...More
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In the Journals
Perspective
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April 29, 2013
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A nationwide outbreak of Salmonella typhimurium that occurred between 2008 and 2011 was linked to African dwarf frogs. Therefore, researchers for a recent...More
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Zoonotic Infections
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Infectious Disease News, March 2013
Arnon Shimshony, MD
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More than 60% of human infectious diseases are caused by pathogens shared with wild or domestic animals. Human pathogens from all taxa contain zoonotic...More
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July 12, 2012
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A prediction rule that identified patients at low-risk for Q fever pneumonia helped physicians from French Guiana make decisions about the use of...More
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Infectious Disease News, August 2012
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Handling contaminated reagents or contact with contaminated surfaces was determined to be the most likely way that the first human case of...More
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June 11, 2012
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Animal contact was responsible for transmission of multiple major enteric pathogens among US residents, with Campylobacter, Cryptosporidium and...More
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Editorial
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Infectious Disease News, June 2012
Arnon Shimshony, DVM
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On April 19, sick animals were detected in Rafah — a town on the border between the coastal Palestinian territory of the Gaza Strip and Egypt. As...More
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Zoonotic Infections
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Infectious Disease News, February 2012
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Researchers have found that antibiotics in swine feed stimulated gene exchange in the intestinal microbial community and could therefore lead to transfer...More
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Infectious Disease News, November 2011
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Researchers from Thailand identified Plasmodium knowlesi in human malaria cases from blood samples obtained in 1996, suggesting that this parasite is not...More
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Zoonotic Infections
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Infectious Disease News, September 2011
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A lower prevalence for antibiotic-resistant and multidrug-resistant Enterococcus spp was observed among US poultry farms that transitioned to organic...More
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