2001
An Outbreak of Travel-Associated Legionnaires Disease and Pontiac Fever: The Need for Enhanced Surveillance of Travel-Associated Legionellosis in the United States
Benin A, Benson R, Arnold K, Fiore A, Cook P, Williams L, Fields B, Besser R. An Outbreak of Travel-Associated Legionnaires Disease and Pontiac Fever: The Need for Enhanced Surveillance of Travel-Associated Legionellosis in the United States. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2001, 185: 237-243. PMID: 11807698, DOI: 10.1086/338060.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLegionnaires' diseasePontiac feverOutbreaks of LDTravel Associated Legionnaires' DiseaseImmunoglobulin M antibodiesLegionella pneumophila serogroup 6Fragment length polymorphism typingIgM seropositivityCohort studyM antibodiesIndex patientsPF casesEnhanced surveillanceSPA exposureOutbreak investigationSerogroup 6DiseaseWhirlpool spaFeverPolymorphism typingOutbreakNew laboratory techniquesLegionellosisSurveillanceEnvironmental investigations
2000
Analysis of Immunoreactivity to aStreptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus M-Like Protein To Confirm an Outbreak of Poststreptococcal Glomerulonephritis, and Sequences of M-Like Proteins from Isolates Obtained from Different Host Species
Nicholson M, Ferdinand L, Sampson J, Benin A, Balter S, Pinto S, Dowell S, Facklam R, Carlone G, Beall B. Analysis of Immunoreactivity to aStreptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus M-Like Protein To Confirm an Outbreak of Poststreptococcal Glomerulonephritis, and Sequences of M-Like Proteins from Isolates Obtained from Different Host Species. Journal Of Clinical Microbiology 2000, 38: 4126-4130. PMID: 11060079, PMCID: PMC87552, DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.11.4126-4130.2000.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPoststreptococcal acute glomerulonephritisStreptococcus equi subspConvalescent-phase seraS. equi subspSzp geneSurface-exposed virulence factorsAcute glomerulonephritisDifferent host speciesPoststreptococcal glomerulonephritisLike protein geneC-type strainsEpidemiologic findingsSerologic screenEtiologic agentGuinea pigsControl seraAnalysis of immunoreactivityHost speciesLike proteinProtein geneVirulence factorsGlomerulonephritisEpidemic nephritis in Nova Serrana, Brazil
Baiter S, Benin A, Pinto S, Teixeira L, Alvim G, Luna E, Jackson D, LaClaire L, Elliott J, Facklam R, Schuchat A. Epidemic nephritis in Nova Serrana, Brazil. The Lancet 2000, 355: 1776-1780. PMID: 10832828, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(00)02265-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsThroat culturesControl householdsCase-control studyNova SerranaS. zooepidemicusUnpasteurized dairy productsRecent patientsAcute nephritisEpidemic nephritisNephritisPatientsCase householdsLarge outbreakFurther casesOutbreak strainDairy productsAttack rateOutbreaks of nephritisDairy foodsStreptococcus equiCluster designBovine mastitisFamily membersZooepidemicusOutbreak