WPSAR Vol 5, No 4, 2014 | doi: 10.5365/wpsar.2014.5.3.007 www.wpro.who.int/wpsar 1 a Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan. b Department of Virology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan. c Department of Medical Entomology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan. Submitted: 26 September 2014; Published...

Frequent zoonotic transmission of hepatitis E virus (HEV) has been suspected, but data supporting the animal origin of autochthonous cases are still sparse. We assessed the genetic identity of HEV strains found in humans and swine during an 18-month period in France. HEV sequences identified in patients with autochthonous hepatitis E infection (n = 106) were compared with sequences amplified fr...

Organic carbon (C) in lakes originates from two distinct sources—primary production from within the lake itself (autochthonous supply) and importation of organic matter from the terrestrial watershed (allochthonous supply). By manipulating the C of dissolved inorganic C, thereby labeling within-lake primary production, we examined the relative importance of autochthonous and allochthonous C in ...

BACKGROUND Gender inequalities in health have been largely documented. The main objective of this study is to assess whether there are gender differences in perceived health and health services utilization, and their relation with double workload in a representative sample of immigrants and Murcian natives. METHODS We used data from the NHS 2006 and Health and Culture Study, 1,303 immigrants ...

BACKGROUND After the control of the main modes of Chagas disease (CD) transmission in most endemic countries, it is important to identify the participation of native sylvatic vectors in CD transmission. Although CD is not considered endemic in Rio de Janeiro State (RJ), Brazil, we identified patients with CD born in RJ and investigated the possible autochthonous transmission in the state. MET...

The lethality of malaria in the extra-Amazonian region is more than 70 times higher than in Amazonia itself. Recently, several studies have shown that autochthonous malaria is not a rare event in the Brazilian southeastern states in the Atlantic Forest biome. Information about autochthonous malaria in the state of Rio de Janeiro (RJ) is scarce. This study aims to assess malaria cases reported t...

Preclinical studies typically use human tumor xenografts or murine tumor isografts. Tumor growth may be accelerated by in vivo passage, thus making these tumors more sensitive to some therapies than the original tumors. In the present study, by comparing the effects of DC101, an antimurine vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 (VEGFR2) monoclonal antibody, on spontaneous autochthonous t...

Leishmaniasis is endemic in the south of France, where autochthonous disease is caused by Leishmania infantum, and affects both humans and dogs. The prevalence of canine leishmaniasis is between 3 and 66% depending on the region and the methods used. Human leishmaniases are also imported into France, mainly from French Guiana and North Africa. The surveillance of autochthonous and imported huma...

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) recently emerged in Europe as a cause of autochthonous acute hepatitis and a porcine zoonosis. European autochthonous cases almost exclusively involved viruses of genotype 3, subtype 3a being only recently reported in France, from farm pigs. We report an autochthonous human infection with a HEV related to subtype 3a in Southeastern France. A 55-year-old human immunodefic...

Autochthonous leprosy in the eastern United States is from international migration, not from armadillos To the Editor: Domozych et al reported 4 cases of leprosy in a single medical dermatology practice in central Florida in a report entitled Increasing incidence of leprosy and transmission from armadillos in Central Florida: A case series. This title is misleading and would lead the reader to ...