A substantial proportion of vaccine-preventable diseases occur among adults. Each year,
there are more than 20 000 influenza-associated deaths during epidemics, approximately 40 …

Animal-to-human transmission of drug-resistant salmonella and the role of antimicrobial use
in food animals in the emergence of these bacteria are controversial subjects. Investigation …

Verocytotoxin-producing E. coli (VTEC) of serotype O157:H7 have been shown to be important
agents of foodborne disease in humans worldwide. While the majority of research effort …

Although pertussis is increasingly recognized as a cause of prolonged cough illness in
adolescents and adults, its prevalence is not well established. We evaluated pertussis infection in …

Three cases of hemolytic uremic syndrome with bloody diarrhea occurred during an outbreak
of diarrheal illness in children aged 4 months to 9 years who attended a day care center. …

OUTBREAKS of legionnaires' disease (LD) have been linked to aerosols from evaporative
condensers and cooling towers, 1,2 whirlpool spas, 3 respiratory therapy equipment, 4 and …

• To define risk factors for infant botulism, we performed a 2-year prospective case-control
study of 68 laboratory-confirmed cases in infants living in the United States, outside of …

Context. —Small round-structured viruses (SRSVs) are known to cause viral gastroenteritis,
but until now have not been confirmed in the implicated vehicle in outbreaks. Objective. —…

• Since nationwide surveillance for pneumococcal bacteremia in the United States is not done,
community-based studies are useful alternative methods to monitor trends in this disease. …

The increasing number of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates identified as relatively or fully
resistant to penicillin or fully resistant to other antimicrobials in the United States supports …