Steven Van Borm,Ann Kathrin Ahrens,Claudia Bachofen et al. Steven Van Borm et al.

In Europe, highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus circulates in avian wildlife, undergoing frequent reassortment, sporadic introductions in domestic birds, and spillover to mammals. An H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b reassortant, EA-2023-DG, af...

Elie Ishara-Nshombo,Anushri Somasundaran,Alessandra Romero-Ramirez et al. Elie Ishara-Nshombo et al.

The ongoing outbreaks of mpox highlight the urgent need for a rapid and low-cost diagnostic test to accurately detect and control this emerging disease. We estimated the analytical sensitivity using viral culture of the monkeypox virus clad...

Nicole Brock,Joanna A Pulit-Penaloza,Jessica A Belser et al. Nicole Brock et al.

Influenza A(H5N1) viruses have been detected in US dairy cow herds since 2024. We assessed the pathogenesis, transmission, and airborne release of A/Michigan/90/2024, an H5N1 isolate from a dairy farm worker in Michigan, in the ferret model...

Ansgar Deibel,Yanick Kindler,Rubens Mita et al. Ansgar Deibel et al.

Alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is a zoonotic disease of increasing concern worldwide. Before benzimidazole drug therapy, 10-year death rates were 90% without surgical resection. In unresectable patients, long-term benzimidazole therapy is hig...

Isabela Cordeiro da Silva Santos,Daniel Moreira de Avelar,Luciana de Freitas Campos Miranda et al. Isabela Cordeiro da Silva Santos et al.

In Brazil, Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum causes canine visceral leishmaniasis; the primary vector is the Lutzomyia longipalpis sand fly. We describe a case of canine visceral leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania (Viannia) lainsoni in a dog...

Katherina Alicia Vizcaychipi,María Cecilia López-Joffre,Mónica Martínez et al. Katherina Alicia Vizcaychipi et al.

We describe a large urban outbreak of feline sporotrichosis caused by Sporothrix brasiliensis fungi in Argentina. Over a 7-month period in Puerto Iguazú, which borders Brazil, we identified culture-proven sporotrichosis in 9 cases across 7...

Tasfia Siam,Tyler Stephen,Sonal Munsiff Tasfia Siam

We report a case of a 61-year-old man in New York, USA, who had recurrent Aerococcus urinae endocarditis that first involved his native and then his bioprosthetic tricuspid valve. We demonstrate that a complicated A. urinae endocarditis cas...

Giovana Santos Caleiro,Ingra M Claro,Xinyi Hua et al. Giovana Santos Caleiro et al.

We detected St. Louis encephalitis virus (SLEV) in 0.16% (3/3,375) of Aedes and Sabethes spp. mosquitoes captured during 2016-2018 in São Paulo State, Brazil. We also isolated and confirmed that the SLEV strains belong to genotype III. Con...

Éric Faure Éric Faure

In 1789, Napoleon Bonaparte reported having a recurrent febrile illness that initially subsided for 4 days and then had multiple relapses of similar duration. A speculative diagnosis of trench fever would be supported by poor hygiene condit...

João Nobrega de Almeida Jr,Amanda R Dos Santos,Mario Roberto de S Trindade et al. João Nobrega de Almeida Jr et al.

We report an extensive, terbinafine-resistant (squalene epoxidase F397L mutation) Trichophyton indotineae infection in a previously healthy businessman from São Paulo, Brazil. The patient had previously traveled to France, Spain, and the U...