新興の細菌性動物性感染症およびベクター性感染症. 生態学的および疫学的要因
D H Walker1, A G Barbour, J H Oliver
1Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston 77555-0609, USA.
JAMA
|February 14, 1996
まとめ
新興の細菌性動物性感染症やベクター性感染症は,多くの場合,非特異的な症状を呈し,重大な脅威をもたらします. 疫学的な手がかりは,実験室検査が不確定である場合,これらの生命を脅かす感染症の診断に不可欠です.
科学分野:
- 新興感染症は,新興の感染症である.
- バクテリア学 バクテリア学
- 獣媒介性感染症や獣媒介性感染症は,獣媒介性感染症や獣媒介性感染症によって発生する.
背景:
- 動物や節足類の宿主にある細菌は,新興感染症の重要な原因である.
- 米国で新たに発生している細菌性動物性感染症や媒介性感染症には,ライム病,エフリキオシス,チフス,バルトネロシス,ペストなどがある.
- これらの感染症は,生命を脅かす可能性があり,急性,最も治療可能な段階で,非特異的なインフルエンザのような症状を伴うことがよくあります.
研究 の 目的:
- 新興の細菌性動物性感染症およびベクター性感染症の診断における課題を強調する.
- 診断における疫学的要因の重要性を強調する.
- 改善された診断方法,監視,研究の必要性を強調する.
主な方法:
- 米国における重要な新興の細菌性動物性感染症およびベクター性感染症のレビュー.
- 病気の急性期における診断上の課題を分析する.
- 病原菌を特定する際の流行病学の役割についての議論.
主要な成果:
- 臨床的徴候と検査は,これらの新興感染症の早期診断には,しばしば不十分である.
- バクテリアの生態系を理解することによって得られた流行病学的要因は,重要な診断指標である.
- ライム病,エフリキオシス,チフス,バルトネロシス,ペストを含むいくつかの特定の疾患が主要な懸念事項として特定されています.
結論:
- 改善された実験室の診断方法,堅固な監視,および感染に関する研究が不可欠です.
- 新種の細菌感染症の早期認識,診断,治療,制御のために,将来的な国家戦略が必要である.
- 細菌宿主の生態系を理解することは,これらの進化する公衆衛生上の脅威を管理するための鍵です.
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