Background. Variant influenza virus infections are rare but may have pandemic potential if
person-to-person transmission is efficient. We describe the epidemiology of a multistate …

The presence of antibiotics in surface waters is a potential driver of antibiotic resistance and
thus of concern to human and environmental health. Key factors driving the potential impact …

Background. Healthcare-associated Legionnaires' disease (LD) is a preventable pneumonia
with a 30% case fatality rate. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines …

Ensuring the safety, health, and overall well-being of animals raised for food is both an ethical
obligation and a critical component of providing safe food products. The use of antibiotics …

Background Awareness of prescribing practices helps identify opportunities to improve
antibiotic use (AU). Objectives To estimate AU prevalence in dogs and cats in US veterinary …

Acute rheumatic fever is a nonsuppurative, immune-mediated consequence of group A
streptococcal pharyngitis (strep throat). Recurrent or severe acute rheumatic fever can cause …

We investigated whether Strongyloides infection remains endemic in rural Kentucky's
Appalachian regions; 7 of 378 (1.9%) participants tested positive for Strongyloides antibodies. We …

This study investigated geospatial distributions of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes
(ARGs) in surface waters and their associations with anthropogenic activities. During July–…

Antimicrobials may reach the soil environment from a variety of sources and pathways,
including land application of human biosolids and animal manure. Once in soil, antimicrobials …

Through a modeling approach, we investigated weather factors that affect the summer incidence
of Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV), a virus vectored exclusively by thrips, in cultivated …