Early Release

Synopses

• Looking Beyond the Lens of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever in Africa
  O. Okesanya et al.
• Strategies to Enhance COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake in Prioritized Groups, Uganda
  D. Kiiza et al.

Research

• Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Clade 2.3.4.4b Virus Infection in Domestic Dairy Cattle and Cats, United States, 2024
  E. R. Burrough et al. View Abstract

  We report highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) virus in dairy cattle and cats in Kansas and Texas, United States, which reflects the continued spread of clade 2.3.4.4b viruses that entered the country in late 2021. Infected cattle experienced nonspecific illness, reduced feed intake and rumination, and an abrupt drop in milk production, but fatal systemic influenza infection developed in domestic cats fed raw (unpasteurized) colostrum and milk from affected cows. Cow-to-cow transmission appears to have occurred because infections were observed in cattle on Michigan, Idaho, and Ohio farms where avian influenza virus–infected cows were transported. Although the US Food and Drug Administration has indicated the commercial milk supply remains safe, the detection of influenza virus in unpasteurized bovine milk is a concern because of potential cross-species transmission. Continued surveillance of highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses in domestic production animals is needed to prevent cross-species and mammal-to-mammal transmission.

• Phylogeographic Analysis of Mycobacterium kansasii Isolates from Patients with M. kansasii Lung Disease in Industrialized City, Taiwan
  P. T. Cudahy et al.
• Newly Recognized Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia as Cause of Severe Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever–Like Illness, Northern California
  W. S. Probert et al.
• COVID-19 Death Determination Methods, Minnesota, USA, 2020–2022
  L. J. Fess et al.

Dispatches

• Borrelia miyamotoi-associated Acute Meningoencephalitis, Minnesota, United States
  J. M. Kubiak et al.
• Treatment Outcomes for Tuberculosis Infection and Disease Among Persons Deprived of Liberty, Uganda, 2020
  D. Lukoye et al.
• Evidence of Orientia Genus Endemicity among Severe Infectious Disease Cohorts, Uganda
  P. W. Blair et al.
• Orthohantavirus in Misiones Province, Northeastern Argentina
  M. Vadell et al.
• Wuchereria bancrofti Lymphatic Filariasis, Barrancabermeja, Colombia, 2023
  J. A. Suárez et al.
• Alongshan Virus Infection in Rangifer tarandus Reindeers, Northeastern China
  W. Xu et al.
• Vaccine Effectiveness against SARS-CoV-2 among Household Contacts during Omicron BA.2–Dominant Period, Japan
  T. Ogata et al.
• Body Louse Pathogen Surveillance Among Persons Experiencing Homelessness, Winnipeg, Canada 2020–2021
  C. Boodman et al.
• Re-emergence of Clade IIb-Associated Mpox, Germany, July–December 2023
  P. E. Obermeier et al.
• Bluetongue Virus Serotype 3 and Schmallenberg Virus in Culicoides Biting Midges, Western Germany, 2023
  A. Voigt et al.
• Multicountry Spread of Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 Viruses with Reduced Oseltamivir Inhibition, May 2023–February 2024
  M. C. Patel et al.
• Risk for Donor-Derived Syphilis after Kidney Transplantation, China, 2007–2022
  S. Yin et al.

Research Letters

• Pasteurella bettyae Infections in Men Who Have Sex With Men, France
  A. Li et al.
• Plasmodium vivax Infections among Immigrants from China Traveling to the United States
  P. Khamly et al. View Abstract

  Beginning in 2023, we observed increased Plasmodium vivax malaria cases at an institution in Los Angeles, California, USA. Most cases were among migrants from China who traveled to the United States through South and Central America. US clinicians should be aware of possible P. vivax malaria among immigrants from China.

• Emergence of Indigenous Dengue Fever, Niger, October 2023
  H. Amadou et al.
• Serosurvey of Chikungunya Virus in Old World Fruit Bats, Senegal, 2020–2022
  W. M. de Souza et al.
• Genomic Epidemiology of Large Blastomycosis Outbreak, Northern Ontario, Canada, 2021
  L. R. McTaggart et al.
• World Health Organization Enhanced Gonococcal Antimicrobial Surveillance Programme, Cambodia, 2023
  V. Ouk et al.
• Large-scale Outbreak of Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infection, Marseille, France, 2023–2024
  S. Edouard et al.

Books and Media

• Germ Theory: Medical Pioneers in Infectious Diseases, 2nd edition
  R. Wofford

Synopses

• Outbreak of Intermediate Species Leptospira venezuelensis Spread by Rodents to Cows and Humans in Leptospira interrogans–Endemic Region, Venezuela
  L. Caraballo et al.
• Systematic Review of Prevalence of Histoplasma Antigenuria in Persons with HIV in Latin America and Africa
  P. Sekar et al.