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Nigeria: Lassa fever outbreaks prompt NCDC action

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on the Lassa fever situation in Nigeria in January 2022, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has activated the national multi-sectoral and multi-disciplinary...

Benin cholera outbreak: 1430 cases reported in second wave

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The World Health Organization (WHO) reported in a Disease Outbreak News report Tuesday that Benin reported its first epidemic wave of cholera between March and April,...

Guinea worm disease 2021: ‘Eradication is an approaching reality’

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Just 14* human cases of Guinea worm disease occurred worldwide in 2021, drawing nearer to the goal of global eradication, The Carter Center announced Wednesday. It is...

India: Kyasanur Forest Disease case reported in Shivamogga, Karnataka state

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Officials in Shivamogga, Karnataka state have reported a case of the tick-borne, Kyasanur Forest Disease, (KFD) in a 57-year-old woman in Kudige village of Thirthahalli. This...

Denmark: Omicron sub-variant BA.2 accounts for half of Danish cases

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews So far, three subvariants of Omicron have been described: BA.1, BA.2 and BA.3. Worldwide, BA.1 account for most of Omicron-cases. However, in Denmark BA.2 is gaining...

South Africa issues malaria alert

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Despite South Africa entering its peak malaria season, many malaria cases are being misdiagnosed as COVID-19. Both malaria and COVID-19 have similar non-specific early...

Pseudomonas aeruginosa outbreak reported in Norway hospitals

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Norwegian Institute of Public Health warns of an ongoing outbreak of the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa in more than ten of the country’s hospitals. Cases...

China reports additional H9N2 avian influenza case for 2021

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up to the number of H9N2 avian influenza cases reported in China in 2021, Hong Kong health officials reported an additional case this past week in a 5-year-old...

Japan eclipses 60K daily COVID-19 cases for first time

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Japan health officials reported 62,613 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday, becoming the first time daily cases in Japan topped the 60,000 case mark. The previous high daily cases...

Zamboanga City reports first dengue death of the year

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Health officials in Zamboanga City in the southern Philippines reported the first dengue hemorrhagic fever fatality of the year in a seven-year-old boy from Barangay...