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Leptospirosis in Puerto Rico: More than 700 total cases since Hurricane Fiona

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NewsDesk @bactiman63  The Puerto Rico Department of Health reports nearly 800 total (confirmed, probable and suspect) cases of leptospirosis in the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona on September 18, 2022. According...

Rabies in Mexico: Human cases reported in Oaxaca and Nayarit

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Oaxaca The state of Oaxaca, in southwestern Mexico, reported 4 cases of human rabies in December 2022, an infection transmitted through the bite of wild animals. The health authorities...

CDC warns of Salmonella infections linked to raw alfalfa sprouts

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium infections. Fifteen people infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella have...

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Vietnam: Phú Thọ man dies from rabies months after dog bite

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 A 30-year-old patient (in Phu Tho) entered the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases on December 21, 2022 in a state of panic and anxiety. Through taking the history, the patient...

Malaysia advises public how to avoid Naegleria fowleri after South Korea reports 1st case

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Malaysian Ministry of Health (KKM) said the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) has confirmed that a South Korean man in his 50s died on 21 December 2022 after...

Nebraska reports Salmonella outbreak, Linked to alfalfa sprouts

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), in collaboration with the Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Douglas County Health Department, Sarpy/Cass Health Department,...

South Africa reports 13th confirmed human rabies case of 2022

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) reported a confirmed case of human rabies in Limpopo Province in December 2022. The case involved an 8-year-old boy from Mbokota...

Plague deaths reported in Ambohidratrimo district: Madagascar media

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Madagascar Tribune reports (computer translated): The plague strikes very close to the capital. Approximately 75 km from Antananarivo in Ambohimiadana, Antsaharatsy, Ampanotokana...

West Nile virus case reported in Hillsborough County

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Florida Department of Health in Hillsborough County (DOH-Hillsborough) reports recently a locally acquired human case of West Nile Virus (WNV). In response, DOH-Hillsborough and...

Dengue in Miami-Dade County: Four additional locally acquired cases reported

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Florida health officials reported four additional locally acquired dengue fever cases in Miami-Dade County the week ending December 24. This brings the total cases in the county...