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Polio: Syria update, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Syria In an update on the polio ( circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2–cVDPV2) outbreak in Syria, the World Health Organization (WHO) reports  there is evidence of genetic linkage among...

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US aid to combat malaria in Africa is associated with reduced risk of childhood mortality

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In a study published in PLOS Medicine, Aleksandra Jakubowski of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, US, and colleagues show that funding from the US President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI)...

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South Sudan: 15 children die linked to measles vaccination campaign

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There is an investigation into 47 cases of adverse events, including 15 deaths linked to a four-day integrated measles vaccination campaign in Nachodokopele Village, Kapoeta State, South Sudan. In addition...

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Angola: Yellow fever vaccine campaign begins in Malanje

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The Department of Public Health announced that a  yellow fever vaccination campaign began Jun 9 and will run through Jun 18. A total of 135, 571 people aged 6 months and older will be vaccinated against...

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Zambia typhoid outbreak incidence dropping

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The typhoid outbreak that began in Muchinga province in early March has grown to at least 127 cases, including one death, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). More than half the cases have...

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Nigeria reports additional 468 meningitis cases

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Since our last report on May 22, nearly two weeks ago, Nigerian health officials have reported an additional 468 meningococcal meningitis cases, including 44 deaths. According to the Nigeria Centre for...

Produced by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), under a very-high magnification, this digitally-colorized scanning electron micrograph (SEM) depicts a single filamentous Ebola virus particle that had budded from the surface of a VERO cell of the African green monkey kidney epithelial cell line.

Ebola in DRC: Two additional cases confirmed

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In a follow-up on the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in Likati Health Zone, Bas Uele Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), two cases have been confirmed as positive for EVD by serology...

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Niger hepatitis E update: At least 30 deaths in the southeast

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In a follow-up on the hepatitis E outbreak in southeastern Niger, officials with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reports (computer translated) the case count...

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Guinea worm disease: 21 suspected cases in South Sudan

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There were 3.5 million Guinea worm disease cases in 21 countries in Africa and Asia in 1986. According to the Carter Center, 25 human cases of Guinea worm disease in three countries were reported in...

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MRSA in Egypt: Summary of few published reports

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About 40-70% of the infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus strains are due to methicillin resistant ones. These isolates are usually multi-drug resistant and harder to treat endangering hundreds of...