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Japan: Imported Zika virus reported in traveler to Thailand

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A Japanese man with a recent travel history to Thailand has tested positive for Zika virus, a mosquito borne disease, according to a first hand account published in ProMed Mail Saturday. The report notes  previous...

filariasis

Philippines: Eastern Visayas records 26% increase in dengue, becomes country’s first filariaris–free region

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The region of the Eastern Visayas is a tale of two mosquito borne disease stories as health officials at the same time report an increase in dengue fever, while at the same time, report the region, the...

Taiwan records 2nd dengue death in this week

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Just days after recording their first dengue hemorrhagic fever fatality of the year, Taiwan’s Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced the second DHF death of 2014.   According to a Focus...

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Malaysia dengue epidemic tops 62,000

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The National News Agency of Malaysia is reporting that the dengue fever epidemic this year has exceeded last year’s case count by more than 45,000. Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam said, “Accumulated...

Epidemiologists

Philippines DOH looking for ‘Disease Detectives’

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The following was published  on the Philippines Department of Health Facebook page: The Field Epidemiology Training Program has been an integral component in the Department of Health’s Strategy towards...

Aedes mosquito

Taiwan reporting two dozen dengue cases daily in past week, 1st severe dengue death recorded

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As of Monday,  a total of 878 dengue fever infections have been reported in the Taiwan this year, including 120 imported and 758 locally acquired cases, with 26 new cases reported every day on average...

Rabies

Vietnam reports 40 human rabies deaths this year

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Dozens of human rabies deaths have been recorded in Vietnam sine the beginning of the year, mostly attributed to low vaccination rates in dogs and cats, according to the Vietnamese Ministry of Health. Most...

Rabies

Eastern Samar reports four human rabies deaths this year, called ‘alarming’

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After only reporting three human rabies fatalities over the past three years, health officials in the Visayan province of Eastern Samar have reported four rabies deaths already so far in 2014.   Edna...

Cholera, necrotizing fasciitis cases investigated in Hong Kong

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The Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health announced they were investigating a confirmed case of cholera this weekend. The case involved a 31-year-old man who has diarrhea...

NDM

Hong Kong investigates two cases of NDM-5 colonization

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The Public Health Laboratory Services Branch (PHLSB) of the Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection (CHP) confirmed two cases on sequential days of New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-5 (NDM-5) Carbapenemase-producing...