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Spain: Flu epidemic wave of the 2019-2020 season has officially begun

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Carlos III Health Institute in Madrid said this week the flu epidemic wave of the 2019-2020 season has officially begun, according to the disease transmissibility...

Iceland reports increase in flu cases

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Iceland health officials report an increase in the number of people diagnosed with confirmed influenza in recent weeks. Most people have had influenza A (H3), but...

Raw oysters linked to food poisoning outbreak in France

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews French health authorities (Santé publique France) report since December 2019, 179 compulsory declarations (DO) of collective food poisoning ( toxi-infection alimentaire...

Borna disease virus has to be considered as a potentially lethal zoonosis in endemic regions: Researchers

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Researchers from the universities of Regensburg, Munich, Giessen, and Freiburg, the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine in Hamburg and the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI) provided new insights...

Europe records more than 100K measles cases in first 10 months of 2019

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews UN health officials report the number of measles cases reported in Europe from January to October 2019 exceeds the total cases for 2018 and nearly quadruples 2017s...

Measles case reported in Iceland

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By NewsDesk   @bactiman63 Health officials in Iceland are reporting a measles case. According to health authorities, the Children’s Hospital contacted the Epidemiologist on Sunday, December 29th ...

Norway: Shigella outbreak sickens eight, Linked to imported sugar peas from Kenya

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The Institute of Public Health in Norway is reporting a Shigella sonnei outbreak that has sickened at least eight people in several counties across the country. In early December...

Turkey: Measles cases up significantly in 2019

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By NewsDesk   @bactiman63 The number of measles cases have risen across the globe and in Turkey, cases have nearly quadrupled since 2018. According to a Bianet report (computer translated), confirmed...

Ciguatera outbreak reported in the Canary Islands

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By NewsDesk   @bactiman63 Health officials with the Government of the Canary Islands have reported a possible outbreak of ciguatera after finding six cases of food poisoning after consuming black medregal...

Q fever cases hospitalized in Spain

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Ministry of Health of the Government of La Rioja in northern Spain have reported four patients hospitalized with the bacterial infection, Q fever, according to...