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France: Listeria infections reported linked to Jay & Joy vegetable alternatives to cheese

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Ministry of Health in France published the following press release recently (computer translated) concerning listeriosis cases: The health authorities have been informed of the...

Sweden Salmonella outbreak linked to eggs rises to 48 cases

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the Salmonella Enteritidis outbreak linked to eggs in Sweden, the Swedish Public Health Agency now reports 48 people from 13 different regions have been confirmed...

Serbia reports rise in syphilis cases

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Health officials in Serbia reported 238 cases of syphilis in 2021, which represents an incidence rate of 3.45 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. The number of reported cases of syphilis...

Denmark reports ‘sharp increase’ in group A streptococci infections, including invasive cases

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Denmark’s Statens Serum Institut (SSI) reports more and more people in Denmark are currently being diagnosed with an infection with group A streptococci, and the increase has...

Sweden: Salmonella outbreak sickens 22, Prompts recall of fresh eggs

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Since the beginning of December 2022, 22 cases of illness infected with one and the same strain of Salmonella Enteritidis have been reported to the Public Health Authority. The infection...

Norway: Echinococcus canadensis detected in moose, 1st time in country

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 According to a news release from Mattilsynet (Norwegian Food Safety Authority) computer translated: The parasite Echinococcus (Echinococcus canadensis G10) has been detected on a...

Rat lungworm, Angiostrongylus cantonensis, detected in rats in Valencia: First time in continental Europe

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Researchers at the University of Valencia on Spain’s southeastern coast have detected the parasite, Angiostrongylus cantonensis, aka the rat lungworm in two different species of rats...

Serbia reports four measles cases in Smederevo

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Institute of Public Health of Serbia, aka Dr. Milan Jovanović Batut, reports four people (three children and one adult) from the territory of Smederevo were confirmed by the...

Russia: Measles outbreak reported in Samara region

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Health officials in Samara Oblast in the Volga Federal District of Russia are reporting a measles outbreak this month. Six cases of the dangerous disease have been officially registered...

shigellosis

Sweden reports dozens of Shigella infections linked to travel to Cape Verde

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 From the middle of November, an increasing number of cases of Shigella infection with a travel connection to Cape Verde have been reported in Sweden   Folkhalsomyndigheten, or...