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Michigan: Two Jamestown Canyon virus cases reported, First human arboviral illnesses of 2023

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Two Michigan residents have tested positive for Jamestown Canyon virus (JCV), a mosquito-borne virus. These two individuals from Macomb and Oakland counties are the first human arboviral...

Brazil: Nearly 83K probable cases of dengue reported in Espírito Santo through April

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Brazil Ministry of Health reported 82,254 probable cases of dengue through April 2023 in Espírito Santo. This compares 2,844 probable cases reported during the same period in...

Brazil: Pernambuco reports increase in arboviruses; dengue, Zika and chikungunya in 2019

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In the state of Pernambuco, in the Northeast region of Brazil, reported a significant increase in three arbovirus infections in 2019, according to a UOL report (computer...

Eastern Equine Encephalitis 2019: The outbreak and the select agent dilemma

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By NewsDesk   @bactiman63 The CDC says the United States saw an average of 7 human Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) over the past decade; however, in 2019 that number was at least five times higher. EEE...

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Eastern Equine Encephalitis with Steven LaRosa, MD

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Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus (EEEV) can cause some serious pathology. This mosquito borne virus has seen an increase this year in the US. We see an average of 7 human cases of EEE reported annually;...

Outbreak News This Week Radio Show 1-13-19

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On today’s show, I touch on some Florida news to include the suspected norovirus outbreak onboard the Royal Caribbean vessel, Oasis of the Seas, which as of today has accounted for some 600 GI cases...

West Nile virus accounts for 90 percent of arbovirus illness in the US, Jamestown Canyon and Powassan virus see record numbers in 2017

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Arthropodborne viruses (arboviruses) are transmitted to humans primarily through the bites of infected mosquitoes or ticks. In the United States, West Nile virus (WNV) is the leading cause of arboviral...

Keystone virus: An interview with John Lednicky, Ph.D.

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Mosquito borne viruses that infect humans–the number are plenty with Zika, dengue, chikungunya, West Nile and Keystone virus? University of Florida researchers discuss the first human case of Keystone...

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From Lyme to Powassan: Tick-borne diseases in the US 2016

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Tick-borne infections are a major infectious disease problem in the United States as we see the numbers increase each year and a geographical spread reported. Ticks are arachnids, like spiders, scorpions...

A Mayaro virus primer

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  Ian Mackay, PhD is a virologist with The University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. See more of Dr Mackay’s blogging at Virology Down Under Mayaro virus (MAYV) is a member of the Family...