NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up to the number of H9N2 avian influenza cases reported in China in 2021, Hong Kong health officials reported an additional case this past week in a 5-year-old...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Health Bureau in Macao reported four additional H9N2 avian influenza cases in Mainland China in late 2021. The four cases one male and three females, aged from 3...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In a new case report published in BMC Infectious Diseases, the authors describe the case of a 54-year-old male from Southern China who survived a Balamuthia mandrillaris...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on the H5N6 avian influenza situation on Mainland China, Hong Kong health officials report five additional human cases of avian influenza A(H5N6) from...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews After reporting a record 31 human cases of avian influenza A(H5N6) in 2021, Chinese health officials are reporting the first case of 2022 in Guangdong Province. According...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The World Health Organization (WHO) in the Western Pacific Region were notified of an additional human infection with avian influenza A(H9N2) from China. The case is...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Balamuthia mandrillaris is a free-living soil ameba that was first reported in 1990 to cause amebic meningoencephalitis in both baboons and humans. B.mandrillaris amoebic...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews A number of hemorrhagic fever cases caused by Hantavirus have been reported in the city of Xi’an in Northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, according to China...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Hong Kong health officials report monitoring four human cases of avian influenza A(H5N6) in the Mainland. Details of the cases are listed in the table below: Age Sex Living...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Zhong Nanshan said Saturday at a conference that because of China’s high vaccination rate, the country is highly...