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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...

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...

Dengue vaccine, QDENGA, Approved for Use in European Union

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Takeda announced Thursday that the European Commission (EC) granted marketing authorization for the company’s dengue vaccine QDENGA® (Dengue Tetravalent Vaccine [Live, Attenuated])...

Spain reports doubling of Shigella in 2022

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Carlos III Health Institute in Spain reports a doubling in Shigella cases in 2022 year to date compared to 2021. They report 203 cases of the infection have been been reported...

Takeda’s dengue vaccine: Europe’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use recommends approval

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 On Friday, Takeda announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) recommended the approval of Takeda’s dengue vaccine...

Europe officials report increase in diphtheria cases in migrants

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 European health authorities are reporting an increase in diphtheria cases through September this year. As of 26 September 2022, 92 cases of diphtheria among migrants, including a...

France: Indigenous cases of dengue fever rise to 57

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NewsDesk @bactiman63  In a follow-up on the locally-acquired dengue fever cases in metropolitan France, Public Health France reports 57 indigenous cases of dengue as of September 26, 2022. In the Occitania...

France local dengue transmission rises to 36 cases

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 In an update on the autochthonous dengue transmission in France this year, health officials now report 36 locally transmitted cases through September 14. In the Occitania region: In...

France reports 16 locally-acquired cases of dengue year to date

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Santé publique France reports five dengue outbreaks with a total of 16 locally-acquired cases of dengue through September 2022. Episodes of autochthonous dengue transmission have...

France chikungunya, dengue fever and Zika 2022 to date

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Sante Publique France reported the following data from enhanced surveillance in mainland France for chikungunya, dengue and Zika in 2022 to date: From May 1 to August 26, 2022,...