NewsDesk @bactiman63 From late February 2023 to 10 March 2023, 67 cases of botulism, probably of iatrogenic origin, related to intragastric injection of botulinum toxin (BTX) were reported in Germany...

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...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Cases of monkeypox were first identified in Germany in May 2022. As of June 24, 2022, there were 676 monkeypox cases from 14 federal states (Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Berlin,...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 A very rare infection with the Borna virus has been detected in Bavaria, according to a Merkur report today. A person from the Mühldorf am Inn district was affected, the district...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 In Germany, the first cases of monkeypox were identified in May 2022 (as of May 24th: 5 cases, see e.g. press release from the Ministry for Social Affairs, Health and Integration...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 A case of monkeypox has been confirmed in Munich. Bavaria’s Health Minister Klaus Holetschek pointed this out on Friday. The patient comes from Brazil and is already isolated...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has detected an increase in drug-resistant Shigella sonnei infections, mostly in men who have sex with men (MSM).  Currently,...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Heidelberg Zoo in Germany is reporting the death of a goose at the zoo earlier this month. The bird was infected with the pathogen, H5N1 avian influenza. Presumably the goose...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Robert Koch Institute reported Friday 74,352 new laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases as well as 390 new deaths associated with COVID-19 in Germany. The national...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63  The Bavaria Ministry of Health (computer translated) reported today two suspected cases of the new Omicron variant in Bavaria have been confirmed. A ministry spokeswoman said...