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Acute, severe hepatitis of unknown origin in children reported in a dozen countries, 17 required liver transplant

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 This weekend, the World Health Organization (WHO) published an outbreak overview of the acute, severe hepatitis of unknown origin in children. Here is some of that information: As...

Italy: People unvaccinated and older than 50 years face fines, lose salary under new decree

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On Wednesday, The Italian Council of Ministers met under the chairmanship of President Mario Draghi and Minister of Health Roberto Speranza and issued a decree that introduces urgent measures to deal with...

Gonorrhea: An unusual, accidental and non-sexual case with Prof. Felicity Goodyear-Smith

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In a recent article published in the Journal of Medical Case Reports, the authors report the unusual case of a girl diagnosed with Neisseria gonorrhoeae after bathing in a heavily frequented hot pool at...

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Gonorrhea: 11-year-old girl likely contracts it from bathing in hot pool in Italy, according to case report

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63  In a very unusual case report published in the Journal of Medical Case Reports, researchers from New Zealand and Austria describe a case of non sexual transmission of gonorrhea. Here...

Italy: AIFA warns against use Parvulan for the treatment of COVID-19

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews the customs units of the Ministry of Health which are responsible for the evaluation of specific requests for the importation of medicines from abroad, the Italian Medicines...

COVID-19 antibody levels remain high nine months after infection: Study

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Testing of an entire Italian town shows antibody levels remain high nine months after SARS-CoV-2 infection, whether symptomatic or asymptomatic. Researchers from...

NDM-producing carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales outbreak in Italy

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In a follow-up on the “superbug” NDM-1 outbreak reported in Tuscany, the Regional Health Agency (ARS Toscana) reports the outbreak of New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase (NDM)-producing carbapenem-resistant...

Dengue in Europe: 18 locally acquired cases reported this year

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) reports that 18 autochthonous, or locally acquired dengue fever cases have been reported on the continent in two...

Italy reports dengue local transmission in the Veneto region

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Ansa Health and Wellness reports (computer translated) a locally transmitted dengue fever infection in an individual from a rural village in the Veneto region of...

Italy: Lyssavirus detected in a cat in Arezzo

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Italian officials are reporting a cat tested positive for Lyssavirus in the municipality of Arezzo. Lyssavirus is closely related to the rabies virus. The cat’s...