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South Africa human rabies cases rise to 8

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 South Africa health officials reported two additional human rabies cases in August in Zululand and eThekwini districts of KwaZulu-Natal Province, respectively, bringing the total...

Diphtheria alert issued in South Africa

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The South Africa National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) issued a diphtheria alert today for health care providers: Two laboratory-confirmed cases of toxigenic Corynebacterium...

South Africa reports mumps outbreak

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 According to the South Africa National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), the country is reporting a mumps outbreak. Since February 2023, the NICD has received a number...

Malaria cases on the rise in South Africa

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 South Africa health officials report currently seeing a significant increase in malaria cases in the endemic provinces and Gauteng, with many cases of severe malaria due to late...

South Africa reports 3 additional human rabies cases in past month

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the human rabies situation in South Africa in 2023, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) reports three cases of human rabies were confirmed from...

South Africa officials warns of rabies in high risk areas

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The South Africa Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development issued an alert this week for residents and holiday travellers of rabies in high-risk areas in the country. Rabies...

Acinetobacter baumannii cluster reported in neonatal unit of KwaZulu-Natal hospital

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 On 16 August 2022, the Centre for Healthcare Infections, Antimicrobial Resistance and Mycoses (CHARM) at the NICD was informed of an increase in cases of MDR-AB infections in a neonatal...

South Africa reports 10 lab-confirmed human rabies cases through August

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 South African health officials report in the last month, two cases of rabies were reported in two children from the Eastern Cape province of which one was confirmed by post mortem...

South Africa reports fatal imported Lassa fever case, 1st case since 2007

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 South African health authorities reported today a case of Lassa fever diagnosed in a man from KwaZulu-Natal on 12 May 2022. The man had extensive travel history in Nigeria before...

South Africa issues malaria alert

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Despite South Africa entering its peak malaria season, many malaria cases are being misdiagnosed as COVID-19. Both malaria and COVID-19 have similar non-specific early...