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Syphilis: Worldwide prevalence of syphilis among MSM 15x higher than men in the general population

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The global burden of syphilis among men who have sex with men (MSM) has been estimated for the first time in a new study published in The Lancet Global Health. Led...

Zika projection: 1.6 million childbearing women are at risk of infection over the next 2 to 3 years

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New research from the University of Notre Dame places a new upper limit on the total number of people who could become infected by the Zika virus in the first wave of the current epidemic. The team of...

Costa Rica: Rare death from human rabies following squirrel bite

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Costa Rican health officials are reporting a rare and tragic death of a nine-year-old boy due to being bitten by a rabies-infected squirrel, according to an Inside Costa Rica report Friday. The report...

Chikungunya confirmed in St. John’s, Antigua: Report

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Just one day after the Caribbean islands of St.Vincent and the Grenadines confirmed their first cases of chikungunya, another country in the region is reporting the mosquito borne viral disease. The...

St. Vincent and the Grenadines report three Chikungunya cases

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Shortly after the Ministry of Health of St. Vincent and the Grenadines reported it was “bracing itself ” for a chikungunya outbreak around the time of World Health Day two weeks ago, the...

Brazil unleashes genetically modified mosquitoes in battle with dengue fever

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With a total of 1.4 million dengue fever cases in 2013 and the estimated 500,000 visitors arriving soon in Brazil for the 2014 FIFA World Cup this summer, Brazilian health officials have released “The...