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Leishmaniasis reported in seven departments of Paraguay

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 So far in 2023, 13 confirmed cases have been recorded, nine of the visceral type and four integumentary. The people affected come from Central, Concepción, Itapúa, Paraguarí,...

Guinea Worm Disease: ‘We are heartened that eradication can be achieved soon,’ says former President Carter

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Carter Center announced today that in 2022, only 13 human cases of Guinea worm disease were reported worldwide. The provisional figure is the lowest annual case total ever reported....

Norway: Echinococcus canadensis detected in moose, 1st time in country

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 According to a news release from Mattilsynet (Norwegian Food Safety Authority) computer translated: The parasite Echinococcus (Echinococcus canadensis G10) has been detected on a...

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...

Echinococcus in New Hampshire with Elizabeth Talbot, MD

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Last month, New Hampshire health officials released a health alert after identifying two locally acquired Echinococcus granulosus cases, the first such cases of the parasitic infection...

Giardia: A ‘beaver fever’ primer

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Giardia is arguably the most common parasite infection of humans worldwide, and the second most common in the United States after pin-worm.  Joining me to talk about Giardia is Chandana...

Echinococcus cases reported in New Hampshire: First locally acquired cases

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) reported in a health alert last week that there have been two human cases of Echinococcus (tapeworm) infection acquired...

Michigan reports investigating Cryptosporidium illnesses

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Michigan state health officials and local health departments report investigating an outbreak of cryptosporidiosis in residents in Livingston, Ingham and Oakland counties. The...

Parasitic diseases, Opisthorchiasis and Diphyllobothriasis, reported in Bashkiria

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Cases of parasitic diseases have been recorded in Bashkiria, according to reports from the Rospotrebnadzor of the Republic of Belarus. Opisthorchiasis and diphyllobothriasis have...

Pakistan: 6th Naegleria fowleri case reported in Karachi in 2022

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Officials at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) in Karachi, Pakistan report a 28-year-old individual has died from the “brain-eating amoeba”, Naegleria fowleri on...