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Japanese encephalitis and the new vaccine recommendations

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Japanese encephalitis (JE) virus, a mosquitoborne flavivirus, is the most common vaccine-preventable cause of encephalitis in Asia. Recently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published...

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New York City reports spike in Cyclospora infections

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews New York City health officials are advising clinicians to be on the alert for patients with diarrhea due to Cyclospora infection. From the beginning of the year...

The Top 5 Riskiest Nations for Travel Infectious Diseases

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Get Going Travel Insurance in the UK recently put out a post concerning the top riskiest nations concerning infectious disease when traveling. In this video, I go over the top 5, according to Get Going,...

Hong Kong reports 3 chikungunya cases in travelers to Thailand

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By NewsDesk    @infectiousdiseasenews The Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection (CHP) reported the first chikungunya cases of the year in three people who traveled to Thailand together during the incubation...

Chikungunya Lab Error

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About 2 weeks ago, news media were reporting of some tourists from Iceland who contracted the mosquito-borne virus, Chikungunya while vacationing in Spain. Turns out the laboratory in Iceland made an...

Georgia reports 7th measles case of the year in Atlanta resident

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By NewsDesk   @infectiousdiseasenews Georgia state health officials are reporting an additional confirmed case of measles in an unvaccinated metro Atlanta resident who recently traveled overseas. The...

Quebec City reports 1st measles case since 2015

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Officials with the Public Health Department of the Integrated Center for University Health and Social Services (CIUSSS) of Capitale-Nationale  (computer translated) has confirmed a measles case in an...

New Jersey: Potential measles exposure at Newark Airport

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New Jersey state health officials report an overseas traveler who has been confirmed to have had measles, arrived in Terminal B at Newark Liberty International Airport from Vienna, Austria on May 8. Authorities...

Norway reports human rabies death, individual spent 2 months in Asia

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The Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH), or Folkehelseinstituttet reported on a human rabies death of a person that got bit of by dog while staying in Southeast Asia. The patient was admitted...

New York City measles outbreak tops 400 cases

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In a follow-up on the measles outbreak affecting several neighborhoods in Brooklyn and Queens, New York City health officials report an additional 33 confirmed cases during the past week. This brings...