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Japan reports 5,000 syphilis cases fourth year in a row

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Syphilis was a major issue in Japan until shortly after the end of World War II, but the total reported cases declined to several hundred annually until 2011, when a rebound...

Kyrgyzstan reports 28 botulism cases in first 10 months of 2020

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Health officials in Kyrgyzstan are reporting 28 foodborne botulism cases through Oct. 2020, prompting a warning for the public. Of the 28 cases, 19 were reported in the Osh region. In...

Rabies: Malaysia officials report additional death in Sarawak

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Malaysia health officials reported today on one additional human rabies case in Sarawak province. The victim is a 16-year-old girl who was admitted to Sarawak General Hospital...

Philippines: Recent typhoons prompt warnings of leptospirosis and dengue

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 In the aftermath of recent typhoons that have hammered the Philippines, the Department of Health (DOH) is on heightened surveillance and warned the public against possible outbreak...

Laos reports two H5N1 avian influenza poultry outbreaks, WHO follow-up on human case

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Poultry outbreaks Last Saturday, Dr Vilayphone Vorraphim, Director General of the Department of Livestock and Fisheries with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry in Vientiane,...

Bhutan: Human rabies death reported in Samtse district

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 According to a report in the Bhutanese news source, Kuensel, a three-year-old girl from Lamjumsa village of Norbugang (Chengmari) gewog in Samtse died of rabies infection on...

Cambodia target: Eliminating Plasmodium falciparum

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The Cambodian government this month made a commitment to eliminating Plasmodium falciparum (the deadliest strain of malaria and drug resistant)  within the next few months,...

Laos malaria: USAID provides 50,000 Malaria Test Kits

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 On Friday, U.S. Ambassador to Laos Dr. Peter M. Haymond presented 50,000 malaria diagnostic kits to Vice Minister of Health Dr. Bounfeng Phoummalaisith at a ceremony in Vientiane. These rapid...

H5N1 avian influenza: Laos reports first human case of 2020

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 For the first time in a year and a half, a confirmed human case of avian influenza A(H5N1) has been reported. The case involves a one-year-old girl from Salavan, aka Saravane...

COVID-19: Philippines cautioned of possible spike post typhoons

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Health officials in the Philippines are cautioning the public about a possible spike in coronavirus cases after the country experienced an onslaught of storms in recent week,...