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Marburg virus outbreak increases in Equatorial Guinea ‘worrying’: WHO

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The World Health Organization (WHO) says the trend of the ongoing Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) outbreak in Equatorial Guinea is worrying with the increased number of new confirmed...

Lassa fever death reported in Guinea child

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Ministry of Health of Guinea notified WHO last week of a confirmed fatal case of Lassa fever in a three-year-old male child from the Kobela health area, Nzerekore health district. The...

Norovirus confirmed on three recent cruises

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported today that norovirus has been confirmed as the causative agent in outbreak on three additional voyages–Celebrity...

New Zealand reports its first case of rabies

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 New Zealand health officials confirmed the country has had its first case of rabies. The overseas traveller died from the disease last week, but this person posed no health risk to...

Philippines measles cases top 200, Dengue cases doubled from last year

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Measles Health officials in the Philippines report 208 measles cases from the beginning of the year through March 11, a 478 percent increase over the 36 cases reported during the...

Paraguay experiences its largest chikungunya epidemic and is one of the largest recorded in South America, CDC team in country

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 A team from the United States CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) has been in the country for a few days. These are epidemiologists from the Division of Vector Diseases...

Chile reports 1st human case of H5N1 avian influenza

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Ministry of Health reports the first case of bird flu in humans in Chile, reported in northern Chile. The individual is a 53-year-old man affected by a severe influenza case....

Dengue and chikungunya situation in Argentina

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Argentina National Ministry of Health reports that up to epidemiological week 11 of 2023 (from March 12 to 18), 9,388 cases of dengue were reported in the country, of which 8,504...

Kazakhstan measles outbreak update, Vaccination coverage a problem

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the measles outbreak in Kazakhstan, the Sanitary Epidemiological Control Committee of the Health Ministry reports 145 suspected measles cases, of which 75 (68 among...

meningitis epidemics

Togo Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis outbreak update

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the meningitis outbreak in Togo, the Togolese Ministry of Health now reports a total of 123 suspected cases of meningitis reported in the Oti Sud district, including...