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Mexico: Morelos state reports 20 locally transmitted Zika cases, including pregnant women

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The federal government’s Health Secretariat (SSA) reported recently that the south-central Mexican state of Morelos is the only Mexican state to report autochthonous...

Chile suspect Q fever update: Patient confirmed as having psittacosis

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on the suspected Q fever case in a veterinarian in the Los Lagos Region of Chile, the Health Ministry of the province of Osorno ruled out Q fever in...

Paraguay reports locally transmission of Delta variants in Asunción and Central

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The General Directorate of Health Surveillance in Paraguay confirms the presence of community transmission of the Delta variant in the Capital and the Central department. After...

African Swine Fever (ASF) in the Americas: CAHSFA advises member states to intensify protective measures

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In response to the recent confirmation of African Swine Fever (ASF) in the Dominican Republic, The Caribbean Agricultural Health and Food Safety Agency (CAHSFA) is...

Argentina: Córdoba confirmed 14 cases of Delta variant related to travelers

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Argentina Ministry of Health reports that the Department of Epidemiology of the province of Córdoba reported a case of Delta variant in a traveler from Lima,...

African Swine Fever confirmed in the Dominican Republic

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews African swine fever (ASF) has been confirmed in samples collected from pigs in the Dominican Republic, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Foreign Animal...

Chile: Possible Q fever case investigated in Los Lagos

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Health authorities are investigating a possible case of Q fever in a dairy industry worker in the Los Lagos Region, in the southern part of Chile, according to a local...

Brazil yellow fever: Human death recorded in Amapá state, Monkey deaths in Santa Catarina

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Government of Amapá confirmed Wednesday one death from yellow fever in the city of Macapá. The patient was a 21-year-old man who was hospitalized at the Oswaldo Cruz State Emergency...

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Argentina reports more Delta variants in travelers

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Ministry of Health of Argentina reports that the national reference laboratory ANLIS Malbrán isolated another 17 new cases of Delta variant related to travelers....

Costa Rica COVID-19: Deaths increase week over week, Delta variant identified

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews According to the Costa Rica Ministry of Health, during the week ending July 17, 9,189 cases of COVID-19 were reported, a slight decrease from the week prior. However,...