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Acute hepatitis cases of unknown origin in children linked to adeno-associated virus 2: Studies

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Recent acute hepatitis cases of unknown origin in children have now been linked to the virus AAV2 in two new UK studies, with no evidence of a direct link to SARS-CoV-2 infection. Submitted...

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Scotland reports 6 Omicron cases in Lanarkshire and Greater Glasgow & Clyde

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 On Monday, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said at a media briefing that enhanced surveillance has identified 6 cases of the Omicron variant in Scotland so far – 4 of these...

Scotland: Several wound botulism cases reported since February

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Scotland health officials have received at least four notifications of wound botulism cases (3 confirmed and one probable) since February. The source of the infection is believed to be heroin contaminated...

Infectious disease bric-a-bracs: Semen injections, Rascism allegations at WHO and African trypanosomes

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Here is a look at some interesting infectious disease and health news reported across the globe: “Semenly” Harmless Back Pain: An Unusual Presentation of a Subcutaneous Abscess We report, with review...

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Syphilis cases up 13 percent in Scotland

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Scotland health officials are reporting an increase in syphilis cases, in fact, overall incidence of infectious syphilis in Scotland was at its highest level since implementation of the current surveillance...

Ebola nurse, Pauline Cafferkey, admitted to hospital again

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A Scottish nurse who contracted Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) while treating patients in Sierra Leone in late 2014, has been admitted to a Glasgow hospital for the third time since returning to the UK. In...

Pauline Cafferkey has made a full recovery from Ebola and is no longer infectious: Discharged

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About a month after being readmitted to the hospital suffering from meningitis caused by Ebola, Scottish nurse, Pauline Cafferkey has been discharged from Royal Free Hospital in London Wednesday and...

Scotland: Health officials investigate Serratia marcescens increases in Glasgow neonatal unit

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NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde’s Public Health Protection Unit and Infection Control Team are investigating an increased incidence of Serratia marcescens in the Neonatal Unit within the Maternity unit...

Scotland: Two wound botulism cases investigated in injecting heroin users

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Scotland health officials are investigating two suspected cases of wound botulism in injecting drug users. Both individuals are receiving hospital treatment. One of the patients is from the NHS Greater...

Scotland report spike in mumps among young people

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Officials with Health Protection Scotland (HPS) are reporting a surge in mumps cases during the first quarter of 2015, reporting some 5-times the number of cases reported during the same period last year,...