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South Korea reports 1st Japanese encephalitis case of 2023

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency has confirmed the first suspected case of Japanese encephalitis (presumptive diagnosis) of the year. A nationwide alert was issued...

South Korea issues warning about dengue and other mosquito-borne infectious diseases when traveling abroad

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is advising the public to be aware of and take precautions against mosquito-borne infections when traveling abroad. Recently,...

South Korea issues nationwide malaria alert

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a nationwide malaria alert on Aug. 3  as the parasite was confirmed this year for the first time this year in mosquito...

H5N1 avian influenza confirmed in Seoul cats

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs in South Korea announced today that highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5 type) was confirmed in a cat in a cat shelter in Gwanak-gu,...

South Korea: Japanese encephalitis alert issued nationwide

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Korean CDC) issued a Japanese encephalitis alert nationwide on July 27, 2023 after more than 50% of the collected mosquitoes...

South Korea monkeypox update: 60 total cases reported, Anonymous sex implicated in most

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 In the first week of May (April 30-May 6), 16 confirmed patients had Mpox 60 cumulative confirmed cases in Korea, 54 suspected cases of domestic infection  The Central Defense Countermeasure...

South Korea reports 3 additional locally acquired monkeypox cases

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported three additional monkeypox, or Mpox cases over the weekend, bringing the total cases to 13. The 11th patient was a Korean...

South Korea raises Mpox crisis alert to ‘Level 2 caution’

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention held a risk assessment meeting 5:00 pm yesterday as the number of Mpox patients recently increased in Korea, and announced that...

South Korea: 1st local transmission of monkeypox reported

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that the 6th monkeypox (Mpox) confirmed patient in Korea on April 7. The patient was a Korean who visited a medical...

South Korea reports first death from Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) this year

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urges people to follow preventive measures to avoid being bitten by ticks during outdoor activities such as farming, as the first...