By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Dengue in Delhi A woman from south Delhi has succumbed to dengue, the first fatality due to the vector-borne disease reported in the national capital this year, as the number...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The bacteria that causes the neglected tropical disease, Leprosy, Mycobacterium leprae, was once thought to be an obligate human pathogen. However, they have been shown to be...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 A team of researchers have identified leprosy in wild chimpanzees in West Africa for the first time. The study is published in the journal, Nature. Below is the abstract: Humans...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Last Tuesday in Managua, the first national forum on Leprosy or Hansen’s disease met to share strategies in prevention, diagnosis and timely treatment, to reduce...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Measles Thailand health officials reported 6,527 measles cases from 74 provinces in 2019. This includes 21 deaths due to measles. The three most common age groups...

The Philippines are battling large outbreaks of the vaccine-preventable disease, measles and the vector-borne disease, dengue fever currently;however, health officials are reminding the public of another...

Leprosy has a history that has spanned centuries and societies across the globe. Yet, it continues to be a problem — even in the modern era. Sufferers from the chronic and infectious skin disease still...

After reporting more than two dozens leprosy, or Hansen’s disease cases in 2015, the state has seen a decrease in cases in the subsequent three years. In 2016, 18 cases were reported and in 2017,...

The ancient bacterial infection, Leprosy, while declared ‘eliminated’ as a public health problem at a global level in 2005 by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2005, it is still not gone and around...

Here are the top five posts on Outbreak News Today for the week Oct. 27 through Nov. 2: 5. Costa Rica reports rare human rabies case Costa Rica reported their first human rabies case since 2014 in a...