By NewsDesk  @bactiman63  The number of scabies cases on the island of Mallorca have skyrocketed in 2021 to date with some 9,000 cases recorded to date. This is nearly double the number reported in...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Health officials in Spain are reporting a legionellosis outbreak in the municipalities of Montmeló and Montornès del Vallès in the Vallès Oriental region. To date, 26...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63  Seville dermatologists warn of the increase in scabies cases that are being experienced. The strict confinements, a result of the COVID-19 pandemic mitigation efforts, is being...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The appearance of two almost simultaneous outbreaks of anthrax (in Ciudad Real and Badajoz) have set off veterinary alarms. The first of the outbreaks, registered in...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Officials with the Navarra Institute of Public and Labor Health (ISPLN) are reporting an increase in cases of the sexually transmitted infection (STI), Lymphogranuloma...

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Minister of Health of Extremadura, José María Vergeles, confirmed this Friday a cutaneous anthrax case in a person from the Don Benito-Villanueva de la Serena Health Area,...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Veterinary Health Alert Network (Rasve) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPA) has reported an outbreak of anthrax in a bovine farm in Ciudad Real. According...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Spain Ministry of Health and Families has confirmed the first West Nile virus fatality in a woman from Seville. The 75-year-old woman is from Coria del Río was...

Today we’ll look at African swine fever in the Dominican Republic, Is the Delta variant deadlier?, Tularemia infection from crabs, Melioidosis in the US, Another Ebola outbreak and Strongyloides...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Spanish media is reporting four people who suffered an outbreak of bacterial infection, suspected of ulceroglandular tularemia after handling crabs trapped in the...