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NewsDesk@bactiman63 The Ministry of Public Health reported that it continues to carry out interventions in the zones and areas where there have been an increase in dengue cases, which include timely fumigations and operations to destroy and eliminate Aedes aegypti mosquito breeding sites. The reports of the last 4 weeks show that the provinces or [...]The post Dominican Republic reports increase in dengue appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk@bactiman63 The Florida Department of Health (DOH) reported three additional locally acquired dengue fever cases in the past week in Broward and Miami-Dade counties. This brings the total autochthonous cases in the state to 19-Broward (3), Hardee, Miami-Dade (14), and Polk counties with onsets in January, March, June (3), July (10), and August (4). Two [...]The post Dengue in Florida: 3 additional locally acquired cases reported appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk@bactiman63 Taiwan's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Tuesday that there were 3 new local cases of dengue fever deaths last week. They were males aged between 60s and 80s. All 3 had underlying diseases. Unfortunately, their condition worsened within 0 to 7 days after onset and they passed away. In addition, there [...]The post Taiwan reports more than 1,300 additional dengue cases last week, 3 deaths appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk@bactiman63 Bangladesh health officials reported an additional 2,832 dengue cases Sunday, further padding the most cases in a single year total to 133,134. Another 12 fatalities were also reported, bringing the record death tally to 646 in the country this year. The capital city of Dhaka accounted for 56,969, or 42.7 percent of the total [...]The post Bangladesh dengue deaths near 650 in record season appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk@bactiman63 The National Center for Zoonotic Diseases in Mongolia reported a confirmed bubonic plague death Tuesday in a teen in Tseel soum, Govi-Altai province in the west of the country.The post Mongolia reports plague death in Govi-Altai province appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk@bactiman63 Virginia state health officials report a statewide outbreak of meningococcal disease. Twenty-seven cases of meningococcal disease, caused by the bacteria calledNeisseria meningitidistype Y, have been reported in eastern, central, and southwest Virginia since June 2022. The followinglocal health districts have had at least one outbreak-associated case of meningococcal disease reported: Alleghany, Hampton, Henrico, Norfolk, [...]The post Virginia reports statewide outbreak of meningococcal disease: Most in the Eastern region appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk@bactiman63 A vaccine that prevents meningococcal B infection may also be protective against the sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea, according to an Oregon Health Authority (OHA) study published today in the scientific journalJAMA Network Open. The study found that mass vaccination campaigns prompted by group B meningococcal virus outbreaks at the University of Oregon in 2015 [...]The post Meningococcal B vaccine may prevent gonorrhea: Oregon study appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk@bactiman63 Working with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Michigan State University researchers have shown that antibiotic resistance genes are prevalent in the bacterium Campylobacter jejuni, a leading cause of foodborne illness. The team found that more than half of the C.jejuni, isolated from patients in Michigan, are genetically protected against at least [...]The post Campylobacter jejuni and antibiotic resistance: A Michigan State University study appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk@bactiman63 While the Kyrgyzstan government has not officially declared an outbreak of measles to date, the Ministry of Health says the epidemiological situation in the country for measles and rubella has deteriorated since the beginning of the year. The first cases were reported in the first epidemiological week in Bishkek city and Chui regions, and, [...]The post Measles in Kyrgyzstan update: IFRC appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk@bactiman63 In a follow-up on theCrimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) situation in Afghanistan in 2023, the World Health Organization reports the total number of suspected CCHF cases and associated deaths have reached to 949 and 96, respectively (CFR 10.1%) since the beginning of the year and through August 23. The CCHF-associated deaths were reported from 14 [...]The post CCHF in Afghanistan: 949 total cases through August appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk@bactiman63 Acholera epidemic is declared in the health zone of Shabunda in the province of South Kivu in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The territorial authority asks its citizens to respect hygiene measures, in particular to build toilets to prevent the spread of this disease. Kongakonga Muzalia, interim administrator of Shabunda territory [...]The post Democratic Republic of Congo: Cholera epidemic declared in Shabunda, South Kivu province appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk@bactiman63 Diphtheria is a serious bacterial infection, which the causative agent is Corynebacterium diphtheriae, that usually affects the mucous membranes of the nose and throat and sometimes skin. In fact, theetymology of diphtheriais named for the tough pseudomembrane that forms in the patient's throat. The disease is passed from person to person by droplet transmission, [...]The post Diphtheria in Africa: Outbreak in Guinea appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk@bactiman63 An investigation by the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration found salmonella in a batch of frozen chicken kebab meat from Poland, and the batch was withdrawn from the market. Further analyzes have shown that it is the same type of salmonella that has made 22 people sick in Denmark in the period May to [...]The post Polish chicken kebab is linked to Danish salmonella outbreak appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk@bactiman63 In a follow-up on the whooping cough, or pertussis outbreak in Bolivia, the mobilization of medical brigades in Santa Cruz, commissioned by President Luis Arce, to control cases of whooping cough, is giving positive results as it shows a trend of decreasing suspected cases, according to Minister of Health and Sports, Maria Renee Castro. [...]The post Bolivia: Decreasing trend in whooping cough cases seen after medical brigades mobilization in Santa Cruz appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk@bactiman63 Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) recently said that measles cases in Yemen have increased dramatically during the first half 2023. According to the report published on August 18, in the first half of 2023, the number of measles patients received in MSF-supported facilities has nearly tripled, at almost 4,000, compared to the whole of 2022. [...]The post Yemen reports dramatic increase in measles in 2023: MSF appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk@bactiman63 Chikungunya is relatively rare in Senegal. The World Health Organization (WHO) reported two confirmed cases of the mosquito-borne illness through August 1 in Sokone and Pikine districts; however, since then the total cases have risen to 112 in three departments in the Kedougou region, in the south of the country-Kedougou, Salemata, and Saraya departments. [...]The post Chikungunya in Senegal: Cases rise sharply in Kedougou region in August appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk@bactiman63 The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) is reporting a confirmed case of measles in a resident of McCulloch County. The last confirmed measles case in Texas was in June 2023 in Hood County. Both were in non-school-aged children. Neither has a history of travel to an area where measles is spreading, and [...]The post Texas reports 2nd confirmed measles case appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk@bactiman63 In a follow-up on the Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Poland, the State District Sanitary Inspector in Rzeszow, Poland released a statement on September 1 reporting 158 confirmed cases of Legionnaires' disease and 18 deaths. The majority of cases (157 of 158 cases) reside in the following locations of the Podkarpackie Province: Rzeszow (106), Rzeszow [...]The post Poland Legionnaires' disease update appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk@bactiman63 Austin Public Health is reporting the death of a Travis County resident after developing an illness caused by an amebic meningitis infection. The resident became ill after swimming in Lake Lyndon B. Johnson(LBJ) in August. Although these infections are very rare, this is an important reminder that there are microbes present in natural bodies [...]The post Texas: Naegleria fowleri death reported in Travis County resident appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk@bactiman63 South Africa health officials reported two additional human rabies cases in August in Zululand and eThekwini districts of KwaZulu-Natal Province, respectively, bringing the total for 2023 to eight confirmed human rabies cases. Cases were identified in the provinces of KwaZulu-Natal (n=4), Eastern Cape (n=3) and Limpopo (n=1). Due to a lack of public awareness [...]The post South Africa human rabies cases rise to 8 appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk@bactiman63 In an update on the recording setting dengue fever season in Bangladesh in 2023, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) reports a record 121,500 dengue cases through August 30, a 20,000 case increase over the previous record in 2019 when more than 101,000 cases were reported. Of this total, more than 57,000 cases [...]The post Bangladesh dengue outbreak update: Cases top 120,000, More cases in August than all of 2022 appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk@bactiman63 King County, Washington health officials report investigating a hantavirus case in a teenage King County resident. This person was hospitalized in early August and is now recovering. The patient reported being exposed to a mouse infestation at his house in Issaquah and also bitten by a rodent in the woods in a residential area [...]The post Hantavirus case reported in King County teen appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk@bactiman63 In a follow-up on the locally acquired malaria case in Maryland a little over a week ago, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that the case was caused by thePlasmodium falciparum (P. falciparum)species and is unrelated to the cases involving local transmission ofPlasmodium vivax (P. vivax) malaria in Florida and Texas. [...]The post Maryland local malaria case identified as Plasmodium falciparum appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk@bactiman63 The Ministry of Health of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) notified the World Health Organization (WHO) of three laboratory-confirmed cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), including two deaths from 13 September 2022 to 12 August 2023. The cases were reported from Riyadh, Asser, and Makkah Al Mukarramah regions. All three cases [...]The post Saudi Arabia reports 3 confirmed MERS cases in past year appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk@bactiman63 Poland Health Minister Katarzyna Sojka said Tuesday, At the moment, we can see the peak of legionellosis is behind us, there are still patients in a more severe condition, but for now, we see that fewer and fewer people are hospitalized". As of Tuesday, 14 Legionnaires' disease deaths have been reported in Rzeszow in [...]The post Poland health minister: Peak of legionellosis cases is behind us' appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk@bactiman63 Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) cases up to this point are increasing by more than 52% over the same period last year. Experts recommend that the new school year approaches, so parents should absolutely not be negligent, creating conditions for the spread of the disease. According to statistics, in the week of 33/2023, [...]The post Vietnam: Hand, foot and mouth disease cases up 52% in 2023 appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk@bactiman63 So far this year, 67,944 cases of dengue have been registered in Colombia.The population under 15 years of age is the most affected (48.7%).According to the Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin of the National Institute of Health, as of August 16, 2023, 33,133 cases have been reported in this age group, of which 18,181, that is, [...]The post Colombia: Ministry of Health alerts the community to reinforce preventive and control actions in the face of a dengue outbreak appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk@bactiman63 Last Saturday,the Ministry of Health held an opening ceremony with vaccination actions against canine rabies that will take place bilaterally in the city of Brasileia, in Acre, on the border with the city of Cobija, in Bolivia.The location was chosen after a case of human rabies was registered in the Bolivian city.The event marks [...]The post Brazil: Rabies vaccination campaign on Bolivia border appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk@bactiman63 According to the World Health Organization: On August 15, 2023, WHO AFRO was informed about a confirmed case of dengue fever in Guinea. It is a 37-year-old physician from Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, who arrived in Conakry, Republic of Guinea, on August 3, 2023. The patient had onset of symptoms on 5 August 2023, including [...]The post Guinea reports confirmed dengue case appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk@bactiman63 The Ministry of Health in Chad officially declared an outbreak of Dengue fever on August 15. From 3 August to 27 August 2023, a total 47 suspected cases, including 26 confirmed cases and one death for Dengue fever were reported in three provinces, namely Ouadai/Abeche (n=28), Wadi Fira/Biltine (n=11) and N'Djamena (n=8). Ouaddai Province, [...]The post Africa: Dengue outbreak declared in Chad appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk@bactiman63 Dengue fever Taiwan health officials reported 892 new local cases of dengue fever last week (August 22 to August 28), which include Tainan City (802 cases), Kaohsiung City (34 cases), Yunlin County ( 33 cases), Pingtung County (5 cases), New Taipei City (4 cases), Taipei City (3 cases), Taoyuan City, Hsinchu City, Taichung City [...]The post Taiwan: Local dengue cases top 3,000, 1st death due to enterovirus D68 appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk@bactiman63 Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) Florida state health authorities reported one additional human Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) this past week in Suwannee County. This is the second human EEE case reported in the state in 2023 (1st case in St. Johns County). Total EEE activity in Florida year to date includes positive samples from 110 [...]The post Florida health officials report human EEE case in Suwannee County, Additional local dengue case in Miami-Dade County appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk@bactiman63 The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) reported two cases of Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) in humans in Baldwin County in the past few weeks, including one death of a 7-year-old girl. Eastern Equine Encephalitis is a rare disease that is spread to horses and humans by infected mosquitoes. It is among the most [...]The post Alabama: Two human EEE cases reported in Baldwin County, One death appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk@bactiman63 According to a report in the Tehran-based, Iran Front Page, 60 people have tested positive for Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF), including three deaths. Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever is a widespread disease caused by a tick-borne virus (Nairovirus) of theBunyaviridaefamily. The CCHF virus causes severe viral hemorrhagic fever outbreaks, with a case fatality rate of [...]The post Iran reports dozens of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever cases: Local media appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk@bactiman63 Dengue fever is a nationwide, year-round threat in Laos; however, the risk is typically highest in May-September during the monsoon season. As of August 26, the Laos Center of Information and Education for Health reports 23,347 dengue fever cases throughout the country, including 14 fatalities. This is more than double the cases since our [...]The post Laos dengue cases top 23,000 appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By:Chinonso Nwosu From the beginning of the year through July 23, 2023, Nigeria has recorded a total of 171 deaths due to Lassa fever in confirmed cases. The Nigeria CDC reported 1009 total confirmed cases during this period and a total number of 6597 suspected cases in 28 states of the country which includes Ondo, [...]The post Lassa fever in Nigeria 2023: The latest data appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk@bactiman63 Arboviruses are zoonoses caused by viruses transmitted by arthropod vectors (arthropod-borne viruses, such as mosquitoes, ticks and sandflies) by bite/sting.They affect both humans and animals.At present there are over 100 viruses classified as arboviruses, capable of causing disease in humans.In Italy, arboviruses can cause both imported and locally transmitted (autochthonous) infections and can cause [...]The post West Nile virus in Italy 2023 appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk@bactiman63 Faced with the increase in the number of dengue fever cases in the West Indies, Martinique and Guadeloupe have entered the epidemic phase since August 17, 2023, according to Public Health France. In the West Indies,dengue fevercirculates according to anendemo-epidemic mode of transmissionwith a seasonal intensity that varies from year to year.Throughout the year, [...]The post Dengue fever: Martinique and Guadeloupe have entered the epidemic phase appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk@bactiman63 In EU/EEA countries, 281 cases of diphtheria were confirmed through TESSy from January 2022 to 11 August 2023 (for comparison: an average of 55 cases were reported annually between 2017 and 2021). A total of 224 cases were reported in 2022, 57 cases so far in 2023 (according to the EU case definition), including [...]The post Diphtheria in Europe: ECDC Update 8/18/2023 appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk@bactiman63 The Colombia National Public Health Surveillance System (Sivigila) reports through August 12 this year (Epi Week 32), 67,944 cases of dengue have been reported, including 989 cases of severe dengue (1.5%). The incidence of dengue at the national level is 90.0 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. 62.8% (42,636) of the cases notified in the country [...]The post Colombia dengue update through epi week 32 appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk@bactiman63 In a follow-up on non-travel relatedCyclospora illnesses in Canada year to date, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) now reports 299 cases through August 15. Of this total, 263 cases have been reported in Ontario, followed by Quebec (25), British Columbia (10) and Nova Scotia (1). Six hospitalizations and no deaths have been [...]The post Non-travel related Cyclospora infections in Canada rise to 299 appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk@bactiman63 A total of 15,525 cases of measles including 655 deaths have been reported since the first week of 2023 to date in Kasai province, reports the Provincial Health Division (DPS). The head of the provincial health division said that the health zone of Luebo is the most affected with more than 2,000 cases followed [...]The post DR Congo: 15,525 cases of measles including 655 deaths reported in Kasai province year to date appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk@bactiman63 The Malaysian Ministry of Health reported 2,487 additional dengue cases the week ending August 12, bringing the total for the year to 73,680. The 73,680 cases year to date is a 117.3 percent increase compared to the same period in 2022 (39,769). To date, a total of 53 deaths due to dengue fever complications [...]The post Malaysia dengue cases up 117 percent in 2023 to date appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

The Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) is investigating an outbreak of Shiga toxin-producingE. coli(STEC) infections. Illnesses have been reported among studentswho attendthe University of Arkansas.We are aware ofa fewhospitalizationsrelated to the outbreak. The university is working closely withpublic health officialsto helpidentifythe source of the outbreak andprovide guidance to help prevent additionalinfections.At this time,based on what [...]The post University of Arkansas Students Sickened in E. coli outbreak appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By: Candess Zona Mendola of MakeFoodSafe.com The NYC Department of Health has announced a new Legionnaires' disease outbreak of illnesses linked to a building in the Bronx. Two residents of the 10 Richman Plaza building are confirmed sick. The NYC DOH is investigating this building, as well as 20 Richman Plaza, to determine if anyone [...]The post Legionnaires' Disease Back in the Bronx appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk@bactiman63 Eight patients are currently being treated for leptospirosis at the Lviv Regional Infectious Disease Hospital, according to a media report. Most of the patients are from Stryi district, Drohobych, Morshyn, hospital officials say. One patient is in serious condition being treated in intensive care. This summer, according to Tamila Aleksanyan, head of the 4th [...]The post Ukraine: 8 leptospirosis cases being treated at Lviv hospital appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk@bactiman63 Italian public health authorities have reported four autochthonous dengue fever cases in August (three in Lombardy region and one in Lazio region). 18 total dengue cases have been reported in Lombardy region, including the 3 local cases. A link between the cases in the two regions have not been identified. Italian authorities have implemented [...]The post Italy reports 4 local dengue transmissions in August appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk@bactiman63 The Taiwan Department of Disease Control reported 556 new local cases of dengue fever in Taiwan last week (from August 15th to August 21st this year), which include-471 cases in Tainan City, 61 cases in Yunlin County, 17 cases in Kaohsiung City, and 17 cases in New Taipei City. , Taoyuan City, Hsinchu County, [...]The post Taiwan local dengue cases top 2,000, 2nd death recorded appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk@bactiman63 According to Polish state media, the Legionnaires' disease outbreak in the city of Rzeszow has resulted in five deaths to date. According to health officials, 76 legionella cases have been hospitalized in the Rzeszow area. The source of the bacterial infection still escapes officials and 56 water samples have been collected in Rzeszow and [...]The post Poland: 5th death due to Legionnaires' disease in Rzeszow appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk@bactiman63 The Southern Nevada Health District reports investigating travel-associated cases of Legionnaires' disease in guests who stayed at Caesars Palace Hotel and Casino and The Orleans Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Caesars Palace Two individuals who have been diagnosed with Legionnaires' disease stayed at Caesars Palace Hotel and Casino within the last 12 months. [...]The post Las Vegas: Legionnaires' disease investigations at Caesars Palace and The Orleans Hotel & Casino appeared first on Outbreak News Today.