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Mystery hemorrhagic fever kills 23 in Guinea

(Reuters) An outbreak of hemorrhagic fever has killed at least 23 people in Guinea’s southeastern forest region since February when the first case was reported, health authorities in the West African nation said on Wednesday. At least 35 cases have been recorded by local health officials, said Sakoba Keita, the doctor in charge of the Read More »

March 19, 2014
| Filed under Africa, Agents & Toxins, International, and Public Health
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Department plans vaccination against Kyasanur Forest Disease

(The Times of India) Dakshina Kannada district Health and Family Welfare department has sent a proposal to the government seeking approval to administer vaccine against Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD) in identified areas in Dakshina Kannda district. The decision was taken in the wake of a suspected case of KFD reported at Beluvai in Moodbidri near Read More »

March 19, 2014
| Filed under South Asia, Agents & Toxins, International, and Public Health
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Dartmouth and Aeras join forces to conduct study of new tuberculosis vaccine

(EurekAlert) Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine and Aeras, a global nonprofit biotech, announced a collaboration to jointly conduct a trial of a new vaccine against tuberculosis (TB), one of the world’s deadliest diseases. The vaccine, known as DAR-901, is related to the vaccine SRL-172, previously shown by Dartmouth investigators to decrease the risk of TB Read More »

March 19, 2014
| Filed under Agents & Toxins and Research
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Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV)

(WHO) On 14 March 2014, the Ministry of Health of Saudi Arabia announced an additional five laboratory-confirmed cases of infection with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). Globally, from September 2012 to date, WHO has been informed of a total of 196 laboratory-confirmed cases of infection with MERS-CoV, including 83 deaths.

March 18, 2014
| Filed under Middle East, Agents & Toxins, International, and Public Health
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Poliovirus in Cameroon

(WHO) In Cameroon, three additional wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases have been reported with onset of paralysis on 6, 25, and 31 January 2014 from three new regions (North West, Adamaoua, and Centre) confirming continued WPV transmission and geographic expansion of infected areas following detection of four cases in October 2013. In total, seven Read More »