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Bangladesh anthrax cases up to 170 in different areas of the country

(Outbreak News Today) The number of human anthrax cases in Bangladesh has jumped to 170 cases being reported in at least four districts, according to a Daily Sun report yesterday.

August 30, 2014
| Filed under Agents & Toxins, International, and Public Health
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Ebola outbreak: Senegal confirms first case

(BBC) Senegal’s health minister has confirmed a first case of Ebola, making it the fifth West African country to be affected by the outbreak. Awa Marie Coll Seck told reporters on Friday that a young man from Guinea had travelled to Senegal despite having been infected with the virus.

August 30, 2014
| Filed under Africa, Agents & Toxins, International, and Public Health
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Ebola: research team says migrating fruit bats responsible for outbreak

(The Guardian)The largest-ever outbreak of Ebola was triggered by a toddler’s chance contact with a single infected bat, a team of international researchers will reveal, after a major investigation of the origins of the deadly disease now ravaging Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast and Nigeria.

August 30, 2014
| Filed under Africa, Agents & Toxins, International, Public Health, and Research
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Ebola Could Eventually Afflict Over 20,000, W.H.O. Says

(New York Times) As the tally of deaths from the worst known outbreak of the Ebola virus continued its seemingly inexorable rise, the World Health Organization said on Thursday that the epidemic was still accelerating and could afflict more than 20,000 people — almost seven times the current number of reported cases — before it could Read More »

August 28, 2014
| Filed under Africa, Biosafety, International, and Public Health
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Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables

(CDC) Summary of provisional cases of selected notifiable diseases, United States, cumulative, week ending August 23, 2014 (34th Week)

August 28, 2014
| Filed under North America and Public Health
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