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WHO Update on Poliovirus Found in Brazil

(Global Biodefense) On 18 June 2014, Brazil reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) that wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) had been detected in a sewage sample collected in March 2014 at Viracopos International Airport in Sao Paolo state. Genetic sequencing indicates that this virus is most closely related to the virus that is circulating  Read More »

Ebola’s Deadly Spread in Africa Driven by Public Health Failures, Cultural Beliefs

(National Geographic) As the largest Ebola outbreak in history continues unabated, health authorities from 11 West African countries and international agencies began a two-day crisis meeting today in Accra, Ghana, on how to combat the crisis. The World Health Organization (WHO) says “drastic action” is needed to stem the outbreak, which since March has grown  Read More »

Combination of oral, injectable polio vaccine used for first time in outbreak

(The Vancouver Sun) A new report says the first ever trial where oral and injectable polio vaccine were given at the same time to try to quell an outbreak has produced encouraging results. The vaccination campaign, in and around Somali refugee camps in Kenya, resulted in high vaccination coverage, despite concerns that it would be  Read More »

Worst foot and mouth disease outbreak in decade

(The Times of India) The outbreak of foot and mouth disease that spelt doom for cattle and farmers in 2013-14 was the worst attack recorded in the state during the past decade. Documents procured by TOI through RTI reveal that the livestock numbering 64,260 were infected and 6,100 deaths were reported in 2013. The magnitude  Read More »

Kitchens are a source of multi-drug resistant bacteria

(EurekAlert) After handling raw poultry, hands of food preparers and cutting boards remain a source of transmission for multi-drug resistant bacteria, such as E. coli that produce extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs). The study of household and hospital kitchens was published in the May issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for  Read More »

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