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Fifteen more Cyclospora infections have been reported in an ongoing multistate outbreak, including the first two cases reported by Virginia, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in an update today.
The case, if confirmed, would be Guangdong province's first human H7N9 infection.
One more variant H3N2 (H3N2v) has been reported to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), edging the total so far this year to 16, according to an update today. The newly reported infection is in a patient from Indiana, which has reported all but two of the H3N2v cases reported this year.
Two global groups weighed in today on a new study that found evidence that camels in two regions have antibodies to Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) or a close relative.
Researchers find evidence that camels have been exposed to MERS-CoV or a close relative.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today that it has received reports of 38 more Cyclospora infections, pushing the total in the multistate outbreak to 504.
So far 30 patients have been hospitalized, and no deaths have been reported. The most recent illness onset was Jul 24, but the CDC said most of the patients got sick in the middle of June through early July.
A study on aerosol transmission of the novel H7N9 virus in ferrets found evidence of limited spread at levels more robust than avian influenza viruses, but less than seasonal flu and the 2009 H1N1 virus, researchers reported yesterday.
The group, from Erasmus Medical Center in the Netherlands and the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, published its findings in Nature.
A flu outbreak at an Arkansas cancer facility sparked concern about the possibility of H3N2v.
Mild cases in seven nurses show the disease isn't always severe.
Will future research include lab-modified strains that are more transmissible and require tighter safety measures?
A report from the Yale University Law School says the United Nations is legally and morally obligated to compensate Haiti for the cholera epidemic caused by UN peacekeepers.
First report of probable transmission from a father to a daughter in a family cluster.
Influenza activity increased in several areas of the Southern Hemisphere and was dominated by the 2009 pandemic H1N1 strain over the 2-week period from Jul 7 through Jul 20, according to World Health Organization (WHO) updates.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported 41 more Cyclospora infections, raising its national total so far to 466, according to an update today. The latest illness onset date is Jul 23, but the CDC said most of the dates have ranged from the middle of June through early July.
Comments from industry, public health, and providers on the debut of a new flu vaccine.
The first patient in a three-person family cluster of MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) cases in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, apparently caught the virus from some unknown source while in the hospital, according to a report in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases. The cases occurred in February and March.
The number of patients sickened in a multistate Cyclospora outbreak has climbed to 425, according to an update today from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The number of affected states remained at 16, with Iowa, Texas, Nebraska, and Florida as the hardest hit. So far 24 patients have been hospitalized, but no deaths have been reported.
The FDA named a Mexican supplier in the Cyclospora outbreak in Iowa and Nebraska.
Illinois health officials yesterday reported the state's first variant H3N2 (H3N2v) influenza case of the summer, in a child who had contact with swine at a county fair.
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) said in a statement that the infection was mild and was confirmed in a Boone County child who helped an exhibitor at the DuPage County Fair, which was held in late July.
Tomato growers in three southeastern states filed a claim in the US Court of Federal Claims this week seeking individual compensation totaling $40 million after the federal government mistakenly warned that certain varieties appeared to be linked to a 2008 Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak, Food Safety News (FSN) reported today.
