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The recent Lassa fever infections, one of them fatal, of two Dutch citizens working in Sierra Leone, along with related high-risk exposures in three United Kingdom citizens, are part of a healthcare Lassa cluster, according to new details about the event in the World Health Organization (WHO) African regional office's weekly outbreaks and emergencies update.
An analysis of flu viruses during Japan's 2019 flu season suggests that 2009 H1N1 and H3N2 viruses can rapidly acquire the I38T mutation in the polymerase acidic (PA) protein, which has been linked to reduce susceptibility to baloxavir marboxil, a new antiviral. A team based Japan reported their findings yesterday in Nature Microbiology.
In other developments, a small but steady stream of cases continue in the outbreak areas.
Ceftriaxone resistance in Salmonella isolated from people rose from 2.8% in 2015 to 3.4% in 2017.
A comprehensive educational antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP) implemented in 214 Spanish primary care clinics was tied to improved use of antibiotics and a sustained reduction of infections caused by extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli, according to a new study in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said a multistate outbreak of Escherichia coli is connected to romaine lettuce grown in the Salinas, California growing region and is advising people not to eat romaine from that area.
"At this stage of the outbreak, one case matters."
The percentage of clinic visits for flulike illness rose above the national baseline, and 1 more child has died from flu.
An analysis of outpatient antibiotic prescriptions in Tennessee in 2016 shows that a small number of prescribers were responsible for a "dramatically disproportionate" number of prescriptions, researchers reported today in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.
Wisconsin's Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced today that a wild white-tailed buck harvested during the state's recent archery season in Dunn County near Menomonie in the western part of state has tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD).
News of the CWD detection comes on the eve of the opening of Wisconsin's 9-day gun deer season.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
The CDC confirmed 356 cases in 2018 and 2019, but illnesses continue to be noted.
An attack on civilians leaves 8 dead, and WHO leaders voice their concern.
A study of hospitalized patients in the US military health system database shows that carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) infections are associated with longer and more costly hospitalizations and a significant increase in the risk of in-hospital death, researchers reported yesterday in the American Journal of Infection Control.
According to a small study today in Pediatrics, maternal antibodies to measles passed to infants in pregnancy dropped quickly after birth, with 92% of infants showing antibodies below the protective threshold by 3 months. By 6 months of age, all the infants were unprotected against measles, based on their antibody levels.
Officials are tracking a 17-case E coli outbreak tied to salads and an 11-case Salmonella outbreak linked to beef.
Checkpoint workers caught up with a convoy near Beni, family members who were transporting the body of a man who died from Ebola.
The Florida Department of Health confirmed the state's 11th locally transmitted dengue case of 2019, in Miami-Dade County, officials said yesterday. The case does not appear to be related to previously reported cases.
The European Public Health Alliance's Stakeholder Network on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) has released a roadmap outlining the path European leaders should take in their efforts to fight drug-resistant infections.
Emphasizing the need for a multidisciplinary, "One Health" approach, the roadmap calls for European Union (EU) member states and institutions to pursue five strategies against AMR:
States with epidemics saw upticks in proposed bills to restrict vaccine exemptions.
