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Hong Kong officials yesterday suspended live-poultry trading after a routine surveillance test detected H7N9 avian flu in droppings from poultry at a market stall, according to a government announcement yesterday.
Of the sick people, 27% are children 5 years old or younger, and 66 peoople have been hospitalized.
Defects can include craniofacial disproportion, spasticity, seizures, irritability, and eye problems.
A study from Spain suggests that people who are infected by the influenza A viruses H3N2 or H1N1 may have better than 60% protection against new infections by the same subtype for several years afterward, according to a report in yesterday's issue of Eurosurveillance.
After 18 days with no new cases, Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) today reported a MERS infection in an elderly woman.
Many respondents believed they could personally become resistant to antibiotics and that the agents are the best treatment for the common cold.
Angola has almost 3,000 cases, while 3 new nations probe possible infections.
Seven patients who died following hospitalization for chikungunya and dengue virus co-infection all had fever and joint pain yet varied in terms of the viruses' effect on organ function and overall pathology, according to a study today in Eurosurveillance.
Three organizations offer numerous options for antibiotic stewardship.
The group voted unanimously on policy regarding avian flu and other viruses.
Also, the CDC estimates that 216 million visits are made to the US from Zika-hit nations.
In a large trial in the West African country of Mali, influenza vaccination in pregnant women was found to be more than 60% effective in preventing lab-confirmed flu in newborn infants for the first 4 months of life, according to a report published yesterday in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.
The World Health Organization (WHO) today declared that Guinea has passed 42 days since the last patient was declared free of Ebola, officially ending Ebola virus transmission.
In other developments, officials update guidance on sexual transmission and antibody testing.
Half of the sick people interviewed had made something homemade with flour before becoming ill, with some using a General Mills brand.
Chinese officials last week reported a human case of H5N6 avian flu, according to a post today on FluTrackers, an infectious disease message board.
The case involves a 50-year-old man from Jishou city in Hunan province's Xiangxi autonomous prefecture, FluTrackers said. He is hospitalized in critical condition.
At a time when growing bacterial resistance underlines the need for new antibiotics, records on eight antibiotics approved in the United States from 2010 to 2015 suggest that they cost more than older drugs but don't necessarily offer clear clinical advantages, according to a study published today in Annals of Internal Medicine.
Women in the sexually active age-group are much more likely than men to be infected with Zika virus.
Cases continue to rise in yellow fever outbreaks affecting Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and Uganda, compelling the World Health Organization (WHO) to say yesterday there is high risk of the disease's spread to other provinces and neighboring countries.
In addition, Spain has reported a microcephaly case related to Zika virus infection.
