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The agency shifts to long-term response, which it says is more likely to provide sustained funding.
A new report from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says that while antimicrobial use in livestock production is widely acknowledged as contributing to antimicrobial resistance (AMR), large gaps in knowledge still remain, and more research is needed into how and why resistance emerges and spreads among humans and animals.
Today the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) said the country has three new cases of MERS-CoV. Two of the cases are linked to camel exposure, one of the most common risk factors for the respiratory illness.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
Isolates resistant to 3 classes of antibiotics rose from 15% in 1999 to 26% in 2012.
Florida has 6 new local infections, and Argentina and Guadeloupe have reported their first microcephaly cases.
Wild birds in Denmark and Switzerland test positive for H5N8, while H5N1 hits Nigeria and H5N6 strikes South Korea.
The Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health (MOH) said today there were two new cases of MERS-CoV in that country, one linked to camel exposure.
A capsule that unfolds into a star shape can deliver drugs for 2 weeks, a study shows.
In the past few weeks, 8 European nations, plus India and Israel, have confirmed H5N8, mainly in migratory waterfowl.
High doses of vitamin D were associated with a reduced incidence of acute respiratory illness (ARI) by 40% in elderly, long-term–care residents, according to a study today in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
A study yesterday in Clinical Infectious Diseases suggests that contact isolation may not be necessary to prevent outbreaks of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) in hospitals.
About 7.5% of close contacts tested positive, while another study dissected convalescent plasma use.
A DNA vaccine could help stamp out the outbreak, while a live-attenuated vaccine could offer lifelong immunity.
In other developments, California warned of local Zika activity in popular holiday travel destinations, including Mexico, and Florida reported one more local case.
The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) released new guidelines for treating leishmaniasis, a parasite transmitted through bites from sand flies and on the rise in American tourists and military personnel serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The strain has also been detected farther west in Europe in wild birds in Switzerland, as well as in Germany.
The agency wants to reduce inappropriate antibiotic use.
The Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health (MOH) reported two new cases of MERS-CoV today and over the weekend.
On Nov 12, the MOH said a 51-year-old Saudi man from Tabuk was diagnosed as having Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). He is currently in critical condition. Health officials said the man had direct contact with camels, a known risk factor for MERS.
New experiments suggest that mosquitoes can infect humans with Zika and chikungunya viruses in a single bite, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH).
