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Officials halted surveillance activities in Vuhovi after a nurse from Bisongo was killed.
The experts plan to announce a decision on the H3N2 strain on Mar 21.
An early look at this season's flu vaccine in Europe shows that protection against influenza A has ranged between 32% and 43% across all patients seen at clinics and hospitals and was 59% in groups targeted for vaccination, according to findings from six European studies published today in Eurosurveillance.
An international team of scientists reported today in Eurosurveillance that the three extensively drug-resistant (XDR) gonorrhea cases identified in Australia and the United Kingdom in 2018 were caused by a single XDR clone.
Also, 3 new cases raise the outbreak total to 848, including 529 deaths.
Saudi Arabia today reported one more MERS-CoV infection, another apparently linked to an ongoing hospital-related outbreak in Wadi ad-Dawasir, according to a Ministry of Health (MOH) update to its epidemiologic week 8 report.
An antimicrobial stewardship intervention targeted to rural nursing homes in Alberta, Canada, significantly decreased the level of urine culture testing and antibiotic prescribing without an increase in hospitalization or mortality, Canadian researchers reported today in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.
The DRC warned, however, that travel between Beni and other affected areas could bring the virus back.
The 2019 tally thus far has already surpassed total annual cases for both 2016 and 2017.
Fluconazole during early pregnancy was linked to a more than double risk of miscarriage.
Flu is rising in several parts of the world, with 2009 H1N1 dominant, but many locations experiencing H3N2 circulation, as well, the World Health Organization (WHO) said yesterday in a global flu update, covering activity through Feb 3.
The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) today recorded four more MERS-CoV cases for epidemiologic week 8, including three in Wadi ad-Dawasir.
The latest cases raise Saudi Arabia's MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) total since the first of the year to 69, with 44 of those cases recorded in Wadi ad-Dawasir.
A protocol involving urinalysis, absolute neutrophil count, and procalcitonin levels showed 97.7% sensitivity and 60.0% specificity.
Five new Ebola cases were recorded in recent days, bringing the total to 840.
According to updates posted this weekend and through today, Saudi Arabia has three more MERS-CoV cases, including two in Wadi ad-Dawasir.
A new study led by scientists from US Department of Agriculture (USDA) found that antibiotic resistance genes persist in a beef cattle environment even 2 years after cessation of operations.
Clinic visits for influenza-like illness increased from 4.3% to 4.8%, 6 more pediatric deaths were confirmed, and the H3N2 strain appears to be surging.
The country's health ministry reports 6 new cases and 5 new deaths, including that of an infant.
Electronically delivered prescribing feedback and decision support interventions reduced antibiotic prescribing for respiratory infection (RTI) in adults by 12%, according to the results of a clinical trial published this week in the British Medical Journal.
