In France, where Guinea fowl were infected, Tarn becomes the 9th department affected since December.
MERS virus was detected in hospital air samples and swabs of hard surfaces during the height of Korea's outbreak in 2015, according to a study today in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
Health officials in Illinois yesterday reported a fatal Elizabethkingia anopheles bloodstream infection, noting that the strain matches the one implicated in Wisconsin's outbreak, according to state and federal sources. With the announcement from the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH), three states, including Michigan, are investigating cases.
New studies of Ebola's long-term effects in survivors found evidence of neurologic, psychiatric, and optical problems more than a year after recovery, according to two presentations this week at the 26th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID).
Chinese health officials today released the country's monthly infectious disease report, which lists 17 H7N9 cases and 7 deaths that occurred during March.
Six of the 17 cases and six deaths listed in China's National Health and Family Planning Commission update had not been previously reported, according to FluTrackers, an infectious disease news message board. No demographic information about the new cases was provided.
Flu activity in the Northern Hemisphere remains high but has likely peaked, with several regions detecting increases in flu B, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in an Apr 4 update.
Flu levels in North America remain elevated because of H1N1 circulation, and Canada reported increasing proportions of flu B.
Cattle serve as a natural reservoir for influenza D, which causes mild upper respiratory disease and can be transmitted to other cattle through contact, according to a Mar 30 study in the Journal of Virology.
By most measures, the seasonal influenza epidemic in the United States waned further last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in an update today, continuing a trend first apparent a week earlier.
Chinese officials have reported another human case of H7N9 avian flu, according to FluTrackers, an infectious disease message board.
The illness involves a 45-year-old man who is hospitalized in critical condition in Xuancheng, a city in east-central China's Anhui province, according to translated government information posted by FluTrackers. The patient had contact with live poultry, and his case was confirmed Mar 25, officials said.
