A detailed look at variant influenza cases from seven agricultural fairs in Michigan and Ohio in 2016 found that of 18 variant H3N2 (H3N2v) cases in humans, 16 were infected with a reassortant that contains the hemagglutinin gene from the 2010-2011 seasonal H3N2 strain in humans, a strain increasingly seen in US swine herds.
A new study in Emerging Infectious Diseases describes the physical and financial burden of a nosocomial outbreak caused by New Delhi metallo (NDM) beta-lactamase–containing Klebsiella pneumoniae.
Saudi Arabia today reported three more MERS-CoV illnesses linked to ongoing hospital-related outbreaks in Riyadh, according to a statement from the country's Ministry of Health (MOH).
New lab tests make it difficult to compare year-to-year FoodNet data, the CDC says.
Report finds extremely high multidrug resistance in a Salmonella strain that can sicken humans.
Multidrug-resistant C jejuni rose from 19.1% in 2008 to 43.4% in 2014-2015.
A collection of public health and infectious disease groups are banding together to ensure that the United Nations (UN), national governments, and other international bodies live up to their promise to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
Report finds some encouraging trends in resistance, but also notes increasing consumption of anitbiotics.
Rates of multidrug resistance in Salmonella seroptype I 4,[5],12:i:- have tripled.
A study yesterday in the Journal of Infectious Diseases suggests that although the Ebola outbreak originating in West Africa in 2013 was the deadliest to date, that strain of Ebola virus (EBOV) did not possess more aerosol stability than a strain of 1976 EBOV.
