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NEWS SCAN: Ground beef E coli recall, Haiti cholera update, resistant malaria mosquitoes

Aug 19, 2011

 

NEWS SCAN: 2009 H1N1 virus reassortant, H7N7 as potential pandemic virus, rising legionellosis cases, cholera in Cameroon

Swine reassortant suggests 2009 H1N1 virus could cause more troubleScientists have found a hybrid influenza virus in swine that combines elements of the pandemic 2009 H1N1 virus and a Eurasian swine flu virus, suggesting that continued circulation of the pandemic virus in pigs could lead to novel viruses with the ability to infect humans, according to a report published yesterday in the Journal of Virology. The detection of the pandemic virus in pigs prompted a flu

 

NEWS SCAN: Cholera update, FBI anthrax probe, food recalls, flu viruses and vaccine

 

NEWS SCAN: EU boosts pathogen research, Haiti travel alert, antibiotics in livestock, anthrax in Vietnam, sperm-free mosquitoes, polio in India

Aug 9, 2011

 

WHO tracks evolving cholera picture

(CIDRAP News) – Global cholera incidence has increased since 2000, with Haiti's large outbreak tipping the largest burden away from Africa for the first time since 1995, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today.

Lisa Schnirring
 

NEWS SCAN: Papaya Salmonella update, Aichi virus cases, DRC measles, yellow fever risk maps, spotting pandemic deaths, sizing up Rift Valley fever, predicting West Nile risk

Jul 26, 2011

 

Cholera outbreaks in Caribbean, Africa spark alerts

(CIDRAP News) – European Union (EU) health officials today warned travelers about a risk of contracting cholera in the Dominican Republic, a magnet for tourists, while the World Health Organization (WHO) said cholera outbreaks along Africa's Congo River have killed 271 people.

Robert Roos
 

NEWS SCAN: US cholera cases, jump in frog Salmonella infections, norovirus surveillance, modestly effective flu vaccine

Jul 21, 2011

 

NEWS SCAN: European E coli update, Campylobacter in Wyoming, measles in Africa

 

NEWS SCAN: DRC cholera, unusual GBS cluster, EU measles outbreak, dengue from Haiti, novel adenovirus, H5N1 vaccine

Jul 14, 2011

 

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