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NEWS SCAN: Swine flu surveillance, Salmonella source, cholera update, UK flu-shot debate, H5N1 in Egypt

Dec 28, 2010

 

NEWS SCAN: Flu vaccine in pregnant women, cholera numbers, pepper probe postmortem

Dec 23, 2010

 

NEWS SCAN: Panama braces for cholera, E coli cheese recall, TB in prisons, farm antibiotics

 

NEWS SCAN: Plot to poison food, H1N1 hot spots, severe H1N1 in kids, holiday cholera advisory, E coli cheese findings

Dec 21, 2010

 

Expert group reconsiders cholera vaccine for Haiti

(CIDRAP News) – An expert group convened by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) at its headquarters in Washington, DC, on Dec 17 discussed a possible cholera vaccine for Haiti and suggested developing a global vaccine stockpile.

Lisa Schnirring
 

NEWS SCAN: Cholera source probe, hospital readiness, Staph findings, West Nile lineages

 

NEWS SCAN: UK flu activity, flu-test guidance, cholera update, NDM-1 threat, antimicrobial resistance

Dec 15, 2010

 

NEWS SCAN: Ag defense site, Salmonella outbreak over, cholera update, H1N1 in UK

Dec 13, 2010

 

Analysis: Haiti's cholera strain came from South Asia

(CIDRAP News) – In the most detailed analysis to date on the Vibrio cholerae strain that has sparked Haiti's outbreak, researchers confirmed that it most closely resembles a South Asian variant not previously seen in the region and that it is more lethal than other strains.

Lisa Schnirring
 

Experts disagree on Haiti cholera source as cases near 100,000

(CIDRAP News) – A report by an epidemiologist sent by France to assist Haiti with the cholera response said United Nations (UN) peacekeeping forces from Nepal are the most likely source of the outbreak, though others deny the claims or say the findings are inconclusive.

Lisa Schnirring
 

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