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News Scan for Jun 17, 2013

CDC Angola dengue warning covers threat to travelers

The United States and other countries are seeing a rise in lab-confirmed dengue cases in people who have traveled to Luanda, Angola's capital, and health providers should be aware that the disease in Africa is endemic, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today.

  • Angola dengue threat
  • Polio worker deaths
  • Cambodia malaria drop

News Scan for Jun 11, 2013

Saudis provide more MERS-CoV genetic sequences

Saudi Arabian officials have deposited in a public database four MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) genetic sequences from the recent hospital cluster of cases in the Al-Ahsa region, increasing the number of available sequences for the virus to nine, according to a blog entry from virologist Andrew Rambaut, PhD, of the University of Edinburgh.

  • MERS-CoV genetic data
  • Steroid-injection infections
  • Dengue in Singapore and Thailand

NEWS SCAN: 2009 H1N1 in seals, dialysis infections, dengue travel warning, global TB deaths

May 15, 2013

 

NEWS SCAN: Continued flu ebb, anthrax vaccine trial, malaria-immune mosquitoes

May 10, 2013

 

NEWS SCAN: CFIA anthrax response, EU foodborne pathogens, Solomon Islands dengue, Global Fund goal

Apr 9, 2013

 

NEWS SCAN: H5N1 in Bangladesh, H1N1 pandemic response, rise in non-O157 STEC, global dengue levels

Apr 8, 2013

 

NEWS SCAN: Alleged Brucella smuggling, grant for dengue vaccine, anti-vaccine tweets

Apr 5, 2013

 

NEWS SCAN: Antibiotic-resistant E coli, Key West dengue, pertussis vaccine gaps, polio in Pakistan

Mar 14, 2013

 

NEWS SCAN: Lab biosafety on modified H5N1, US BSE risk classification, lowered mosquito susceptibility to DEET

Feb 21, 2013

 

NEWS SCAN: H5N1 in Nepal, call for BioWatch contractors, undervaccinated tots, thimerosal exemption, poliovirus in Egypt, dengue in Brazil

Jan 22, 2013

 

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