Saudi Arabia reported a new MERS-CoV infection yesterday in the city of Buraidah, while an international team of researchers found no serologic evidence that the virus is endemic in Kazakh camel herds.
Rotisserie chicken salad sold at Costco stores that was contaminated with Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 has sickened 19 people in seven states, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced today.
Researchers have identified an Escherichia coli strain in pigs, pork, and humans in China that is resistant to colistin—a critical last-line antibiotic—and the gene that causes the resistance is readily transferred to other bacteria, posing an epidemic threat, according to a new study in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.
Seven more illnesses have been reported in an Escherichia coli O26 outbreak in Washington and Oregon linked to eating at Chipotle restaurants, boosting the overall total to 49, the two states reported yesterday. The Washington State Department of Health (WSDH) said it has confirmed 31 cases, while the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) put its total at 18.
Oregon reported 1 new case, bringing the two-state outbreak total so far to 42.
The number of cases in an Escherichia coli O26 outbreak linked to Chipotle restaurants in Oregon and Washington, which has fluctuated over the past 2 days as investigations progress and states receive test results, now stands at 41.
Nations in the Americas and Caribbean reported 13,476 new cases of chikungunya, bringing the outbreak total to 1,760,798, according to a Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) update from late last week that was not posted till yesterday.
Multistate events are linked to 56% of outbreak deaths even though they make up just 3% of outbreaks.
After a weekend with no MERS-CoV cases, Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported a new case today away from recent hot spots and yesterday reported the death of a previously confirmed patient.
Human cases of H7N9 avian influenza are expected to rise in number in southeastern China over the next several months, according to an update yesterday from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.
The FAO said the fourth wave of H7N9 began Oct 2 after the first two human infections since July were reported in Zhejiang Province.
