A Salmonella outbreak linked to stuffed, raw chicken entrees that might appear to be cooked has grown to nine cases, as new individual cases in Minnesota and Illinois push the number of affected states to four, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in an update yesterday.
The agency reported seven outbreak cases on Jul 16.
With only 7 new cases, the countries recorded their lowest Ebola levels in more than a year.
Researchers found that the World Health Organization (WHO) Ebola case definition has a specificity of only 31.5%, and they noted that 9% of Ebola patients reported neither a fever nor any Ebola risk exposure, calling into question WHO norms, according to a large study yesterday in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) has sickened four more people in Saudi Arabia in the past 2 days, one of them fatally, according to reports from the country's Ministry of Health (MOH).
With 26 new cases, much activity is centered in the two capitals for the 2nd week in a row.
The contract is for bolstering monoclonal antibody treatment for Ebola.
A convalescent plasma trial shows early promise, and a report indicates extended virus shedding in urine and stool.
Data from a hospital outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) cases last spring suggest continuous healthcare-associated transmission for several months, a study today in Emerging Infectious Diseases noted.
Studies note frequent corpse touching at funerals, as well as frequent bat exposure.
Also, phase 2 trials just launched for two prime-boost Ebola vaccine regimens.
