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Nov 10, 2017

Nov 10, 2017

ASP Scan (Weekly) for Nov 10, 2017

Antibiotics and subsequent sepsis
MCR surveillance in California
Community-related C diff
Antibiotic sparing for UTIs
More-resistant MDR-TB
MDR-TB in Minnesota
Strep burden, resistance threat

Apr 18, 2020

Apr 18, 2020
Florida swab

US COVID-19 total tops 700,000; cases spike in Russia, parts of Asia

Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News
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Apr 18, 2020

New testing studies reveal more about spread in some US communities, and overseas, cases rose steadily in many countries, especially Russia and Japan.

Jul 29, 2005

Jul 29, 2005

Russian birds have H5N1; 2 more deaths in Vietnam

Jul 29, 2005

Editor's note: This story was revised July 31 to clarify information about previous reports of H5N1 influenza viruses in Russia.

(CIDRAP News) – News services said today the avian influenza outbreak reported last week in Russia involves the dangerous H5N1 strain, while two more fatal human cases of the illness were reported in Vietnam.

Jan 21, 2005

Jan 21, 2005

Smuggled animals may bring disease

Amy L. Becker
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Jan 21, 2005

(CIDRAP News) – The next infectious disease to enter the United States might cross the border taped to a traveler's leg or tucked snugly under a tourist's hat.

Smuggling of wild animals has always posed hazards to human health, but the stakes may be getting higher today, given the role of animal hosts in lethal outbreaks such as SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) and avian influenza.

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