The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today reported another outbreak of Salmonella linked to live poultry in backyard flocks, with 287 new cases and 10 previously unaffected states reporting infections. Those cases nearly double the 324 that the CDC reported on Jun 2.
Foodborne illness patterns are generally similar when comparing outbreaks with sporadic infections, except in some instances for children, according to an analysis of the characteristics of four bacteria monitored by surveillance sites that are part of the US FoodNet system.
At times consumers were at risk "for several weeks after FDA was aware of a potentially hazardous food," the report says.
Of the sick people, 27% are children 5 years old or younger, and 66 peoople have been hospitalized.
Chinese officials reported another human case of H7N9 avian influenza, the second such infection in Hebei province in nearly 3 years, according to a post yesterday on Avian Flu Diary (AFD). Elsewhere, Egypt documented an H9 case in a toddler, according to a May 19 World Health Organization (WHO) report.
Late death from Ebola disease in survivors of earlier episodes is very rare, occurring in less than 1% of patients in a cohort study of Sierra Leone survivors published yesterday in BMJ. The study additionally found that the infecting dose of Ebola as measured by exposure level does not affect the severity of disease.
No new MERS-CoV cases have been reported today, but the World Health Organization (WHO) has posted information on the case reported recently from Qatar as well as details of several previously reported cases from Saudi Arabia.
A Salmonella outbreak linked to alfalfa sprouts that sickened 26 people in 12 states appears to be over, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today in a final notice about the event.
Yellow fever case totals in Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continue to climb, with Namibia now reporting its first suspected case, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) situation report yesterday.
Antibiotic-resistant strains reach a low point since testing began, but the agency notes some worrisome findings.
