Tick-borne Disease

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NEWS SCAN: Bacterial co-infection in H1N1, tracking flu vaccine effectiveness, new BSE cow details, monkeypox scare, honing disease surveillance

Apr 27, 2012

 

NEWS SCAN: E coli treatment, antibiotic resistance in EU, flu vaccine in preschoolers, measles-shot warnings, Lyme disease risk

Mar 14, 2012

 

NEWS SCAN: Turtle-borne Salmonella , raw milk outbreak, hospital pathogens, guinea pigs as flu B models, Lyme map

Feb 2, 2012

 

NEWS SCAN: Tamiflu-resistant H1N1, pandemic lab capacity, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus, dengue in Sri Lanka

Dec 29, 2011

 

NEWS SCAN: More Listeria cases, bunyavirus cluster, E coli outbreak profile

Oct 26, 2011

 

NEWS SCAN: Listeria cases rise, novel tickborne illness, polio risk from Pakistan, rotavirus vaccine benefits, new transplant guidelines, mumps antibodies

Sep 21, 2011

 

CDC: Blood screening test needed for tickborne threat

(CIDRAP News) – Researchers from the US Centers Disease for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are pressing their case for a test to screen blood donors for the tickborne disease babesiosis, reporting that 162 transfusion-related cases were documented over the past three decades, most of them since 2000.

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NEWS SCAN: US West Nile increase, new Ehrlichia species, norovirus research funds, 2009 H1N1 vs H3N2, texting malaria treatment

Aug 4, 2011

 

NEWS SCAN: Second strain in Salmonella outbreak, scarlet fever in Hong Kong, vaccine-derived polio, Powassan virus death, state shutdown and disease control

Jun 30, 2011

 

NEWS SCAN: Generic antibiotic, scarlet fever, measles deaths in Congo, babesiosis in US, non-drug steps for flu

Jun 21, 2011

 

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