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Ebola Hits Uganda

May 18, 2011January 25, 2023 Lakshmi Yajurvedi

Last week, a twelve-year old girl from Luwero died in the Bombo Military Hospital about 60 kilometers outside of Uganda’s capital, Kampala, from the deadly

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HIV/AIDS Vaccine Shows Promise

May 18, 2011January 25, 2023 Lakshmi Yajurvedi

A new HIV/AIDS vaccine may be in the works as research at an Oregon University has shown to prevent virus replication in monkeys. Louis Picker,

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Legionnaires’ Disease in Latvia

May 13, 2011January 25, 2023 Lakshmi Yajurvedi

According to the Latvian Centre of Infectology (LTSI) since last autumn, the country has experienced extended cases of the acute infectious disease, legionellosis (or Legionnaires'

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Leptospirosis in Ukraine

May 13, 2011January 25, 2023 Lakshmi Yajurvedi

For the first time in 10 years, leptospirosis has returned to the capital of Ukraine. Kiev officials have confirmed cases of leptospirosis in individuals who

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Legionnaires’ Disease in Latvia

May 13, 2011January 25, 2023 Lakshmi Yajurvedi

According to the Latvian Centre of Infectology (LTSI) since last autumn, the country has experienced extended cases of the acute infectious disease, legionellosis (or Legionnaires'

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Leptospirosis in Ukraine

May 13, 2011January 25, 2023 Lakshmi Yajurvedi

For the first time in 10 years, leptospirosis has returned to the capital of Ukraine. Kiev officials have confirmed cases of leptospirosis in individuals who

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Undiagnosed Deaths in Chiang Mai Possibly Due to Insecticide

May 13, 2011January 25, 2023 Amy L. Sonricker Hansen

As written in a March 23, 2011 HealthMap blog entry, there have been seven mysterious deaths since January 2011 linked to Chiang Mai, Thailand’s Downtown

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KPC Alert in Uruguay

May 6, 2011January 25, 2023 Lakshmi Yajurvedi

In the last two months, three Uruguayan patients have died in Montevideo from the now well known antibiotic-resistant bacteria, KPC. Bacteria with the Klebsiella pneumoniae

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“Shocking” Diphtheria Death in Australia

May 6, 2011January 25, 2023 Lakshmi Yajurvedi

A 22 year old Brisbane woman has died from diphtheria; it is believed she was unvaccinated. Diphtheria is a severe respiratory infection caused by Corynebacterium

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Brucellosis in humans and cattle in Bashkortostan, Russia

April 29, 2011January 25, 2023 Lakshmi Yajurvedi

  In the region of Bashkortostan, in southern Russia, 248 cattle had to be put down because of an outbreak of brucellosis. In addition, there have

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