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EpiCore RFIs: Hantavirus in Epuyén, Argentina

December 18, 2018January 25, 2023 Natalia Ciesielska

Image courtesy of Phil Moyer on Flickr, CC Argentina recently observed a unique occurrence of successive Hantavirus cases in Epuyén, all of which were related

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Update on Acute Flaccid Myelitis in the US: Cases Continue to Rise

December 11, 2018January 25, 2023 Lindsay Bonesteel

Image courtesy of Eric Fischer on Flickr, CC According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there have been 158 confirmed cases

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New Drug Approved to Treat Human African Trypanosomiasis

December 4, 2018January 25, 2023 Lindsay Bonesteel

Image courtesy of Michael Wunderli on Flickr, CC Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), also known as sleeping sickness, is a potentially fatal neglected tropical disease.1 The

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Rise in Acute Flaccid Myelitis Among Children in the US

October 10, 2018January 25, 2023 Kara Sewalk

  As of September 2018, the Minnesota State Health Department has reported six cases of Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM) in children under the age of

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Candida auris: A Fungal Superbug

September 20, 2018 Natalia Ciesielska

  Introduction: In 2009, a 70-year-old woman in Tokyo, Japan was hospitalized with an ear infection that did not seem to improve with antibiotics [4].

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EpiCore RFIs: Mysterious Illness Found to be Influenza in Nepal

September 17, 2018 Katherine Churchwell

  On 11 September 2018, HealthMap noted a news- media report of a mystery disease in Kanchanrup Municipality of Saptari in Nepal. The original report

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EpiCore RFIs: Mysterious Illness Found to be Influenza in Nepal

September 17, 2018 Katherine Churchwell

  On 11 September 2018, HealthMap noted a news- media report of a mystery disease in Kanchanrup Municipality of Saptari in Nepal. The original report

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EpiCore RFIs: Influenza on Emirates Flight 203

September 14, 2018 Emily Cohn

  On 5 September 2018, HealthMap noted multiple news-media reports and twitter posts of sick passengers on an Emirates flight, which had landed at John

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An Update on the Current Ebola Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

September 13, 2018 Lauren Goodwin

  Since the 2014 West African Ebola outbreak that claimed more than 11,000 lives, the mere mention of Ebola hemorrhagic fever is enough to send

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MERS Cases Reported in the United Kingdom, South Korea

September 13, 2018 Lauren Goodwin

  On September 3, 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported a single confirmed case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS Co-V or MERS)

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