Last week, we reported a possible polio outbreak in Pointe-Noire, Congo where 8 deaths and 20 cases were suspected. This week, at least two confirmed
Category: Outbreak News
A total of 1031 cases of dengue have been reported for the island of Taiwan since August this year. Among these, 13 were cases of
A total of 107 people, including 84 students, have been diagnosed with Paratyphoid A fever in the Luocheng Mulao Autonomous County of Hechi City in
In the past few weeks, polio cases have been reported in several countries. Polio is an extremely contagious viral disease. Although up to 95% of
Earlier this year, we discussed an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in Wales. A new outbreak has been identified in Spain’s capital of Madrid. The Ministry
It was recently reported that from January to October of this year, 228 people have died from rabies bites in Guangdong Province in Southern China.
Haiti Wednesday evening (20 October 2010), English and French media reported a surge in deaths and hospitalization from diarrhea in rural Haiti. The next day
Nicaragua has declared a national state of emergency due to a spike in cases and deaths from leptospirosis. Leptospirosis is typically spread through contact with
Another leptospirosis outbreak has been reported in city of El Eulma, Algeria. To date, 4 deaths and 75 cases have been confirmed with up
On Monday, October 4th, 2010 the villages of Kolontar and Devecser in Western Hungary were devastated by a flood of a toxic red sludge from