Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Rare fungal infection reported in two cats, vet tech
A rare fungal infection has been diagnosed in two cats and a vet tech who treated one of the animals, a new report warns.
Apr 11, 2024
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Publisher
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Country
- United States
- History
- 1995-present
- Website
- http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/about/about.htm
- Impact factor
- 6.794 (2009)
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Vole fever spreading further south in Sweden
Researchers have discovered that bank voles in Skåne, southern Sweden, carry a virus that can cause hemorrhagic fever in humans. This finding was made more than 500 km south of the previously known range.
Mar 21, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Using tap water for your nasal rinse? Beware amoeba dangers
Folks with sinus issues often turn to neti pots or "nasal rinsing" to help clear their clogged passages.
Mar 13, 2024
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Rare case of opossum infected by rabies sounds alarm regarding circulation of this virus in urban environments
A female white-eared opossum (Didelphis albiventris) found dead in 2021 in Bosque dos Jequitibás Park in the center of Campinas, one of the largest cities in São Paulo state, Brazil, died from rabies meningoencephalitis, ...
Feb 19, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Addressing racial disparities key to eliminating TB, researchers say
Progress toward the elimination of tuberculosis in the United States has been stalled by significant racial and ethnic disparities often masked by state- and national-level data, say University of Michigan researchers.
Dec 14, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Biologists discover new rodent-based virus
Biologists at the University of Arkansas have discovered a new virus that belongs to a family of viruses that transfers from rodents to humans, some of which cause a fatal cardiopulmonary disease. The study was published ...
Dec 13, 2023
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Study finds no soil-transmitted hookworm in Alabama children, despite ongoing sanitation, public health crisis
A study published in Emerging Infectious Diseases found no cases of soil-transmitted hookworm in hundreds of tested children, refuting a long thought public health concern that linked the illness to the ongoing sanitation ...
Dec 12, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Endemic malaria found in high, dry northwestern Kenya
Turkana County in northwestern Kenya was supposed to be the land that malaria forgot. An arid, windy region abutting Uganda, South Sudan and Ethiopia, its climate was thought to be too dry for the mosquitoes that harbor malaria-causing ...
Oct 12, 2023
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Congenital syphilis rates are soaring, but resources to stem infections are lacking
States are seeing an alarming surge in cases of congenital syphilis, a preventable infection that can lead to miscarriage, stillbirth, newborn death—or lifelong complications such as blindness or deafness.
Oct 3, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study shows how 'superbacteria' were prevented from spreading in a large tertiary hospital
Rapid identification of patients contaminated by "superbacteria" known as "carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae" (CRE), with early isolation of these patients, reduces transmission in hospital emergency departments. However, ...
Oct 2, 2023
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