Undiagnosed -- SudanA man and more than 20 head of cattle died in Arbaat in Red Sea state on Thursday and Friday [3 & 4 Oct 2019] of an "unknown fever". So far, 3 people and 420 cows have died of the unknown disease that hit the area of Arbaat, north of Port Sudan, over the past weeks, medical doctor Ahmed Dereir told Radio Dabanga on Friday [4 Oct 2019].The symptoms of the disease are high fever among people, and bleeding and abortion among cows, he said. The Preventive Medicine Society advised...
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Eastern Equine Encephalitis -- United StatesA laboratory testing has confirmed the 8th horse infected with Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus this year [2019], the Massachusetts Department of Public Health said. The horse was stabled in Spencer in Worcester County, a community already considered at high risk for EEE, health officials said.No change in risk levels is indicated. There are 35 communities now at critical risk, 53 at high risk, and 121 at moderate risk for the EEE virus in Massachusetts.There...
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Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever -- PakistanA local factory worker [in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa] died of high grade-fever with the family blaming death on Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever.Another villager also tested positive for CCHF. According to family sources, a 45-year-old resident of Hattar village, had suffered from high grade-fever for around a week, while he was treated at a local private hospital as a dengue patient. The man was later shifted to Islamabad's PIMS hospital, where he died. The family...
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Hepatitis A -- United StatesHealth experts say there are more cases of hepatitis A in the state. The Louisiana Department of Health now has the count at 575. Livingston Parish has the most cases ranging from 121 to 240. One death has been reported so far in Louisiana.Hepatitis A is a contagious viral liver infection easily spread through close contact with an infected person.There are vaccines to combat the infection. You can get one at your doctor's office or parish health unit. The Louisiana Department...
Sun Oct 06, 2019 22:40
Scrub Typhus -- IndiaScrub typhus in Himachal Pradesh continues to be the disease that is claiming maximum lives in the state.According to the data available with the department of health and family welfare, this year till 5 Oct 2019, the death toll in the state has been 12, while 9477 were tested, of which 1148 tested positive. Of these 1148, as many as 320 cases were reported from the Bilaspur district.On Saturday [5 Oct 2019], 2 women tested positive for the disease out of a total 28 tested, while...
Sun Oct 06, 2019 18:53
West Nile Virus -- United StatesThe Colorado Department of Agriculture reported on Thu 3 Oct 2019 that 10 equine West Nile virus [WNV] cases have been confirmed in 8 Colorado counties, including one horse in Larimer County.Three horses were found to have the disease in Weld County, and the others were in Adams, Garfield, Mesa, Montrose, Pueblo and Rio Blanco counties, according to a news release."Veterinarians report more of the horses seem to be acutely neurologic with severe symptoms. Four of the...
Sun Oct 06, 2019 16:11
Chronic Wasting Disease -- United StatesThe Wyoming Game and Fish Department confirmed chronic wasting disease (CWD) in deer hunt area 152, approximately 12 miles west of Bondurant on Willow Creek.The mule deer buck testing positive was hunter-harvested. This is the 1st time CWD has been found in deer hunt area 152, part of the Sublette mule deer herd, and is in a hunt area close to wintering elk feed grounds. CWD is a fatal neurological disease of deer, elk, and moose."Seeing a deer test positive...
Sun Oct 06, 2019 16:08
Plague -- DR Congo
Sun Oct 06, 2019 14:31
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