H7N9 Case Reports From Guangdong & Zhejiang Province

# 10,942H7N9 reports continue to dribble out of China with reports today from Hong Kong's CHP and from the Xinhua News agency alerting us to two cases, one from Guangdong Province and the other from Zhejiang.As discussed many times before, many Chinese provinces only release information in EOM epidemiology reports, and so we often learn about their cases weeks after the fact. First...

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RESEP COBEK GENJER BUMBU ONCOM TERASI

Menikmati menu masakan lainnya dari olahan genjer dapat mencoba resep cobek genjer oncom terasi ala masakan Sunda Jawa Barat berikut ini. Cobek genjer adalah cara memasak genjer yang dipadukan dengan bumbu sambal oncom terasi pedas yang dibuat menggunakan cobek.Istilah cobek/coet/coek merupakan alat dapur yang berfungsi untuk melumatkan atau menghaluskan bumbu dapur bersama...

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WHO Update - Lassa Fever In Nigeria

#10,941For most of January we've been following a Lassa Fever outbreak in Nigeria (see Nigeria: Lassa Fever Outbreak With 40 Fatalities), one which appears to have an unusually high mortality rate (at least based on the numbers provided).Lassa is a Viral Hemorrhagic Fever (VHF), albeit not as deadly as Marburg or Ebola. The Lassa virus is commonly carried by multimammate...

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An Update On The Russian Influenza Epi Report

#10,940Thanks to a sharp eyed reader (@BVance) we have an update - posted today - from the WHO National Influenza Centre Of Russia that refutes recent Russian media claims (see A Russian Influenza Epidemiology Report To Ponder) of a `mutated, highly virulent H1N1 virus', but that does not back away from their own reports of recently identified antigenic changes. As I pointed...

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Brazil MOH: Epi Week 3 Microcephaly Update

# 10,939At first glance the numbers presented today by the Brazilian MOH are a bit confusing, as they highlight they are now investigating 3,448 Microcephaly cases, seemingly a reduction from last week's 3893 Suspected Microcephaly Cases Under Investigation. All becomes clear when you look at the chart above, which shows that 270 cases are now confirmed - and removed...

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Xinhua: Hunan Province Reports 1st H7N9 Case Of The Season

# 10,938Hunan Province, which ranks 7th in the number of announced H7N9 cases (n=26) since 2013, reports their first H7N9 positive patient for the winter of 2015-16.Human H7N9 case reported in central China Source: Xinhua   2016-01-27 19:51:56CHANGSHA, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- A new human H7N9 avian flu case was confirmed in central China's Hunan Province, with several...

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Saudi MOH Reports 1 Primary MERS Case (Camel Contact)

 # 10,937The Saudi MOH has announced their 5th positive MERS case in a week, and following the trend we've seen all month, this case is linked to camel contact. ...

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