Eurosurveillance: Emergence of A(H1N1)pdm09 Genogroup 6B In India, 2015

#10,971In February of 2015, in India’s H1N1 Outbreak, we looked at the persistent media reports of unusually severe H1N1 flu activity on the Indian subcontinent, and the insistence by India’s National Institute of Virology (NIV) and their National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) that there were No mutations in H1N1. A few weeks later, in MIT: Genetic Changes In A 2014 Indian...

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H7N9 : Hunan Province Reports 2nd Case In Two Days

# 10,970Between Hong Kong CHP's tracking and the terrific work done by Sharon Sanders with FluTracker's H7N9 line listing, we've seen just over two dozen H7N9 cases announced by Chinese authorities since the fall flu season began.While China earned praise during the first two H7N9 epidemic seasons for their daily updates on cases, for the past year we've seen the quality and...

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JID: Benefits Of Early Use of Influenza Antivirals In Pregnancy

Credit - CDC#10,967With a warning earlier this week that severe H1N1 cases are beginning to be reported in younger adults around the country, the timing for a study and commentary on the benefits of early antiviral treatment for pregnant women with influenza that appears today in the Journal of Infectious Diseases couldn't be much better.  Pregnant women have an enhanced...

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NEJM: Probable Person-to-Person Transmission Of Legionnaires’ Disease

Legionella Bacteria - Photo Credit CDC PHIL   #10,966  Conventional wisdom just isn't what it used to be. For nearly forty years - since it famously sparked a major pneumonia outbreak at Philadelphia’s Bellevue Stratford Hotel during an American Legion convention in 1976 - Legionella pneumonia has been considered strictly an environmental illness. The mantra...

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CDC Updates Guidance - Adds Jamaica & Tonga To Zika List

Credit - http://www.cdc.gov/zika/geo/index.html#10,965                                       The list of countries where the Zika virus is currently reported to be transmitting increases...

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Macao Detects H7 In Poultry Market - Live Sales Halted 3 Days

Credit - http://portal.gov.mo/#10,964Macao, which is one of the most densely populated regions on earth, imports nearly all of its food - including live poultry - from neighboring Guangdong province.   Guangdong has, over the past four years, been the second most active province for H7N9 activity. Today Macao authorities are reporting that environmental samples taken...

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WHO: Statement Urging European Nations Prevent Zika's Spread

Aedes Albupictus - Credit ECDC VBORNET#10,963In 2007 Chikungunya arrived, albeit briefly, to the province of Ravenna (in the northeast of Italy) carried in by a traveler who had recently returned from India (see  It's A Smaller World After All).  Before the outbreak ended, roughly 300 people were infected. This was a huge wake up call for Europe, as it demonstrated...

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