Zoonotic Infections News

The CDC has announced that seven outbreaks of Salmonella affecting 324 people across 35 states have been linked to contact with live poultry in backyard flocks.

WHO has announced an outbreak of Lassa fever in Nigeria, with 273 suspected cases and 149 deaths reported from August 2015 to May 17.

Using tweezers was the most effective technique to remove ticks when compared with three commercial removal devices, according to published study results.

Alpacas raised as hobby animals in Qatar tested positive last year for Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, or MERS-CoV — the first livestock outside of dromedary camels found to be infected with the virus that causes deadly MERS in humans, according to a report.

At least 38 suspected cases of Lassa fever and 15 deaths have been identified in Liberia since January, according to WHO.

Data from a 2013 outbreak of monkeypox virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo indicated more frequent community and familial transmission than previously reported.

Investigators for the CDC and the Alaska Division of Public Health discovered that a patient living in a remote area of Alaska was infected with a novel species of orthopoxvirus.

Investigators reported that a woman in rural China who was infected with rabies while pregnant and did not receive post-exposure prophylaxis, or PEP, later gave birth to a healthy boy before she died.

Four multistate Salmonella outbreaks in the United States have been linked to small turtles or their environments, according to WHO.

CHICAGO — Benznidazole monotherapy or benznidazole combined with posaconazole is more effective at treating Trypanosoma cruzi infection in asymptomatic patients than posaconazole alone, according to data presented at the American College of Cardiology Scientific Session.