Zoonotic Infections News

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A 1-year fellowship for senior trainees and early career infectious diseases physicians can help establish relationships with public health agencies and is an effective career development pathway, according to a study.

An investigation into a Salmonella outbreak in Canada linked to pet bearded dragons revealed a multinational outbreak that included a dozen cases in the United States in 2021 and 2022, researchers reported.

Among patients with Ehrlichia IgG, Rickettsia IgG or alpha-gal IgE following a tick bite, only those with heightened levels of alpha-gal IgE demonstrated musculoskeletal symptoms, specifically higher rates of knee pain, according to data.

Several cases of Mycobacterium bovis — an enzootic disease typically affecting cattle — transmitted from deer to humans were reported in Michigan between 2019 and 2022, according to a recent study.

Wastewater surveillance can detect a single mpox case in large samples representing thousands to millions of people, and its effectiveness increases as the number of cases grows, according to a study.

The front page of Healio | Infectious Disease News this year included stories about COVID-19, new vaccines, reversing decades of ID dogma, and more.

To mark the end of 2023, we compiled a list of this year’s Pharmacology Consult columns, in which our contributing PharmDs dig deep into the newest research to report on emerging therapies and vaccines for infectious diseases.

Last week, the CDC issued a health advisory to physicians in the United States about a more transmissible strain of mpox virus spreading in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and asked them to consider mpox when evaluating rashes.

For the past 5 years, we have asked infectious disease clinicians to tell us when and why they chose a career in ID.