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Infectious Disease News
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janv. 27 2012
Olympics pose 'substantial' risk to world health
Mass gatherings like the London 2012 Olympics carry health risks that may threaten vulnerable people worldwide, public health experts say. ...
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janv. 19 2012
Norovirus shuts wards and unit at three Sussex hospitals
Wards at two hospitals have been shut and a unit at another has been closed to new admissions following an outbreak of the winter vomiting virus...
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janv. 19 2012
Indian TB cases 'can't be cured'
Tuberculosis which appears to be totally resistant to antibiotic treatment has been reported for the first time by Indian doctors...
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janv. 6 2012
Smartphone App Diagnoses Malaria From Drop Of Blood
The Lifelens’ Smartphone app has been more than 94% accurate in the tests they have run...
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janv. 4 2012
Travel, rare chicken, environmental exposure may raise Campylobacter risk
Identifying the most important sources of human disease is essential for prioritizing food safety interventions and setting public health goals...
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janv. 4 2012
Timeliness of contact tracing among flight passengers for influenza A/H1N1 2009
This study evaluates the timeliness of flight-contact tracing (CT) as performed following national and international CT requests addressed to the CDC (CIb/RIVM)...
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janv. 4 2012
Statistiques d'analyses du Laboratoire de santé publique du Québec
In French only...
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déc. 22 2011
Avian Influenza
Hong Kong government said Wed [21 Dec 2011] that more than 17 000 chickens were being culled at a poultry market after a chicken carcass tested positive for avian flu...
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déc. 20 2011
Surveillance of anti-tuberculosis drug resistance
Following 15 years of intensive effort, high-quality surveillance data on anti-TB drug resistance are available for two thirds of all countries in the world. These data show where MDR-TB rates...
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déc. 15 2011
Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease in Vietnam
The Vietnamese Ministry of Health has confirmed an outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) attributed to enterovirus 71 (EV71)...