Emerging Diseases
Other Infections
WHO Issues New Coronavirus Alert, Says It Does Not Spread Easily Like SARS
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- Category: Emerging Diseases
- Published on Tuesday, 02 October 2012 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
The World Health Organization (WHO) last week issued an alert informing healthcare providers about a new coronavirus that has so far caused 1 known death due to respiratory illness and kidney failure. The agency issued an interim case definition and asked providers to be on the lookout for new cases.
Bacterial Meningitis Outbreak among HIV Positive Gay Men in New York
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- Category: HIV-Related Conditions
- Published on Tuesday, 02 October 2012 00:00
- Written by Press Release
New York City's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH) last week announced that it is investigating a cluster of cases of invasive meningococcal disease over the past 2 years involving 12 men who have sex with men, a majority with HIV, of whom 4 have died. 
Immune Deficiency Cases in Asia May Be Due to Interferon-gamma Antibodies
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- Category: Emerging Diseases
- Published on Friday, 24 August 2012 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
Antibodies against interferon-gamma, a cytokine that plays an important role in immune defense against bacteria and viruses, were detected in nearly 90% of people in Taiwan and Thailand who developed multiple opportunistic infections (OIs), researchers reported in the August 23, 2012, New England Journal of Medicine.
New Tick-borne Heartland Virus Identified in Missouri
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- Category: Emerging Diseases
- Published on Tuesday, 04 September 2012 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) investigators have identified a new virus, thought to be transmitted by ticks, after 2 men in Missouri came down with an unexplained illness with fever and blood cell abnormalities, according to a report in the August 30, 2012, New England Journal of Medicine.
West Nile Virus Outbreak May Be Largest Ever in U.S., Says CDC
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- Category: Influenza
- Published on Friday, 24 August 2012 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
Based on the number of cases so far this year, 2012 looks like it will have one of the worst outbreaks of mosquito-borne West Nile virus in the U.S. to date, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced during a media telebriefing this week.
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