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By Region: North America

Uganda confirms at least one case of Crimean-Congo fever

(FoxNews) An Ugandan farmer has been hospitalised with a confirmed case of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever, and a further three people are suspected to have died from the same virus, the health ministry said Friday. The virus, which causes severe bleeding and has a fatality rate as high as 40 percent, is usually spread by tick Read More »

August 19, 2013
| Filed under Africa, North America, South America, Agents & Toxins, and International
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Containing infectious disease outbreaks

(Science Daily) Researchers at the University of East Anglia have identified a rapid response which could help halt infectious diseases such as bird flu, swine flu and SARS before they take hold. Focusing on the avian flu virus strain H5N1, research published today in the journal PLOS ONE identifies key stages in the poultry trade Read More »

August 19, 2013
| Filed under Europe, North America, South America, and Research
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Central Asia’s First Biothreat Research Lab to Play Threat-Reduction Role

(GlobalSecurityNewswire) A state-of-the-art medical research laboratory is under construction in a suburb of Almaty, Kazakhstan’s business capital, using U.S. funds aimed at helping reorient former biological weapons-related research under the Soviet Union to peaceful public health uses, according to officials involved with the project. When it opens in 2015, the Central Reference Laboratory is expected Read More »

August 12, 2013
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, Europe, North America, and International
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Human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus – update

(WHO) The National Health and Family Planning Commission, China notified WHO of a new laboratory-confirmed case of human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus. This is the first new confirmed case of human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus since 20 July 2013. The patient is a 51-year-old woman from Huizhou, Guangdong Province. She became Read More »

August 12, 2013
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East, North America, and International
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Dengue epidemic looms for Central American region

(LasVegasSun) Central America is on track to have one of its worst years ever for the painful, sometimes fatal disease of dengue, prompting governments across the region to mobilize against the mosquito-borne virus. There have been 120,000 suspected cases of dengue reported across Central America so far in the season, which is roughly June to Read More »