Category: Emerging Infectious Diseases
What to Know About the Marburg Virus Disease Outbreak
NYT In Rwanda, 11 deaths have been reported from this rare but deadly disease. Two people tested negative in Germany this week. Rwanda is in the midst of an outbreak of Marburg virus disease, a hemorrhagic fever with a high fatality rate that has killed 11 people there this year. The disease has been found […]
Oct 8, 2024
CDC to begin screening travelers from Rwanda for Ebola-like illness
NBC News Because of an outbreak of Marburg virus, travelers who have visited the African country recently will be screened for symptoms at three airports. U.S. health officials are preparing to screen passengers flying in from Rwanda for symptoms of Marburg virus, a severe infection similar to Ebola. “Starting mid-October, airline passengers who have been in […]
Oct 8, 2024
Race to combat mpox misinformation as vaccine rollout in DRC begins
Guardian For doctors and nurses fighting mpox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the virus itself is not the only enemy. They are also facing swirling rumours and misinformation. The first of millions of promised doses of mpox vaccine have finally started to arrive. Now the focus is on ensuring that people who need them will take them […]
Oct 2, 2024
Kansas State University research finds bovine H5N1 influenza may spread via milking
Sunflower State Radio A Kansas State University researcher has published findings linking milking practices to the transmission of bovine H5N1 influenza virus, which affects dairy cattle and was first detected in the U.S. in spring 2024. Juergen Richt is the senior author of the paper “H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b dynamics in experimentally infected calves and cows,” which was […]
Oct 2, 2024
H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b dynamics in experimentally infected calves and cows
Nature In March 2024, highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAIV) clade 2.3.4.4b H5N1 infections in dairy cows were first reported from Texas, USA1. Rapid dissemination to more than 190 farms in 13 states followed2. Here, we provide results of two independent clade 2.3.4.4b experimental infection studies evaluating (i) oronasal susceptibility and transmission in calves to […]
Oct 2, 2024
47 Tigers Dead In Vietnam Zoos Due To Bird Flu
VNA News Forty-seven tigers, three lions and a panther have died in zoos in south Vietnam due to the H5N1 bird flu virus, state media said Wednesday. The deaths occurred in August and September at the private My Quynh safari park in Long An province and the Vuon Xoai zoo in Dong Nai, near Ho […]
Oct 2, 2024
The majority of mpox cases can’t be tracked
Devex Health responders are largely not able to track how the virus is moving from person to person as cases steadily increase across the African continent. As cases of mpox steadily increase across the African continent, some 68% of them don’t have an epidemiological link — meaning they’re popping up among people that health workers aren’t […]
Oct 2, 2024
The Current International Mpox Emergency and the U.S. Role: An Explainer
KFF Major outbreaks of mpox – the infectious disease previously called monkeypox – are ongoing in a number of African countries, in particular the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). In addition, several mpox cases linked to the DRC outbreak have now been identified in some non-African countries, including Sweden and Thailand. Due to these […]
Oct 2, 2024
NIAID’s Jeanne Marrazzo speaks on bird flu, mpox, and succeeding Anthony Fauci
STAT Political repair work has mixed with concern about outbreaks of infectious diseases. A year ago last week, Jeanne Marrazzo stepped into a very big pair of shoes. Marrazzo became the first new director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in decades, taking over a job held for 38 years by Anthony […]
Oct 2, 2024
Marburg is an especially scary virus. How scared should we be of Rwanda’s outbreak?
NPR “Do not continue your daily activities” if you have a high fever, a severe headache, diarrhea or vomiting, urged Sabin Nsanzimana in a press conference this weekend. If you are healthy, live life as normal and do “not panic,” he said. But those feeling sick must seek immediate medical attention. Nsanzimana is Rwanda’s health minister — […]
Oct 2, 2024