- 22 May 2017 Undiagnosed disease - Angola: (HL) fatalities, RFI
- 22 May 2017 Sheep pox & goat pox - Egypt: (WJ) ovine, first report, OIE
- 22 May 2017 Tick-borne encephalitis virus - Latvia
- 22 May 2017 Antibiotic resistance (03): USA (TX) MDR K. pneumoniae, CG307 predominant clone
- 22 May 2017 Hepatitis E - UK: EU pork products
- 22 May 2017 West Nile virus - Americas: USA (MI)
- 22 May 2017 Rotavirus - UK: (England) hospital outbreak
- 22 May 2017 Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update (32): Asia (Yemen)
- 22 May 2017 Chikungunya (18): Asia (Pakistan)
- 21 May 2017 Hantavirus - Americas (33): Chile (LL)
- 21 May 2017 Undiagnosed illness - Zimbabwe: (MN) RFI
- 21 May 2017 Undiagnosed deaths, bovine, caprine - India: (GJ)castor plant poisoning susp,RFI
- 21 May 2017 Porcine epidemic diarrhea - North America: Canada (MB)
- 21 May 2017 Ebola update (24): news, research, vaccine
- 21 May 2017 Lyme disease - USA (02): (WV) canine
- 20 May 2017 Phosphine gas poisoning - Spain: (Burgos) fatalities
- 20 May 2017 Avian influenza (102): Congo DR (IT), poultry, HPAI, RFI
- 20 May 2017 Hepatitis A - UK (03): (Scotland) bakery
- 20 May 2017 Trypanosomiasis (Chagas disease) - Brazil: under reported
- 20 May 2017 Cryptosporidiosis - USA (02)
- 20 May 2017 E. coli EHEC - Canada (10): (BC) O121, flour
- 20 May 2017 Candida auris - USA (04): nosocomial, epidemiology, drug resistance
- 20 May 2017 Hand, foot & mouth disease update (04): Australia (VI)
- 20 May 2017 Mumps update (18): USA
- 20 May 2017 Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update (31): Africa
- 19 May 2017 MERS-CoV (27): Saudi Arabia (RI,AS,QS) nosocomial transmission
- 19 May 2017 Hantavirus - Americas (32): Panama (LS)
- 19 May 2017 Pertussis (04): Canada, USA
- 19 May 2017 Meningitis, meningococcal - Niger: fatal
- 19 May 2017 Varicella - Pakistan (03): (PB) RFI
- 19 May 2017 Norovirus - Spain: (CT) hospital staff
- 19 May 2017 Anthrax - Switzerland (03): (JU) second bovine
- 19 May 2017 Botulism - USA (08): (CA) gas station food, nacho cheese
- 19 May 2017 Malaria - South Africa (04): (LP, MP) Kruger National Park
- 19 May 2017 Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update (30): Asia (Yemen)
- 19 May 2017 Trypanosomiasis - The Netherlands (02): ex Tanzania, comment
- 19 May 2017 Undiagnosed die-off, fish - USA (03): (CA) shark, update
- 19 May 2017 Ebola update (23): DRC, news, vaccine
- 18 May 2017 Foot & mouth disease - Jordan (02): livestock, st. O, genotype O/ME-SA/Ind-2001d
- 18 May 2017 Marteilia refringens - United Kingdom: (Northern Ireland) mussels, 1st rep, OIE
- 18 May 2017 Chikungunya (17): Asia (Bangladesh)
- 18 May 2017 Ebola update (22): WHO sit rep, news, research, vaccine
- 18 May 2017 Trypanosomiasis - The Netherlands: ex Tanzania
- 17 May 2017 Venomous snake bites - Nepal: (Kathmandu) incidence increase
- 17 May 2017 Zika virus (09): Americas, Asia, Europe, research, observations
- 17 May 2017 Whirling disease - Canada: (AB) fish removal
- 17 May 2017 Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update (29): Asia (Yemen)
- 17 May 2017 Anthrax - Niger: (TL) livestock, OIE
- 17 May 2017 Varicella - Pakistan (02): (PB)
- 17 May 2017 Hepatitis C - Taiwan: nosocomial, reused needles
- 17 May 2017 Hepatitis E - France (03): rabbit source
- 17 May 2017 Ebola update (21): Congo DR, Nigeria, news, research, vaccine
- 17 May 2017 Anthrax - Kenya (05): (KB) human recovery
- 17 May 2017 Avian influenza, human (52): CHINA, H7N9
- 17 May 2017 African swine fever - Europe (09): Ukraine (CK, PL) domestic swine, spread
- 17 May 2017 Kyasanur Forest disease - India (10): (MH), update
- 17 May 2017 Chronic wasting disease, cervid - USA (05): (PA)
- 17 May 2017 Blight, sweet chestnut - Germany: (BY)
- 17 May 2017 Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update (28): Africa (Horn of Africa)
- 16 May 2017 European foulbrood, apis - Europe: Liechtenstein (SN) OIE
- 16 May 2017 Cutaneous & renal glomerular vasculopathy, canine - UK (05): England, spread
- 16 May 2017 Yellow fever - Americas (46): Brazil, virus mutations
- 16 May 2017 Foot & mouth disease - Palestinian Auth (03): (WE) bovine,ovine, st pending, OIE
- 16 May 2017 Measles update (27)
- 16 May 2017 Pepino mosaic virus, tomato - UK
- 15 May 2017 Leaf rust, coffee - Honduras: new strain susp.
- 15 May 2017 Anisakiasis - Portugal: raw fish dishes
- 15 May 2017 Ebola update (20): Congo DR, news, vaccine, update
- 15 May 2017 Avian influenza (101): South Korea, poultry, HPAI H5N8, OIE
- 15 May 2017 Chikungunya (16): Asia (Bangladesh)
- 15 May 2017 Kyasanur Forest disease - India (09): (GA) susp. fatal case
- 15 May 2017 Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update (27): Asia (Yemen)
- 15 May 2017 Powassan virus encephalitis - USA (03): (NH) Alert
- 15 May 2017 Hepatitis A - Spain: (MD) MSM
- 14 May 2017 Anthrax - Kenya (04): (KB) official response
- 14 May 2017 Ebola update (19): Congo DR, Nigeria preparedness
- 14 May 2017 Angiostrongylus cantonensis - USA (03): (HI)
- 14 May 2017 MERS-COV (26): Saudi Arabia, EMRO update, RFI
- 14 May 2017 Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update (26): Asia (Yemen)
- 14 May 2017 Avian influenza, human (51): China, H7N9
- 13 May 2017 Kunjin virus - Australia: (WA)
- 13 May 2017 Scrub typhus - Australia: (NT) national park, tourists
- 13 May 2017 Hepatitis C - USA (06): injection drug use, state policies
- 13 May 2017 Yellow fever - Americas (45): Brazil
- 13 May 2017 Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update (25): Asia (Yemen)
- 13 May 2017 Avian influenza (100): Russia (TT) poultry, H5, RFI
- 13 May 2017 Norovirus - USA (04): (CA)
- 13 May 2017 Legionellosis - Australia (02): (VI, SA)
- 13 May 2017 Ebola update (18): Congo DR, vaccine
- 13 May 2017 Lassa fever - West Africa (17): Nigeria
- 13 May 2017 BSE, bovine - Spain (02): (CB) atypical L-type, OIE
- 13 May 2017 Hantavirus - Americas (31): Chile (LG, AR), USA (WA, CO)
- 12 May 2017 Poliomyelitis update (06): Syria (DY), cVDPV susp
- 12 May 2017 Equine infectious anemia, equine herpesvirus - USA: (CO) equine
- 12 May 2017 Meningitis, meningococcal - Nigeria (08): fatal, sg C
- 12 May 2017 Anthrax - Kenya (03): (KB) bovine, human
- 12 May 2017 Tularemia - Australia: (NS) possum
- 12 May 2017 Salmonellosis - USA (03): (MT) live poultry
- 12 May 2017 Clostridium perfringens foodborne illness - USA: (IN) restaurant, fatal, 2016
- 12 May 2017 Botulism - USA (07): (CA) gas station food, nacho cheese
- 12 May 2017 Hepatitis A - USA (06): (CO) MSM
- 12 May 2017 Ebola update (17): Congo DR, vaccine, research
- 12 May 2017 Brucellosis - Israel: camel milk, unpasteurized, melitensis, human, update
- 12 May 2017 Coccidioidomycosis - USA (02): (CA) increased cases
- 12 May 2017 Measles update (26)
- 11 May 2017 Foot & mouth disease - Tunisia (02): (BZ) bovine, serotype A, vaccination, OIE
- 11 May 2017 Foot & mouth disease - Israel (02): bovine, st A, Palestinian Auth, st pending
- 11 May 2017 Announcements (03): ProMED-MENA seeks infectious disease moderator
- 11 May 2017 Hepatitis A - USA (05): (CA) fatal
- 11 May 2017 Bird die-off, murre - USA: (AK) delayed recovery
- 11 May 2017 E. coli EHEC - USA (11): O157, deer droppings, water exposure, 2016
- 11 May 2017 Lumpy skin disease - Europe (04): Russia, vaccine
- 11 May 2017 Anthrax - Zimbabwe (06): (MN) human, wildlife
- 11 May 2017 Scombroid fish poisoning - Europe: spanish tuna, alert, recall
- 11 May 2017 Hepatitis C - India (02): (PB) thalassemia patients
- 11 May 2017 Chikungunya (15): Asia (Pakistan)
- 11 May 2017 Anthrax - Switzerland (02): (JU) bovine
- 10 May 2017 Meningitis, meningococcal - Nigeria (07): fatal, sg. C
- 10 May 2017 TB, MDR: Russia, India, Philippines, S. Africa, primary, predicted incidence
- 10 May 2017 Hepatitis D - USA
- 10 May 2017 Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update (24): Africa, Asia
- 10 May 2017 Hepatitis A - Portugal (02): MSM
- 10 May 2017 Equine infectious anemia - USA (02): (CO)
- 09 May 2017 Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update (23): Asia (Yemen)
- 09 May 2017 Anthrax - Guinea: (KB) human, bovine, susp
- 09 May 2017 Botulism - Germany: imported salted fish, alert, recall
- 09 May 2017 Avian influenza, human (50): CHINA, H7N9
- 09 May 2017 Foot & mouth disease - Israel: (HZ) bovine, st pending, OIE
- 09 May 2017 Winter tick - Canada, USA: expanding distribution
- 09 May 2017 Undiagnosed disease - Liberia (07): fatal, meningitis
- 09 May 2017 Undiagnosed fungus, mango - Bangladesh: (RP)
- 09 May 2017 Bacterial black rot, cabbage - USA: (TX)
- 08 May 2017 Guava rust, myrtaceous hosts - New Zealand (02): mainland
- 08 May 2017 Anthrax - Kenya (02): UK (Wales) link arrested
- 08 May 2017 Cucumber green mottle mosaic virus - Australia (02): (QL)
- 08 May 2017 Undiagnosed die-off, fish - USA (02): (CA) shark, RFI
- 08 May 2017 Anthrax - Switzerland: (JU) bovine
- 08 May 2017 Avian influenza (99): UK (England) poultry, backyard, HPAI H5N8, OIE
- 08 May 2017 Influenza (11): USA (Texas), H3N2v
- 08 May 2017 Foodborne illness - France (02): (ND) schoolchildren, cheese
- 08 May 2017 Porcine reprod. & resp. syndrome - Ecuador: (SD) first report, OIE
- 08 May 2017 Botulism - USA (06): (CA) gas station food, RFI
- 08 May 2017 Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update (22): Asia
- 08 May 2017 Crimean-Congo hem. fever - Pakistan (05): (BA)
- 08 May 2017 Leishmaniasis - Pakistan (02): (NW)
- 08 May 2017 Rabies (21): Americas (USA, Mexico)
- 07 May 2017 Measles update (25)
- 07 May 2017 Chikungunya (14): Asia (Pakistan)
- 07 May 2017 Syphilis, gonococcal disease, chlamydia: USA, Argentina
- 07 May 2017 Cutaneous & renal glomerular vasculopathy, canine - UK (04): (England) spread
- 07 May 2017 New in IJID (05): May 2017
- 07 May 2017 Parvovirus, new strain - Australia (02): (SA, VI) CPV-2C
- 07 May 2017 Botulism - USA (05): deer antler herbal tea, FDA recall
- 06 May 2017 Hepatitis E - Niger (03): (DF) fatal, pregnant women
- 06 May 2017 Hepatitis A - USA (04): (CA) fatal, RFI
- 06 May 2017 Spring viremia of carp - UK (02): (England), genotype D, European strain, OIE
- 06 May 2017 Avian influenza (98): China, HPAI H7N9, poultry, spread, control
- 06 May 2017 Parvovirus, new strain - Australia: (SA, VI) CPV-2C
- 06 May 2017 Plague - USA (05): (CO) feline, bubonic, alert: corr
- 06 May 2017 Pertussis (03): USA, Australia
- 06 May 2017 Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update (21): Asia (Yemen)
- 06 May 2017 Avian influenza (97): UK (England) poultry, backyard, HPAI H5N8
- 06 May 2017 Poliomyelitis update (05): Syria (DY) susp, RFI
- 05 May 2017 Hepatitis A - UK (02): (Scotland) bakery
- 05 May 2017 Staph. aureus, (MRSA) - CANADA: (QC) enterocolitis, antibiotic associated
- 05 May 2017 Tularemia - USA (04): (CO) wild rabbit
- 05 May 2017 Anthrax - Zimbabwe (05): (MN) wildlife
- 05 May 2017 Salmonellosis - Israel: human susp, RFI, poultry, eggs
- 05 May 2017 Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update (20): Africa, Americas
- 05 May 2017 Strangles, equine - USA (02): (CO)
- 05 May 2017 Equine herpesvirus - North America (15): USA (CA) equine
- 05 May 2017 Texas cattle fever tick - USA: (TX) more quarantines, tick spread
- 05 May 2017 Plague - USA (05): (CO) feline, bubonic, alert
- 05 May 2017 Swollen shoot, cocoa - Ghana: replanting
- 05 May 2017 Ramularia leaf spot, barley - Germany: (southern) new strains
- 05 May 2017 Avian influenza (96): Mexico (JA) poultry, HPAI H7N3, OIE
- 05 May 2017 E. coli EHEC - USA (10): O157, soynut butter
- 05 May 2017 Rocky Mountain spotted fever - USA: (TN)
- 04 May 2017 Coccidioidomycosis - Brazil: (PE) possible new state, RFI
- 04 May 2017 Anthrax - Zimbabwe (04): (MN) wildlife
- 04 May 2017 Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update (19): Africa
- 04 May 2017 Avian influenza, human (49): China, H7N9
- 04 May 2017 HIV - USA: (AZ) CRISPR
- 04 May 2017 Crimean-Congo hem. fever - Turkey: vaccine development
- 04 May 2017 Pantoea leaf blight, rice - Togo, Benin: 1st reps
- 04 May 2017 HIV - UK: (England) nosocomial risk, alert
- 04 May 2017 Porcine reprod. & resp. syndrome - India: (MZ)
- 03 May 2017 Undiagnosed disease - Liberia (06): (SI,MO) fatal
- 03 May 2017 Yellow fever - Americas (44): PAHO/WHO
- 03 May 2017 Die-off, farmed shrimp - Bangladesh: (KU) RFI
- 03 May 2017 Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update (18): Americas (Haiti)
- 03 May 2017 Yellow fever - Americas (43): Brazil, monkey
- 03 May 2017 Hepatitis B & C - Pakistan: (Sindh)
- 03 May 2017 Dengue/DHF update (04): Americas
- 02 May 2017 Leishmaniasis, visceral - Colombia: (HU) alert
- 02 May 2017 Malaria - Angola
- 02 May 2017 Angiostrongylus cantonensis - USA (02): (HI)
- 02 May 2017 Tick-borne relapsing fever - USA: (TX) 2015
- 02 May 2017 African swine fever - Zambia (02): comment
- 02 May 2017 Toxic caterpillar - UK: (England)
- 02 May 2017 Asian greening, citrus - Mexico: (OA)
- 02 May 2017 Leptospirosis - Dominican Republic: fatal, cases rise
- 02 May 2017 Mumps (17): USA
- 02 May 2017 Hepatitis A - EU (02): MSM, clusters
- 02 May 2017 Undiagnosed disease - Liberia (05): (SI,MO) fatal
- 01 May 2017 Spring viremia of carp - UK: (England)
- 01 May 2017 Brucellosis, neotomae - Costa Rica
- 01 May 2017 Zika virus (08): Americas, Asia, research, observations
- 01 May 2017 Undiagnosed disease - Liberia (04): (SI) fatal MoH/WHO
- 01 May 2017 Foodborne illness - USA (02): CDC, 2013-2016
- 30 Apr 2017 Typhoid fever - Kenya: H58 haplotype, antimicrobial resistance
- 30 Apr 2017 Rocky Mountain spotted fever - Panama: fatalities
- 30 Apr 2017 Rocky Mountain spotted fever - Mexico: (CH) fatalities
- 30 Apr 2017 Candida auris - USA (03): (NY) fatality
- 30 Apr 2017 Hepatitis C - USA (05): (MN) injection drug use
- 30 Apr 2017 Wohlfahrtiimonas bacteremia - USA: (WA) myiasis
- 30 Apr 2017 Measles update (24)
- 30 Apr 2017 Poliomyelitis update (04): fractional IPV
- 29 Apr 2017 Zika virus (07): Americas, PAHO/WHO
- 29 Apr 2017 Hepatitis A - UK: (Scotland) bakery
- 29 Apr 2017 Powassan virus encephalitis - USA (02): (ME)
- 29 Apr 2017 Unpasteurized dairy - USA: infection risk, 2009-2014
- 29 Apr 2017 Avian influenza, human (48): China, H7N9
- 29 Apr 2017 Botulism - USA (04): (CA) deer antler tea
- 29 Apr 2017 Antibiotic resistance - USA: (CA) MDR-Acinetobacter, bacteriophage therapy
- 29 Apr 2017 Candida auris - USA (02): (IL, NY)
- 29 Apr 2017 Tularemia - USA (03): increased northern spread, 1965-2013
- 29 Apr 2017 Undiagnosed disease - Liberia (03): (SI) fatal
- 29 Apr 2017 Pentobarbital, dog food - USA (04): recall
- 29 Apr 2017 Chikungunya (13): Asia (Pakistan)
- 28 Apr 2017 Dermatobia hominis - China ex Brazil: returning tourist
- 28 Apr 2017 Foot & mouth disease - Tunisia: (BZ) bovine, serotype A, OIE
- 28 Apr 2017 Yellow fever - Americas (42): USA vaccine
- 28 Apr 2017 MERS-CoV (25): Saudi Arabia, Qatar, WHO
- 28 Apr 2017 Diphtheria - New Zealand: (OT) NOT, corr
- 28 Apr 2017 Hepatitis C - USA (04): (MA) injecting drug use
- 28 Apr 2017 Tetanus - Australia (02): (SA) child
- 28 Apr 2017 Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update (17): Americas (Haiti)
- 28 Apr 2017 Avian influenza (95): Turkey (TT) poultry, HPAI susp, RFI
- 28 Apr 2017 Brown recluse spider - USA: (MI) nonstandard location
- 28 Apr 2017 Lumpy skin disease - Europe (03): bovine, data collection & analysis, vaccination
- 28 Apr 2017 Foodborne illness - France: (ND) schoolchildren
- 28 Apr 2017 Diphtheria - India (02): (KL) fatality, commentaries
- 28 Apr 2017 Hepatitis - Syria: (DR) RFI
- 28 Apr 2017 Ebola update (16): news, research, vaccines, funding
- 28 Apr 2017 Bovine tuberculosis - USA (08): (MI)
- 28 Apr 2017 Blast disease, rice - Bangladesh
- 28 Apr 2017 African swine fever - Zambia: (NR) OIE, RFI
- 27 Apr 2017 Diphtheria - New Zealand: (OT)
- 27 Apr 2017 Monkeypox - Sierra Leone: (SO)
- 27 Apr 2017 Undiagnosed disease - Liberia (02): (SI) fatal
- 27 Apr 2017 E. coli EHEC - Canada (09): O121, flour, further recalls
- 27 Apr 2017 Anthrax - Burkina Faso: (HB) bovine, OIE
- 27 Apr 2017 Botulism - USA (03): (TX) wound, drug-related, 2005-2015
- 27 Apr 2017 Angiostrongylus cantonensis - France: (Paris)
- 27 Apr 2017 Anthrax - Russia (02): (YN) reindeer microchip & vaccination
- 27 Apr 2017 Legionellosis - China: Hong Kong ex Macao, hotel, RFI
- 27 Apr 2017 Cytauxzoonosis, feline - USA: (OK)
- 26 Apr 2017 Hantavirus - Americas (30): Chile (LL) fatal
- 26 Apr 2017 Pythiosis - USA (OK): canine
- 26 Apr 2017 Undiagnosed disease - Liberia: (SI) fatal, RFI
- 26 Apr 2017 Avian influenza (94): Europe (Sweden), HPAI H5N8, poultry
- 26 Apr 2017 Hepatitis E - Australia: 1st postransfusion case, zoonotic
- 26 Apr 2017 Hepatitis E - Niger (02): (DF) fatalities, IDP
- 26 Apr 2017 Yellow fever - Americas (41): PAHO/WHO
- 26 Apr 2017 Measles update (23)
- 26 Apr 2017 Hepatitis - Iraq: (AN), RFI
- 26 Apr 2017 Kyasanur Forest disease - India (08): (GA)
- 26 Apr 2017 Herpes simplex type 1, genital - USA (03): (NYC) circumcision, editorial
- 25 Apr 2017 Malaria vaccine trial RTS,S - Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, WHO
- 25 Apr 2017 Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update (16): Africa (Horn of Africa)
- 25 Apr 2017 Foot & mouth disease - Algeria (07): (TO) bov, st A, new strain, spread susp
- 25 Apr 2017 Shigellosis - India: (TG) increasing fluoroquinolone resistance
- 25 Apr 2017 Undiagnosed die-off, fish - USA: (TN, KY) Asian carp, RFI
- 25 Apr 2017 Crimean-Congo hem. fever - Spain: (EX) detection in ticks
- 25 Apr 2017 MERS-CoV (24): UAE (AZ), Saudi Arabia (RI), WHO
- 25 Apr 2017 Salmonellosis, serotype 11:z41:e,n,z15 - Europe: poss. sesame seed source
- 25 Apr 2017 Salmonellosis - USA (02): (MO) restaurant link
- 24 Apr 2017 Avian influenza (93): Iran (MN) HPAI H5N1, poultry, OIE
- 24 Apr 2017 Foot & mouth disease - China (02): (XJ) st. O, bovine, spread, OIE
- 24 Apr 2017 Hantavirus - Americas (29): Chile (LL) NOT
- 24 Apr 2017 Infant botulism - USA (02): (CA) possible dust exposures, commentary
- 24 Apr 2017 Hepatitis A - India: (KL)
- 24 Apr 2017 Rat bites - Nepal: (Kathmandu)
- 24 Apr 2017 E. coli EHEC - Canada (08): O121, flour
- 24 Apr 2017 Avian influenza, human (47): CHINA, H7N9, WHO
- 24 Apr 2017 Psittacosis - Japan: fatalities, pregnancy, 2016
- 24 Apr 2017 Chytrid fungus, zebra fish: experimental infection
- 24 Apr 2017 Announcements (02): plant material & seed exchange, new global IPPC guidelines
- 24 Apr 2017 Undiagnosed fungus, rice - Bangladesh: (RP)
- 24 Apr 2017 Crimean-Congo hem. fever - Pakistan (04): (BA)
- 24 Apr 2017 Tuberculosis, elephant - USA: (OR) RFI
- 23 Apr 2017 Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update (15): Africa, Asia
- 23 Apr 2017 Avian influenza, human (46): WHO, human-animal interface
- 23 Apr 2017 Diphtheria - India: (KL): fatality
- 23 Apr 2017 Hepatitis E - Niger: fatalities
- 23 Apr 2017 Hepatitis E - Europe: blood donation screening
- 23 Apr 2017 Tularemia - USA (02): (CO) wild rabbit
- 23 Apr 2017 Hendra virus, equine - Australia (03): (QL) vaccine not mandatory
- 23 Apr 2017 Mumps update (16): USA (TX, MN)
- 23 Apr 2017 Yellow fever - Americas (40): Brazil (RJ)
Published Date: 2017-05-22 22:59:29
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Undiagnosed disease - Angola: (HL) fatalities, RFI
Archive Number: 20170522.5054746
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Undiagnosed disease - Angola: (HL) fatalities, RFI
Archive Number: 20170522.5054746
UNDIAGNOSED DISEASE - ANGOLA: (HUILA) FATALITIES, REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
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Date: Wed 17 May 2017 20:04
Source: Diario de Noticias [in Portuguese, trans. Mod.TY, edited]
http://www.dn.pt/lusa/interior/doenca-nao-identificada-matou-15-pessoas-nos-ultimos-dias-em-aldeia-angolana-8484097.html
A still unidentified disease caused the death of 15 people recently in Camunhandi village, a community in Mulondo, Matala municipality in the Huila province in Angola, as announced by local health authorities.
This situation was announced by the Hula Provincial Health Director, Altino Matias, who heads a team of technicians of the Ministry of Health, that is present starting today [Wed 17 May 2017] in that province, to carry out investigations.
According to the Angola news agency, ANGOP, most of the victims are children, and present with symptoms similar to those of yellow fever.
This is the 1st time that this situation is registered in this locality that is located 200 km [91 mi] east of Lubango city, capital of Huila province.
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[Depending on the clinical picture and temporal distribution of cases, the yellow fever hypothesis could be considered. However, it should be ascertained whether, as a result of the recent yellow fever that Angola passed through, the patients were not immunized against the disease. If they were [vaccinated], the hypothesis would become less likely.
As always, without more precise and complete clinical, epidemiological and laboratory it is difficult to pinpoint the most likely hypotheses.
However, meningococcal disease, malaria, typhoid fever, viral haemorrhagic fevers (including ebola [and Lassa fever. - Mod.TY]) should be potentially considered.
Additional information will be welcomed. - Mod.RNA
The yellow fever outbreak referred to, was 1st detected in Angola in December 2015, had caused 965 confirmed cases of yellow fever across the 2 countries, with thousands more cases suspected. The last case detected in Angola was on 23 June 2016. As Mod.RNA mentioned, it would be of interest to know what the yellow fever-like symptoms were in the current undiagnosed outbreak as well as the laboratory and autopsy findings, if autopsies were done. - Mod.TY.
When I first read the original article in Portuguese, it reminded me of the Marburg outbreak in Angola in 2005. I agree that YF might well be a likely diagnosis but if ruled out, I'd highly suspect Marburg... From 2005ProMED report 20050318.0791: "Jose Caetano, a WHO spokesman in Angola, said most of the victims were children with symptoms including fever, vomiting and diarrhea. He said at least 77 of the total of 83 people believed infected had died." - Mod.MPP
A HealthMap/ProMED-mail map can be accessed at: http://healthmap.org/promed/p/165]
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A ProMED-mail post
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ProMED-mail is a program of the
International Society for Infectious Diseases
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Date: Wed 17 May 2017 20:04
Source: Diario de Noticias [in Portuguese, trans. Mod.TY, edited]
http://www.dn.pt/lusa/interior/doenca-nao-identificada-matou-15-pessoas-nos-ultimos-dias-em-aldeia-angolana-8484097.html
A still unidentified disease caused the death of 15 people recently in Camunhandi village, a community in Mulondo, Matala municipality in the Huila province in Angola, as announced by local health authorities.
This situation was announced by the Hula Provincial Health Director, Altino Matias, who heads a team of technicians of the Ministry of Health, that is present starting today [Wed 17 May 2017] in that province, to carry out investigations.
According to the Angola news agency, ANGOP, most of the victims are children, and present with symptoms similar to those of yellow fever.
This is the 1st time that this situation is registered in this locality that is located 200 km [91 mi] east of Lubango city, capital of Huila province.
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Communicated by:
ProMED-mail
<promed@promedmail.org>
[Depending on the clinical picture and temporal distribution of cases, the yellow fever hypothesis could be considered. However, it should be ascertained whether, as a result of the recent yellow fever that Angola passed through, the patients were not immunized against the disease. If they were [vaccinated], the hypothesis would become less likely.
As always, without more precise and complete clinical, epidemiological and laboratory it is difficult to pinpoint the most likely hypotheses.
However, meningococcal disease, malaria, typhoid fever, viral haemorrhagic fevers (including ebola [and Lassa fever. - Mod.TY]) should be potentially considered.
Additional information will be welcomed. - Mod.RNA
The yellow fever outbreak referred to, was 1st detected in Angola in December 2015, had caused 965 confirmed cases of yellow fever across the 2 countries, with thousands more cases suspected. The last case detected in Angola was on 23 June 2016. As Mod.RNA mentioned, it would be of interest to know what the yellow fever-like symptoms were in the current undiagnosed outbreak as well as the laboratory and autopsy findings, if autopsies were done. - Mod.TY.
When I first read the original article in Portuguese, it reminded me of the Marburg outbreak in Angola in 2005. I agree that YF might well be a likely diagnosis but if ruled out, I'd highly suspect Marburg... From 2005ProMED report 20050318.0791: "Jose Caetano, a WHO spokesman in Angola, said most of the victims were children with symptoms including fever, vomiting and diarrhea. He said at least 77 of the total of 83 people believed infected had died." - Mod.MPP
A HealthMap/ProMED-mail map can be accessed at: http://healthmap.org/promed/p/165]
See Also
Yellow fever update - Africa (01): Angola, Congo DR 20170214.48398302016
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Yellow fever - Africa (112): Angola, outbreak over 20161223.4720671
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