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- Cholera – Kenya July 21, 2017Since the beginning of 2017, Kenya is experiencing an upsurge of cholera cases. The first cholera outbreak reported in 2017 was in Tana River County. The outbreak started on 10 October 2016 and was controlled by April 2017.
- Dengue fever – Sri Lanka July 19, 2017From 1 January to 7 July 2017, the Epidemiology Unit of the Ministry of Health (MoH) Sri Lanka reported 80 732 dengue fever cases, including 215 deaths. This is a 4.3 fold higher than the average number of cases for the same period between 2010 and 2016, and the monthly number of cases exceeds the […]
- Human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus – China July 19, 2017On 19 June 2017, the National Health and Family Planning Commission of China (NHFPC) notified WHO of five additional laboratory-confirmed cases of human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus in China. On 24 June 2017, the NHFPC notified WHO of 10 additional laboratory-confirmed cases of human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus in China. On […]
- Cholera – Nigeria July 12, 2017On 7 June 2017, World Health Organization (WHO) was notified of a cholera outbreak in Kwara State, Nigeria, where the event currently remains localized. The first cases of acute watery diarrhoea were reported during the last week of April 2017 and a sharp increase in the number of cases and deaths has been observed since […]
Zika Updates
- Zika virus classification tables June 29, 2017WHO: Zika virus classification tables
- Zika virus classification table April 13, 2017
- Zika situation report March 10, 2017
- Zika: Then, now, and tomorrow February 9, 2017They are tiny animals that live near or inside human dwellings where contact with people is high. Every few days, they lay 100-150 eggs which develop into adults in about a week. They are mosquitoes. The adult females feed on people’s blood, several times during the day.
Dengue Updates
- Prior dengue fever in people infected by Zika does not lead to worse illness July 14, 2017Individuals who are infected by Zika virus after having dengue fever do not appear to become more severely ill than people with Zika who have never had dengue.
- Study shows insecticide-resistance monitoring as key to controlling mosquitoes that spread Zika June 20, 2017One of the most common insecticides used in the battle against the Aedes aegypti mosquito has no measurable impact when applied in communities where the mosquito has built up resistance to it, a study led by Emory University finds.
- IU study may explain how Wolbachia bacterium prevents mosquitoes from transmitting deadly diseases June 16, 2017A new study from Indiana University may explain how a bacterium called Wolbachia prevents mosquitoes from transmitting deadly diseases such as dengue fever, West Nile virus and Zika.
- Zika viral load not necessarily linked to pregnancy problems, fetal abnormalities June 13, 2017UCLA-led researchers have found that Zika viral load and the degree of Zika symptoms during pregnancy were not necessarily associated with problems during pregnancy or fetal abnormalities at birth.