Category: Emerging Infectious Diseases
Equatorial Guinea declares outbreak of Ebola-like Marburg virus
(BNO News) An illness which has killed at least nine people in Equatorial Guinea has been identified as Marburg, a highly infectious and deadly Ebola-like virus for which there’s no vaccine, officials announced Monday. The outbreak was first detected last Tuesday, affecting people who went to a funeral ceremony in Kie-Ntem province, which borders Cameroon […]
Feb 13, 2023
Wild ducks found dead in Maine test positive for bird flu
(Boston) Wildlife authorities in Maine said six wild ducks found dead in a stream in Winthrop have tested positive for bird flu. The hooded mergansers were found dead in Mill Stream and tested positive for a highly pathogenic avian influenza, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife said Friday. The wildlife department said the […]
Feb 13, 2023
Equatorial Guinea confirms first-ever Marburg virus disease outbreak
(WHO) Brazzaville/Malabo – Equatorial Guinea today confirmed its first-ever outbreak of Marburg virus disease. Preliminary tests carried out following the deaths of at least nine people in the country’s western Kie Ntem Province turned out positive for the viral haemorrhagic fever. Equatorial Guinean health authorities sent samples to the Institut Pasteur reference laboratory in Senegal with […]
Feb 13, 2023
Gabon, Cameroon step up health measures following EG deaths
(Africa Times) n Equatorial Guinea, there’s not yet a confirmed diagnosis of the suspected hemorrhagic fever illness that has claimed up to 20 lives and forced a lockdown in the Nsok Nsomo and Kie Ntem districts near the border with Gabon and Cameroon. Health officials on Sunday were still waiting for laboratory test results on […]
Feb 13, 2023
Unidentified illness kills at least 8 people in Equatorial Guinea
(BNO News) Equatorial Guinea is investigating an outbreak of an unidentified illness causing hemorrhagic fever which has killed at least eight people, local officials say. Two affected villages have been put on lockdown. The health ministry in the central African country said the outbreak was first detected on Tuesday, affecting people who attended a funeral […]
Feb 10, 2023
As Bird Flu Spreads to Mammals, Health Officials Urge Caution
(Smithsonian Magazine) Amid a global bird die-off from avian flu, officials have also noticed the deadly virus strain, called H5N1, infecting a growing number of mammals. This week, the World Health Organization (WHO) urged authorities to remain vigilant—but not panic—about the virus’s potential risk to humans. “The recent spillover to mammals needs to be monitored […]
Feb 10, 2023
First Mass Mortality of Marine Mammals Caused by Highly Pathogenic Influenza Virus
PREPRINT Universidad Nacional del Comahue – San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina. (Machine Translated) 1 First Mass Mortality of Marine Mammals Caused by Highly Pathogenic Influenza Virus2 (H5N1) in South AmericaVíctor Gamarra-Toledo1,2, Pablo I. Plaza1*, Giancarlo Inga3,4, Roberto Gutiérrez2,3 3 ,Oscar García-Tello3, Leonela Valdivia-Ramírez3, Deyvis Huamán-Mendoza3 4 , José C.Nieto-Navarrete3, Sandra Ventura3, Sergio A. Lambertucci1 567 […]
Feb 10, 2023
Equatorial Guinea quarantines 200 after unknown hemorrhagic fever deaths
(Reuters) Equatorial Guinea has quarantined more than 200 people and restricted movement after an unknown illness causing hemorrhagic fever killed at least eight people, Health Minister Mitoha Ondo’o Ayekaba said on Friday as the government races to test samples. The outbreak was reported on Feb. 7, and from preliminary investigations, the deaths were linked to […]
Feb 10, 2023
Taiwan: H5N1 Outbreak
(Kimo News)Machine translated H5N1 high altitude sickness bird flu broke out at a native chicken farm in Chaozhou, Pingtung, culling 18,000 black-feathered native chickens The Animal and Plant Epidemic Prevention and Quarantine Bureau stated that the Animal Health Laboratory notified that a native chicken farm in Chaozhou Township, Pingtung County (voluntary notification) was diagnosed with […]
Feb 10, 2023
UK: Poultry to be culled after bird flu confirmed at Appleby
(News and Star) Highly Pathogenic Avian influenza H5N1 has been found at a site near Appleby-in-Westmorland. A 3km protection zone and 10km surveillance zone have been put in place around the premises. . The zones restrict access to locations where birds are kept and impose restrictions on the movement of birds. They do not limit access […]
Feb 10, 2023