459 posts tagged infectious disease
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Prosecutors open probe into Madrid hospital deaths
http://www.healthexperiment.com/ 2008/ 05/ 14/ prosecutors-open-probe-into-madri…MADRID (AFP) - Prosecutors in Spain have opened a preliminary investigation into the deaths of 18 people linked to a multi-drug resistant bacteria outbreak at a Madrid hospital, a judicial source said Monday.
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Probe launched into Madrid hospital deaths
http://www.healthexperiment.com/ 2008/ 05/ 14/ probe-launched-into-madrid-hospit…MADRID (AFP) - Authorities in Spain launched Sunday an investigation into the deaths of at least 18 people in a reported bacteria epidemic at one of Madrid’s main hospitals. Deputy Prime Minister Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega, who was on an official visit to Niger, announced a probe into what she described as “a very, very serious incident” at the 12th October University Hospital.
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Train quarantined in Canada after passenger dies
http://www.healthexperiment.com/ 2008/ 05/ 14/ train-quarantined-in-canada-after…OTTAWA (AFP) - Doctors in hazardous materials suits swarmed a passenger train in Canada’s outback on Friday to contain a possible outbreak after one person died and several fell ill, officials said. But the emergency was soon deflated after laboratory tests found no evidence of infectious disease.
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No infectious outbreak seen on Canadian train
http://www.healthexperiment.com/ 2008/ 05/ 14/ no-infectious-outbreak-seen-on-ca…TORONTO/OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian health officials said on Friday that a death and reported outbreak of flu-like symptoms aboard a cross-Canada train were not due to an infectious disease and in fact were likely not related at all.
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Emerging Infectious Diseases: Trends and Issues
http://microbehunter.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ emerging-infectious-diseases-trends…Emerging Infectious Diseases: Trends and Issues, Second Edition by Felissa R. Lashley (Editor), Jerry D. Durham (Editor) Product Details * Hardcover: 616 pages * Publisher: Springer Publishing Company; 2 edition (May 14, 2007) * Language: English * ISBN-10: 0826102506 Book Description "This new work updates the highly regarded first edition...and is equally excellent.
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Pediatric Anaerobic Infections: Diagnosis and Management
http://microbehunter.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ pediatric-anaerobic-infections.htmlPediatric Anaerobic Infections: Diagnosis and Management (Infectious Disease and Therapy) by Itzhak Brook (Author) Product Details * Hardcover: 611 pages * Publisher: Informa Healthcare; 3 edition (November 15, 2001) * Language: English * ISBN-10: 0824706153 Book Description This totally revised
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WHO says China child-killing virus may be yet to peak
http://www.healthexperiment.com/ 2008/ 05/ 14/ who-says-china-child-killing-viru…BEIJING (Reuters) - An outbreak of a virus that has killed dozens of children across China may be yet to reach its peak, but will not threaten Beijing’s Olympic Games in August, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Monday.
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WHO says child-killing virus no threat to Olympics
http://www.healthexperiment.com/ 2008/ 05/ 14/ who-says-child-killing-virus-no-t…BEIJING (Reuters) - A virus that has killed 25 children and infected thousands across China will not threaten Beijing’s Olympic Games in August, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said in comments published on Monday.
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Boy dies in China as govt tries curb diseases before Olympics
http://www.healthexperiment.com/ 2008/ 05/ 13/ boy-dies-in-china-as-govt-tries-c…BEIJING (AFP) - The death of a child in south China has raised fears that a virus that has already killed 22 is spreading, as authorities called Saturday for better controls of infectious diseases before the Olympics.
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China orders nationwide fight against child virus
http://www.healthexperiment.com/ 2008/ 05/ 13/ china-orders-nationwide-fight-aga…SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China ordered authorities on Saturday to tackle hand, foot and mouth disease aggressively ahead of the Beijing Olympics after a rapidly spreading outbreak killed at least 23 children and infected nearly 4,000.