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Keeping Dental Instruments Sterile
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Keeping Dental Instruments Sterile – Disinfectant Cleaner All but one patient treated at Australia’s Bundaberg Hospital dental health clinic has returned a negative result for blood-borne viruses. The treatment stemmed from a problem which occurred in the cleaning process of dental instruments. Some of the ...3 days ago -
Texan dies of West Nile Virus infection, while North Dakota records lowest number of human cases in seven years
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CDC Final map of Human West Nile Virus cases in the U.S. 2008 Texas 12/01/09 dallasnews.com: A 66-year-old Denton man died Sunday from the West Nile virus , his family said. Charlie Mac Sweatman had been sick for nine weeks, said his son, Gary Sweatman. Doctors first believed he had the flu and ...3 days ago -
Purdue University researchers seek new vaccines and drugs to fight West Nile, EEE, Chikungunya, and other common viruses
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National 11/18/09 physorg.com: Purdue University is leading a team of researchers in a federally funded effort aimed ultimately at developing better vaccines and antiviral drugs against two types of disease-causing viruses. One group, called flaviviruses, includes West Nile and dengue . The other group, ...6 days ago -
Beaver in Maryland and feral cat in South Carolina test positive for Rabies, and woman dies of West Nile Virus in Yakima, Washington
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Maryland 11/23/09 wfmd.com: Officials with the Frederick County Health Department say a beaver tested positive for rabies last week. Spokeswoman Karen Amoss said for anyone who lives in the Villages of Urbana area that may have had contact with the beaver, it’s recommended that you consult your ...1 week ago -
Fatal human rabies case reported in Michigan, while raccoons and a cat test positive for rabies in West Virginia, Florida, and Kansas
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Michigan 11/17/09 upnorthlive.com: A Northern Michigan man is dead [of rabies ] after officials say he was bitten by a bat. Officials with the District Health Department #10 say they can’t release many details on the case due to privacy issues, but say it happened in a northern county it serves. ...1 week ago -
Indiana man dies of rabies, and five other states report multiple confirmed cases of rabies in wildlife
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Brown Bat Indiana 10/28/09 indystar.com: Indiana State Department of Health officials confirmed Tuesday that someone from Clark County died of rabies after exposure to a bat, and the Jefferson County, Ky., coroner’s office is investigating a death last week of a Clark County man believed to be that ...2 weeks ago -
Animals able to pass, contract H1N1 flu
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Written by Amanda Curry, Daily Vidette Senior Staff Monday, 16 November 2009 In recent weeks, humans have not been the only mammals to contract H1N1. Several cats and ferrets have contracted the virus proving that animals are susceptible to swine flu as well. “The influenza virus has molecules on its ...2 weeks ago -
Now five West Nile Virus fatalities in Mississippi, and deer mice test positive for Hantavirus in California
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Mississippi 11/12/09 hattiesburgamerican.com: The Mississippi Department of Health (MDH) has reported another death in the state from West Nile Virus. A Rankin County resident is the fifth person to die from the virus this year. According to the MDH, there have been 53 human cases of the virus in ...3 weeks ago -
What is Vaccinia Virus (VACV)? See November 10, 2009, post.
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Vaccinia virus (VACV) belongs to the same family as the more infamous Variola virus that causes smallpox. In fact, VACV was once used for smallpox vaccinations. The last case of naturally acquired smallpox disease, caused by the orthopoxvirus Variola virus (VARV), occurred in 1977, and the last ...3 weeks ago -
Risk of Eastern Equine Encephalitis in New Hampshire high this year, and may be higher in 2010
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New Hampshire 11/08/09 eagletribune.com: More mosquito batches tested positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis in New Hampshire this year than ever before. Add to that the fact the state tested considerably fewer batches than in years past, and it adds up to a bad year for the presence of EEE in the Granite ...3 weeks ago -
Human Vaccinia Infection After Contact with a Raccoon Rabies Vaccine Bait — Pennsylvania, 2009
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Since 2003, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services has coordinated a multistate oral rabies vaccination (ORV) program for wildlife in a 15-state zone extending from Maine to Alabama and in Texas. The program seeks to enhance local control and prevent the spread of epizootic rabies among raccoons ...3 weeks ago -
South Korea swine flu toll rises to 45
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Seoul, Nov 4 (IANS) South Korean health officials said Wednesday three more people have died of swine flu, raising to 45 the number of fatalities from the viral disease in the country, WAM news agency reported Wednesday.A three-year-old baby and two men were the latest victims of the H1N1 virus, the health and family ...4 weeks ago -
South Korea declares red alert against swine flu
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Seoul, Nov 3 (DPA) South Korea Tuesday raised the swine flu alert level to its highest status due to the rapid spread of the viral disease in the country, officials said.The red alert level, the highest on South Korea’s four-level scale, means that government authorities would be mobilised to fight the virus and ...4 weeks ago -
India’s swine flu toll is 473
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New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) Eight swine flu deaths, including four in Maharashtra, were reported in India Saturday, taking the toll to 473, health authorities said here.Also, 77 new cases of the infection were reported in the country, taking the total number of people infected with the contagious flu to 13,861.With the ...5 weeks ago -
Global swine flu toll rises to over 5,700: WHO
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Geneva, Oct 31 (IANS) More than 700 people have died of swine flu this week raising the number of fatalities from the viral disease to 5,712 worldwide, Xinhua reported citing the UN health agency Friday.Of all the deaths, 4,175 occurred in the Americas, 605 occurred in South-East Asia and 465 occurred in the West ...5 weeks ago -
5,000 people died of swine flu worldwide: WHO
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Geneva, Oct 23 (Prensa Latina) At least 5,000 people have died of swine flu and 414,945 people were infected with the viral disease worldwide, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said in a latest update Friday.The WHO noted the Americas region is most affected with 160,129 confirmed cases and 3,539 fatalities. This ...6 weeks ago
