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PRO/EDR> Hepatitis A – USA (22): CDC
Hepatitis A -- United StatesState / Case Total / Hospitalizations (%) / Deaths / Outbreak Start Date / Data Current Through / New Weekly CasesTotal / 20 133 / 11 595 (58%) / 191 / New Cases = 410States with an ongoing outbreak:Alabama / 77 / 36 (47%) / NR / 9/1/2018 / 6/12/2019 / 12Arizona / 374 / 295 (79%) / 2 / 11/1/2018 / 6/13/2019 / 19Arkansas / 343 / NR (NR) / NR / 2/7/2018 / 6/7/2019 / --Colorado / 71 / 44 (62%) / 0 / 10/1/2018 / 6/12/2019 / 2Florida / 1876 / 1353 (72%) / 21 / 1/1/2018 / 5/31/2019 Read more [...]
Lost load leads to hazardous materials incident – TheReporter.Com
Lost load leads to hazardous materials incident TheReporter.ComHazmat Incident Prompts Closure Of Intersection SFGateHazMat cleanup closes roads in Vacaville Fairfield Daily RepublicVacaville hazmat incident prompts intersection closure SFBayView full coverage on Google News Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Anthrax – Italy (02): (LZ) cattle, human, 2017
Anthrax -- ItalyAbstract-------On [31 Aug 2017], a veterinarian and a farmworker were hospitalised for skin lesions. Both had been exposed to a dead cow on [19 Aug 2017] on a farm near Rome, where 8 further cattle died of confirmed anthrax later the same month. At admission, the 1st case showed a black depressed eschar and another smaller lesion on one hand. The 2nd case presented deep infection of the skin, with involvement of both arms. Anthrax diagnosis was confirmed by detection of _Bacillus Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> African swine fever – Europe (21): Belgium, EU, wild boar, epidemiology, control
African Swine Fever -- BelgiumDr. Houdart discussed various options as to how the virus might have got into Belgium - all of them related to human (mis)behaviour, like virus on left-overs or equipment, through a military facility, through the introduction of infected wild boar and, interestingly, he also mentioned intentional introduction. He discussed that over 5000 blood samples of domestic pigs from about 1000 holdings had been analysed. No outbreak so far has been confirmed in domestic pigs in Read more [...]
PRO/EDR> Poliomyelitis update (49): Pakistan (KP)
Polio -- PakistanThe National Institute of Health (NIH) Islamabad [Mon 17 Jun 2019] notified a fresh polio case from district Bannu [Khyber Pakhtunkhwa] taking the total count of polio cases in district Bannu to 9 [?8], in Bannu division to 14, overall in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to 18, and total of 24 in the country so far during 2019.Coordinator Emergency Operation Centre (EOC) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Capt. (R). Kamran Ahmed Afridi in a statement said that wild poliovirus has been isolated from stool sample Read more [...]
PRO/EDR> Undiagnosed illness – Malaysia (02): fatalities, indigenous, TB susp, RFI
Undiagnosed -- MalaysiaOur nation is now concerned over the deaths of 14 Orang Asli from the Bateq community in Kuala Koh, Kelantan. The real cause for the string of deaths must be quickly ascertained to prevent more from becoming victims.Environmental groups are saying that water pollution is the cause. While water pollution is a very important factor, the effect should be gastroenteritis rather than pneumonia. Apparently, tuberculosis and leptospirosis have been ruled out, but has miliary tuberculosis Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Die-off, sea lions – USA: (CA) domoic acid susp
Animal Die-off -- United StatesThe Channel Islands Marine and Wildlife Institute (CIMWI) says they have responded to an increasing number of reports about sick California sea lions.Sea lions have been showing clinical signs of domoic acid toxicosis derived from toxic prey, according to CIMWI.Toxic algae blooms produce the domoic acid toxin but are not harmful to all animals. Filter feeding marine animals including shellfish and small fish consume these toxic algae and do not show signs of illness.Sea Read more [...]
PRO/PL> Cercospora berry blotch, coffee – Uganda: (BM)
Other Plant Disease -- UgandaRed blister, a fungal disease; has attacked several coffee plantations in Bukomansimbi district [Central region]. Joseph Mulindwa, National Agricultural Coffee Research Institute, reveals that the disease has become widespread in the area which has caused farmers losses. The disease destroys the embryonic part of the coffee cherries, making them to ripen before they are due and eventually affecting the quality and weight on harvest.Mulindwa advises farmers to boost their Read more [...]
Hazardous Materials Incident Prompts Vacaville Street Closure – CBS San Francisco
Hazardous Materials Incident Prompts Vacaville Street Closure CBS San Francisco
VACAVILLE (CBS SF) – A “hazardous materials incident” has prompted the closure of an intersection in Vacaville on Monday morning, police said. Vacaville …
PRO/AH> Glanders – India (02): (UP) horse
Glanders -- India1. Elschner MC, Neubauer H and Sprague LD. The resurrection of glanders in a new epidemiological scenario: a beneficiary of "global change". Curr Clin Microbiol Rep. 2017; 4(1): 54-60; abstract available at HealthMap/ProMED map available at:Uttar Pradesh State, India: ][See Also:Glanders - India: (DL) horse http://promedmail.org/post/20190602.64987552018----Glanders, equine - India (04): (UP) control http://promedmail.org/post/20180522.5811652Glanders, equine - India (03): (MP) Read more [...]
PRO/EDR> Poliomyelitis update (48): Nigeria (LA) cVDPV conf
Polio -- NigeriaThe virus detected was cVDPV [circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus] from the environment, not from an AFP [acute flaccid paralysis] case. The date of sample collection was 12 Apr 2019.--Communicated by:EpiCore Surveillance Project******[2]Date: Thu 13 Jun 2019 (submitted 16 Jun 2019 03:32 AM)Source: Nigerian Tribune [edited]The Lagos State Ministry of Health, World Health Organisation (WHO), United States Children Fund (UNICEF), Belinda and Bill Gates Foundation, Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Undiagnosed deaths – Dominican Republic (03): travelers, resort
Poisoning -- Dominican RepublicA group of Jimmy Buffett-diehards from Oklahoma were incredibly sick in paradise -- the latest in an ever-growing list of tourists to be sickened during a jaunt to the Dominican Republic, a report said.DF, a travel agent who vacationed to Punta Cana with the Buffett-loving Central Oklahoma Parrothead Association, said 4 days into their April [2019] trip, he and other members came down with a mysterious illness. "I can't even explain how sick I was," DF told Oklahoma's Read more [...]
Mohrsville Road could be closed for weeks due to hazmat cleanup – WFMZ Allentown
Mohrsville Road could be closed for weeks due to hazmat cleanup WFMZ Allentown
Mohrsville Road in Perry Township could be shut down for up to four weeks due to last week’s chemical spill.
PRO/AH/EDR> Equine herpesvirus – North America (17): Canada (SK), USA (WA), horse
Equine Herpes Virus -- CanadaOn [Tue 11 Jun 2019] the Equine Disease Communication Center (EDCC) reported Canadian animal health officials have reported multiple cases of equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1) on a single farm in southern Saskatchewan. So far, 5 horses diagnosed with equine herpes myeloencephalopathy (EHM, the neurologic form of EHV-1) have been euthanized."The 1st signs noted were sporadic abortions (6) in a group of 70 late-term brood mares, followed by severe neurological signs in 5 horses, Read more [...]
3M admits to illegal chemical release in Tennessee River – WHNT News 19
3M admits to illegal chemical release in Tennessee River WHNT News 19
DECATUR, Ala. – The 3M Plant in Decatur failed to obey federal law by releasing certain chemicals or the waste of those chemicals into the Tennessee River.
PRO/AH/EDR> Carbon monoxide poisoning – Nigeria: (IM) fatal
Poisoning -- NigeriaTragedy struck in Imo state on Monday [10 Jun 2019] after fumes from a generator left 10 guests who attended a traditional wedding dead.Punch Metro learned that no fewer than 30 other guests were on life support in different hospitals in the Ikeduru and Mbaitoli local government areas [LGAs] of the state as a result of the fumes the guests inhaled from the generator.Our correspondent learned that [F] and [I] had their traditional wedding at [U's] compound, Umuomumu Mbieri, in Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> MERS-CoV (54): Saudi Arabia (RI, QS)
MERS -- Saudi ArabiaIn the period since the last update [MERS-CoV (53): Saudi Arabia (SH, QS) http://promedmail.org/post/20190609.6511415], 10-15 Jun 2019, there have been 2 newly confirmed cases and one outcome recovery reported by the Saudi MOH.Information on newly confirmed cases (2)[1]Date of confirmation: 10 Jun 2019Case no.: 19-1929MERS from Unaizah city: 28-year-old male from Unaizah city, Qassim regionContact with camels: YesCase classification: PrimaryCurrent status: Read more [...]
Environmental group concerned about illegal chemical release into Tennessee River – WHNT News 19
Environmental group concerned about illegal chemical release into Tennessee River WHNT News 19
DECATUR, Ala.- A local environmental group is concerned after learning the 3M plant failed to obey federal law when it released certain chemicals into the …
PRO/EDR> Poliomyelitis update (47): Nigeria (LA) positive environmental samples, RFI
Polio -- NigeriaWith Nigeria almost at the last stage of being declared a polio-free country, the Lagos state government has confirmed the environmental strand [???] of polio virus in Makoko, Itire and Maracana canals in the state.Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Ministry of Health, Titilayo Goncalves, who disclosed this at a day media/stakeholders sensitization workshop in Lagos on Thursday [13 Jun 2019], said the state government, with support from the United Nations Children's Funds (UNICEF) and Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Salmonellosis – USA (02): live poultry, multiple serotypes
Salmonella -- United StatesAlabama / 7Arkansas / 8Arizona / 1California / 9Colorado / 4Connecticut / 3Iowa / 4Idaho / 4Illinois / 5Indiana / 2Kansas / 4Kentucky / 11Louisiana / 2Massachusetts / 3Maryland / 7Maine / 5Michigan / 4Minnesota / 5Missouri / 12Mississippi / 9Montana / 2North Carolina / 2Nebraska / 4New Mexico / 3Nevada / 1Ohio / 32Oklahoma / 3Oregon / 2Pennsylvania / 18Rhode Island / 1South Carolina / 1South Dakota / 3Tennessee / 26Texas / Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Infectious hypodermal & hematopoietic necrosis – USA: (TX, FL) shrimp, OIE
Other Animal Disease -- United StatesInformation received on [and dated] 13 Jun 2019 from Dr. Jack Shere, Deputy Administrator Chief Veterinary Officer, USDA-APHIS Veterinary Services, US Department of Agriculture, Washington, USASummaryReport type: Immediate notificationDate of start of the event: 13 May 2019Date of confirmation of the event: 10 Jun 2019Reason for notification: 1st occurrence of a listed disease Manifestation of disease: Subclinical infectionCausal agent: Infectious hypodermal and Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> E. coli EHEC – USA (10): O26, flour, alert, recall
E. coli -- United StatesCalifornia / 1Connecticut / 1Missouri / 1New Jersey / 1New York / 5Ohio / 5Pennsylvania / 2Rhode Island / 1---------------Total / 17Three hospitalizations and no deaths have been reported. Epidemiologic and laboratory evidence indicates flour is a likely source of this outbreak.On 13 Jun 2019, King Arthur Flour, Inc., a customer of ADM Milling Co., announced a recall of 14 218 cases of 5-lb. King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour because the flour may be Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Hepatitis C – USA (02): (NC) injection drug use
Hepatitis C -- United StatesA man used injected drugs in the 1980s. Years later, the 57-year-old from Greensboro, North Carolina, started feeling sick, fatigued, and foggy. When he went to the doctor in 2000, he was shocked to find out that he was infected with hepatitis C. His situation is not unique. An increasing number of North Carolinians live with hepatitis C, many of whom are unaware they are infected. In response to a dramatic statewide spike in hepatitis C infections fueled by the opioid Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Brucellosis – USA (03): (DE) Mexican unpasteurized dairy products
Brucellosis -- United StatesDelaware state health officials are reminding the public to avoid consuming raw dairy products as it announced a confirmed case of brucellosis caused by _Brucella melitensis_ in a 46-year-old Sussex County woman.The illness is a bacterial infection that primarily affects those consuming, or coming into contact with, contaminated animals or animal products. The most common source of infection is through the consumption of raw, unpasteurized dairy products. Prior to becoming Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Leishmaniasis – Singapore: dog, OIE
Leishmaniasis -- SingaporeInformation received on [and dated] 14 Jun 2019 from Dr. Him Hoo Yap, Chief Veterinary Officer, Director General, Deputy CEO, Regulatory Programmes and Operations, Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority, Singapore, SingaporeSummaryReport type: Immediate notification Date of start of the event: 28 May 2019Date of confirmation of the event: 5 Jun 2019Report date: 14 Jun 2019Date submitted to OIE: 14 Jun 2019Reason for notification: Recurrence of a listed diseaseDate of previous Read more [...]
Chemical leak reported near New Haven school – WFSB
Chemical leak reported near New Haven school WFSBChemical Leak Triggers New Haven School Shelter-In-Place patch.comEmergency Crews Respond to Chemical Leak in New Haven NBC ConnecticutNew Haven crews clean after haz-mat incident near school FOX61 HartfordView full coverage on Google News Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Influenza A, poultry (03): Belgium, A(H3), low pathogenicity, spread, control
Influenza -- BelgiumTimeline- 1st case detected in January 2019-- In the framework of the avian influenza surveillance programme-- Flock of outdoor laying hens-- LPAI H3N1, but brain was positive in PCR-- Depopulation on initiative of the farmer- 6 Apr 2019: the same farm is infected again- Quick rise of the number of cases since last week of April [2019]Current situation- H3 influenza confirmed in 71 poultry farms by PCR, of which 6 confirmed as H3N1Clinical symptoms- Eggshell defects Read more [...]
PRO/EDR> Clostridium difficile – USA: FMT, fatal MDRO infection, new regulations, FDA
C. difficile -- United StatesTwo patients contracted severe infections, and one of them died, from fecal transplants that contained drug-resistant bacteria, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reported on Thursday [13 Jun 2019].As a result, the agency is halting a number of clinical trials until the researchers conducting them can demonstrate that they have procedures in place to screen donated stool for dangerous organisms, said Dr. Peter Marks, director of the agency's Center for Biologics Evaluation Read more [...]
PRO/EDR> Bacterial sepsis – USA: platelet transfusion, Acinetobacter, S. saprophyticus
Staph -- United StatesA total of 4 people in 3 states developed sepsis after receiving bacteria-contaminated platelet transfusions between May and October last year [2018], according to a US government report released Thursday [13 Jun 2019]. One of the 4 patients died.The source of the bacterial contamination of the platelets isn't clear. An analysis by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] found that the bacteria were closely related, and the contamination might be from a common source. Read more [...]
PRO/EDR> Ebola update (56): Congo DR (NK,IT) updates, no PHEIC, Merck vaccine, Africa CDC
Ebola — DR Congo
PRO/AH> Malaria – Trinidad & Tobago: ex Venezuela, imported cases
Malaria -- Trinidad & TobagoThere have been 17 malaria cases thus far in Trinidad and Tobago in 2019, and 13 are Venezuelans. One case is a Trinbagonian, one is from Uganda, one is from Ghana, and one is from Guyana.This was disclosed by health minister Terrence Deyalsingh as he responded to a question from Oropouche West MP Vidia Gayadeen-Gopeesingh on whether there was truth to social media reports that many Venezuelan nationals seeking medical attention at Port of Spain and San Fernando general Read more [...]
PRO/EDR> Poliomyelitis update (46): global (Pakistan, Somalia, Angola)
Polio -- AfghanistanNew wild poliovirus reported this week:AFP cases: 1Environment: 0New cVDPV poliovirus reported this week:AFP cases: 2Environment: 0Contact: 1HeadlinesSummary of new viruses this week:- Pakistan - 1 wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) case;- Somalia - 1 circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) case; and- Angola - 1 (1st) circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) case.Afghanistan- No wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) case was reported in the past Read more [...]
3M admits to illegal chemical release in Tennessee River – whnt.com
3M admits to illegal chemical release in Tennessee River whnt.com
DECATUR, Ala. – The 3M Plant in Decatur failed to obey federal law by releasing certain chemicals or the waste of those chemicals into the Tennessee River.
PRO/AH/EDR> Aspergillosis, birds – New Zealand: endangered parrot
Aspergillosis -- New ZealandAn unprecedented disease outbreak has pushed the critically endangered kakapo, the world's fattest parrot, closer to extinction, New Zealand scientists said Thursday [13 Jun 2019]. One of the last kakapo populations on remote Codfish Island has been hit with a fungal respiratory disease called aspergillosis, the Department of Conservation (DOC) said.The DOC said 36 of the parrots were receiving treatment and 7 had died, including 2 adults -- a huge loss for a species that Read more [...]
PRO/AH> Influenza A, poultry (02): Belgium, A(H3), low pathogenicity, spread
Influenza -- BelgiumA poultry farm in Wallonia is the latest affected by the H3 virus, a very mild form of avian influenza currently present in Belgium, according to local media.Since April [2019], dozens of farms have been contaminated in Flanders. The first 2 Walloon cases are located in Libramont and the province of Liege according to the Federal Agency for Food Safety.Infected hens do not die as a direct result, but are more vulnerable and can catch other diseases. It also causes a drop in egg Read more [...]
PRO/EDR> Diphtheria – Canada: (AB) cutaneous, reinfection
Diphtheria -- CanadaAn Edmonton elementary school student with a compromised immune system has been diagnosed with a rare and potentially deadly diphtheria infection yet again. Edmonton Public Schools sent home a letter to families of Evansdale School students, alerting them to a confirmed case of diphtheria. This is the same north Edmonton school where, in 2017, a student was confirmed to have the disease.The 11-year-old boy was the student who had diphtheria last school year, and on Monday [10 Read more [...]
Partnership to develop virtual reality training on hazardous materials – ChemEngOnline
Partnership to develop virtual reality training on hazardous materials ChemEngOnline
HTX Labs LLC (Houston; www.htxlabs.com) the creator of enterprise immersive training simulations and technology for global business entities and government.
Cleanup Continues for Hazardous Material Spill in Hamel, Ill. – Government Technology
Cleanup Continues for Hazardous Material Spill in Hamel, Ill. Government Technology
According to a news release from the Illinois Department of Public Health and IEPA, people who were in the area when the release occurred, or later that …
PRO/EDR> Pertussis update (07): Europe, Americas
Whooping Cough -- United Kingdom1. Zerbo O, Bartlett J, Goddard K, et al. Acellular pertussis vaccine effectiveness over time. Pediatrics. 2019. pii: e20183466. doi: 10.1542/peds.2018-3466. [Epub ahead of print]; 2. Edwards KM. Challenges to Pertussis Control. Pediatrics. 2019. pii: e20191276. doi: 10.1542/peds.2019-1276. [Epub ahead of print]; . - Sr.Tech.Ed.MJHealthMap/ProMED-mail map of California, United States: ]******[5] Canada (British Columbia)Date: Fri 7 Jun 2019 9:30 AM PDTSource: Williams Read more [...]
PRO/PL> Southern tomato virus – UK (02): symptomatology, comment