Emerging Infections
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Chagas disease: Neither foreign nor untreatable
With better awareness of Chagas as a U.S. disease, and a treatable one, a positive blood result should never be ignored, say specialists.
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Concurrent outbreaks of St. Louis encephalitis and West Nile viruses reported in Arizona
The first known concurrent outbreaks of St. Louis encephalitis virus (SLEV) and West Nile virus (WNV) occurred this year in Arizona, according to...
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Tularemia outbreak in four U.S. states
There have been 100 reported cases of tularemia in 2015 among residents of Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming, according to a report by...
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Dengue disease is here and U.S. physicians need to get to know it
Know the warning signs that distinguish a case of self-limited dengue from one headed for severe and potentially fatal complications.
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Promising nonvaccine approaches to controlling dengue
As dengue vaccine development stumbles, nonpesticide-based mosquito control strategies gain traction.
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Zika virus adds to dengue and chikungunya threat in Brazil
Clusters of acute exanthematous illness since 2014 in Brazil have been linked to the Zika virus, but research also suggests the concurrent...
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Louse-borne relapsing fever appears again in Europe
The reemergence of an early-20th-century fever is an example of how increased migration from war-torn and resource-poor countries has created new...
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IOM report outlines viral outbreak preparedness
Developing medical countermeasures before an emerging infectious disease hits is a ‘national security imperative,’ an Institute of Medicine...
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Legionellosis cases continue to increase nationwide
The CDC’s Active Bacterial Core surveillance program confirms findings of previous studies that cases of legionellosis continue to rise in...
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Ebola virus may persist in semen 9 months after symptom onset
Male Ebola virus disease survivors may have viable Ebola virus RNA in their semen 9 months after the onset of symptoms.
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Carbapenem resistance on the rise in children
The prevalence of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae in children is low but has increased significantly since 1999, particularly among...