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Initiative Malaria Outbreak Evolution In South Asia

Initiative Malaria Outbreak Evolution In South Asia

According to the study, satellites provide meteorological data; including land surface temperatures, atmospheric water content and information about land cover; including forest, shrubland, settlements or water. The initiative Malaria Evolution in South Asia; which was first funded in 2010 is one of 10 NIH-supported International Centers of Excellence for Malaria Research, or ICEMRs. Malaria cases and deaths…

Outbreak Of The Viral Hemorrhagic Fever

Outbreak Of The Viral Hemorrhagic Fever

Ebola virus disease (EVD) causes a viral hemorrhagic fever that is lethal in up to 90% of those infected. The virus is highly contagious, spreading quickly through direct contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person. Control of outbreaks requires coordinated medical services and community engagement. Where infrastructure and response are limited an outbreak…

Outbreaks Of Hepatitis A Associating With Drinking Water

Outbreaks Of Hepatitis A Associating With Drinking Water

According to the study, it showing that data determing 32 outbreaks of hepatitis A associating with drinking water were identifying during 1971 to 2017; and all occurring before 2010, according to research issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality. The researchers identifying 32 outbreaks that resulting in 857 cases;…

Significant Association Between Rise Of Populism With Measles Outbreak

Significant Association Between Rise Of Populism With Measles Outbreak

According to the study researchers explaining that the measles outbreaks; and political crises go hand in hand. There is a significant association between the rise of populism across Europe and the level of mistrust around vaccines. It is a coincidence that the news broke the day after Boris Johnson provoked widespread outrage by proroguing parliament.…

Increase Of The Mortality Rates In Ebola Survivors

Increase Of The Mortality Rates In Ebola Survivors

According to the study, the researchers describing that mortality rates in Ebola survivors; after hospital discharge could be 5 times higher comparing with the general population. Ebola survivors may be at increased risk of death in the first year after hospital discharge, particularly those who spent longer in hospital. The mortality in Ebola survivors was…

Worst Outbreak Of Measles In The New York

Worst Outbreak Of Measles In The New York Cities

As measles case reporting are becoming increased day by day in New York hospitals; so by this New York declaring end of worst measles outbreak in three decades. As measles is a highly infectious illness causing by the rubeola virus. But if measles enters an area where the people have never been exposing the result…

Using Lining Clothes With Graphene Prevent The Spread Of Malaria

Cross Border Contamination; Highlights The Risk Of Ebola Spreading

The study showing that major cases of Ebola seen at present; but the major issue is most of the cases have being detecting in children. Although cases of cross-border contamination have been rare, this case highlights the risk of Ebola spreading across the border into neighboring Uganda and Rwanda. Borders in the region are often…

Surveillance Program Could Help Prevent Ebola Outbreaks

Surveillance Program Could Help Prevent Ebola Outbreaks

According to the community-based wildlife mortality; the surveillance program could help prevent Ebola outbreaks. Human Ebola epidemics, like the current outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, are known to start from a contact with wildlife infected with Ebola virus. In the early 2000s a series of such outbreaks in Central Africa began from different…

Africa To Suffer From Outbreaks Of The Wild Polio Virus

Africa To Suffer From Outbreaks Of The Wild Polio Virus

The study data showing that Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation; was the last country on the continent to suffer from outbreaks of the wild polio virus; but has recording none since August 2016. Eradicating polio requires reaching more than 90% of vulnerable children and rigorous surveillance; tasks that have proven nearly impossible in war-torn areas. By…

Hidden Outbreak Of Zika Virus Infection In Cuba

Hidden Outbreak Of Zika Virus Infection In Cuba

The study showing the evidence of a hidden outbreak of Zika virus infection in Cuba; around 300 miles from the coast of Miami. The researchers managed to detect the outbreak by some detective work that used air travel patterns as well as genome sequencing of the viral samples. Zika virus is mosquito borne and made…

Outbreak Hints That Zika Virus Can Spread Silently

Outbreak Hints That Zika Virus Can Spread Silently

The study discoverying of the hidding outbreak hints; that Zika virus can spread silently. Infectious diseases such as Zika are global problems, not local problems, and greater international collaboration and coordination is critical if we are to stay ahead of looming threat. Through this study, we developing a framework for a more global; more proactive…

Large Measles Outbreaks In Texas Cities

Large Measles Outbreaks In Texas Cities

Recent study data showing that the outbreaks in Texas cities; which is increasingly susceptible to large measles outbreaks. The growing number of children arriving at Texas schools unvaccinating making the state increasingly vulnerable to measles outbreaks in cities large and small; according to a computer simulation. But additional 5% decrease in vaccination rates, which have…