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COVID-19, Zika virus, Influenza, E. coli, Tuberculosis, Norovirus, HIV/AIDS, Other Human Disease, Leishmaniasis, Malaria, Hepatitis, Histoplasmosis -- Worldwide/UnknownEditorial---------Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic -- unique opportunities for unifying, revamping and reshaping epidemic preparedness of Europe's public health systemsGiuseppe Ippolito, Francesco Nicola Lauria, Franco Locatelli, et al. IJID 2020; 101: 361-366.Clinical--------COVID-19 and sickle cell disease in BahrainAbdulkarim Abdul Rahman, Salman AlAli, Omar Yaghi, et al. IJID 2020; 101:14-16.SARS-CoV-2 infection does not induce HIV viral escape in the central…

Malaria -- NamibiaSix people died from malaria and 2643 positive cases were recorded in the Zambezi region this year [2020].Regional health director Agnes Mwillima told The Namibian they monitor malaria cases weekly and during the same time last year [2019] they had only recorded 261 positive cases and one death. This is an indication that the cases have increased drastically, she said."The cause of the increase in malaria cases might be because the climate in the region is conducive for mosquitoes to…

Malaria -- Worldwide/UnknownMalaria cases in the World Health Organization's (WHO) Western Pacific Region, which includes the Philippines, declined by 43% to 1.7 million last year [2019] from the year 2000, according to estimates by the group.Estimated deaths from malaria -- a preventable and treatable disease that continues to kill hundreds of thousands of people yearly -- also fell by 52% to 3200 during the period, the WHO said in a report posted on its website."Over the same period, malaria case incidence…

Malaria -- FranceAmong a specific French population of travelers under strict epidemiological surveillance, from August to November 2020, we report a statistically significant increase in the incidence of severe malaria attacks (_Plasmodium falciparum_) compared with historical data (+167%).The causes of this increase are not an increase in the incidence of malaria attack (stable between 2019 and 2020), nor the observance of chemoprophylaxis (stable between 2019 and 2020), but the mean delay to diagnosis…

Rift Valley Fever -- SudanDoctors say cases and dozens of deaths from the disease have occurred since the August [2020] floods, with cases of malaria and cholera also on the rise.An outbreak of Rift Valley fever has killed dozens of people and infected more than 1000 in Sudan's Northern state, according to local doctors.Doctors told the Guardian the disease has spread across the towns of Merowe, Al Dabbah, and Karima, mainly among cattle herders.However, the Sudanese government has so far denied there is an…

Introduction Malaria is a notifiable disease in all European Union and European Economic Area countries except Belgium and France, where only autochthonous malaria is notifiable. Although morbidity caused by malaria has been assessed, little is known about mortality incidence. Objective Our aim was to estimate the number of imported malaria-related deaths in hospital in metropolitan France. Methods We matched individual deaths reported between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2014 to the French National Reference Centre for malaria (FNRCm) with malaria-related deaths from two other sources: the French National Registry on medical causes of death and the French national hospital discharge database. A capture–recapture method with log-linear modelling was used. Age, sex and place of death stratification were applied to remove heterogeneity. Results The estimated malaria-related deaths in metropolitan France during the study period were 205 (95% confidence interval (CI): 191–219). The annual mean number of malaria-related deaths was estimated at 21 (95% CI: 19–22). The FNRCm malaria-related deaths surveillance had a 38% sensitivity (95% CI: 32–44). Among 161 in-hospital individual malaria-related deaths reported from three data sources, the sex ratio (male to female) was 2.6. Median age of the patients was 57 years, ranging from 1 to 89 years. Conclusion The pertinent finding of this report is that malaria-related death records were significantly more complete than case records. Therefore, data comparison of imported malaria morbidity and mortality between countries should imperatively be assessed using standard indicators weighted according to the completeness of health surveillance systems.…

Malaria -- IndiaThe AIIMS [All India Institute of Medical Science] researchers found the presence of malaria parasite _Plasmodium knowlesi_ in the north Indian population while doing a study on patients with acute febrile illnesses (AFI) and pathogens causing them. _Plasmodium knowlesi_ is found in nature in long-tailed and pig-tailed macaques. The zoonotic parasite was found in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, and Delhi. A previous study at AIIMS had found its presence in the Andaman and Nicobar…

Malaria -- IndiaAccording to a municipal report released on Monday [10 Aug 2020], 45 cases of malaria have been reported in the national capital this year till [8 Aug 2020].The commissioner of the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) had recently issued an advisory on prevention and control of vector borne diseases.Civic bodies have set up separate fever clinics to attend to patients afflicted with the vector borne disease, authorities earlier said.The number of households where…

COVID-19, Antimicrobial resistance, Bacterial Meningitis, Tuberculosis, Enterovirus, Other Human Disease, Hepatitis B, HIV/AIDS, Rabies, Chikungunya, Malaria, Influenza -- Worldwide/UnknownSetting priorities for patient-centered surveillance of drug-resistant infectionsElizabeth A. Ashley, Alistair McLean, Francesca Chiara, Nicholas Feasey, Walter Jaoko, Japheth A. Opintan, Sharon J. Peacock, Priscilla Rupali, Paul TurnerInt J Infect Dis. 2020; 97 (Aug): 60-65Coronavirus (COVID-19) collection---------------------------------Diagnostics-----------Fast SARS-CoV-2 detection by RT-qPCR in preheated nasopharyngeal swab samplesJulia Alcoba-Florez, Rafaela…

Malaria -- United StatesThe 3rd Annual Innovations Pitch Competition will highlight tools and methods that will improve vaccine acceptance, accessibility and delivery, and diagnosis and treatment, of high impact diseases in the pediatric population living in low-resource settings.The innovations proposed should be marketable, scalable and rooted in scientific rigor. Innovations may be target at, but are not limited to:- COVID-19- Climate change and consequences to humans and animals.- The mitigation of…

COVID-19 -- Worldwide/UnknownWHO said that it was discontinuing its trials of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine and combination HIV drug lopinavir/ritonavir in hospitalised patients with COVID-19 after the medications failed to reduce mortality.African Region--------------MadagascarMadagascar has placed its capital Antananarivo under a fresh lockdown following a new surge in coronavirus infections, 2 months after the restrictions were eased, the presidency announced. No traffic will be allowed in or out of the…

Forslagene til vaccination og malariaforebyggelse er opdateret.

Statens Serum Institut anbefaler ikke længere rutinemæssig anvendelse af tabletter mod malaria til rejsende til de fleste lande/områder i Sydøstasien og i Mellem- og Sydamerika. Og vaccination mod tuberkulose anbefales primært til børn op til 11-12-års-alderen.

On 15 April 2020, WHO received information regarding a confirmed case of yellow fever in Magandi village, Tchibanga city in Nyanga Province of southern Gabon, 590 km from the capital, Libreville. The case is an 83-year-old male with no known vaccination history for yellow fever. He had onset of symptoms on 30 January 2020 and presented to a health facility on 2 February 2020 with abdominal pain and jaundice. Between 2 February and 9 April, he consulted the Urban Health Centre in Tchibanga, the Christian Alliance Hospital in Bongolo and the University hospital in the capital Libreville where the case received anti-malarial treatment and remained hospitalized until his death on 9 April 2020. On 14 April 2020, the laboratory results received from the WHO Regional Reference Laboratory at the Institute Pasteur in Dakar, Senegal, confirmed yellow fever infection, by seroneutralisation test. The additional differential diagnostic tests performed were negative for dengue, West Nile fever, chikungunya, Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic fever, Zika and Rift Valley fever.