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A West Nile virus case has been confirmed in a horse in Clarke County The affected horse--a vaccinated 8-year-old Holsteiner stallion--developed mild ataxia, prominent skin twitching, and moderate behavioral anxiety He has since fully recoveredThe analysis of the entire genome of the virus isolated from the collected birds revealed that it was not the widespread influenza subtype H5N1 but the subtype H5N8 which was responsible
More precisely, the analysis revealed that it the virus belonged to the clade 2344b, considered to be highly aggressive for birds
It causes a lethal inflammation of the brain (polioencephalitis) Lead poisoning could be ruled out as a possible cause of death for the birds, as the analysis of liver and kidney tissue demonstratedOn Sept 19, a 25 year old, unvaccinated gelding from Leroy had a high fever
The next day, he developed ataxia, tremors and lost his appetite Veterinary treatment was initiated, and this horse was alive as of Sept 28Ex-United State President Jimmy Carter, founder of the Cater Center, congratulated South Sudan for halting transmission of the disease
The people and government of South Sudan have achieved a great milestone in the worldwide effort to eradicate Guinea worm disease, said Carter in a statement Carter, who negotiated the 1995 ceasefire during Sudan's bloody civil war, said the success in the fighting the deadly disease was the fruit of good faith shown by all parties that agreed to the 1995 cease-fire during Sudan's terrible civil war, allowing health workers to start a campaign of interventions against this horrible parasitic diseasePeople familiar with the matter, said similar cases of FMD outbreak were reported from Kerala, but the spread was contained Himalayan states, including Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir are closely monitoring captive animals for the disease, some of them said
We carry out routine health check-ups of captive animals and the zoos in the state are secured so far, said Digvijay Singh Khati, state chief wildlife warden The state has 2 zoos -- the Dehradun Zoo and Pandit GB Pant High Altitude Zoo in NainitalThe symptoms of the disease, which were similar to those of LSD, were explained by a post-vaccination reaction According to the strategy of the Ministry of Agriculture in these 5 regions, vaccination against LSD was carried out in cattle
During the veterinary inspection, the vets reported new H5N2, H8N2, H9N2, and IB strains The fact that these strains are appearing for the 1st time in Egypt has made the situation all the more seriousIn the same period, there was also an increase in reports of infected dogs, the principal host of visceral leishmaniasis From January to December 2017, there were 69 cases of canine kala-azar
Notably, in the 1st semester of 2018, the cases reached 350A 79 year old diagnosed with a hantavirus infection died after suffering cardiac complications while remaining hospitalized since June 23 The victim, from the La Lagunita de Pedasí community in Los Santos province, became the 2nd person to die of a hantavirus infection this year, according to regional health authoritiesCidrap in the news The Osterholm Quote What Mr
Kennedy adds to this mix is really only more confusion and disinformation about what vaccines can do, what they don't do, how safe they are, how well they work Newsweek, Nov 15, 2024 More quotes Study on masks vs N95 respirators for health workers spurs concerns The findings suggest medical masks may offer similar protection as respirators against COVID-19, but experts say hold onThe man, who has a history of tick bite, was transported from Gobabis and is from a nearby village in the area The man is doing well and has responded well to treatment, authorities said
His blood tests confirmed that he has Congo feverFor unknown reasons that may include the stigma that surrounds this disease, the practice of hiding patients in homes continued in some areas, even after abundant treatment beds became available The great stigma attached to Ebola explains why suspicious deaths are routinely tested for Ebola Bodies that test negative can be buried in the traditional way, and families are freed from ostracism by the community
At least 37 cases and 21 Ebola deaths are reported in North Kivu province, where an outbreak of hemorrhagic disease was declared on Aug 1 after the one conquered in Equateur to the west A total of 37 cases of Ebola are reported in Beni including 21 deaths and a suspected case in Musienene in the Lubero territory, reports Top Congo, a VOA radio partner in the DRC, citing a summary of the Council of Ministers chaired by the Deputy Governor of North Kivu, Feller LutaichirwaReports on the number of dengue and Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever/CCHF virus cases in the past 4 years were presented before the National Assembly on November 7th
Since 2015, Congo virus has infected 613 people Of these people, 148 died due to the diseaseMore recently a new variant of the mpox virus, known as clade Ib, has appeared in the DRC and appears to spread more easily through close contact It seems to have first emerged in the area around the city of Goma, north Kivu, and is particularly prevalent among children under the age of 15 years old
Research suggests the variant could have begun circulating as early as September 2023A new case of bird flu has been discovered at a duck farm in South Korea's southwestern region, the agriculture ministry said Jan 8 in the latest outbreak in the duck farming region, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reportedEarly 20th Century - At some point in the first few decades of the 20th century, Simian Immunodeficiency Virus makes the jump from chimpanzees to humans in Central Africa
Now known as the subtype HIV-1, the virus begins circulating in Léopoldville, now Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo—believed to be the first zoonotic transmission of HIVThere is no cure and vaccine for the lethal virus, so the only solution to the problem is the killing of infected domestic and wild swine and avoiding contact with them This will seriously affect the industry for years, however the disease is harmless to humans
A total of 37 cases of Ebola are reported in Beni including 21 deaths and a suspected case in Musienene in the Lubero territory, reports Top Congo, a VOA radio partner in the DRC, citing a summary of the Council of Ministers chaired by the Deputy Governor of North Kivu, Feller Lutaichirwa.Reports on the number of dengue and Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever/CCHF virus cases in the past 4 years were presented before the National Assembly on November 7th. Since 2015, Congo virus has infected 613 people. Of these people, 148 died due to the disease.More recently a new variant of the mpox virus, known as clade Ib, has appeared in the DRC and appears to spread more easily through close contact. It seems to have first emerged in the area around the city of Goma, north Kivu, and is particularly prevalent among children under the age of 15 years old. Research suggests the variant could have begun circulating as early as September 2023.A new case of bird flu has been discovered at a duck farm in South Korea's southwestern region, the agriculture ministry said Jan. 8 in the latest outbreak in the duck farming region, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported.Early 20th Century - At some point in the first few decades of the 20th century, Simian Immunodeficiency Virus makes the jump from chimpanzees to humans in Central Africa. Now known as the subtype HIV-1, the virus begins circulating in Léopoldville, now Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo—believed to be the first zoonotic transmission of HIV.There is no cure and vaccine for the lethal virus, so the only solution to the problem is the killing of infected domestic and wild swine and avoiding contact with them. This will seriously affect the industry for years, however the disease is harmless to humans.
