Reasons For Bugs Infestation In The Mattress And Ways To Prevent Them
Bed bugs are one of the things that irritate people while asleep. As these bugs are quite adaptable to new ambiance, it has become very tough to efficiently exterminate them. They have the tendency to spread easily More...
Japanese researchers step forward to Toxoplasma vaccine development
Toxoplasma gondii is a common parasite which causes the development of fatal encephalosis or pneumonia in immunodeficient patients under treatment of AIDS or cancer. Pregnant women who are infected may suffer a More...
UN ranks ‘Top 10’ food borne parasites with release of new guidelines
1 July 2014, Rome – A “Top Ten” list identifying the food-borne parasites of greatest global concern has been released today, and new guidelines are being developed to control them. The parasites More...
CDC targets five Neglected Parasitic Infections in the US
When you think of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD), you think of diseases occurring in poor and developing countries. NTDs perpetuate a cycle of poverty that continues from generation to generation. Kissing bug More...
Venezuela reports spike in Chagas disease cases in January 2014
The Venezuela Ministry of Health has reported a great surge of the parasitic infection, Chagas disease during the first month of 2014, according to an El Universal report Feb. 4 (computer translated). The “kissing More...
Study: Eight out of 10 people in Saravane district, Laos infected with Opisthorchis, hookworm
A new study published today in the journal, Parasites and Vectors, took a look at helminthiasis problem in Southern Laos to try to understand helminth infection and associated risk factors in relation to existing More...
Discussing foodborne illness with Dr. Doug Powell
Outbreaks of salmonella and the parasite, cyclospora, have been big stories in the news during recent weeks and months. Image/CDC To sort out some of the latest foodborne illness news, food scientist and editor More...
Iowa ‘crypto cluster’ linked to unpasteurized apple cider
The parasitic infection, cryptosporidiosis, has been reported in high numbers in the Hawkeye State this year topping 1,000 cases. To add to that number is the latest cluster reported out of Johnson County, IA. Cryptosporidium More...
New radio show, ‘Outbreak News This Week’ to premiere Saturday on the Tan Talk Network
The Global Dispatch is proud to announce its next media venture- a new, niche radio program geared toward news and information about infectious diseases. The show, Outbreak News This Week will feature the latest More...
Milwaukee area cryptosporidium outbreak: parasite ‘not in the drinking water’ according to health officials
An outbreak of the parasitic infection, cryptosporidiosis, has been reported from some northern Milwaukee suburban areas, according to officials at the North Shore Health Department. Cryptosporidium oocysts Photo/CDC Eight More...
Wyoming reports more ‘crypto’ this year than the last two
The Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) is reporting 54 cases of the parasitic infection, cryptosporidium so far in 2013, with nearly three-quarters reported from Campbell County. The Star Tribune reports this number More...
WHO: 56 million people suffer from a foodborne trematodiases
At least 56 million people globally suffer from one or more foodborne trematodiases, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported today in it’s current Fact Sheet. Foodborne trematodiases are caused by More...
Cyclospora outbreak eclipses 600 cases, Texas accounting for 4 out of 10
As of August 22, 2013, a total of 609 ill persons with Cyclospora infection have been reported from 22 states, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) numbers. This number from the CDC doesn’t More...
Cyclospora affects three in Hillsborough County, Florida reports 25 cases total
Florida has not been immune to the parasitic outbreak of cyclospora that has affected 378 people in 16 states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) yesterday. The Sunshine State is now More...
Iowa health officials investigate two gastrointestinal outbreaks: Cyclospora and Salmonella
Iowa is dealing with two gastrointestinal outbreaks–one parasitic and one bacterial. The Hawkeye State was the first state in the current multistate Cyclospora outbreak that has affected 321 people in 14 states More...
Cyclospora outbreak tops 250 cases
The cyclospora outbreak that has affected parts of the Midwest continues to increase in cases as the total number now exceeds 250, in at least six states. Image/CDC The vast majority of cases have been reported More...
Iowa reports seven cases of Cyclospora infection
Iowa health officials are investigating the source of an uncommon parasitic infection, which has sickened at least seven people in the past two weeks, according to a press-citizen.com report yesterday. The cyclospora More...
What is Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis?
The story of three Australian women who developed complications from lymphocytic choriomeningitis, which they contracted after receiving organs from one donor and shortly died thereafter was published in a Sydney More...
CDC: Campylobacter, Vibrio food borne infections increase in the US, Salmonella remains constant
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate that about 48 million people, or one in six people in the United States, get sick from eating contaminated food. During a CDC telebriefing today, More...
Hepatitis A outbreak in northern Europe likely due to contaminated frozen berries: ECDC
A multicountry hepatitis A outbreak that has affected dozens in the Nordic countries of northern Europe is likely due to frozen berries, according to a European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC) More...
