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Saturday, January 26, 2013
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Nipa virus baby
26th January 2013
Rajshahi Medical College (rameka) Sea Hospital of the eight-year-old child has died. Sea neighboring village of Naogaon district badalagachi the krsnapura Entertainment Das son.
Sunday night at a quarter past 1 2tara rameka be admitted to the hospital ward No. 10. Tuesday evening at about 6 months after her death. Symptoms of death was available, the child was nipa virus. In order to send blood samples to ensure that the available Friday evening.
Hospital sources revealed that severe headaches and fever were admitted into the sea Sunday night. Prior to that he was at home sick khejurera juice drinker.
Rajshahi Medical College Hospital Associate Professor Dr. Ward No. 10. Ajagara Ali, we believe that the child nipa virus was Kidding Naogaon. In order to ensure the blood and other samples sent to aisididiarabite. Friday the positive's from nipa virus has been confirmed.
In response to a question link. Ajagara of the rameka hospital for treatment of patients infected with the virus nipa not kebine special measures. However, if you suspect someone is being kept in a separate bede.
For, before the year 1 January rameka Joypurhat two children died in the hospital. The virus was detected in the nipa. They are - Joypurhat district area saradarapara Photo Jahangir was the son of Mary (7), and the taluk dakara son Anwar Hossain tauhida (7). http://www.amaderprotidin.com/detail_page.php?id=10964&c=160&i=1#.UQQrPL_pccc
..Nipa virus are growing. The disease has recently been a few deaths. The disease is the number 8. Khejurera juice through the winter, bats, humans from the virus infection. The prevalence of the disease is more so sitakalei.
Nosology, Disease Control and Research Institute (aiidisiara) director general Professor at me and said, recently Rajbari, Jhenidah, Naogaon, Natore and Gaibandha six of nipa virus. They died within five janai. The winter season in the eight-year-old died as a child in sankramane virus..
http://www.dainikdestiny.com/index.php?view=details&type=main&cat_id=1&menu_id=1&pub_no=537&news_type_id=1&index=9
6 people have died from the virus are nipa Settlement
Staff Reporter. Recently died of unknown diseases in six janai nipa virus. To ensure the nosology, disease control and Research Institute (aiidisiara) director general Professor. However, Dhaka, Rajbari, Jhenidah, Naogaon, Natore and Gaibandha 8 of nipa virus. They died within six janai. 5 people died in eight months in natore leave a child died. Nipa virus season running. The virus is usually December to April in the nipa people. Medical experts warn about the virus is suggested. Death occurred in 80 percent of the shares of the victims. http://www.dailyjanakantha.com/news_view.php?nc=15&dd=2013-01-27&ni=123691
Yemen-Tomorrow immunize more than 4 million children against polio in collaboration with my organization WHO and UNICEF
A report issued by the Ministry of Public Health and Population that will participate in in the campaign 40 thousand and 55 workers from the health staff and volunteers of whom Alvin and 721 constant factor, and 37 thousand and 334 workers, moving, Distributors on 2 721 team fixed, and 18 667 team moving. also participates in the work of the awareness campaign on the ground 333 coordinator healthy in all governorates and 22 intellectuals healthy centrally in each province,
while overseeing the immunization four thousand and 824 supervisor, Besides 22 observers from local councils at the provincial level and 666 observers from local councils at the district level and 3 thousand and 330 of preachers. Regarding sites implementation of the campaign according to the report, it will be from house to house in addition to the health facilities and temporary sites and new, such as schools and squaresPointing out that the campaign carried out in partnership with my organization, WHO and UNICEF through the provision of financial support, advice and training and participation through the expert group and neutral observers during the execution of ..
http://hournews.net/news-15587.htm
Palestinian patient dies at an Israeli checkpoint Gaza borders
US CDC Director due in Bangladesh Saturday
According to the US Embassy in Dhaka, Frieden will discuss with health officials the US-Bangladesh cooperation on public health issues and strengthening their partnership.
He will come along with a US Congressional delegation which will also arrive in Dhaka on Saturday amid ongoing recommendations by some Congressmen to withdraw, suspend or limit the duty-free access of Bangladeshi products to the US market under the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) facility.
The US Embassy did not provide details of the Congressional delegation visit, but bdnews24.com New York Correspondent Ansar Lovlu quoting Bangladesh mission there said the delegates would meet the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister and visit garment factories around Dhaka.
CDC, a US federal agency under the Department of Health and Human Services, has been supporting Bangladesh for the last six years in the fields ranging from upgrading laboratories to disease outbreak investigations.
“We’re working closely with CDC for the last six years. They supported us during the time of pandemic influenza and also helped us in upgrading our laboratories,” Prof Mahmudur Rahman, Director of the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR), told bdnews24.com.
They also help Bangladesh in any outbreak investigations, he said adding that in collaboration with them, IEDCR was going to start an epidemiology training course for government doctors which is extensive in nature and available only in 53 countries.
“So his visit to Bangladesh is definitely important for us as he will see our activities here and we will shape our future public health collaborations,” he said.
Prof Rahman said Dr Frieden would visit IEDCR and attend a roundtable in ICDDR,B on Sunday.
A physician with training in internal medicine, infectious diseases, public health, and epidemiology, Dr Frieden is especially known for his expertise in tuberculosis control... http://bdnews24.com/health/2013/01/25/us-cdc-director-due-saturday
He will come along with a US Congressional delegation which will also arrive in Dhaka on Saturday amid ongoing recommendations by some Congressmen to withdraw, suspend or limit the duty-free access of Bangladeshi products to the US market under the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) facility.
The US Embassy did not provide details of the Congressional delegation visit, but bdnews24.com New York Correspondent Ansar Lovlu quoting Bangladesh mission there said the delegates would meet the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister and visit garment factories around Dhaka.
CDC, a US federal agency under the Department of Health and Human Services, has been supporting Bangladesh for the last six years in the fields ranging from upgrading laboratories to disease outbreak investigations.
“We’re working closely with CDC for the last six years. They supported us during the time of pandemic influenza and also helped us in upgrading our laboratories,” Prof Mahmudur Rahman, Director of the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR), told bdnews24.com.
They also help Bangladesh in any outbreak investigations, he said adding that in collaboration with them, IEDCR was going to start an epidemiology training course for government doctors which is extensive in nature and available only in 53 countries.
“So his visit to Bangladesh is definitely important for us as he will see our activities here and we will shape our future public health collaborations,” he said.
Prof Rahman said Dr Frieden would visit IEDCR and attend a roundtable in ICDDR,B on Sunday.
A physician with training in internal medicine, infectious diseases, public health, and epidemiology, Dr Frieden is especially known for his expertise in tuberculosis control... http://bdnews24.com/health/2013/01/25/us-cdc-director-due-saturday
6 of the eight people infected died so far of Nipah
6 died so far of Nipah
Sunday, January 27, 2013
Six of the eight people infected with Nipah virus this month have died so far, Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) confirmed on Friday.
The dead are from Dhaka, Rajbari, Jhenidah, Naogaon, Natore and Gaibandha.
Yesterday, a man was in a critical condition at a private hospital in the capital.
On January 11, eight of his family drank raw date juice brought from Bhaluka, Mymensingh.
IEDCR Director Prof Mahmudur Rahman said, "Examination of his blood sample confirmed on Wednesday that he was infected with Nipah virus."
His eight-year-old son died of the virus on Tuesday.
Examinations of blood samples of the six others found no evidence of infection.
In Natore, a mother passed away while her eight-month-old baby has been infected.
People become infected with the virus after drinking raw date juice. The symptoms of the infection include fever, sneezing and cough, hysteria and respiratory problems. The highly contagious virus spreads through human contact.
The IEDCR has five regular surveillance sites in Rajshahi, Rangpur, Faridpur, Rajbari and Tangail. The infections have been detected there.
"Trained doctors asked the families if anybody among them had showed symptoms of infection and made sure that there were no more infections," said Prof Mahmudur.
Up until last year, 136 people died in Bangladesh of the virus out of 176 infected, mentioned Mahmudur.
He stressed that people showing symptoms must be admitted to hospitals immediately.
The physician warned all not to drink raw date juice to avoid contamination with the deadly virus. http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=266732
Health Experts To Investigate Mubende Strange Disease
Dr Asuman Lukwago, the Health Ministry’s Permanent Secretary
Uganda’s Ministry of Health has dispatched a team of medical experts to Mubende district to investigate the outbreak of a strange disease that occurred at the beginning of this week.
The disease which is said to cause excessive heat around one’s chest, itching in the neck and within a few hours of contraction, the patient starts vomiting and bleeding through the nose and the mouth. It also causes diarrhoea and a high fever. It broke out early this week and has raised Ebola fears among the locals due to its similar symptoms.
The Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary Dr Asuman Lukwago confirmed that cases of the strange illness had been reported to them saying they were following it up. The disease has since claimed the lives of five people.
On Thursday, Doctors from Mubende District visited the two villages affected by a strange disease to study the way it spreads from one person to another. They took blood samples and interviewed residents about the disease which is still strange http://www.redpepper.co.ug/?p=5182
Friday, January 25, 2013
"Ferrari Norovirus" & Influenza Now Health Concerns
Santa Barbara County Health Officials Prepare for Pandemic
Written by Beth Farnsworth
SANTA BARBARA - A highly contagious variant of norovirus is spreading across the U-S while local health officials prepare for an influenza pandemic.
Dr. Alan Sugar, MD, an infectious disease expert with Sansum Clinic in Santa Barbara, told NewsChannel 3 that unlike the influenza, there is no vaccine for the norovirus. If you're hit by either one you'll know; the symptoms are very different.
Norovirus started ten years ago in Australia and is now quickly spreading throughout the states. "With the amount of travel back and forth, that's not surprising," Sugar explained. The cruise ship virus has made landfall in a big way. "Norovirus is a vomiting, diarrhea disease that lasts up to three days. You're sick, boom, then it's over."
Symptoms for influenza strike abruptly with the onset of fever, shaky chills, sweats and muscle aches "like nothing you've ever had before," Sugar warns.
Influenza can last up to seven days, but Sugar cautions that the lingering cough and fatigue can last for weeks.
"Can you get hit with both at the same time?" we asked. "If you're unlucky, yes." Sugar claims influenza symptoms are much worse and says in both cases, people should stay home if they're sick.
Meanwhile, Sugar said health officials on the east coast are in the midst of an influenza epidemic, and while Santa Barbara isn't there yet, he admits local health experts are preparing for a pandemic in the next few weeks. http://www.keyt.com/news/local/Ferrari-Norovirus--Influenza-Now-Health-Concerns-188429891.html
Dr. Alan Sugar, MD, an infectious disease expert with Sansum Clinic in Santa Barbara, told NewsChannel 3 that unlike the influenza, there is no vaccine for the norovirus. If you're hit by either one you'll know; the symptoms are very different.
Norovirus started ten years ago in Australia and is now quickly spreading throughout the states. "With the amount of travel back and forth, that's not surprising," Sugar explained. The cruise ship virus has made landfall in a big way. "Norovirus is a vomiting, diarrhea disease that lasts up to three days. You're sick, boom, then it's over."
Symptoms for influenza strike abruptly with the onset of fever, shaky chills, sweats and muscle aches "like nothing you've ever had before," Sugar warns.
Influenza can last up to seven days, but Sugar cautions that the lingering cough and fatigue can last for weeks.
"Can you get hit with both at the same time?" we asked. "If you're unlucky, yes." Sugar claims influenza symptoms are much worse and says in both cases, people should stay home if they're sick.
Meanwhile, Sugar said health officials on the east coast are in the midst of an influenza epidemic, and while Santa Barbara isn't there yet, he admits local health experts are preparing for a pandemic in the next few weeks. http://www.keyt.com/news/local/Ferrari-Norovirus--Influenza-Now-Health-Concerns-188429891.html
Forget the Flu: The Norovirus Is Taking Over America
CBS News
Just when it seemed like this year's flu epidemic was finally under control, along comes the CDC with a new plague that's sweeping the nation: the norovirus. The Centers for Disease Control says the stomach bug has caused 140 local outbreaks since September, and that the number of outbreaks caused by a newly discovered strain jumped thirty percent in December.
The newest strain of the norovirus is not especially deadly, but it is highly contagious (it actually started in Australia) and makes even the healthiest individuals quite miserable. Symptoms include dehydration, diarrhea, and projectile vomiting. The latter problem is what make the virus so difficult to contain, as the virus itself can live outside the human body for an unusually long time. It spreads easily through hospitals, schools, cruise ships, and anywhere that people are in close contact and aren't as clean as they need to be.
Even worse, there's really no treatment for it. Most people who contract a norovirus survive—it does kill 800 people a year, but out of nearly 21 million infections—but can expect two-to-three days of non-stop miserable conditions. Oh, and those conditions are really, really gross, as helpfully illustrated by "Vomiting Larry," a research doll created to study the behavior of ... yes, vomit. Not only is Larry a useful (if disgusting) tool, he also help show you what you look like when you're at worst. http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2013/01/forget-flu-norovirus-taking-over-america/61405/
Mubende residents worried as strange disease kills 5
Friday, January 25 2013 at 02:00
Five people have so far died while 30 others are admitted to different health centres as a result of a strange disease that has hit Mubende District.
According to residents, the disease that broke out a few weeks ago, causes heat around the chest and itching in the neck, and within a few hours, the patient starts vomiting and bleeding through the nose and the mouth. It also causes diarrhoea and a high fever.
Residents claim that the disease is as a result of witchcraft, since some of the patients have sought help from witch doctors and allegedly felt better.
The district health officer, Dr Wilson Mubiru, explained that the first patients registered with symptoms of the disease suspected they were suffering from Ebola.
“We have forwarded blood tests to the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) in Entebbe. Although we are yet to get the results, we highly doubt whether this is Ebola,” Dr Mubiru said.
Ministry of Health permanent secretary, Dr Asuman Lukwago, yesterday confirmed that cases of the strange illness had been reported to them, saying they were following it up.
Outbreaks
Just last week, Uganda was again declared Ebola-free after an outbreak in Luweero District killed four people.
However the government is still grappling with the nodding syndrome disease in northern Uganda that has killed scores of children and left others helpless. http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Mubende-residents-worried-as-strange-disease-kills-5/-/688334/1674534/-/52iyldz/-/index.html
Here is a story about it I posted from a couple weeks ago. Looks like something happening there.
Same dr doubts it is ebola and there are definitive reports yet on it yet!
Ebola suspected in Mubende district
Publish Date: Jan 11, 2013 - Health state minister Sarah Opendi and other senior ministry officials dashed to Mubende hospital Friday morning following suspicions of an Ebola outbreak in the area. Mubende district health officer (DHO), Dr. Wilson Mubiru said two five-year-old children were admitted on Thursday night while vomiting blood – a symptom that was hurriedly linked to Ebola.
The children were from different families.
Earlier rumours had put the number of patients admitted at the hospital to four and that three had died on spot.
However, Mubiru and the hospital director Dr. Edward Nkrunziza told New Vision online that there were only two patients.
Besides, the doctors have since called for calm, saying that it was unlikely for the patients to be Ebola cases.
“We have forwarded blood tests to the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) in Entebbe. Although we are yet to get the results, we highly doubt whether this is Ebola,” said Dr. Mubiru.
Save for vomiting, Mubiru said the patients showed no other Ebola-like symptoms.
Dr. Nkrunziza also explained that the patients’ condition had “significantly improved” at around 10am on Friday.
The development comes as the health ministry is preparing to declare Luweero district Ebola-free on January 16, if no new cases are registered in the area.
About five people died of Ebola in Luweero late last year.
The declaration will follow the completion of the 42 days countdown period since the last patient was discharged from the isolation Centre.
The ministry has also just declared Kabale and Ibanda districts free of Marburg, another infectious viral disease.
Health ministry Permanent Secretary Asuman Lukwago said his ministry is working with the Environment and Wildlife ministries to ensure that the animals and birds that spread both Ebola and Marburg disease are wiped out. http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/638818-ebola-suspected-in-mubende-district.html
Palembang City -Supply Ducks of Java Paused
Supply Ducks of Java Paused
Friday, 25/01/13, 19:11 PM by Rev. Hidayat.
Palembang City Government suspended the supply of poultry from outside the city. This step is to anticipate the spread of bird flu virus (H5N1).
"We're not taking any chances," said head of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Palembang Tegoeh Sudirman, Friday (25/1).
Poultry supply is stopped particularly from Java, such Brebes, Central Java. "This type of poultry, especially ducks. Because of the bird flu endemic areas, "said Sudirman, saying the suspension has been started a few days ago.
How long will it halt? Sudirman said, "Until every area that distribute them (suppliers, red) can give you a recommendation that the area is safe bird flu."
In Palembang, the demand for duck meat is quite large. The center of ducks among others in the G...
GW Experts Available to Comment on Sydney Stomach Virus Outbreak
Released: 1/25/2013 3:45 PM EST
Source Newsroom: George Washington University
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Source Newsroom: George Washington University
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WASHINGTON (Jan. 25, 2013) –A new strain of norovirus, originating from Australia, is now circulating in the U.S. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 140 outbreaks have been caused by this new Sydney stomach virus since September. Infectious disease experts at the George Washington University (GW) are available to comment on stories about the outbreak.
Please contact Lisa Anderson at lisama2@gwu.edu or 202-994-3121 to interview Dr. Simon or Dr. Siegel.
Gary Simon, M.D., Ph.D., Director, Division of Infectious Diseases, Vice Chairman, Department of Medicine, Walter G. Ross Professor of Medicine and of Microbiology & Tropical Medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Medical Education: University of Maryland
Residencies: University of Maryland Hospital
Fellowships: Tufts-New England Medical Center
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease
Interests: Infectious Diseases, HIV Infection, AIDS
Marc Siegel, M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Medical Education: Georgetown University Medical School
Residencies: Internal Medicine at Georgetown University Medical School
Fellowships: Infectious Diseases at the George Washington University Medical Center
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease
Incidence of acute respiratory viral infections are rising in Sakhalin
SARS viruses circulating in Sakhalin |
Incidence of acute respiratory viral infections are rising among the population of the area
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, January 25, SakhalinMedia.
According to experts of the Federal Service Rospotrebnadzor, now in Russia as a whole registered non-epidemic incidence of SARS and influenza, RIA Sakhalinmedia in the Ministry of Health. At the same time, on Sakhalin Island each week growing incidence of viral respiratory infections in the population field.
On Sakhalin Island weekly epidemic threshold in two administrative units (Korsakov MO Okha MO) at a threshold incidence in Kholmsk municipality, while the incidence of non-epidemic in the territories. According to the results of laboratory monitoring in the administrative territories of circulating viruses complex ARI (1.3 type parainfluenza, adenovirus, and RS-virus), influenza cases were not registered. At the end of the third week of the year (from 14 to 18 January 2013), the incidence of SARS among the region's population is 10.4% below the epidemic threshold, but 33.2% higher than the same week last year and significantly - by 88.1% higher incidence of last week, indicating the activation of the epidemic process.
According to the forecasts of specialists of the Ministry of Health of Sakhalin, a seasonal rise in the incidence of SARS and influenza in the territory of Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands is expected in February...
Burt Reynolds in Florida ICU after flu, rep says
updated 5:18 PM EST, Fri January 25, 2013
Actor Burt Reynolds is in intensive care in a Florida hospital, where he went for treatment of flu symptoms, one of his representatives said Friday.
Reynolds was dehydrated when he went to the hospital, and was eventually transferred to its intensive care unit, his representative Erik Kritzer told CNN. Kritzer declined to say what hospital the actor was in, saying, "He would like that (kept) private."
"He is doing better at this time," Kritzer said late Friday afternoon. "We expect, as soon as he gets more fluids, he will be back in a regular room." http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/25/showbiz/florida-burt-reynolds-hospitalized/index.html
Reynolds got his start in Hollywood in the late 1950s, and went on to star in a number of TV series including "Gunsmoke" and in movies, including the "Cannonball Run" and "Smokey and the Bandit" series. According to IMDB (Internet Movie Database), the Georgia-born Reynolds is 76 years old.
Season's Stomach Bug A New Strain Of Norovirus
A new strain of the common intestinal bug called norovirus has been spreading misery across the country. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the new virus, which popped up in Australia last spring, caused 19 percent of U.S. norovirus outbreaks in September — and nearly 60 percent of December's outbreaks. The highly-contagious virus causes severe vomiting and diarrhea. Most people recover in a few days, but it can be very dangerous for some. http://www.npr.org/2013/01/25/170299258/seasons-stomach-bug-a-new-strain-of-norovirus
A new strain of the common intestinal bug called norovirus has been spreading misery across the country. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the new virus, which popped up in Australia last spring, caused 19 percent of U.S. norovirus outbreaks in September — and nearly 60 percent of December's outbreaks. The highly-contagious virus causes severe vomiting and diarrhea. Most people recover in a few days, but it can be very dangerous for some. http://www.npr.org/2013/01/25/170299258/seasons-stomach-bug-a-new-strain-of-norovirus
Sydney virus sweeping the world
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January 25, 2013
OPELIKA, Ala. -A new strain of a stomach bug is rapidly spreading across the globe. So far, there have been 141 confirmed cases of the Sydney norovirus in the U.S.
"Norovirus normally is seen in the winter months and it's usually because people are inside more,” said Brooke Bailey, infection prevention manager at East Alabama Medical Center.
This winter season confirmed cases of the Sydney norovirus have been seen in Japan, the UK, Western Europe and now the United States.
"Probably it's a type of norovirus, but it changed a little bit and so it's created a new strain,” said Bailey.
Bailey said in the past four months there have already been 141 confirmed cases in the U.S. that involve vomiting, diarrhea and nausea. With the peak season this month, health officials are concerned there could be massive outbreaks.
"When you introduce something new, a new virus, your body is not used to it and so of course you're more susceptible of acquiring it,” Bailey said.
Norovirus is the number one cause of inflammation in the stomach and small intestine. Each year, 21 million Americans contract the stomach virus and 800 die.
"The number one thing you can do is wash your hands,” Bailey said about preventing the virus... http://www2.wrbl.com/news/2013/jan/25/sydney-virus-sweeping-world-ar-5448355/
Norovirus How to Clean Your Home After a Contamination
Published on Jan 22, 2013
A video about how to clean, disinfect, and decontaminate your home after a Norovirus infection. Our family of 5 were recently infected with the Norovirus. Starting with the youngest it spread to the oldest eventually infecting Mom and Dad. Norovirus causes projectile vomiting and uncontrollable diarrhea, stomach cramping, nausea, and flu like symptoms. We all recovered but learned that we can be reinfected because the Norovirus can live outside the body for 7 to 14 days. All of the vomiting and coughing had spread the virus particles everywhere....on the walls, floor, sink, toilet. Everyone was sick at different times. The kitchen counter and all surfaces were contaminated. The virus was everywhere in our home. We were at risk to be reinfected unless we did a total decontamination. We offer a short video with some advice on how to decontaminate your home after someone in your family gets Norovirus.
For more information visit: http://www.cdc.gov/features/norovirus/andhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norovirus
For more information visit: http://www.cdc.gov/features/norovirus/andhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norovirus
OC Doctor: Patients Still Testing Positive For Flu After Vaccination
MISSION VIEJO (CBSLA.com) — Emergency rooms across the Southland have been pushed to near-capacity levels amid a surge of influenza activity in the western United States that has lead to several flu-related deaths.
A Mission Hospital official has confirmed that a 46-year-old woman who tested positive for influenza A died on Tuesday.
The mother of two, who reportedly did not receive the flu vaccine, appeared to be otherwise healthy, officials said.
While flu activity is declining across much of the United States, its toll is just beginning to emerge in the West.
Statewide, there have been at least five people who have died from the flu this season, including two in the greater Los Angeles area and one in the Inland Empire, according to California health officials.
KNX 1070′s Jan Stevens reports one Mission Viejo doctor is warning the vaccine may not protect everyone.“I’ve admitted a few patients that were quite ill and actually had gotten the flu shot and tested positive for the flu,” Dr. Jim Keany with Mission Hospital said.
However, Keany said that particular case is not enough evidence to convince him the vaccine is ineffective.
“We know that when people get the flu shot, the intensity and the duration of the illness is shorter and less,” he said. “You’re less likely to be hospitalized, you’re less likely to get the complications, such as pneumonia, and you’re less likely to die from the flu.”
Tamiflu can be an effective prevention option, Keany added, but it must be taken within 24 to 48 hours of the onset of symptoms. http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2013/01/25/oc-doctor-patients-still-testing-positive-for-flu-after-vaccination/
Vomiting Virus Rapidly Spreading, CDC Warns
January 25, 2013
The vomiting virus outbreaks were previously reported upon by The Inquisitr as new attention has been drawn to the norovirus strain that is spreading quickly in various regions. The CDC has addressed the new strain of norovirus in a statement, in which Dr. Aron Hall, an epidemiologist at the CDC’s Division of Viral Diseases, describes the scope of the virus:
Read more at http://www.inquisitr.com/495019/vomiting-virus-rapidly-spreading-cdc-warns/#5ryJP8dGrxuEJ8RG.99
“The new strain spread rapidly across the United States from September to December 2012. The proportion of reported outbreaks caused by this strain increased dramatically from 19 percent in September to 58 percent in December.”
Called the vomiting virus due to its effect of near constant emesis and crippling nausea, sufferers are wracked not only by that symptom but unrelenting diarrhea as well. Considering the truly unpleasant experience, a new vomiting virus strain is even worse news for those exposed to high-risk populations like schools and public transport.
Vomiting virus infections can be contracted most easily through mishandled food, though the hardy norovirus in every form has been known to survive on surfaces and be transmissible even through airborne means.
Norovirus watcher Dr. Jan Vinjé, director of CaliciNet and affiliated with the CDC, told Fox News that concern often surrounds a new vomiting virus strain due to the fact that norovirus infections could (but not necessarily do) increase with the introduction of a variant into the population:
“New norovirus strains often lead to more outbreaks but not always.”
Livescience adds:
“Fifty-one percent of outbreaks caused by the new strain were spread person to person, 20 percent were due to foodborne illness, 1 percent due to waterborne illness, and 28 percent had an unknown mode of transmission, the CDC said.”
After infection, vomiting virus sufferers can do little but wait for the illness to run its course and are urged to remain hydrated and rest while infected with norovirus.
Read more at http://www.inquisitr.com/495019/vomiting-virus-rapidly-spreading-cdc-warns/#5ryJP8dGrxuEJ8RG.99
Emergence of New Norovirus Strain GII.4 Sydney -- United States, 2012 (Note from the Field)
Date: Fri 25 Jan 2013 Source: MMWR Weekly, Volume 62 (03);55-55 [edited] http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6203a4.htm?s_cid=mm6203a4_x Emergence of New Norovirus Strain GII.4 Sydney -- United States, 2012 (Note from the Field) ----------------------------------------- Noroviruses are the leading cause of epidemic gastroenteritis, including foodborne outbreaks, in the United States (1). Hospitalization and mortality associated with norovirus infection occur most frequently among elderly persons, young children, and immunocompromised patients. Noroviruses belong to the family _Caliciviridae_ and can be grouped into 5 genogroups (GI through GV), which are further divided into at least 34 genotypes. Human disease primarily is caused by GI and GII [genogroup] noroviruses, with most outbreaks caused by GII.4 strains (1). During the past decade, new GII.4 strains have emerged every 2-3 years, replacing previously predominant GII.4 strains. Emergence of these new norovirus strains has often, but not always, led to increased outbreak activity. For example, the previously dominant GII.4 New Orleans strain was not associated with increased norovirus outbreak activity in the United States (2). CDC collects information on norovirus strains associated with outbreaks in the United States through an electronic laboratory surveillance network called CaliciNet (3). This report documents the recent emergence of a new GII.4 strain, GII.4 Sydney, which caused most (53 percent) of the norovirus outbreaks reported through CaliciNet during September-December 2012. Continued surveillance will enable further assessment of the public health implications and significance of this new strain. In March 2012, a new GII.4 norovirus strain was identified in Australia. Named GII.4 Sydney, this emergent strain has since caused acute gastroenteritis outbreaks in multiple countries (4). In the United Kingdom, an early onset of the 2012 winter norovirus season was reported in association with emergence of GII.4 Sydney as the dominant strain implicated in outbreaks.* In the United States, GII.4 Sydney has spread rapidly nationwide, causing an increasing number of outbreaks. During September to December 2012, a total of 141 (53 percent) of the 266 norovirus outbreaks reported to CaliciNet were caused by GII.4 Sydney. The other outbreaks were caused by 10 different GI and GII genotypes, including GII.4 New Orleans. A statistically significant increase in the proportion of outbreaks caused by GII.4 Sydney was noted: 4 (19 percent) of 21 outbreaks in September 2012; 22 (46 percent) of 48 in October 2012; 70 (58 percent) of 120 in November 2012; and 45 (58 percent) of 77 in December 2012‚** (chi-square test for trend; p less than 0.01). Most (72 [51 percent]) of these GII.4 Sydney outbreaks resulted from direct person-to-person transmission; 29 (20 percent) were foodborne, one (one percent) was waterborne, and the transmission mode was unknown in 39 (28 percent) of the outbreaks. Long-term-care facilities and restaurants were the most frequently reported settings, accounting for 91 (65 percent) and 18 (13 percent) of the GII.4 Sydney outbreaks, respectively. During the 3 previous winters, the peak in reported norovirus outbreaks occurred in January; therefore, at present, it is too early to make an assessment of the relative magnitude of the current season. GII.4 noroviruses remain the predominant cause of norovirus outbreaks, and the GII.4 Sydney strain appears to have replaced the previously predominant strain, GII.4 New Orleans. Compared with other norovirus genotypes, GII.4 noroviruses have been associated with increased rates of hospitalizations and deaths during outbreaks (5). Health-care providers and public health practitioners should remain vigilant to the potential for increased norovirus activity in the ongoing season related to the emergent GII.4 Sydney strain. Continued surveillance for norovirus outbreaks through CaliciNet and additional data on clinical and epidemiologic features of outbreaks collected through the National Outbreak Reporting System (NORS) will enable further assessment of the public health implications of the new GII.4 Sydney strain, including any association with increased severity or level of activity in the ongoing 2012-13 winter norovirus season. Proper hand hygiene, environmental disinfection, and isolation of ill persons remain the mainstays of norovirus prevention and control (1). References --------- - CDC. Updated norovirus outbreak management and disease prevention guidelines. MMWR 2011;60(No. RR-3). - Yen C, Wikswo ME, Lopman BA, Vinje J, Parashar UD, Hall AJ. Impact of an emergent norovirus variant in 2009 on norovirus outbreak activity in the United States. Clin Infect Dis 2011;53:568-71. - Vega E, Barclay L, Gregoricus N, Williams K, Lee D, Vinje J. Novel surveillance network for norovirus gastroenteritis outbreaks, United States. Emerg Infect Dis 2011;17:1389-95. - van Beek J, Ambert-Balay K, Botteldoorn N, et al. Indications for worldwide increased norovirus activity associated with emergence of a new variant of genotype II.4, late 2012. Euro Surveill 2013;18(1). - Desai R, Hembree CD, Handel A, et al. Severe outcomes are associated with genogroup 2 genotype 4 norovirus outbreaks: a systematic literature review. Clin Infect Dis 2012;55:189-93. * Additional information available at http://www.hpa.org.uk/NewsCentre/NationalPressReleases/2013PressReleases/130109Norovirusnewstrain.
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