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Bangladesh record dengue year ends with 1,705 deaths

Paul Ettestad, DVM, MS

Jennifer Cope, MD

Roger S. Nasci, PhD

Floron (Buddy) C. Faries, DVM

Cynda Crawford, DVM, PhD

Seth Forman, MD

Jason 'The Germ Guy' Tetro

Sindh province, Pakistan: 11 Naegleria fowleri deaths reported in 2023

Thailand reports an increase in many infectious diseases in 2023

Vaccine-preventable diseases in the Philippines 2023

H5N6 avian influenza death recorded in Sichuan Province, China

Argentina reports 1st human Western Equine Encephalitis case in decades

Mumps increase reported in the Honiara area, Solomon Islands

Pertussis in the Philippines 2023

Sweden reports increase in 'parrot fever' since the end of November

Nigeria reports dengue outbreak in Sokoto State

Philippines report huge increase in chikungunya cases in 2023

Steven LaRosa, MD

Michael Osterholm, PhD

Rosemary Drisdelle

Christopher Sanford, MD

Plague in Madagascar

Denmark reports 46% increase in gonorrhea

Africa: Dengue and Zika in Mali

Malaysia: 16th human rabies death reported in Sarawak this year

Vietnam: Hanoi still reports a high level of dengue fever

Japan reports first mpox, or monkeypox death

Argentina declares state of emergency due to Equine Encephalitis (EEE/WEE/VEE)

Trichinellosis in Argentina 2023

Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) cases linked to travel to Tecate, Mexico; Travel notice issued

Costa Rica reports reemergence of dengue serotypes 3 and 4

Measles outbreak declared in Romania

Holly Ahern, MS

Rosemary Drisdelle

Howard Ginsberg, PhD

Philippines: Leptospirosis cases up 72 percent in 2023

Africa: Malawi, Uganda and Zambia report new human anthrax cases

Rosemary Drisdelle

Judy Stone, MD

Dengue fever: More than 5 million cases reported globally, More than any year over the past five years: Save the Children

Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) in Afghanistan, Iraq and Mauritania

Asia Infectious Disease News Today

Rodney Rohde, PhD

Tara C. Smith, PhD

North Dakota reports 25th animal anthrax case of 2023, 1st since August

Unknown illness in Uganda

B. Brett Finlay, PhD

Rosemary Drisdelle

Michael Osterholm, PhD

Florida local dengue cases top 150 in 2023

UK officials report H1N2v infection, 1st human novel influenza A virus, or 'swine flu' case

Sonja Christensen, Ph.D.

Ryan Maddox, PhD

Stan Houston, MD

Rosemary Drisdelle

Amesh Adalja, MD

Amesh Adalja, MD

Vincent Racaniello, PhD

Vincent Racaniello, PhD

Melvin Sanicas, MD

Sarah Ferrari

Dr. Marc Edwards and Sarah Ferrari

Eva Sapi, PhD

James Lewis, MD

Bobbi Pritt, MD

Naegleria fowleri death reported in Colombia

Costa Rica reports 228% increase in dengue in 2023 to date

Pamela Wilson

Durland Fish, PhD

Kevin Kazacos, DVM, PhD

James McKinnell, M.D.

Paul Auwaerter, MD

Patricia Dorn, PhD

Paul Ettestad, DVM, MS

Ken Boorom

Lorraine Johnson, JD, MBA

Richard W. Truman, Ph.D.

Jane Orient, MD

Lawrence Roberge PhD

Brazil's battles against dengue fever, measles

Japan reports 17% increase in syphilis cases in 2023 to date

Philippines: Chikungunya cases skyrocket in the Cordillera Administrative Region

Anthrax outbreak reported in Kalinga province in the northern Philippines

Burkina Faso dengue fever epidemic update: An unprecedented surge reported

Russia reports 1st human rabies death in Omsk since 2004

Dengue in Asia 2023

Diphtheria outbreaks in Mauritania and South Africa

Doxycycline as a possible PEP for bacterial sexually transmitted infections

Infectious disease news quick-takes

Anthrax in Africa

Sweden reports increase in whooping cough

Jamaica reports a significant increase in dengue in 2023

Florida Equine Diseases in 2023 to date

Leptospirosis News Today

Florida News Today

Multistate outbreak of Salmonella Kiambu infections in people, primarily infants, linked to recalled dry pet food

Chikungunya News Today

South Korea reports increase in pertussis in 2023

Dengue: More than 100 local cases reported in the Miami area this year

Shocking new congenital syphilis numbers from the CDC

Cruise ship outbreak: Virgin Voyages Scarlet Lady

Zimbabwe health officials battle multiple outbreaks

Two Naegleria fowleri deaths reported in a week in Karachi

Costa Rica dengue update

Norway battling two GI infection outbreaks

Dengue and West Nile virus in Italy during the first 10 months of 2023

2019 Amoeba Summit in Orlando

Infectious Disease Quick-takes

Zambia: Minister of Health statement on anthrax outbreak

Congenital syphilis in the US: Cases up 200% from 2017 to 2021

Congratulations are in order

Dengue cases in Florida near 100

Africa Infectious Disease News this Week

Laos reports 20% increase in dengue cases in 2023

Ukraine: Scores of hepatitis A cases reported Vinnytsia region outbreak

Thailand reports big increases in dengue in 2023

Diphtheria outbreak in the Kankan region, Guinea, Vaccination coverage 'chronically low'

Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever virus detected in ticks in the South of France

Dengue cases spike in Burkina Faso

Panama: Dengue cases top 10,000 for the year

Sweden reports significantly more tularemia in 2023, Cases decrease since beginning of the month

Leishmaniasis in the US with Naomi Aronson, MD

Dengue News Today: Italy and France top 100 local cases, Sri Lanka, Mexico and more

The hidden danger in raccoon poop

Syphilis cases head toward new annual record in Japan

Bangladesh's record dengue fever season in 2023 with Dr. Md Rafiul Hasan

Pakistan: Eighth 'brain-eating amoeba' case reported in Karachi this year

Whooping cough on the rise in Europe

Costa Rica reports 156% increase in dengue to date in 2023, Health officials reinforce actions

A trip around Africa: Outbreak updates this week

Local dengue in California, The potential return of yellow fever in the American South

A potential cure for rabies with Brian Schaefer, PhD

Bolivia begins Fasciola hepatica deworming campaign in Achacachi

Dengue News Today: Bangladesh, Jamaica, Italy, Africa and Florida

Taiwan officials report decrease in dengue in Tainan City

Philippines: African swine fever (ASF) outbreak in Oriental Mindoro province prompts 'state of calamity'

Norway reports third meningococcal group B disease case in a few months, Called 'unusual'

Florida reports most Vibrio vulnificus cases since 2017, excluding 2022 (Hurricane Ian)

Vietnam dengue cases down in 2023, Takeda vaccine access coming to the people

Cholera in Zimbabwe: Government imposes restrictions

Chikungunya in Argentina, Hantavirus in Bolivia

H5N1 avian influenza cases reported in Cambodia

Locally-transmitted dengue cases eclipse 50 in Florida this year with 15 new cases reported last week

Chikungunya in Africa: Senegal and Burkina Faso

Guinea reports 1st yellow fever outbreak since 2020

Maryland reports travel associated Powassan virus death

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) update: Afghanistan, Senegal and Iraq

Diphtheria outbreak in Africa: It's not just Nigeria, Vaccine rates are abysmal

Brazil, Peru and Bangladesh top dengue cases in 2023, WHO official's dengue warning

Tularemia increases reported in Sweden and Norway

Six Zika virus cases detected in Honiara, Solomon Islands

Malaria in the US: 10th local case reported, this one in Arkansas

Taiwan reports 5 additional dengue deaths as total cases top 13,000

Pakistan reports 3rd wild poliovirus case, 8th case worldwide in 2023

Nipah virus infections 2023: 20 cases reported in Bangladesh and India

Costa Rica reports significant increase in hepatitis A

Kuru: A fascinating history of a devastating disease linked to cannibalism

Florida: Local dengue tally rises to 38 with seven additional cases reported in Miami-Dade County

Dengue news: Jamaica's rise in cases, WHO experts recommend Takeda vaccine, CDC travel notice

Nigeria diphtheria outbreak: Latest numbers, Travel advisory

Brazil research shows a 11% dengue-chikungunya co-infection rate

Colombia reports 72% increase in dengue cases to date in 2023

Africa: Republic of the Congo's triple outbreak of typhoid fever, shigellosis and cholera

Philippines reports 215% increase in measles in 2023

Florida: 8 more local dengue cases reported in Miami-Dade County in past week

Africa: 89 chikungunya cases reported in Pouytenga, Burkina Faso

World Rabies Day Livestream Special

Autochthonous dengue cases in Europe in 2023 to date

CDC issues travel advisory for Afghanistan due to CCHF outbreak

Bangladesh's record dengue season: Cases top 200,000, deaths near 1,000