Hindustan Times - August 8, 2013
The major reason for the vast discrepancy is because the government and private hospitals use different testing kits to confirm a dengue case.
Times of India - August 8, 2013
MUMBAI: The BMC's insecticide department on Wednesday found at least four breeding spots of the dengue-spreading aedesegypti mosquitoes near the dengue victim's house in the Koliwada area of Worli. OmkarRaje (14) from the locality had died on ...
Hindustan Times - August 8, 2013
There has been a sudden spurt in the number of dengue cases reported in the national capital, even as cases of malaria have dropped significantly compared to last year.
7thSpace Interactive (press release) - Aug 8, 2013
Results: A total of 136 S. aureus strains were collected from five different types of infection: furuncles, pyomyositis, abscesses, Buruli ulcers, and osteomyelitis, from hospital admissions and out-patients in Benin.
MiamiHerald.com - August 7, 2013
GENEVA -- Scientists in Switzerland are hunting for a species of mosquito capable of spreading the tropical disease dengue that may have crossed the Alps.
PakistanToday.com.pk - August 7, 2013
KEMU VC Professor Faisal Masood disclosed that more than 500 dengue cases had been reported in Karachi only and in order to control dengue fever it was necessary for people to refrain from travelling during the upcoming Eid holidays.
Science Daily (press release) - August 7, 2013
Related systems are likely present in other insects, including those that spread diseases like malaria and sleeping sickness that kill hundreds of thousands annually.
Deccan Herald - August 7, 2013
... overdose of sedatives administered by Dr Deepak at a local hospital in Chitradurga, medical authorities at Nimhans said that when she was brought to the hospital, she was diagnosed with an advanced stage of rabies — caused because of a neglected ...
Fall River Herald News - August 7, 2013
The town is being asked for $100,000 because it delayed, for three days, notifying the state about the death of a calf being watched for rabies.
Tribune-Review - August 7, 2013
A Redstone Township woman bitten by a poisonous copperhead snake Sunday near the Yough River Trail in Perry Township was back camping at the site Tuesday.
7thSpace Interactive (press release) - August 7, 2013
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Focus Taiwan News Channel - August 7, 2013
Taipei, Aug. 7 (CNA) The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has ruled out rabies infections in humans any time in the last three years, after testing specimens from patients with encephalitis or encephalomyelitis, the center said Wednesday.
Inquirer.net - August 7, 2013
With the drainage system blocked, residents of barangays Cansojong and Poblacion in Talisay City are complaining of stagnant, ankle-deep floodwater.
The Express Tribune - August 7, 2013
Meanwhile, Dr Muhammad Saleem Rana, a vector-control expert and former Health Services Academy associate professor, said the recent rains necessitated the immediate introduction of measures to kill dengue mosquito larvae.
New Vision - August 7, 2013
KAMPALA - The success Uganda has recorded in controlling neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) could be eroded if its neighbours remain reluctant to match its standards, experts have warned.
Times of India - August 7, 2013
Omkar Raje, from the Koliwada area, got the usual symptoms of dengue like high fever, chills and rigidity and was taken to Parel's KEM Hospital by his family in mid-July.
Pravda - August 6, 2013
Havana - Renowned Cuban and foreign professors attend the XIII International Course on Dengue, expected to be held on the premises of the Institute of Tropical Medicine "Pedro Kourí" (IPK), in the Cuban capital from August 12 to 23.
The News International - August 6, 2013
taking the total number of dengue patients this year to 549.Across Sindh, 562 dengue fever cases have been detected since January with 549 of them in Karachi alone, said Sindh Dengue Surveillance Cell's Dr M Shakeel Aamir Mullick.Six dengue patients ...
The Japan Times - August 6, 2013
The health ministry began work Tuesday at a leprosarium to excavate what was once the only “prison” for rebellious Hansen's disease patients brought in from facilities nationwide, as part of efforts to create a replica of the abusive jail for public ...
The News International - August 6, 2013
LAHORE: Faisalabad and Lahore have been declared high-risk for dengue as 19 cases were confirmed in the cities following the rains. Dengue is spreading in the province due to the failure of the health department and local administration.
BBC News - August 6, 2013
Guinea worm disease, is a crippling parasitic disease that, until the 1980s, was affecting around 3.5 million people in more than 20 countries. But the World Health Organisation believes that within two years it may be gone.
Tribune-Review - August 6, 2013
A woman apparently suffered a rare snakebite along the Yough River Trail in Perry Township Sunday evening. She was flown via medical helicopter to a Pittsburgh hospital. Her name has not yet been released.
Inquirer.net - August 6, 2013
The OCD also reported that 12-year-old Angeline Mae Bagalangit suffered a snake bite in Barangay Merced. Continuous heavy rains since Sunday flooded 12 villages of Banate, about 54 km north of Iloilo City.
The New Indian Express - August 6, 2013
The inflow of patients and serum positivity rate in the city is gradually coming down as also the number of patients admitted to special dengue ward at the SCB Medical.
ABC Action News ) - August 6, 2013
St. Pete snake bite victim thankful encounter left her with only a badly swollen hand. Video; Photo. St. Pete woman bitten by venomous snake. Photographer: WFTS Copyright 2013 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved.
The Providence Journal - August 6, 2013
More than a third of the world's population lives in areas where transmission of the dengue virus is common, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Times of India - August 6, 2013
ANGUL: The total number of people affected by dengue has touched 46 in Angul district. Out of these 21 tested positive at SCB Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack and 25 at Angul district headquarters hospital.
Prensa Latina - August 6, 2013
06 de agosto de 2013, 00:02Havana, Aug 6 (Prensa Latina) Prestigious domestic and foreign teachers will participate in the 13th International Dengue Course, to be held at the "Pedro Kouri" Institute of Tropical Medicine (IPK) in Havana, from August 12 ...
AsiaOne - August 6, 2013
SINGAPORE - The number of weekly dengue cases continued to fall last week, but the National Environment Agency (NEA) warned that the number of cases is still much higher than last year's. In the week ending last Saturday, there were 290 dengue cases, ...
MindaNews - Aug 5, 2013
The provincial government of Sarangani has declared a dengue alert in all barangays and households in the province due to the rising cases of the deadly mosquito-borne disease. Sarangani Gov.
DAWN.com - Aug 5, 2013
“We have not done anything satisfactory to stave off the danger of dengue with the culmination of monsoon and cannot rule out the possibility of more loss of human lives this year,” said a senior official in the provincial health department while ...
Macau Daily Times - Aug 5, 2013
Moreover, 37 people contracted dengue fever in the city of Zhongshan. The government has announced that the Ovitrap Index – which measures mosquito growth and the risk of dengue fever - is higher than in previous years.
The Times (subscription) - Aug 5, 2013
For only the second time in human history, scientists are on the verge of completely wiping out a disease. The guinea worm, a debilitating parasite that just 30 years ago anually blighted the lives of more than three million people across Africa and ...
El Deber - August 5, 2013
Allí de 14 pacientes sometidos a un seguimiento postratamiento, seis casos dieron negativo para el parásito Trypanosoma cruzi. Estos niños fueron diagnosticados y tratados exclusivamente por el sistema de salud de Samaipata. Mairana es el segundo ...
Africa Press - August 5, 2013
Hundreds of kilometres from the capital Nairobi in the remote district of Baringo in Western Kenya, Yego Longorchoto, a 24 year-old herdsman, is being treated for a disease called visceral leishmaniasis.
Vaccine News Daily - August 5, 2013
Merck celebrated on Wednesday the government of Colombia for becoming the first country to eliminate Onchocerciasis, or river blindness.
Today's TMJ4 - August 5, 2013
MILWAUKEE - She made national headlines after being the first person to ever survive rabies without having the vaccine. But now, in an ironic twist, two furry members of her "family" have tested positive for the disease.
The Global Dispatch - August 5, 2013
The outbreak has prompted the government to procure rabies vaccine to protect humans, with thousands of doses expected to arrive to supplement current stocks.
The News International - August 5, 2013
Dr M Shakeel Aamir Mullick focal person for Dengue Surveillance Cell Sindh said that a total of 562 dengue fever cases have been reported in Sindh province since January 2013, out of them 549 were reported in Karachi and 13 in rest of province.
Inquirer.net - August 5, 2013
While these figures are accurate, the item failed to mention that in Metro Manila, there has been a 69.16-percent decrease in the number of dengue cases, or 4,143 cases from Jan. 1-July 13, 2013, compared to 14,434 cases during the same period last year.
Japan Times - August 5, 2013
PARIS – Complex genetic interactions between mosquitoes and the dengue fever virus spread the dangerous disease, a study by French and Thai scientists says. The mosquito-borne disease has traditionally been a problem of the tropics, but globalization, ...
Sun.Star - August 5, 2013
NINE persons stricken with dengue fever have been admitted at the J.R. Borja Memorial Hospital (JRBMH), a city official said. Councilor Dante Pajo, health and sanitation chairperson said, “since Tuesday last week, there were already nine patients ...
The New Indian Express - August 5, 2013
With two persons testing positive for dengue, the district administration geared up to tackle the disease as the district had reported highest 438 dengue cases in the State last year.
The Providence Journal - August 5, 2013
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The University of Rhode Island has received $11.4 million from the National Institutes of Health for ongoing research on dengue virus, a potentially deadly mosquito-borne disease.
Times of India - Aug 4, 2013
Pune city has reported six dengue deaths so far this year. Of them, two deaths have been confirmed by the state level review committee so far. The remaining deaths which occurred at different hospitals in Pune are yet to be reviewed and hence they have ...
Newstrack India - Aug 4, 2013
Washington, Aug 4 (ANI): New research into the fight against dengue may influence the development of anti-viral therapies that are effective against all four types of the virus. The findings, led by researchers at the University of Bristol, show for ...
Oneindia - Aug 4, 2013
The OPD service was introduced Saturday at Sriram Chandra Bhanja (SCB) Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack, about 26 km from state capital Bhubaneswar, exclusively for dengue patients, joint director of the state health department M M Pradhan said.
Times of India - Aug 4, 2013
The dengue cases have been reported from Samrudhdhinagar Awas Yojana on Kalavad Road, Vijay Plot, Navalnagar, Karanpara and Bhaktidham Society, while malaria cases have been reported from Shilp Tower, Dhebar Colony on Sadhuvasvani Road, ...
The Nation - Aug 4, 2013
A number of 87,533 Thais were infected by dengue fever during January-July, according to the Public Health Ministry. The fever has claimed 83 fatalities so far or 0.09 per cent of patients, mostly those who suffer from chronic diseases.
Times of India - Aug 4, 2013
Dengue fever is seen in Industrial Town of Vapi of South Gujarat too. Six new patients have been reported from the town on Saturday. Four of the patients are admitted in Hariya hospital of the town , where as two are receiving treatment in Sharddha ...
The New Indian Express - Aug 4, 2013
There has been a surge in the number of cases in the last three days at the Capital Hospital. While there were 35 dengue patients in the Hospital on Saturday morning, 10 of them were discharged and two referred to SCB Medical at Cuttack by the evening.Damodar Rout stings administration after dengue flakSpecial
China Post - Aug 4, 2013
TAIPEI--Anyone in Taiwan who was bitten by a Formosan ferret-badger in the period May 2012 to July 31 this year is now eligible to be vaccinated against rabies in an inoculation program launched by The Centers for Disease Control (CDC), ...
The News International - Aug 4, 2013
Almost all reported cases of snakebites in need of anti-snake venom serum (ASV) were given serum at the healthcare facilities including Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) and allied hospitals in Rawalpindi however at least four of the ...
The News International - Aug 4, 2013
From Print Edition. Dengue eradication operation: On the instructions of Commissioner Lahore Division, Imdadullah Bosal, a dengue sweep surveillance operation was held at Wagha Town and from different places three positive dengue larvae were found.
Times of India - Aug 4, 2013
MUMBAI: A senior doctor from the civic-run Nair Hospital is said to be suffering from malaria and as well as dengue. While the hospital authorities denied knowing about the case, the BMC has said that the doctor may...
Bloomberg - Aug 4, 2013
Sanofi (SAN), whose vaccines have all but eradicated polio, recently flew journalists from around the globe to a sparkling new factory in France to tout its next big project -- the world's first vaccine for dengue.
Fiji Times - August 4, 2013
Mr Deo revealed the assessments would include a pin-prick to the finger with immediate testing for lymphatic filariasis on site. The survey will run for three weeks starting tomorrow and the survey personnel will consist of two teams of three persons.
Times of India - August 4, 2013
CUTTACK: Three weeks after dengue struck the city, health minister Damodar Rout on Saturday paid his maiden visit here to oversee treatment facility at SCB Medical College and Hospital and steps taken by the local administration to check the disease.
Sunday Observer - August 4, 2013
DIG Sumith Edirisingha said that IGP N.K. Illangakoon is also keen to wipe out the dengue menace and directed the police to organise several campaigns to eradicate the dengue menace from the country.
Times of India - August 4, 2013
RANCHI: A middle aged man of Giridih, who was admitted in Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) on Thursday, was confirmed to have contracted dengue on Friday after various tests.
NDTV - August 4, 2013
While 99 dengue patients are currently undergoing treatment in SCB hospital, 177 patients have been discharged after getting cured, they said. Even as the minister held the review meeting with senior officials, opposition Congress and BJP workers ...
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