Ebola
11-21-2014 | 03:33 PM
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Ebola doesn't worry me as much as that paralyzing strain of TB that was brought in through Lackland AFB personnel redistribution. We got some where I live and have a lot of kids that have been paralyzed and none have recovered yet.
11-21-2014 | 06:30 PM
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11-21-2014 | 06:41 PM
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11-21-2014 | 07:00 PM
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The Enterovirus, similar strain to polio. It has been around for 40 years. Very common in Central America. There have been 35 known cases in the USA up until the last year, when there been 700 for some reason. Amnestio.
11-21-2014 | 09:40 PM
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From mid-August to November 20, 2014, CDC or state public health laboratories have confirmed a total of 1,121 people in 47 states and the District of Columbia with respiratory illness caused by EV-D68.*
Reports from most states over the last couple months have indicated reduced EV-D68-like illness activity. However, EV-D68 infections could continue through late fall. Over the last two weeks that CDC obtained reports, some states reported increasing respiratory illness activity. However, since other seasonal respiratory viruses, such as influenza and respiratory syncytial virus, are starting to circulate now, we are not sure if this increase is caused by these seasonal viruses or EV-D68. See Activity of Enterovirus D68-like Illness in States.
Every year, enteroviruses and rhinoviruses cause millions of respiratory illnesses in children. This year, EV-D68 has been the most common type of enterovirus identified, leading to increases in illnesses among children and affecting those with asthma most severely. Other rhinoviruses and enteroviruses continue to be detected as well.
CDC has received substantially more specimens for enterovirus lab testing than usual this year, due to the large outbreak of EV-D68 and related hospitalizations.
CDC has prioritized testing of specimens from children with severe respiratory illness. There are likely many children affected with milder forms of illness.
Of the more than 2,500 specimens tested by the CDC lab, about 40% have tested positive for EV-D68. About one third have tested positive for an enterovirus or rhinovirus other than EV-D68.
Almost all the confirmed cases this year of EV-D68 infection have been among children. Many of the children had asthma or a history of wheezing.
EV-D68 has been detected in specimens from 12* patients who died and had samples submitted for testing. CDC is reporting test results to state health departments as we obtain them.
State and local officials have the authority to determine the cause of death, including the role that EV-D68 may have played. They also have the authority to determine the appropriate information to release, and the time to release it. CDC will defer to states to provide this information.
*Investigations are ongoing; CDC reviews and updates available data every Thursday.
Reports from most states over the last couple months have indicated reduced EV-D68-like illness activity. However, EV-D68 infections could continue through late fall. Over the last two weeks that CDC obtained reports, some states reported increasing respiratory illness activity. However, since other seasonal respiratory viruses, such as influenza and respiratory syncytial virus, are starting to circulate now, we are not sure if this increase is caused by these seasonal viruses or EV-D68. See Activity of Enterovirus D68-like Illness in States.
Every year, enteroviruses and rhinoviruses cause millions of respiratory illnesses in children. This year, EV-D68 has been the most common type of enterovirus identified, leading to increases in illnesses among children and affecting those with asthma most severely. Other rhinoviruses and enteroviruses continue to be detected as well.
CDC has received substantially more specimens for enterovirus lab testing than usual this year, due to the large outbreak of EV-D68 and related hospitalizations.
CDC has prioritized testing of specimens from children with severe respiratory illness. There are likely many children affected with milder forms of illness.
Of the more than 2,500 specimens tested by the CDC lab, about 40% have tested positive for EV-D68. About one third have tested positive for an enterovirus or rhinovirus other than EV-D68.
Almost all the confirmed cases this year of EV-D68 infection have been among children. Many of the children had asthma or a history of wheezing.
EV-D68 has been detected in specimens from 12* patients who died and had samples submitted for testing. CDC is reporting test results to state health departments as we obtain them.
State and local officials have the authority to determine the cause of death, including the role that EV-D68 may have played. They also have the authority to determine the appropriate information to release, and the time to release it. CDC will defer to states to provide this information.
*Investigations are ongoing; CDC reviews and updates available data every Thursday.
11-26-2014 | 04:00 PM
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12-23-2014 | 05:22 AM
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Ebola is still going strong.
Ebola Cases Up Dramatically in Last 4 Weeks, CDC Reports
From: Medscape Medical News
By: Larry Hand
December 16, 2014
Reported Ebola cases continue to climb dramatically in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, according to an update published online December 16 in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
Reported cases totaled 4281 for the 4-week period between November 9 and December 6 compared with 2705 for the 3-week period between October 19 and November 8. The cases occurred in widely distributed geographic districts across all three countries.
Two prefectures in Guinea, six counties in Liberia, and six districts in Sierra Leone reported the highest cumulative incidence rates, with some as high as more than 300 cases per 100,000 populations.
Total case counts included suspected, probable, and confirmed cases. However, reporting delays vary by country, so the proportion of reported to actual cases is unknown.
A total of 17,908 Ebola cases had been reported as of December 7 from the three West African countries, according to a December 10 update from the World Health Organization. Peaks in the number of new cases occurred in:
• Liberia, with 509 cases during the week of September 5 to 11;
• Sierra Leone, with 748 cases during the week of November 9 to 15; and
• Guinea, with 292 cases during the week of October 5 to 11.
A total of 6373 Ebola-related deaths had been reported as of December 7, according to the World Health Organization. Investigators are looking into possible transmission in Mali, but transmission was interrupted successfully in Nigeria.
Ebola Cases Up Dramatically in Last 4 Weeks, CDC Reports
From: Medscape Medical News
By: Larry Hand
December 16, 2014
Reported Ebola cases continue to climb dramatically in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, according to an update published online December 16 in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
Reported cases totaled 4281 for the 4-week period between November 9 and December 6 compared with 2705 for the 3-week period between October 19 and November 8. The cases occurred in widely distributed geographic districts across all three countries.
Two prefectures in Guinea, six counties in Liberia, and six districts in Sierra Leone reported the highest cumulative incidence rates, with some as high as more than 300 cases per 100,000 populations.
Total case counts included suspected, probable, and confirmed cases. However, reporting delays vary by country, so the proportion of reported to actual cases is unknown.
A total of 17,908 Ebola cases had been reported as of December 7 from the three West African countries, according to a December 10 update from the World Health Organization. Peaks in the number of new cases occurred in:
• Liberia, with 509 cases during the week of September 5 to 11;
• Sierra Leone, with 748 cases during the week of November 9 to 15; and
• Guinea, with 292 cases during the week of October 5 to 11.
A total of 6373 Ebola-related deaths had been reported as of December 7, according to the World Health Organization. Investigators are looking into possible transmission in Mali, but transmission was interrupted successfully in Nigeria.
04-01-2015 | 09:15 AM
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Sad thing is that these diseases can be directed related to both legal and illegal immigration.
Like someone said. It's a non issue until its your kid/wife/husband/mother/father.
People in the U.S. need to spend a semester in 3rd world countries to really grasp the real life concept of how preventative health care is almost non existent in these countries.
Global travel is just a parasitic carrier.
Sad thing is that these diseases can be directed related to both legal and illegal immigration.
Like someone said. It's a non issue until its your kid/wife/husband/mother/father.
People in the U.S. need to spend a semester in 3rd world countries to really grasp the real life concept of how preventative health care is almost non existent in these countries.
Global travel is just a parasitic carrier.
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