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Viral Pneumonia Infects Almost 60 in Central China

January 7, 2020January 24, 2023 Marinanicole Schultheiss

By: Alyssa Loskill Image courtesy of Matthew and Heather via Flickr Creative Commons In mid to late December, several employees of the Huanan Seafood Market

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First Recorded Outbreak of Emerging Infectious Parasite at Hong Kong Rugby Tournament

March 22, 2013January 25, 2023 Lakshmi Yajurvedi

In a letter to the editor in the March 2013 issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases, the Hong Kong Department of Health writes about the first

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Spotlight: SARS

October 2, 2012January 25, 2023 Jason Hayes

Few media-hyped events pose such a lurking, pit-of-your-stomach discomfort as the rapid, global emergence of a new disease. The sound of ambulance sirens, the sight

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Scarlet Fever Continues to Spread Throughout Asia

June 24, 2011January 25, 2023 Lakshmi Yajurvedi

Earlier this week, we reported that a mutated strain of the bacteria that causes scarlet fever resulted in 2 deaths and a record number of

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Scarlet Fever Continues to Spread Throughout Asia

June 24, 2011January 25, 2023 Lakshmi Yajurvedi

Earlier this week, we reported that a mutated strain of the bacteria that causes scarlet fever resulted in 2 deaths and a record number of

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Scarlet Fever Kills Two Children in Hong Kong

June 21, 2011January 25, 2023 Lakshmi Yajurvedi

A new strain of Scarlet Fever is spreading through Hong Kong. In the past three weeks, two children, a 15-year-old boy and a 7-year-old-girl, became

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Swine Flu Causes Multiple Deaths in Hong Kong and Beijing

February 11, 2011January 25, 2023 Lakshmi Yajurvedi

As China ushered in its Lunar New Year this past week, the city of Beijing has reported 11 new cases and 1 death due to

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Avian Influenza Returns

December 15, 2010January 25, 2023 Lakshmi Yajurvedi

In recent weeks, avian influenza has returned to news headlines in several countries. On November 19th, a new human case of H5N1 was confirmed in

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Avian Influenza Case in Hong Kong

November 23, 2010January 25, 2023 Lakshmi Yajurvedi

Hong Kong reported its first diagnosis of H5N1 (avian influenza) since 2003.  The 59 year old female patient had recently returned from a trip to

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