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Avian Influenza A (H5N1) – Yogyakarta Province, Indonesia A 37-year-old male from Yogyakarta Province in Indonesia was infected with the Avian Influenza A (H5N1)...

0August 13, 2012

37 year old Indonesian dies from Bird Flu (Aug 9, 2012)

Rabies - Chom Thong District, Thailand In Chom Thong District, a pet rabbit, infected with rabies, bit members of the family. The victims have received post-exposure anti-rabies...

0August 8, 2012

Bangkok health officials on Rabies Alert (Aug 6, 2012)

Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease - Biomedical Update Vitamin A insufficiency linked to Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease Vitamin A (http://www.news-medical.net/health/What-is-Vitamin-A.aspx) status is associated with immunity to, and...

Vitamin A insufficiency linked to Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (July 30, 2012)

Parvovirus – Hong Kong Twenty-five children at a kindergarten-cum-child care center have been infected with the ‘fifth disease’- an infection caused by Parvovirus...

25 children infected by Parvovirus in Hong Kong (July 17, 2012)

Unknown Disease - Cambodia There is an outbreak of an unknown disease with severe respiratory and neurological symptoms in Cambodia. According to a joint press issued by the...

Unknown disease kills 61 in Cambodia (July 9, 2012)

Undiagnosed Illness – Quang Ngai, Vietnam A mysterious skin disease has affected 215 people in Vietnam, killing 23 to date, leaving authorities baffled. Cases had initially affected those in the...

Mysterious Skin Disease in Vietnam (June 18, 2012)

Avian Influenza – Hong Kong A 2-year-old boy was confirmed positive for H5N1 avian influenza infection by the Department of Health in Hong Kong, China, on June 1, 2012. He...

Two-year old boy with Bird Flu in Hong Kong (June 11, 2012)

Rabies – India A British woman died of rabies last weekend in a London Hospital. She had contracted the disease after a dog bite in her recent travel to India....

“High risk” rabies warning for travellers to India (June 9, 2012)

Influenza - Phnom Penh, Cambodia A 10-year old Cambodian girl died yesterday from Bird Flu (the H5N1 strain of avian influenza), in Cambodia. She had developed fever and shortness of...

Ten-year old dies from Bird Flu (May 28, 2012)

Dengue Fever – Sri Lanka In Sri Lanka, 9,317 dengue cases and 38 deaths were reported in the first three months of 2012, against 3,103 in the equivalent period...

0April 18, 2012

Dengue cases triple in Sri Lanka (April 18, 2012)

Dengue Fever – Biomedical Update Researchers from the Bloomberg School of Public Health, John Hopkins University, has shown that that infection with dengue...

Dengue Virus turns on mosquito genes that make them better feeders (April 3, 2012)

Malaria – Nepalgunj, Nepal The Himalayan Times has reported 15 cases of malaria in Banke district, ahead of the monsoon season when cases...

0March 30, 2012

15 Malaria Cases in Nepal (March 30, 2012)

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