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CIDRAP: October 27 - October 31, 2017

sharon sanders

Editor-in-Chief & President
[h=3]OCT 31, 2017[/h]



[h=3]COMMENTARY: Pandemic preparedness and missed opportunities[/h] Michael T. Osterholm, PhD, MPH | Director | CIDRAP
| Oct 31, 2017

"It seems we've lost an understanding of the difference between a pandemic and an epidemic."












[h=3]OCT 30, 2017[/h]



[h=3]Despite progress, WHO paints 'grim' picture of global TB[/h] Chris Dall | News Reporter | CIDRAP News
| Oct 30, 2017

2016 saw 10.4 million TB cases and 1.7 million deaths, with 490,000 multidrug-resistant cases.














[h=3]Monkeypox confirmed in 6 more Nigerian patients[/h] Stephanie Soucheray | News Reporter | CIDRAP News
| Oct 30, 2017

The outbreak has now become Nigeria's largest ever, with 9 confirmed cases.














[h=3]MERS sickens 4 more in Saudi Arabia[/h] Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News
| Oct 30, 2017

The cases were reported in different areas of the country, though two are from the same city.










[h=3]News Scan for Oct 30, 2017[/h] Kenya Marburg tracing
Madagascar plague
Yellow fever in South America
Oral flu vaccine trial
Antibiotics in nursing homes











[h=3]OCT 27, 2017[/h]



[h=3]Uganda confirms 2nd Marburg case, isolates 2 others[/h] Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News
| Oct 27, 2017

The man, who died from his infection, is a brother of the first confirmed case-patient.










[h=3]ASP Scan (Weekly) for Oct 27, 2017[/h] Hospital antibiotic consumption
Antibiotic use, resistance indicators
Prolonged antibiotics for sepsis
Resistant bacteria in seafood
MRSA vaccine candidate
Provider role in CRE spread
Airborne resistant pathogens
Patient movement and C diff
Resistant salmonella in pigs
Antimicrobial resistance research awards









[h=3]News Scan for Oct 27, 2017[/h] Plague in Madagascar
Yemen cholera outbreak slows
Hospital antibiotic consumption









[h=3]Flu Scan for Oct 27, 2017[/h] US H1N2v flu case
Avian flu in Dominican Republic, Italy










 
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