CDC is issuing a Health Alert Network (HAN) Health Update to inform clinicians and health departments about available testing for patients with suspected hantavirus infection, including Andes virus.
CDC and health departments in several states are monitoring the health of U.S. passengers from the M/V Hondius, and U.S. air travel contacts of symptomatic ship passengers who were subsequently confirmed to have Andes virus infection.
This Health Update informs clinicians about testing and consultation that are available for Andes virus and other hantaviruses endemic to the United States.
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A population study of Toxoplasma gondii in the Amazon region expands current knowledge of the genetic diversity in South America @PLOSNTDs https://t.co/E5qPF2HmIw
🚨 Pre-announcement: FY24 Tick-Borne Disease Research Program funding opportunities! 🧬🔬 Plan your innovative tick-borne disease research. Stay tuned for updates & deadlines. #TickBorneDisease #ResearchFunding @CDMRP @MilitaryHealth@DoD_DHA 🌐💡
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The 2024 RSTMH #EarlyCareer Grants Programme is now open for applications
The Programme provides more than 200 grants every year to those #earlycareerresearchers in #tropicalmedicine or #globalhealth
Apply by 22 April 2024 BST
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Natural infection of free-ranging capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) with Anaplasmataecea and Rickettsiaceae bacteria in the Iberá wetlands ecoregion, Argentina https://t.co/e05jBpQ4Co
Very nice work on the role of the inositol phosphorylceramide synthase of Trypanosoma cruzi, by the group of @SantuzaTeixeira and in collaboration with my friend @FillingV
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New paper out: Molecular Detection of Tick-Borne Pathogens in Dogs from Indigenous Communities, Amazon, Brazil | Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases https://t.co/fW2ggfOkWA
Epidemiology and Phylogeny of Anaplasma ovis with a Note on Hematological and Biochemical Changes in Asymptomatic Goats Enrolled from Four Districts in Punjab, Pakistan https://t.co/a59Lj9ciDs
Serosurvey of Trypanosomatidae (Trypanosoma cruzi and Leishmania infantum) in Howler Monkeys from Southern Brazil: Risk Factor and Influence of Landscape Structure https://t.co/Xk5s8klHUC
Remember, #ticks are capable of transmitting more than just #Lymedisease. There are different types of ticks and they all can carry various co-infections with serious side effects. Photo credit: @ackace
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