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EINet
News Briefs Archive
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About EINet
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In this edition:
Here is our weekly summary of relevant Asia–Pacific
postings to the ProMED Electronic Network, which is a
prototype for a communications system to monitor emerging
infectious diseases globally as an initiative of the
Federation of American Scientists (FAS) and co–sponsored by
WHO.
More information about PROMED can be acquired contacting
the moderator. Please contact the moderator if you would
like more any of the reports below:
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This neurological disease in humans has not been seen
outside Europe and has seriously affected the British
beef industry. It is an example of the importance of a
veterinary disease to human health.
DENGUE––HONDURAS
La Tribuna newspaper in Honduras reported that in the
first nine months of 1997 more dengue cases have been
reported than all of 1996.
DENGUE HIST REVIEW MONOGRAPH AVAILABLE
Copies of monograph are available by request from CTD
Documentation Center, WHO, 1211 Geneva 27,
Switzerland 25㪢㫹
WHO Weekly Epidemiological Record notification of 28
cases of cholera during first half of 1997; first
notification since 1994 despite evidence of disease in
region during the intermediate period. 28㪢㫹
Hospital employees tested positive for hantavirus when
blood samples were tested at the CDC in Atlanta. 29㪢㫹
Dr. Chin (CDCP news and WHOAs influenza page),
summarizes major geographical subtypes for 1997 and
vaccine recommendations:
DENGUE VIRUSES: REAGENTS AVAILABLE––CUBA
The Institute of Tropical Medicine Pedro Kouri
announces the availability of laboratory reagents for
dengue diagnosis that may be antigens for
hemagglutination, antisera, conjugates, monoclonal
antibodies against the four serotypes of a set of
reagents that permits the detection of specific IgM
antibodies. For contact information, write to the
moderator at apecein@u.washington.edu
LEPTOSPIROSIS thread––INDIA (Surat)
Case counts from National Institute of Communicable
Diseases, Delhi, and the importance of early treatment
and diagnosis. 31㪢㫹
210 cases reported in Uttar Pradesh. Viral
identification as a P1 wild has not been officially
confirmed. HANTAVIRUS, RODENTS––CHILE
CDC report indicates possibility of two hantaviruses
in two mouse species. 20% of Chilean cases have occurred
in children. 12㪣㫹
Outbreak of dengue hemorrhagic fever resulted in at
least 37 deaths in Borneo.
JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS, IMPORTED––USA EX
PHILIPPINES
13–year old female diagnosed with JE after being
evacuated to the US from the Philippines.
㪧㪣㫹 thread TUBERCULOSIS––INDONESIA (IRIAN JAYA): REQUEST FOR
INFO
WHO investigation initiateed due to high incidence of
155 reported TB cases in Jayapura (pop 3ס.000
residents)
㪩㪣㫹 thread 17㪣㫹
Survey by non–governmental surveillance group
identified large number (43) of CJD patients who received
a cadaveric dura mater graft during a neurosurgical or
orthopedic procedure between 1979㫳, most of whom
received grafts from the same processor. Findings suggest
that recipients of contaminated grafts may remain at risk
for CJD at least 16 years following receipt of
grafts.
INFLUENZA, BIRD–TO–MAN TRANSMISSION
WHO has confirmed that 3 year old who died of H5N1
influenza caught it from infected chickens.
MALARIA RE–EMERGES SOUTH KOREA
Re–emergence of Plasmodium vivax: cases have
approximately tripled each year since 1993 and have been
chloroquine sensitive. South Korea was thought to have
been malaria–free for the past 15 years.
HEPATITIS E, NEW STRAIN USA
Abbott Laboratories announced discovery of a third
strain of hepatitis E in the US called HEV–USם.
Dr. Carrie Horwitch, co–investigator of the APEC EINet,
was a presenter at the 4th International Conference on AIDS
in Asia and the Pacific. Her presentation was on business
initiatives for AIDS education in the workplace.
In addition to the conference, Dr. Horwitch also had
several meetings with colleagues interested in the areas of
emerging infectious diseases and the APEC EINet
telecommunications project. The diseases of particular
interest in the Philippines are MDR–tuberculosis, dengue
virus, leptospirosis, and malaria.
The APEC EINet listserv was established to enhance collaboration among academicians
and public health professionals in the area of emerging infections surveillance
and control. Subscribers are encouraged to share their own material with their
colleagues in the Asian–Pacific Rim by addressing comments to apec–ein@u.washington.edu.
To subscribe, please contact Nedra Floyd Pautler at pautler@u.washington.edu.
Further information about the APEC Emerging Infections Network is available at
http://www.apec.org/infectious.
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