Nipah Virus Encephalitis: Person-to-person spread with pneumonia?
8 February 2005 The Nipah paramyxovirus was confirmed last month (January 2005) by US CDC labs to be causing an outbreak of encephalitis in Bangladesh for the 5th time in four years (2001, 2003, 2004 (twice), 2005). When Nipah was first discovered in 1999 in Malaysia (including the town of Nipah), and then in Singapore, it […]
H7N7 Avian Flu in the Netherlands: High Rate of Human-to-Human transmission
14 January 2005 Dutch researchers reported in the January 6th issue of the journal “Eurosurveillance Weekly” that 59% of close household contacts of poultry workers infected with the H7N7 avian influenza virus had antibodies against this H7N7virus suggesting that a high rate of human-to-human transmission had occurred. The full final report is posted at: www. […]
2005 Center for Biologic Counter-terrorism and Emerging Diseases Forum Updates
January 3, 2005 Daniel R. Lucey, MD, MPH Post-Tsunami Emerging Infectious Disease Threats The potential is high for outbreaks of communicable diseases in the aftermath of the earthquake in northern Indonesia and subsequent tsunamis occurring across the Indian Ocean. Initial reports of increases in diarrheal diseases have already been noted as of January 2 by […]
2004 Center for Biologic Counter-terrorism and Emerging Diseases Forum Updates
January 27, 2004 Daniel R. Lucey, MD, MPH Avian Influenza updates since January 23rd Colleagues: Key updates (6) on avian influenza (bird flu) include: (1) A report of drug (Rimantadine/Amantadine) resistance by at least one human and one animal isolate of avian influenza (H5N1) A. (2) Ongoing rapid spread in the number (11) of Asian nations, […]
2003 Center for Biologic Counter-terrorism and Emerging Diseases Forum Updates
March 13, 2003 Daniel R. Lucey, MD, MPH WHO global alert for atypical pneumonia spreading to medical persons The World Health Organization (WHO) March 12th issued a global alert (see attached file from their website) for a severe acute febrile respiratory syndrome that starts as a “flu-like” illness and has lead to respiratory failure in […]
2002 Center for Biologic Counterterrorism and Emerging Diseases Forum Updates
September 26, 2002 Daniel R. Lucey, MD, MPH Welcome to BEPAST.org — website of the Center for Biologic Counterterrorism and Emerging Diseases. The Center, based in Washington DC, is hosted by the Medstar Health group, one of the nation’s largest not-for-profit hospital groups. Washington Hospital Center, the physical home of CBCED, is located just north […]