Four cases of malaria have been reported in Kilner Park, Pretoria, affecting persons with no recent history of travel to malaria transmission areas. Fortunately all the patients have survived. It is most likely that an Anopheles malaria vector mosquito, which had been accidentally transported by a vehicle from a malaria area, was responsible. This form […]
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Plague is endemic in Madagascar, with the country reporting about 400 cases annually, mainly the bubonic form of the disease. This is transmitted from rodent hosts to humans by fleas and generally affects people in poor, rural areas. The current outbreak is unusual, in that spread has occurred to some urban areas in the eastern,
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What is plague? Plague is a zoonotic disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. Plague is found mainly in rodents, and is spread by fleas from rodent to rodent, as well as from rodents to other animals (including dogs) and humans, or accidentally from fleas to humans. Plague is still present in parts of Africa,
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The NICD was contacted in the early hours of Thursday morning 21st September for assistance with the diagnosis and management of two seamen who had been evacuated from a ship off the coast of Port St Johns. The ship had travelled via Abijan, Cote d’Ivoire. Both seamen were admitted to a Durban private hospital, and
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Since the declaration of measles in KwaZulu-Natal Province on 1 September 2017, a total of 80 suspected or laboratory-confirmed cases have been reported to health authorities. As of 15 September 2017, 26 laboratory-confirmed measles cases have been reported and 54 suspected measles cases are awaiting laboratory results. Laboratory-confirmed cases are reported in four of the
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An outbreak of measles has been declared in KwaZulu-Natal Province. An increase in number of laboratory-confirmed measles cases was observed in Ethekwini and Umgungundlovu districts from July 2017. As of 5 September 2017, a total of 23 laboratory-confirmed measles cases has been reported in four of the 11 districts in KwaZulu-Natal: Ethekwini (n=14), Umgungundlovu (n=6),
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