Past Updates from the Clinician Registry Listserv
Update Sent July 30, 2007
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Today's topics Include:
Avian Influenza
Avian influenza - situation in Egypt - WHO update - July 25
The Ministry of Health and Population of Egypt has announced a new human case of avian influenza A(H5N1) virus infection. The case is a 25-year-old female from Damietta Governorate. Her infection has been confirmed by the Egyptian Central Public Health Laboratory and by the WHO H5 Reference Laboratory, US Naval Medical Research Unit No.3 (NAMRU-3).
http://www.who.int/csr/don/2007_07_25/en/index.html
Cumulative Number of Confirmed Human Cases of Avian Influenza A/(H5N1) Reported to WHO
- July 25
http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/country/cases_table_2007_07_25/en/index.html
Formaldehyde-related Health Concerns
Formaldehyde-related Health Concerns - July 27
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provided either mobile homes or travel trailers to Gulf Coast victims who had lost their homes in the hurricane. Concerns have surfaced recently about air quality in the trailers and the occurrence of respiratory and other symptoms resulting from exposure to formaldehyde or other respiratory irritants among residents of the mobile homes. CDC is working with FEMA to investigate the health concerns of those living in the trailers and mobile homes.
http://www.cdc.gov/Features/FEMAtrailers/
West Nile Virus
West Nile Virus Update - United States, January 1-July 24, 2007 - MMWR Weekly - July 27
This report summarizes 2007 West Nile virus (WNV) surveillance data reported to CDC through ArboNET as of 3 a.m. Mountain Daylight Time, July 24, 2007. A total of 19 states have reported 122 cases of human WNV illness to CDC.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5629a4.htm
Tuberculosis
Protecting the Public's Health against Tuberculosis: Moving Forward - Updated July 26
This page contains a letter from the Directors of Global Migration and Quarantine and Tuberculosis Elimination at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as well as Q&A Related to the CDC July 3, 2007 Press Conference with National Jewish Medical and Research Center.
http://www.cdc.gov/news/2007/07/tuberculosis.html
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