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MMWR  Early Release Vol. 63, Early Release October 14, 2014   In this report   PDF Cluster of Ebola Cases Among Liberian and U.S. Health Care Workers in an Ebola Treatment Unit and Adjacent Hospital — Liberia, 2014 Joseph D. Forrester, MD, Jennifer Hunter, DrPH, Satish K. Pillai, MD, et al. MMWR  2014;63(Early Release):1-5 In July 2014, CDC assisted the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare of Liberia in investigating a cluster of five Ebola cases among U.S. and Liberian health care workers who became ill while working at an Ebola treatment unit, an adjacent general hospital, or both. This report summarizes their findings. No common source of exposure or chain of transmission was identified. However, multiple opportunities were identified for possible transmission of Ebola virus to health care workers, and none of those opportunities were found to be a previously unrecognized mode of transmission.   PDF Developing an Incident Management System to...

RABIES ICD-9 071; ICD-10 A82 (Hydrophobia, Lyssa) 1. Identification—An almost invariably fatal acute viral encephalomyelitis; onset generally heralded by a sense of apprehension, headache, fever, malaise and indefinite sensory changes often referred to the site of a preceding animal bite. Excitability and aerophobia are frequent symptoms. The disease progresses to paresis or paralysis; spasms of swallowing muscles leads to fear of water (hydrophobia); delirium and convulsions follow. Without medical intervention, the usual duration is 2–6 days, sometimes longer; death is often due to respiratory paralysis. Diagnosis is made through specific FA staining of brain tissue or virus isolation in mouse or cell cultures. Presumptive diagnosis by specific FA staining of frozen skin sections taken from the back of the neck at the hairline. Serological diagnosis based on neutralization tests in mice or cell culture. 2. Infectious agent—Rabies virus, a rhabdovirus o...

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Research A comparison of temporal trends in United States autism prevalence to trends in suspected environmental factors Nevison  CD Environmental Health 2014, 13:73 (5 September 2014) Abstract                   http://www.ehjournal.net/ content/13/1/73/abstract Provisional PDF      http://www.ehjournal.net/ content/pdf/1476-069X-13-73. pdf Case report Exposure characteristics of familial cases of lung injury associated with the use of humidifier disinfectants Park  D, Leem  J, Lee  K, Lim  H, Choi  Y, Ahn  J, Lim  S, Park  J, Choi  K, Lee  N, Jung  H, Paek  D Environmental Health 2014, 13:70 (2 September 2014) Abstract                   http://www.ehjournal.net/ content/13/1/70/abstract Provisional PDF      http://www.ehjournal.net/ content/pdf/1476-069X-13-70. pdf Research A cross-se...

World Hepatitis Day — July 28th Every year on July 28th, World Hepatitis Day aims to increase the awareness and understanding of viral hepatitis as a major global health threat. All types of viral hepatitis can cause inflammation of the liver; however, hepatitis B and C infection can result in a lifelong, chronic infection. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that nearly 400 million people have chronic viral hepatitis worldwide and most of them do not know they are infected. More than 1 million people die each year from causes related to viral hepatitis, commonly cirrhosis and liver cancer. The date of July 28th was chosen for World Hepatitis Day in honor of the birthday of Nobel Laureate Professor Baruch Samuel Blumberg, who discovered the hepatitis B virus. Hepatitis A Hepatitis A is a liver disease caused by the hepatitis A virus that can cause mild to severe illness but does not lead to chronic infection. Globally, there are an estimated 1.4 million cases o...