EID journal

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One of the world’s largest outbreaks of #LegionnairesDisease occurred in the Vila Franca de Xira region of Portugal in 2014. Since then, the ST1905 genotype has been identified several times in Portugal. Click to learn more: https://bit.ly/3V9NVv7

In Texas, 709 inpatient and outpatient hospital visits related to #coccidioidomycosis occurred in 2021; prevalence was 3.17 cases per 100,000 total hospital visits in 2020. Click to learn more: https://bit.ly/4amzM1S

To determine how easy or difficult it was for people to get to #COVID19 vaccination sites by driving or walking, researchers obtained a list of all vaccination sites and used software to create isochrone maps. Overall, accessibility by walking ranged from 46.6% of the population being able to walk to a site within 15 minutes to 86.7% being able to walk there within 60 minutes. Accessibility by driving ranged from 96.5% of the population being able to drive to a site within 15 minutes and 99.8% being able to drive there within 60 minutes. Click the link in our bio to learn more in the May 2024 EID journal article, COVID-19 Vaccination Site Accessibility, United States, December 11, 2020–March 29, 2022, online now.

A technician at a veterinary clinic in Kansas was infected with #sporotrichosis after receiving a puncture wound from an infected cat being treated at the clinic. Learn more in this May 2024 EID journal article: https://bit.ly/3WJqqu6

#Lymedisease is the most common vector-borne disease in the United States. Caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi and rarely, Borrelia mayonii, it is transmitted to humans through the bite of infected blacklegged #ticks. Approximately 476,000 people get #Lyme disease each year in the United States.   May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month, a time to raise awareness about Lyme disease and share information on how to prevent it. To learn more about this tickborne disease, visit EID journal’s collection of Lyme disease-related articles: https://bit.ly/4bgh2m2

256 #COVID19 patients were identified in Japan who had mutations in the #SARSCoV2 nonstructural protein 5 conferring ensitrelvir resistance. Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 mutations that are resistant to anticoronaviral drugs is required. Click to learn more: https://bit.ly/3y9Vx7K

Three #H5N6 avian influenza viruses were isolated from wild bird carcasses found in South Korea in December 2023, which most likely descended from clade 2.3.4.4b #H5N1 viruses circulating in 2022–2023. Click to learn more: https://bit.ly/4dwlyOB

In May–July 2023, a cluster of 7 patients at local hospitals in Florida were diagnosed with Plasmodium vivax #malaria. Phylogenetic analysis suggests probable introduction from Central/South America. Click to learn more: https://bit.ly/4dyPav1

Paranannizziopsis species #fungus was detected in a wild population of vipers in Europe. Fungal infections were severe, and 1 animal likely died from infection. Learn more in this May 2024 EID journal article: https://bit.ly/3JJzoQ7