Brazil reports Chagas outbreak
Health officials in Amazon Province are reporting an outbreak of Chagas disease, in which up to 18 cases may be involved. It is suspected that the parasitic outbreak may be due to the handling and consumption of acai.
According to The Ministry of Health, the number of registered cases is above normal and in a short period of time, points to oral transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi (the causative protozoan disease) via the consumption of food contaminated with feces the vector.
Outbreaks of acute Chagas disease related to ingestion of contaminated food (sugar cane juice, acai, bacaba, among others) and isolated cases by extradomiciliary vector transmission is being seen especially in the Amazon.
Legionnaires Disease in the Bronx
Wellness officials are investigating a spike in Legionnaires’ Disease in The Bronx. In December 2014, 11 circumstances of of the disease had been reported in The Bronx. wee above the typical 2 or 3.
Most persons get Legionnaires’ by inhaling bacteria, not from individual-to-individual contacts. The bacteria grows in warm environments, such as whirlpool spas, showers, faucets or industrial cooling towers.
No comments:
Post a Comment