According to media, The emergency room at Ben M'sik hospital in Casablanca experienced an unusual number of patients with severe diarrhea, fever, nausea and stomach aches. Dozens of people suffered from food poisoning, after having apparently consumed a "magic bread" sold by one of the snack bars in the Sbata district. 

The Limpopo Provincial Government declared an outbreak of Schistosomiasis in the Mopani district of Limpopo province. The villages areas of Nkowankowa, Khujwane, and Dan are especially affected. On 7 Aug 2024, over 140 students from Malwandla Primary School were diagnosed with schistosomiasis and are currently receiving treatment with anti-parasitic medication.

The Los Angeles County Public Health Department has confirmed a case of locally acquired dengue from a resident who has no history of travel to areas where dengue fever is endemic. According to a release from the health department, the infected person resides in Baldwin Park.

It is the third case of locally acquired dengue in California and the first reported by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. Cases of locally acquired dengue were previously confirmed by Long Beach and Pasadena in fall 2023.

The number of dengue cases this year [2024] has crossed the 25’000 mark, the highest ever in Karnataka. As of 3 September 2024, the state has recorded 25’589 cases and 12 deaths. Over 15’000 cases have been added to its total tally in the last 45 days.

The number of cases in 2024 period already cross those of the entire 2023 (n= 19’300).

The State Department of Health confirmed a case rabies in a 56-year-old man who was bitten by a marmoset in the rural area of Piripiri, 166 km north of Teresina. The agency reported that the last cases of human rabies in the state occurred more than 10 years ago, in 2013, in the cities of Parnaíba and Pio IX.

In Brazil, rabies transmitted by the common marmoset primate is emerging and causing unpredictable human deaths. This primate, once endemic to the northeast of the country, has now invaded regions in the south through human-mediated introductions. However, the dynamics of rabies in this primate and the extent of spillover risk to humans remain unknown. Researchers found that outbreaks of rabies in marmosets reported to the Ministry of Health are continuously reported in new areas, including three new states since 2012, for details see publication.

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Between early June and 15 August 2024, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of the Government of India reported 245 cases of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) including 82 deaths (CFR 33%). Of these, 64 are confirmed cases of Chandipura virus (CHPV) infection. CHPV is endemic in India, with previous outbreaks occurring regularly, especially during the monsoon season. However, the current outbreak is the largest in the past 20 years.

The Chandipura virus (Vesiculovirus chandipura, CHPV) is a zoonotic arbovirus in the family Rhabdoviridae. The virus is endemic in several regions of India and has been detected in other countries in the South Asian subcontinent. Sporadic cases and limited outbreaks have been reported in India since 1965. The virus has also been detected in animals in some African countries (e.g. Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania) without reported human cases.

The principal vector of CHPV in India is the sand fly Phlebotomus papatasi, which is also present in several regions of Europe. Other sand fly, mosquito and tick species are also potential vectors of the virus. A broad range of animals are suspected as vertebrate hosts of CHPV; however, little information is available on the natural ecological cycle of the virus.

The incubation period is typically short, ranging from 3 to 6 days.

CHPV infection may manifest in rapid course as a general febrile disease with meningitis and/or encephalitis (Acute Encephalitis Syndrome). Predominantly children below the age of 15 years are affected. The case fatality rate can reach 55–75%. Serological data indicate asymptomatic human infections.

There is no specific treatment or vaccine available.

Sexually transmissible infections (STIs) represent some of the most prevalent infections globally, with an estimated 375 million new infections with one of the curable STIs each year. About 300’000 new diagnoses of bacterial STIs are reported annually by the European Union (EU)/European Economic Area (EEA) Member States to The European Surveillance System, the main source of epidemiological data for the region. 

On World Sexual Health Day (4 September 2024), the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) published a comprehensive review that underscores the urgent need to improve monitoring data and enhance targeted prevention interventions across Europe, see LINK