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BIOHAZARD OUTBREAK LINKS 2008-2011 = 1,627
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September 2008
- 236 infected after eating tainted raw clams in Syracuse, New York (30 September 2008)
- Almost 2,200 equids die of African horse sickness in Ethiopia (30 September 2008)
- Hospital ward closed and 4 infected by C. Difficile in Dunfermline, UK (30 September 2008)
- Horse euthanized because of West Nile virus in Eden, Utah (30 September 2008)
- 2 horses from Mexico may have cause piroplasmosis outbreak which caused 25 horses to be quarantined and over 200 horses to be tested in Florida (29 September 2008)
- Deadly Scrumpox virus found to be transferred by contact sports such as rugby and wrestling (29 September 2008)
- 30 inmates infected with scabies in a detention center in Illinois (29 September 2008)
- Whooping cough infects 16 in St. Charles, Missouri (29 September 2008)
- Bacteria found in water in a rehabilitation centre in Norco, California (29 September 2008)
- 8th person infected by bacteria that causes legionnaires disease in New Brunswick (28 September 2008)
- Bacteria found at beaches in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina (28 September 2008)
- A women was found dead with West Nile disease in Eastchester, New Hampshire (27 September 2008)
- Iceberg lettuce caused E.coli outbreak that sickened at least 26 people in Michigan (27 September 2008)
- 79 year old woman dies of West Nile virus in Westchester, New York (27 September 2008)
- Malaria kills 2 children and infects dozens in Badakhshan, Afghanistan (27 September 2008)
- 5,000 birds culled because of bird flu in Togo (27 September 2008)
- 18 people died from cholera outbreak in Zamfara, Nigeria (26 September 2008)
- An outbreak of poultry disease was found in Queenstown, Maryland (26 September 2008)
- Bacteria was found in drinking water for Downey, California (26 September 2008)
- A case of mad cow disease was found in Turin, Italy (26 September 2008)
- West Nile virus was found in Hanover, New Hampshire (26 September 2008)
- Smoked salmon recalled because of possible listeria contamination in USA (26 September 2008)
- 4 cases of mad cow disease were confirmed in Castilla and Leon, Spain (25 September 2008)
- Viral meningitis cases have been found at a school in Tracy, California (25 September 2008)
- Cholera outbreak kills 3 in Kampala, Uganda (25 September 2008)
- E coli was found in drinking at Kitsap County, Washington (25 September 2008)
- Water is contaminated by cryptosporidium in Galway, Ireland (24 September 2008)
- West Nile virus was found in Elkhart County, Indiana (24 September 2008)
- 1 died from flesh eating bacteria in Washington County, Montana (24 September 2008)
- Some sandwiches may contain listeria in Canada (24 September 2008)
- West Nile virus found in mosquitoes in Millville, Iowa (23 September 2008)
- West Nile virus found in mosquitoes in Suffolk, Virginia (23 September 2008)
- 3 year old dies of E. coli in Denver, Colorado (23 September 2008)
- A pathogenic bacterium was found in milk powder in Sanlu Products made in China (23 September 2008)
- West Nile virus was found in Tewksbury, Massachusetts (23 September 2008)
- A horse was infected with mosquito-borne virus in Freetown, Massachusetts (23 September 2008)
- Cheese may contain pathogens because of improper pasteurization in Canada (23 September 2008)
- Unknown viral illness hits Fiji (22 September 2008)
- Stores recall chicken infected with listeria (22 September 2008)
- 1 infected by West Nile virus in Mendocino, California (22 September 2008)
- Toddler infected with E. coli in Redmond, Washington (22 September 2008)
- MRSA hits San Antonio, Texas (22 September 2008)
- West Nile virus found in a crow in Chautauqua, Kansas (20 September 2008)
- E. coli causes boil water advisory in Bernardston, Massachusetts (20 September 2008)
- West Nile virus found in mosquitoes in Montgomery, Indiana (18 September 2008)
- 3 sickened, may be linked to raw milk in Montgomery, Pennsylvania (17 September 2008)
- 2 birds test positive for West Nile virus in Salinas, California (17 September 2008)
- Mosquitoes test positive for West Nile virus in Franklin, Massachusetts (17 September 2008)
- Elderly man dies of West Nile virus in Iowa (17 September 2008)
- 3 test positive for West Nile virus in Manitoba (17 September 2008)
- West Nile virus found in mosquitoes in Orange, Florida (17 September 2008)
- Woman infected with West Nile virus in Grand Fork, North Dakota (17 September 2008)
- Crow tests positive for West Nile virus in Shorewood, Illinois (16 September 2008)
- Wild abalone which tested positive for abalone viral ganglioneuritis (AVG) closes fishery in Tasmania, Australia (16 September 2008)
- H5N1 bird flu hits Togo (16 September 2008)
- E. coli hits MSU and infects 10 students in Ingham, Michigan (16 September 2008)
- Cholera kills 9 in Nabardo, Togo (16 September 2008)
- HIV rates increase by almost 50% in Australia in the past 8 years (16 September 2008)
- Newly reported cases of HIV increase by 29% in Alberta (16 September 2008)
- 3 cryptosporidium cases linked to public pools in Keller, Texas (15 September 2008)
- 7 animals found to have West Nile virus in Contra Costa, California (15 September 2008)
- 6 new human cases of West Nile virus reported in Mississippi (15 September 2008)
- Woman dies of Weil’s disease after being scratched by a wild rat in England (15 September 2008)
- Cryptosporidium found in Scioto River in Columbus, Ohio (12 September 2008)
- Bird disease temporarily closes animal shelter in Marshall, Minnesota (12 September 2008)
- Food served at a church tainted by E. coli kills 1 and sickens 100s in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma (12 September 2008)
- Pet food recalled because of salmonella contamination in the US (12 September 2008)
- Mosquitoes test positive for West Nile virus in west Palmdale, California (11 September 2008)
- Non human biting mosquitoes test positive for West Nile virus in Canton, Massachusetts (11 September 2008)
- 90 year old dies of West Nile virus in Nassau, New York (11 September 2008)
- 2 infected with West Nile virus in Nebraska (11 September 2008)
- 89 year old woman infected with Legionnaires’ disease dies (11 September 2008)
- Ganlioneuritis found in fish in a processing plant in Tasmania, Australia (11 September 2008)
- Cholera kills 4 in Tanzania (10 September 2008)
- Man infected with West Nile virus in Baltimore, Maryland (10 September 2008)
- 5 infected with West Nile virus in Mississippi (10 September 2008)
- Bluetongue disease found on farm in Durham, UK (10 September 2008)
- Certain ham products may contain listeria in Canada (10 September 2008)
- West Nile virus found in mosquitoes in Clayton, Georgia (09 September 2008)
- Kennel cough hits Colorado Springs, Colorado (09 September 2008)
- Bird flu hits West Africa (09 September 2008)
- 2 infected with West Nile virus in Cleveland, Ohio (09 September 2008)
- Chronic wasting disease found in a captive deer (09 September 2008)
- Cholera infects 20 in Baghdad, Iraq (08 September 2008)
- 1 person dead from Hendra disease in Queensland, Australia (08 September 2008)
- Brucellosis kills 1 cow in Wyoming (08 September 2008)
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease kills 2 in Tampa Bay, Florida (08 September 2008)
- 6 people sick with stomach bug in North Wales (08 September 2008)
- 8 animals have West Nile virus in Contra Costa, California (08 September 2008)
- 32 people are diagnosed with Campylobacter in Anchorage, Alaska (08 September 2008)
- 4 people killed from cholera in Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe (08 September 2008)
- E. coli found in drinking water in Cairns, Australia (08 September 2008)
- 70 infected by cholera in Sidhar, India (07 September 2008)
- Man infected by West Nile virus in Atlanta, Georgia (07 September 2008)
- West Nile virus infects a woman and 2 horses in Lake, Montana (06 September 2008)
- E. coli found in drinking water in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands near Guam (06 September 2008)
- Viral outbreak hits a hospital in Lethbridge, Alberta (06 September 2008)
- Toddler infected with E. coli from a petting zoo in Brandon, Minnesota (06 September 2008)
- E. coli found drinking water at a university apartment which is home to 200 people in Willington, Connecticut (05 September 2008)
- E coli was found in several reservoirs at Queensland, Australia (05 September 2008)
- 34 blood donors infected with T-lymphotropic virus in Korea (05 September 2008)
- 110 cases of the flu was found in Canterbury, United Kingdom (05 September 2008)
- 12 people caught Clostridium Difficile in Northern Trusts hospitals in the UK (05 September 2008)
- Salmonella sickens 13 in Washington and Oregon (05 September 2008)
- A 3 year old boy contracts E coli in Minneapolis, Minnesota (05 September 2008)
- 2 people die from C. Difficile virus in Scotland (05 September 2008)
- 9 infected by salmonella after eating alfalfa sprouts in Washington (05 September 2008)
- 6 infected by cryptosporidium in the water in Welsh, Wales (05 September 2008)
- 1 dies of West Nile virus in Rialto, California (05 September 2008)
- Woman infected with West Nile virus in Elmore, Idaho (05 September 2008)
- Cheeses made by Ivanhoe may contain listeria in Canada (05 September 2008)
- West Nile virus hits 19 in Mississippi (04 September 2008)
- 24 people sickened with food poisoned in Kyiv, Ukraine (04 September 2008)
- 10 people sickened by E. coli at a supermarket in Wishaw Lanarkshire, UK (04 September 2008)
- E coli sickens 15 in Aberdeenshire, New Hampshire, UK (04 September 2008)
- West Nile virus infects a woman in San Diego, California (04 September 2008)
- Listeria found in bologna in Canada (04 September 2008)
- Dengue fever hits Fiji (03 September 2008)
- West Nile virus sickens a woman in Long Beach, Florida (03 September 2008)
- A woman was infected with West Nile in Contra Costa, California (03 September 2008)
- An E coli outbreak sickens 206 people in Washington (03 September 2008)
- E. coli kills 1 and sickens 200 in Tulsa, Oklahoma (02 September 2008)
- Certain mushroom products may contain listeria in Canada (02 September 2008)
- Cheeses made by la Chaudière may contain Salmonella in Canada (02 September 2008)
- Horse dies of West Nile virus at Moses Lake in Grant, Washington (01 September 2008)
- Person infected with West Nile virus in St. Louis, Missouri (01 September 2008)
- 12 infected by West Nile virus in Mississippi (01 September 2008)
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