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BIOHAZARD OUTBREAK LINKS 2008-2011 = 1,627
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January 2008
- Salmonella infections cause gastroenteritis in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (31 January 2008)
- Enteric outbreak closes Thunder Bay Regional hospital to visitors in Thunder Bay, Ontario (31 January 2008)
- Patients isolated because of norovirus viral gastroenteritis outbreak at Sunshine Coast hospital in Queensland, Australia (31 January 2008)
- Many cases of pertussis or whopping cough have been reported in Kondobe and Bir Dagaig in West Darfur (31 January 2008)
- E. coli found in Conneaut valley high school’s water in Conneautville, Pennsylvania (31 January 2008)
- Many families infected with cryptosporidium from swimming in the Spanish Fork pool in Spanish Fork, Utah (31 January 2008)
- Cholera outbreak creates 2000 cases and 59 deaths in Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo (30 January 2008)
- Grassy Meadows dairy of Howe, Indiana made cheese contaminated with Staph bacteria (30 January 2008)
- Norovirus keeps 1/3 of students home from Hollymead Elementary school in Albemarle, Virginia (30 January 2008)
- Bird flu found in Kolkata, West Bengal, India (30 January 2008)
- 13 beaches have health advisories because of high bacteria levels in San Luis Obispo, California (30 January 2008)
- An outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) found in Qubele, Azerbaijan (30 January 2008)
- An outbreak of bird flu kills 1000 birds in Tibet (30 January 2008)
- A man dies of bird flu in Tangerang, Tibet (30 January 2008)
- 37 residents infected with mystery virus at Dufferin place in Nanaimo, British Columbia (30 January 2008)
- Over 500 become ill from water contamination in Bangalore, India (30 January 2008)
- 160,000 birds culled in Saudi Arabia to control bird flu outbreak (29 January 2008)
- Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) or Neethling virus have been found in cows in Limpopo, South Africa (29 January 2008)
- Foot and mouth disease hits Isingiro, Uganda (27 January 2008)
- A newly discovered virus, Merkel cell polyomavirus may cause Merkel cell carcinoma, a type of skin cancer (27 January 2008)
- Listeria bacteria found in chicken sandwiches in Canada (27 January 2008)
- About 100 Villanova university students were infected with norovirus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (26 January 2008)
- 6 swans found to have bird flu in Britain (26 January 2008)
- Student at University of Central Florida contracted bacteria that can lead to meningitis in Orange County, Florida (26 January 2008)
- Acinetobacter baumannii has killed 3 at St. Agnes hospital in Baltimore, Maryland (26 January 2008)
- Over half of the water treatment plants were at risk of contamination of Cryptosporidium in Donegal, Ireland (26 January 2008)
- E. coli found in Braidwood, Australia (26 January 2008)
- Cryptosporidium found in Calry water supply in Ireland (25 January 2008)
- Bird flu has spread to a total of 11 districts in West Bengal, India (25 January 2008)
- Students at Keys school were sent home after a child is infected with Shigellosis at Cookson Hills, Oklahoma (25 January 2008)
- E. coli found in Co Claire, Ireland (25 January 2008)
- E. coli found in upper fountain creek Colorado (25 January 2008)
- 84 poultry farms report bird flu in Bangladesh (25 January 2008)
- Bird flu kills woman in northern Vietnam (25 January 2008)
- Drug resistant bacteria found in wild arctic birds (24 January 2008)
- Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is being spread rapidly among gay men in San Francisco and Boston (24 January 2008)
- PetSmart stopped selling birds all over the U.S. because of psittacosis bacteria (24 January 2008)
- Foot and mouth disease outbreak in Ngami, Botswana (23 January 2008)
- Poultry workers more likely to be infected with drug resistant E. coli (22 January 2008)
- Bird flu may have killed a man in Vietnam (22 January 2008)
- 188,000 pounds of ground beef recalled because of E. coli contamination (22 January 2008)
- One has died and three are in intensive care from an outbreak of melioidosis in Northern Territory, Australia (22 January 2008)
- Listeria bacteria found in chicken sandwiches in Canada (22 January 2008)
- Sesame seeds contaminated with salmonella in Canada (22 January 2008)
- 11 die of diarrhea in Mahalapye, Botswana (21 January 2008)
- Norwalk outbreak threatens Eastern Passage Nursing home in Halifax, Nova Scotia (20 January 2008)
- 3 deer found with chronic wasting disease in Kansas (19 January 2008)
- Drug-resistant staph passed by gay sex (19 January 2008)
- Coliform bacteria found in Berkeley, California water (19 January 2008)
- Mosquito borne fever affecting Asia could get to Europe and the U.S. (19 January 2008)
- Bird flu infects ducks and geese in Iran (18 January 2008)
- Cheese made in Miami, Florida may be infected with E. coli (17 January 2008)
- Listeria found in dairy production line (17 January 2008)
- E. coli found in Nashua River in Massachusetts and New Hampshire (17 January 2008)
- Stomach virus closes Episcopal School of Dallas Lower School in Texas (17 January 2008)
- Brucellosis infection forces cull of buffalos and puts mozzarella cheese of the menu in Britain (17 January 2008)
- 4 month old admitted to hospital with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in Beaumont, Texas (17 January 2008)
- An outbreak of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) reported in Bozeman, Montana (16 January 2008)
- Calvin college professor dies of mysterious bacteria in Grand Rapids, Michigan (15 January 2008)
- Indonesian girl dies of bird flu (15 January 2008)
- Coliform bacteria found in Neshaminy middle school in New Jersey (15 January 2008)
- Over a dozen Panama City beach, Florida workers exposed to tuberculosis bacteria (15 January 2008)
- Parvo virus strikes Roof Garden Trailer Court, Somerset, Pennsylvania (13 January 2008)
- Colitis bacteria found in powdered milk (13 January 2008)
- Boy gets cryptosporidium infection from a hotel (13 January 2008)
- Flesh eating bacteria kills woman in Calgary, Alberta (12 January 2008)
- A temporary ban has been put on birds and poultry for Saudi Arabia, Poland and Benin IN the Philippines because of bird flu (12 January 2008)
- Mosquito borne virus in Victoria may spread to other parts of Australia (12 January 2008)
- Dangerous levels of faecal Coliform and enterococci found in over half of Sydney, Australia’s beaches (12 January 2008)
- Chicken Shack bought stolen meat tainted with E. coli in Dallas, Texas (11 January 2008)
- New virus strikes Sonoma, California (11 January 2008)
- Almost 3 million have been infected with the norovirus in the UK (11 January 2008)
- Coliform bacteria found in Cedar Hill, Texas water (11 January 2008)
- Gastroenteritis has infected 4 patients and 4 staff at Shepparton hospital in Victoria, Australia (11 January 2008)
- Norovirus closes 5 wards at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary in Scotland (10 January 2008)
- Norovirus closes 2 wards at Princess Royal hospital in Hayward, Sussex, New Brunswick (10 January 2008)
- Norovirus closes 3 wards at Prince Charles Hospital in Wales (10 January 2008)
- Passengers with flu like symptoms detained after arriving by plane in Toronto (10 January 2008)
- Dengue fever may spread across the U.S. (10 January 2008)
- Contaminated milk causes 3 deaths and 1 miscarriage (09 January 2008)
- Mark’s Quality Meats is recalling 13,150 pounds of steaks and ground beef because of E. coli contamination (08 January 2008)
- Cases of meningitis caused by herpes simplex virus rising (06 January 2008)
- Bird flu outbreak kills 350 ducks in Vietnam (06 January 2008)
- Child infected with bird flu in Israel (06 January 2008)
- Woman dies of Creutzfeldt - Jakob disease (CJD) in Britain (03 January 2008)
- Four die of bird flu in Egypt (02 January 2008)
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