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BIOHAZARD OUTBREAK LINKS 2008-2011 = 1,627
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November 2008
- Canine parvovirus killing wolf pups in Minnesota (19 November 2008)
- Mutant drug resistant E. coli found on a farm in England (18 November 2008)
- Diarrheal outbreak infects 653 in Carolina, Mpumalanga, South Africa (18 November 2008)
- 100 dead from acute watery diarrhoea (AWD) in Somalia (18 November 2008)
- Cholera kills 12 in Mozambique (18 November 2008)
- 49 year old man contracts West Nile virus in El Cajon, California (18 November 2008)
- E. coli and Coliform bacteria found in drinking water in Greenwood, Nebraska (18 November 2008)
- Mad cow disease found in a milking cow in British Columbia (17 November 2008)
- Acinetobacter baumannii a drug resistant bacteria is on the rise in hospitals worldwide (17 November 2008)
- 100 students out of school because of norovirus in South Kingston, Rhode Island (15 November 2008)
- 10 die of meningitis in Ghana (14 November 2008)
- 16 students infected with whooping cough in Middlesex, Ohio (14 November 2008)
- Norovirus hits Edmonton, Alberta (14 November 2008)
- Horses banned from entering a racetrack after horse was tested positive of equine herpesvirus in Kentucky (14 November 2008)
- Acne cream recalled because of bacterial contamination (14 November 2008)
- E. coli and Coliform bacteria found in bottled water (14 November 2008)
- TV Show “Top Chef” cancelled because of E. coli case linked to food served by contestant (13 November 2008)
- 1 dead and 51 infected by norovirus at a wedding reception in Aberdeen, Scotland (13 November 2008)
- 4 die of typhoid in Uganda (13 November 2008)
- 4 children in kindergarten class fall ill from E. coli in North Bay, Ontario (13 November 2008)
- 100 students infected with stomach virus in Hobe, Florida (13 November 2008)
- Parvovirus sickening dogs in San Francisco, California (12 November 2008)
- 180 infected and 53 dead from cholera in Mozambique (12 November 2008)
- Bird flu hits Nghe An, Vietnam (12 November 2008)
- 15 year old girl dies of bird flu in Semarang, Indonesia (12 November 2008)
- 5 children infected with whooping cough in Evanston, Colorado (12 November 2008)
- 45 students infected with norovirus in Madison, Wisconsin (12 November 2008)
- New bacteria strain causes dermatitis in desert lizards (12 November 2008)
- Antibiotic-resistant bacteria causing sickness and death in Colombia (12 November 2008)
- 200 chickens culled because of bird flu in Thailand (11 November 2008)
- Ward closed and 6 patients and staff infected with a vomiting and diarrhea bug in a hospital in Taranaki, New Zealand (11 November 2008)
- Coliform bacteria found in drinking water in Wilkinsonville, Massachusetts (11 November 2008)
- Study finds 13 out of every 1000 hospital patients have been infected with C. difficile in the U.S. (11 November 2008)
- E. coli meat recalls in beef products up from 8 in 2006 to 21 in 2007 in US (10 November 2008)
- 100 infected with syphilis in Genesee, Michigan (10 November 2008)
- About 280 infected with measles in Gibraltar (10 November 2008)
- Suspected norovirus outbreak in 14% of passengers delays Holland America's Zuiderdam cruise ship in Caribbean (10 November 2008)
- 2 year old elephant dies of a viral disease in a zoo in Houston, Texas (10 November 2008)
- Cholera outbreak hits a refugee camp near Goma, Congo (09 November 2008)
- Sabal palms dying of Texas Phoenix Palm Decline in Manatee, Florida (09 November 2008)
- Norovirus outbreak cancels MIAA volleyball tourney at Hope College in Holland, Michigan (08 November 2008)
- Whooping cough infects 38 in Winnebago County, Illinois (08 November 2008)
- 1 infected by West Nile virus in Kern, California (08 November 2008)
- 38 cases of whooping cough reported in Winnebago, Illinois (08 November 2008)
- Number of super bug cases rising in Canadian hospitals (08 November 2008)
- People still being infected by leprosy in the U.S. (08 November 2008)
- Norovirus outbreak sent about 40 people, mostly Virginia Tech students, to the hospital in Virginia (07 November 2008)
- 8 children sickened in an E. coli outbreak linked to Elk droppings in Evergreen near Denver, Colorado (07 November 2008)
- Norovirus infects 140 and closes a college in Holland, Michigan (07 November 2008)
- 2 cases of E. coli reported in Waterloo, Ontario (07 November 2008)
- 8 children infected by E. coli, may have been from deer droppings in Evergreen, Colorado (07 November 2008)
- 4 E. coli cases linked to Guelph University in Guelph, Ontario (06 November 2008)
- Person dies of West Nile virus in Panola, Mississippi (06 November 2008)
- Smoked meat pouches contaminated with a toxin made by staphylococcus bacteria in Canada (04 November 2008)
- Ham may contain listeria in Canada (03 November 2008)
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