Archive for August, 2016
The Italian Earthquake: “…the destruction was amplified by vulnerable buildings whose upgrades to anti-seismic codes were deemed too costly for many Italians to carry out, too complicated to finance and too cumbersome to get approved….”
Saturday, August 27th, 2016- 280 or more deaths in about 80 villages
- Italy is old. About 60 percent of its buildings are estimated to be more than 100 years old.
- The cost of reinforcing a building to meet anti-seismic standards can be around 300 euro per square meter, which means the owner of a largish apartment faces a cost of some 300,000 euro.
Treatment of EVD with T-705 (favipiravir) was associated with prolonged survival and markedly reduced viral load
Saturday, August 27th, 2016, , , , Clinical and Virological Characteristics of Ebola Virus Disease Patients Treated with favipiravir (T-705), Sierra Leone, 2014 Clin Infect Dis. ciw571 first published online August 23, 2016 doi:10.1093/cid/ciw571
“…..Among the 35 patients who finished all designed endpoint observations, the survival rate in T-705 treatment group (64.8%, 11/17) was higher than that of control group (27.8%, 5/18). Furthermore, the average survival time of the treatment group (46.9±5.6 days) was longer than that of the control group (28.9±4.7 days). Most symptoms of patients in the treatment group improved significantly. Additionally, 52.9% of patients who received T-705 had over a 100 fold viral load reduction, compared to only 16.7% of patients in the control group. …..”
Kurdish militants attacked a police checkpoint in southeast Turkey with an explosives-laden truck, killing at least 11 police officers and wounding 78 others
Friday, August 26th, 2016Italy: Death toll rises to 267 with ~ 400 injured and 40 critically injured
Friday, August 26th, 2016TB in India: An estimate of 2·2 million cases, two to three times higher than currently assumed.
Friday, August 26th, 2016The number of privately treated tuberculosis cases in India: an estimation from drug sales data Arinaminpathy, Nimalan et al. The Lancet Infectious Diseases
Zika in the US: Current data
Friday, August 26th, 2016US States
- Locally acquired mosquito-borne cases reported: 29
- Travel-associated cases reported: 2,487
- Laboratory acquired cases reported: 1
- Total: 2,517
- Sexually transmitted: 22
- Guillain-Barré syndrome: 7
US Territories
- Locally acquired cases reported: 8,968
- Travel-associated cases reported: 43
- Total: 9,011*
- Guillain-Barré syndrome: 26
Florida, 8/25/16: 11 new travel related cases today
Friday, August 26th, 2016|
Infection Type |
Infection Count |
|
Travel-Related Infections of Zika |
534 |
|
Non-Travel Related Infections of Zika |
43 |
|
Infections Involving Pregnant Women |
70 |
