The Ministry of Public Health and Population in Yemen has released additional figures for the ongoing outbreak of cholera. Since the last update on [Sun 26 Feb 2017], 1598 new suspected cases of cholera and 0 deaths have been reported. The trend of suspected cholera cases per week appears to be on the decline in most districts or governorates. Nearly 85 per cent of the new cases recorded since the last update were in 10 districts within Al Hudaydah, Al Bayda, Hajjah, Sana’a and Ta’izz governorates.

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March 13, 2017

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Enteric viruses and adenovirus diversity in waters from 2016 Olympic venues

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Detection of Acanthamoeba spp. in water samples collected from natural water reservoirs, sewages, and pharmaceutical factory drains using LAMP and PCR in China

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Anna Lassa, Milena Guerrero, Xiuping Li, Gabriele Karanis, Liqing Ma, Panagiotis Karanis

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March 3, 2017

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Hydrologic, land cover, and seasonal patterns of waterborne pathogens in Great Lakes tributaries

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P. L. Lenaker, S. R. Corsi, M. A. Borchardt, S. K. Spencer, A. K. Baldwin, M. A. Lutz

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March 1, 2017

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Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update (07): Americas

Between epidemiological week (EW) 1 and 5 of 2017 [1 Jan-3 Feb 2017], a total of 1897 cholera cases were reported in Haiti, including 28 deaths. In the Dominican Republic, from the beginning of the year to EW 2 of 2017 [1-13 Jan 2017], there were 7 suspected cholera cases and 2 confirmed cases reported, including 1 death.

http://www.promedmail.org/post/4866520

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February 24, 2017

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Increase in outbreaks of gastroenteritis linked to bathing water in Finland in summer 2014

Eurosurveillance, Volume 22, Issue 8, 23 February 2017

A Kauppinen, H Al-Hello, O Zacheus, J Kilponen, L Maunula, S Huusko, M Lappalainen, I Miettinen, S Blomqvist, R Rimhanen-Finne

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February 22, 2017

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Integrated Multivariate Analysis with Nondetects for the Development of Human Sewage Source-Tracking Tools Using Bacteriophages of Enterococcus faecalis

Environmental Science and Technology, 2017, volume 51, issue 4, pp 2235–2245.

Bencharong Wangkahad, Skorn Mongkolsuk, Kwanrawee Sirikanchana

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.est.6b04714

February 21, 2017

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In Situ Dynamics of F-Specific RNA Bacteriophages in a Small River: New Way to Assess Viral Propagation in Water Quality Studies

Food and Environmental Virology, March 2017, Volume 9, Issue 1, pp 89–102

Blandine Fauvel, Christophe Gantzer, Henry-Michel CauchieL, eslie Ogorzaly

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February 19, 2017

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Mobilisation of microbial indicators, microbial source tracking markers and pathogens after rainfall events

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Cristina García-Aljaro, Julia Martín-Díaz, Enric Viñas-Balada, William Calero-Cáceres, Francisco Lucena, Anicet R. Blanch

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