All surveillance articles
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NewsWorld’s first regular flight-based red tide ocean observation to launch in summer 2025
Hokkaido Air System Co., Ltd. will equip one of its aircraft with an external camera to commence the world’s first regular flight-based red tide monitoring starting in the summer of 2025.
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NewsFloor swabbing could help prevent COVID-19 outbreaks in hospitals
In two Ontario hospitals, high levels of SARS-CoV-2 on floors correlated with COVID-19 cases among healthcare workers and patients, suggesting floor swabbing as a potential method to prevent outbreaks.
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NewsBacterial contamination and microplastics threaten Colombia’s largest and most productive coastal lagoon
A study warns of the presence of potentially pathogenic bacteria in microplastics extracted from water, sediments and the digestive tract of fish in the Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta, the largest and most productive coastal lagoon system in the Colombian Caribbean.
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NewsC diff poses real threat of being deployed for biological warfare
International biosafety standards need to be updated to curtail the threat of Clostridioides difficile toxins being deployed for biological warfare, warns a new study.
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NewsMonitoring shows chikungunya epidemics can be predicted by means of surveillance
A study conducted in a medium-sized city in São Paulo state (Brazil) found that chikungunya, which has caused major epidemics in several countries, can also circulate silently in a community, with few infections for years.
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NewsStudy examines medical mystery of child hepatitis outbreak
A study into an unexpected wave of severe hepatitis cases in 2022 supports the theory that it was caused by an infection of different viruses at the same time, but also reveals cases were higher and more severe than initially thought.
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NewsStudy reveals how gut microbes can distinguish prion disease in deer
A new collaborative study sheds light on how chronic wasting disease in deer impacts the gut microbiome and provides a potential tool for disease surveillance.
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NewsWest Nile virus emergence and spread in Europe linked to agricultural activities
The spread of West Nile virus in Europe is strongly linked to agricultural activities, urbanization, and bird migration, according to a modelling study.
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NewsProject to monitor and predict marine biological hazards
Project to provide technology- and data-based recommendations for early-warning systems and information chains to minimise the effects of marine biological hazards.
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OpinionSwimming with superbugs: the hidden threat in freshwater environments
AMI One Health Advisory Group member Elitsa Penkova delves into the growing antimicrobial resistance threat facing wild swimmers connecting with nature in rivers and lakes.
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NewsSepsis is as common as cancer, study reveals
A study in Sweden that more than four percent of all hospitalizations involved the patient suffering from sepsis, and 20 percent of all sepsis patients died within three months.
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NewsIncrease in multidrug-resistant pathogens since Ukraine war
Researchers in Germany have recommended screening patients from Ukraine for multi-drug resistant pathogens prior to hospital admission following a series of outbreaks.
