Brucellosis

The Government has launched a new scheme  National Animal Disease Control Programme for FMD and Brucellosis  with a financial outlay of Rs. 13,343.00 crore for five years (2019-20 to 2023-24) by vaccinating 100% cattle, buffalo, sheep, goat and pig population for FMD and 100% bovine female calves of 4-8 months of age for brucellosis to prevent loss of Rs. 50,000 crore to the Government exchequer and also to increase the economic output of farmers. The mission mode approach for eradication of these diseases is the biggest step any country of the world has ever taken either for human or animal vaccination programme to control any disease. This programme combined with providing unique PashuAadhar to 535 million animals (Cattle, buffalo, sheep, goat, and pig).

Brucellosis Found In Madison County Herd The Montana Department of Livestock says a brucellosis-infected cow from a Madison County ranch was identified during a voluntary whole-herd test. The animal was euthanized, and the infection confirmed at the National Veterinary Services Laboratories in Iowa. The cow tested negative last year. Officials say past cases of brucellosis in livestock were the result of transmission from infected wild elk. Montana’s Livestock agency issued a press-release Monday, but officials could not be reached for comment by deadline. DOL’s press release did not specify when the discovery was made or identify the specific ranch which is now under quarantine. An epidemiological investigation is underway. The infected animal was discovered in Montana’s Designated Surveillance Area, a four-county zone in southwest Montana where risk of brucellosis transmission from elk runs high. Montana’s Department of Livestock says this is the tenth brucellosis affected h...

HELENA - A cow on a Madison County ranch has tested positive for bruecellosis according to a release from the Montana Department of Livestock on Monday. The ranch, which is inside Montana's brucellosis Designated Surveillance Area, is quarantined as they undergo a epidemiological investigation. No other animals were found infected on the ranch. According to Montana Department of Livestock, previous brucellosis cases show animals picked up the disease from infected elk. Montana Department of Livestock Veterinarian Dr. Marty Zaluski says there are benefits in spotting animals infected with brucellosis in the beginning stages.  Since the DSA was established in 2010, the state is able to maintain its brucellosis Class Free Status, according to Montana Department of Livestock.  "It can be concerning when a brucellosis affected herd is discovered, but our DSA producers and veterinarians should be commended for their efforts and compliance with regulatio...

Helena, Mont. – On Monday, December 30th the Montana Department of Livestock reported that a single cow on a Madison County ranch within Montana’s brucellosis Designated Surveillance Area (DSA) has been confirmed positive for brucellosis. The brucellosis-infected cow was identified during a voluntary whole-herd test. The animal was euthanized, and infection was subsequently confirmed at the National Veterinary Services Laboratories in Ames, Iowa when the bacteria was cultured from tissue collected from the animal. The ranch has been placed under quarantine and an epidemiological investigation has begun. All other animals on the ranch tested negative for the disease. State Veterinarian Dr. Marty Zaluski, Montana Department of Livestock, said the discovery of the single animal provides evidence that annual whole herd testing is an effective method for DSA producers to protect themselves. Among other benefits, early detection helps to prevent disease spread within a herd, minimizing th...

Among patients with rheumatic diseases, treatment with any biologic increases the risk for tuberculosis, both reactivation and new-onset, with an incidence rate among biologic users that is 10 times higher in South Africa than in European countries, according to data published in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases . “The incidence rate of TB in anti-TNF users has been reported from registries in Europe and strategies for prevention of reactivation TB have been proposed,” Clive Pettipher, MBBCh, MMed, FCP, of Busamed Paardevlei Hospital, and Romela Benitha , MBBCh , of Wilgeheuwel Hospital, both in South Africa, wrote. “Monoclonal TNF inhibitors are consistently reported to have higher TB infection rates than etanercept, a soluble TNF receptor; however, non-TNF inhibitors have not been evaluated.” “Screening for [latent TB infection (LTBI)] was not mandatory in some countries and rheumatic disease other than rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were not always considered,” they added. “Screeni...

SANTEE (KUSI) – A person tested positive for tuberculosis and may have exposed other people at the Las Colinas Detention and Reentry Facility to the infectious bacterial disease, the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency reported Monday. HHSA is working with the Sheriff’s Department to notify people who were potentially exposed at the women’s jail at 451 Riverview Parkway. The period of potential exposure occurred from Aug. 5 to Dec. 6. The Sheriff’s Department is offering free testing for its staff and all identified people in custody. HHSA’s TB Control Program is testing, at no cost, those who do not have a medical provider. “Testing is recommended for people who were exposed to make sure they are not infected, since initial infection usually has no symptoms,” said Dr. Wilma Wooten, the county’s public health officer. “For any infected people, early diagnosis and prompt treatment can prevent the infectious form of the disease.” Tuberculosis is transmitted from person...

HELENA - A cow on a Madison County ranch has tested positive for bruecellosis according to a release from the Montana Department of Livestock on Monday. The ranch, which is inside Montana' brucellosis Designated Surveillance Area, is quarantined as they undergo a epidemiological investigation. No other animals were found infected on the ranch. According to Montana Department of Livestock, previous brucellosis cases show animals picked up the disease from infected elk. Montana Department of Livestock Veterinarian Dr. Marty Zaluski says there are benefits in spotting animals infected with brucellosis in the beginning stages.  Since the DSA was established in 2010, the state is able to maintain its brucellosis Class Free Status, according to Montana Department of Livestock.  "It can be concerning when a brucellosis affected herd is discovered, but our DSA producers and veterinarians should be commended for their efforts and compliance with regulation...

Data on the composition and structure of the vaginal microbiome in women with genital Chlamydia trachomatis published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases revealed that Lactobacillus iners – dominated communities were most common post-treatment. Investigators recruited a cohort of 149 women with C trachomatis at baseline who were followed quarterly for 9 months following antibiotic treatment. Most patients were African American (86%), and the ages ranged from 13 to 33 years. Participants provided a total of 141 microbiome samples at the baseline visit. The women were then treated with a 1-g single dose of azithromycin and additional samples were collected at 3-, 6- and 9-months post-treatment. Seventeen participants tested positive for C trachomatis at 3 months post-treatment follow-up, 12 patients tested positive at 6 months, and 14 were positive at 9 months. At the time of diagnosis, vaginal microbiota was dominated by L iners or a diverse array of bacteria associated with ...

Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), one of the principle polyphenolic compounds found in the leaves of the green tea plant ( Camellia sinensis ), is effective against Mycobacterium tuberculosis , a bacterium that causes tuberculosis in humans, according to new research from the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Green tea leaves. Image credit: Highnesser. “Though tuberculosis is curable, the success of current drugs on the market is increasingly being overshadowed by the bacteria’s clinical resistance,” said Nanyang Technological University’s Professor Gerhard Grüber, co-lead author of the study. “Our discovery of the EGCG’s ability to inhibit the growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis will allow us to look at how we can improve the potency of this compound in green tea, and other similar compounds, to develop new drugs to tackle this airborne disease.” Tuberculosis is one of most important infectious diseases worldwide. One third of the world population is latently infecte...

Regrets, Eddie Murphy may have a few. Throughout his old stand-up routines in the 1980s, including his 1983 special “Delirious,” the comic made numerous anti-gay jokes — even using slurs against his targets — that drew blowback and protests. But in an interview with “CBS Sunday Morning,” Murphy seemed to express some regret — or at least shock at his own audacity — when asked if the content was still funny to him. “Some of it. Some of it, I cringe when I watch,” he said. “I’m like, oh my God, I can’t believe I said that!” However, the “Saturday Night Live” alum also appeared to chalk it all up both to being “within the context of the times” and being a young performer. (He was only 19 when he joined the cast of “SNL” in 1980.) “You’ll get a joke that’s cringey. But that’s not to say that I don’t appreciate it. I still appreciate it,” he said, adding, “And I’m going, okay, I’m a kid, saying that.” Murphy, who is seeing a comeback of sorts in the Golden Globe-nominated film “Dolemi...

Scientists at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) have found that two species of malaria-bearing mosquitoes can identify insecticides with their legs. Genetic studies of the West African mosquitoes Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles coluzzii show that binding proteins on the insects' legs help them avoid bed nets that have been treated with mosquito-killing chemicals. Ever since the Anopheline mosquito was identified as the culprit that spreads the deadly malaria parasite, scientists have waged a decades-long arms race trying to come up with effective, environmentally safe insecticides against mosquitoes that continue to develop resistance to them. Led by Professor Hilary Ranson of the LSTM, the latest round in this battle that kills about half a million people per year involved some clever genetic manipulation. The team took the Anopheline mosquitoes and partially silenced the gene that allows them to express the protein SAP2, which resulted in a restoration of susc...

Daria Szkwarko1,2, 2. Yael Hirsch-Moverman3,4 Author affiliations View Full Text https://ift.tt/2u5GFX7 Summary box Tuberculosis (TB) preventive treatment (TPT) is highly effective at preventing TB cases and deaths in children, yet only a quarter of children eligible for TPT globally receive it. The WHO roadmap for childhood TB recommends an ‘integrated, family and community-centered strategy,’ yet, there is no clear guidance on how to operationalise such a strategy and common strategies may not serve all the diverse needs of unique families whose children are in need of TB prevention services. This article presents a flexible child contact management (CCM) framework, which goes beyond the traditional approaches of either facility-based or community-based, and can be customised for each child and their family’s needs. Strengthening the WHO health system building blocks, such as health information systems and health service delivery, could help provide infrastructure a...

By Lela Nargi December 29 at 8:30 AM Every winter during cold and flu season, people start talking about soup. Mostly they talk about chicken soup. That’s because scientists showed years ago that chicken soup has a special power. Its salt, protein and vitamin-rich vegetables actually make you feel less sick. Recently, researchers in England discovered that some homemade soups can do something else amazing. They can help keep the malaria parasite from growing. Malaria is a dangerous disease. About 220 million people around the world get infected with it every year; 435,000 of them die, according to the World Health Organization. So you could say that a soup that fights malaria has a superpower. Cell biologist Jake Baum at Imperial College London led the soup study. He had a lot of help from a lot of unusual researchers — students at his son and daughter’s elementary school. He asked the kids “to talk to their parents and grandparents about their families’ ancient traditional...

Carter Smith, an HIV case worker at Siouxland Community Health Center, sets up a booth in an exposition area at the 2019 Be The Change Youth Mental Health Conference held Dec. 18 at Briar Cliff University in Sioux City. Smith was displaying educational materials about HIV and equipment to perform HIV tests. About 250 area high school students attended the conference. SIOUX CITY -- Local authorities can't say for certain why two sexually transmitted diseases that can pose severe health consequences dramatically spiked in Woodbury County last year. But at least one local health official suspects it's tied to a loss in state funding to prevent STDs. A total of 343 cases of gonorrhea were recorded in 2018 in the county, up 99 percent from the 172 cases reported in 2017, according to new data from the Iowa Department of Public Health. During that same one-year period, chlamydia jumped 33 percent, from 524 cases to 699. Chlamydia is ...