Kyasanur Forest disease is a neglected tick-borne viral haemorrhagic fever endemic to India's Western Ghats, caused by the Kyasanur Forest disease virus, a flavivirus transmitted by Haemaphysalis spinigera ticks. The virus circulates in a sylvatic cycle among monkeys, rodents, shrews, birds, and ixodid ticks, and is transmitted to humans incidentally via tick bites. Since its discovery in 1957 in Karnataka, Kyasanur Forest disease has spread to other Indian states, driven by deforestation, forest fragmentation, and increased human incursion into wildlife habitats.

In a follow-up on the Rift Valley fever (RVF) situation in Senegal, the Ministry of Health reports in an update today, the outbreak has now reached 140 confirmed human cases and 18 deaths.

Tuberculous meningitis is the most severe form of tuberculosis, causing death or disability in around half of those affected. There are no up-to-date international guidelines defining its optimal mana...

Cases and deaths in the state are down from the 2 previous years. Here are some clinical considerations, treatment options, and prevention strategies in relation to these infections.

Oropouche virus (OROV) is a re-emerging arbovirus that poses a yet undetermined degree of threat to the United States (US), with outbreaks reported in the Caribbean and South America, including new areas of spread, since the end of 2023.

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Human cysticercosis results from ingesting microscopic Taenia solium eggs shed by a tapeworm carrier, forming cystic larvae (ie, cysticerci) in tissues. These larvae normally encyst in the pig, the natural intermediate host. Upon consumption by humans, they develop into a new intestinal tapeworm. Affecting the human brain, neurocysticercosis is responsible for a third of epilepsy cases in endemic tropical and subtropical regions.1,2

Currently a rarity in high-income countries, tetanus is a diagnosis not to miss. Deaths from tetanus fell by almost 90% between 1990 and 2019, largely reflecting the success of WHO's Maternal and Neon...

This report describes a cluster of suspected histoplasmosis cases affecting 12 members of an extended family who had all visited the Venado Caves in Costa Rica.

A 25-year-old male from Guatemala presented to the clinic with a 5-year history of sore throat, associated with odynophagia and dysphagia for solids. He re

Blood-tinged saliva, light-headedness, difficulty speaking and a foreign body sensation in the throat were all reported by a 65-year-old man with severe anemia. The cause? Oropharyngeal leech…

Melting sea ice, rising tensions and the relearning of what it will take to master the art of Arctic warfare

Background Tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) is a flavivirus spread by ticks and can cause tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) in humans. Previously, TBE has been reported in returning travellers in the ...