Disease
Study suggests chronic wasting disease can spread “silently” across species in lab tests
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A study led by University of Calgary researchers reports that chronic wasting disease (CWD) prions can be detected in some animals that show no obvious symptoms, and that material from those animals was able to transmit infection in laboratory experiments. The authors say the findings do not indicate an immediate threat to people but add to evidence that CWD’s behavior across species warrants continued monitoring.
Five persons have been killed and 11 others hospitalised following a cholera outbreak in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State.
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São Paulo state health authorities have ruled out the second suspected Ebola case in the state this year. The patient, a 31-year-old Brazilian woman who returned from the Democratic Republic of Congo, tested negative.