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03 October 2024
USA + California

Dengue in USA

On 2 October 2024, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health reported a locally acquired dengue case in a resident of El Monte. The case had no history of travel to areas where dengue is endemic. It is the fifth case of locally acquired dengue in Los Angeles County in 2024.

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Mpox in DRC

As of 1 October 2024, the World Health Organization have reported a total of 5,610 mpox cases with 25 deaths in 2024. Mpox clade Ia and Ib have been detected in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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03 October 2024

Mpox in Kenya

As of 2 October 2024, a total of 9 cases of mpox clade Ib have been reported.

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03 October 2024

Mpox in Burundi

As of 1 October 2024, a total of 853 clade Ib mpox cases have been reported in 2024. No mpox deaths have currently been reported for 2024.

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03 October 2024

Mpox in Uganda

As of 2 October 2024, the World Health Organization has reported a total of 51 mpox cases in 2024. Mpox clade Ib has been detected in Uganda. No deaths have been reported for 2024.

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03 October 2024
Italy + Tuscany
Emilia-Romagna
Marche
Veneto
Lombardy
Abruzzo

Dengue in Italy

As of 3 October 2024, a total of 130 locally acquired dengue cases have been reported in Italy since the start of 2024. A total of 102 cases have now been confirmed as dengue virus type 2 (DENV-2) in the Marche Region. Sporadic cases of locally acquired DENV type 1, 2 and 3 continue to be reported in Abruzzo, Emilia-Romagna, Lombardy, Tuscany and Veneto regions.

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03 October 2024

Marburg virus disease in Rwanda

As of 2 October 2024, a total of 36 cases of Marburg virus disease, and 11 deaths have been reported.

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02 October 2024

Lassa fever in Nigeria

As of 6 September 2024, a total of 9,256 cases of Lassa fever (1,005 confirmed and 8,251 suspected) have been reported from 28 of 36 states and the federal capital territory this year.

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02 October 2024

Rabies in Timor-Leste

In March 2024, the first reported dog rabies and a human rabies case was reported in Oecusse municiplaity. In June 2024, the first dog rabies cases have been reported in Bobonaro municipality. In July 2024 additional dog cases were reported from Covalima municipality. As of 27 September 2024, rabies cases in dogs continue to be reported from all three affected municipalities.

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01 October 2024
USA + Connecticut

Rickettsiosis in USA

On 30 September 2024, the first locally acquired human case of Rickettsia parkeri rickettsiosis was reported in Connecticut. This is the first report of this disease in the north east of the country.

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