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BIOHAZARD OUTBREAKS IN 2008 = 1,148
US Salmonella Outbreak: 1,438 reported cases - 282 hospitalizations - 2 deaths
30,000-40,000 unreported cases (est) - $100-250 million in economic losses (est)
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August 2008
- Horse vet dies from Hendra virus in Australia (22 August 2008)
- ***** Nationwide Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak linked to 1,438 cases, at least 282 hospitalizations and 2 deaths (21 August 2008)
- 4 beaches closed because of high bacteria levels in Dennis, Massachusetts (21 August 2008)
- Horse tests positive for West Nile virus in Weber, Utah (21 August 2008)
- 2 infected by Vibrio parahaemolyticus after eating contaminated shellfish in Delaware, New Jersey (21 August 2008)
- Enterococcus bacteria closes beach in White Rock, British Columbia (21 August 2008)
- 1 dead in Ontario and 16 others infected by listeria from tainted meat in Canada (21 August 2008)
- 78 infected by West Nile virus so far this year in California (21 August 2008)
- 2 new cases of West Nile virus in humans in Manitoba (21 August 2008)
- Mosquito pools test positive for West Nile virus in Norfolk, Ontario (21 August 2008)
- 30,000 cows quarantined because of Bovine tuberculosis in Magallanes, Chile (20 August 2008)
- Clostridium difficile superbug closes hospital ward in Dunfermline, Scotland (20 August 2008)
- Coliform bacteria found in spring in Cimarron, Oklahoma (19 August 2008)
- Gastroenteritis infects 13 at a retirement home in Castle Hill, Australia (19 August 2008)
- Woman infected by West Nile virus in King, Washington (19 August 2008)
- 3 infected by West Nile virus in Arlington, Virginia (19 August 2008)
- Person infected by West Nile virus in Alberta (19 August 2008)
- Mosquitoes test positive for West Nile virus in Hermiston, Oregon (19 August 2008)
- Norovirus infecting staff at Dunedin Hospital in Dunedin, New Zealand (18 August 2008)
- Listeria bacteria found in roast and corned beef products (18 August 2008)
- 2 infected by West Nile virus in Bronx, New York (18 August 2008)
- 6 infected and 1 dead from Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in a retirement home in Elmira, New York (18 August 2008)
- Webster Lake closed because of Cyanobacteria in Franklin, Pennsylvania (18 August 2008)
- Dengue fever hits Trinidad (17 August 2008)
- Man dies of West Nile virus in Denver, Colorado (17 August 2008)
- Horse dies of West Nile virus in Yakima, Washington (17 August 2008)
- Samples from a mosquito pool test positive for West Nile virus in Lewisville, Texas (17 August 2008)
- Bacteria that cause legionnaires disease found in hot water system in nursing home which has infected 6 and killed 1 in Vermont (17 August 2008)
- Newborn babies infected with flesh eating bacteria (17 August 2008)
- Dead blue jay found tested positive for West Nile virus in Oakville, Ontario (17 August 2008)
- Plaza workers exposed to Legionella bacteria in Mohave, Arizona (17 August 2008)
- Roast and corned beef possible contaminated with listeria bacteria in Canada (17 August 2008)
- Town put on boil water advisory because of E. coli in water in Dudley, UK (16 August 2008)
- Elk tests positive for chronic wasting disease in Saskatchewan and Alberta (16 August 2008)
- Equine piroplasmosis (EP) found in a horse in Manatee, Florida (16 August 2008)
- Mad cow disease detected in Alberta (16 August 2008)
- Bacteria found in drinking water of Hadley, Massachusetts (15 August 2008)
- Man bitten by skunk which had rabies in Windham, New York (15 August 2008)
- 2 infected by West Nile virus in New York, New York (15 August 2008)
- West Nile virus found in mosquitoes in Hamilton, Ontario (15 August 2008)
- 9 year old infected with West Nile virus in Suffolk, New York (15 August 2008)
- Cryptosporidium closes 2 pools after a child was infected in Lewisville, Texas (15 August 2008)
- Mosquito pool tests positive for West Nile virus in Boston, Massachusetts (15 August 2008)
- 50 cats under quarantine because of possible cryptosporidium infection in Nassau, Florida (14 August 2008)
- Confirmed case of cryptosporidium linked to a splash aquatic facility in Bedford, UK (14 August 2008)
- Fecal Coliform puts boil water advisory on Athens, Greece (14 August 2008)
- E. coli closes Porter Beach in Porter, Indiana (14 August 2008)
- 3 puppies die of parvo virus in Nova Scotia (14 August 2008)
- 30 snakes die from bacteria in a snake farm (14 August 2008)
- Horse dies of mosquito-borne Eastern Equine Encephalomyelitis (Triple E) in Wisconsin (14 August 2008)
- Cryptosporidium closes a pool in Buckeye, Arizona (13 August 2008)
- Woman loses eye and part of face to flesh eating bacteria in Norfolk, England (13 August 2008)
- Several dogs test positive for canine brucellosis in Michigan (13 August 2008)
- Mosquitoes test positive for West Nile virus in Bedford, Massachusetts (13 August 2008)
- Smoked salmon recalled due to possible listeria contamination in US (13 August 2008)
- Section of Long Beach closed because of a sewage spill in Los Angeles, California (12 August 2008)
- Bacteria close pool in Orange, Florida (12 August 2008)
- Cyanobacteria found in Forest Lake in Winchester, Virginia (12 August 2008)
- E. coli closes Keewahdin Road Beach in Michigan (12 August 2008)
- Crow tests positive for West Nile virus in Belchertown, Massachusetts (12 August 2008)
- 1 dead and 90 infected in cholera outbreak in Benin (12 August 2008)
- Bird flu found in ducks in Vietnam (12 August 2008)
- Cryptosporidium found in water of Gwynedd, Wales (12 August 2008)
- Woman infected with West Nile virus in Aurora, Illinois (12 August 2008)
- Gastroenteritis hits hospital in Mona Vale, Australia (12 August 2008)
- Superbug hits hospital baby unit in Blackburn, UK (12 August 2008)
- E. coli infects 2 children in Scotland (11 August 2008)
- 780 pounds of ground beef recalled because of E. coli contamination (11 August 2008)
- E. coli found in water of Pembroke, Massachusetts (11 August 2008)
- Mosquito samples test positive for West Nile virus in Franklin, Pennsylvania (11 August 2008)
- Tuna salad recalled because of possible listeria contamination in US (11 August 2008)
- Angler infected by Mycobacterium marinum (M. marinum) after pricking her finger on a fishing hook (10 August 2008)
- Ground beef sold in U.S. and Canada recalled because of possible E. coli contamination (10 August 2008)
- E. coli causes boil water advisory in Pembroke, Massachusetts (10 August 2008)
- Crows test positive for West Nile virus in Ottawa, Ontario (10 August 2008)
- C. difficile outbreak kills in Nanaimo Hospital in Nanaimo, British Columbia (09 August 2008)
- West Nile virus found in a bird and a mosquito in Dulac, Louisiana (09 August 2008)
- Salmonella outbreak that infected 90 people in Ireland may be linked to sandwiches sold by Subway (09 August 2008)
- Type E. botulism bird disease hits West Michigan (09 August 2008)
- Vampire bats with rabies suspected of killing 38 in Venezuela (09 August 2008)
- Beaches closed because of high bacteria levels after storms in Milford, Connecticut (08 August 2008)
- Man infected with West Nile virus in Dodge, Wisconsin (08 August 2008)
- 18 die of cholera in the Philippines (08 August 2008)
- 22 infected by rare strain of salmonella in Scotland (07 August 2008)
- 20 infected after eating E. coli tainted food in Guelph, Ontario (06 August 2008)
- Sandwiches recently sold in Massachusetts contaminated with bacteria (06 August 2008)
- Bird infected with West Nile virus in Santa Cruz, Arizona (06 August 2008)
- 2 crows found tested positive for West Nile virus in Ottawa, Ontario (06 August 2008)
- Another mosquito found tested positive for West Nile virus in Grand Prairie, Texas (06 August 2008)
- West Nile virus found in birds in Sonoma, Lake, Mendocino and Marin, California (06 August 2008)
- 3 dead from bird flu in Indonesia (06 August 2008)
- Chikungunya virus infects 18 in Singapore (06 August 2008)
- Bacteria close Black Rock and Dingle Tower beaches in Nova Scotia (06 August 2008)
- Boy dies from waterborne parasite while swimming in a lake in Riverside, California (05 August 2008)
- Number of cryptosporidium cases in Texas growing (05 August 2008)
- Over 2 dozen fish die from bacteria in Branch Brook Park Lake in Essex, New Jersey (05 August 2008)
- Monterey Municipal Beach closed due to high levels of bacteria in Monterey, California (05 August 2008)
- Sewer leak spills E. coli into lake in Kent, Michigan (05 August 2008)
- 2 beaches closed due to high levels of bacteria in Ocean, Michigan (05 August 2008)
- 2 infected by West Nile virus in San Bernardino, California (05 August 2008)
- Viral outbreak leads to the death of 170 sheltered animals in New Orleans, Louisiana (05 August 2008)
- Disease causing potatoes to turn brown and get stripes (04 August 2008)
- Cryptosporidium in swimming pools and lakes causes 1 death and sickens 100 in Dallas, Texas (04 August 2008)
- West Nile virus infects horses at Moses Lake in Washington (04 August 2008)
- Diarrhea virus hits Harare, Zimbabwe (04 August 2008)
- Five people quarantined because of bird flu in India (03 August 2008)
- 19 year old dies of bird flu in Indonesia (03 August 2008)
- Foot and mouth disease outbreaks in Mumbwa, Zimbabwe (03 August 2008)
- 50 people infected by an unknown disease in Basudevpur, Nepal (03 August 2008)
- 11 towns have mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus in Connecticut (03 August 2008)
- Ebola-like virus kills tourists in Uganda (03 August 2008)
- HIV prevalence increased from 6.7% to 7.8% in 2007 in Kenya (03 August 2008)
- Coliform bacteria found in drinking water of Las Cruces, New Mexico (02 August 2008)
- Lake closed to swimming due to high levels of bacteria in Guelph, Ontario (02 August 2008)
- Woman infected with West Nile virus in Iowa (02 August 2008)
- Bird tests positive for West Nile virus in South Carolina (02 August 2008)
- 11 infected by measles in Nebula, Cape Town, South Africa (02 August 2008)
- Bacteria exposure sickens employees at a medical building in Bullhead, Arizona (02 August 2008)
- Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) closes intensive care unit in a hospital in Sligo, Ireland (02 August 2008)
- Wading pool closed because of cryptosporidium in Phoenix, Arizona (02 August 2008)
- Sewage spill closes False Creek to boaters in Vancouver, British Columbia (02 August 2008)
- Bacteria close 3 beaches in Laconia and Gilford, New Hampshire (02 August 2008)
- Coliform bacteria close Siesta Beach in California (02 August 2008)
- Unusual number of puppies dying from parvo virus in Greenville, Michigan (02 August 2008)
- 13 contracted E. coli in camp in Goshen, Virginia (01 August 2008)
- 49 homes put on boil water advisory because of bacteria in a well in Snohomish, Washington (01 August 2008)
- Siesta Key Beach closed because of high bacteria levels in Sarasota, Florida (01 August 2008)
- Dead bird found tests positive for West Nile virus in Washburn, Wisconsin (01 August 2008)
- Dengue fever hits Monywa, Burma (01 August 2008)
- Bacteria levels high in Pages Creek in New Hanover, North Carolina (01 August 2008)
- Cryptosporidium closes pool in Moscow, Idaho (01 August 2008)
- Goat cheese possibly contaminated with listeria in Canada (01 August 2008)
- Various mushroom products may contain listeria in Canada (01 August 2008)
- Bird infected by West Nile virus found in Kane, Illinois (01 August 2008)
- Dead crow found tested positive for West Nile virus in Whitman, Massachusetts (01 August 2008)
- West Nile virus found in mosquito in a pool in Vermont (01 August 2008)
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