Leptospirosis in the Tel Aviv District, Israel, 2016-2022

Ongoing African measles virus genotype outbreak in Tel Aviv district since April, Israel, 2012.

A measles outbreak is affecting the Tel Aviv district, Israel, since April 2012. As of 10 September, 99 cases were confirmed, including 63 (64%) migrants of Eritrean and Sudanese origin. All genotyped cases had the African B3 genotype*. The mean age of migrant and non-migrant cases was 6.0±9.6 and 30.2±24.2 years, respectively (p<0.001). The majority of both migrant and non-migrant cases was un...

Surveillance of West Nile virus disease, Tel Aviv district, Israel, 2005 to 2010.

We present the findings of a six-year surveillance period (2005–2010) of human West Nile virus (WNV) infection in Tel Aviv district, Israel. Initial notifications of positively identified patients received from the Central Virology Laboratory were followed by epidemiological investigations of the local district health office. During 2005–2010, 104 patients, 79 with WNV neuroinvasive and 25 with...

Multidrug-Resistant Candida haemulonii and C. auris, Tel Aviv, Israel

Candida auris and C. haemulonii are closely related, multidrug-resistant emerging fungal pathogens that are not readily distinguishable with phenotypic assays. We studied C. auris and C. haemulonii clinical isolates from 2 hospitals in central Israel. C. auris was isolated in 5 patients with nosocomial bloodstream infection, and C. haemulonii was found as a colonizer of leg wounds at a peripher...

Tel Aviv University

Tel-Aviv University

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