Other Emerging Pathogens Archives

Legionella (Legionnaires' Disease and Pontiac Fever): About Pontiac Fever

CDC

Basic guidance

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Legionellosis (Legionnaires' Disease and Pontiac Fever)

DOL/OSHA

Outbreak response, worker awareness, etc.

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https://www.nyc.gov/site/doh/health/health-topics/legionnaires-disease.page

NYC Health

The NYC Health Department has finished investigating a community cluster of Legionnaires’ disease in Central Harlem. As of August 29, there were: 114 confirmed cases, 90 total hospitalizations, 7 deaths.

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Outbreak of Neisseria meningitidis Conjunctivitis in Military Trainees — Texas, February–May 2025

CDC / MMWR

4 September 2025

Ching SJ, Jung GO, Osuna A, et al.
Bacterial conjunctivitis is uncommon in immunocompetent adults. Neisseria meningitidis is an unusual bacterial cause of conjunctivitis.

keywords: allergic conjunctivitis, conjunctivitis, N. meningitidis, Other Emerging Pathogens, periorbital cellulitis, Viral conjunctivitis

The U.S. confirms its first human case of New World screwworm. What is it?

NPR (All Things Considered)

25 August 2025

The U.S. has confirmed its first human case of the New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite whose northward creep from South America has put the country’s cattle industry on high alert in recent months.

keywords: Cochliomyia hominivorax, myiasis, new world screwworm, Other Emerging Pathogens

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