Tick-borne Encephalitis in Germany In Southern Germany this year’s tick activity has started only at the end of March [2016]. At the moment this area experiences the highest tick activity (almost exclusively _Ixodes ricinus_) at least in the last 7 years, the time since standardized studies have been conducted at the Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology.
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Read more →Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update: Africa DR Congo: Cholera outbreak hits Lubumbashi 60 people have been reportedly infected by a cholera outbreak in Lubumbashi [Katanga Province] in the last 10 days. Lubumbashi is the 2nd largest city of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The outbreak of the epidemic has been linked to poor hygiene in
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