ProMED Alerts on Multiple Global Disease Outbreaks

ProMED has issued alerts detailing several global disease outbreaks. These include increasing cholera fatalities in the Democratic Republic of Congo, salmonellosis outbreaks in Costa Rica and Spain, additional meningococcal disease cases in Vietnam, hantavirus in Panama, and hepatitis C in a South Korean hemodialysis unit. Avian influenza in wild birds was also reported in South Korea.