Progress Toward Poliovirus Containment Implementation --- Worldwide, 2017--2018

Published on September 6, 2018

Poliovirus containment requires global participation and is important to ensure polio is not reintroduced into the population after polio eradication.

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Notes from the Field: Fatal Vibrio anguillarum Infection in an Immunocompromised Patient - Maine, 2017

August 30, 2018
In July 2017, an immunocompromised woman aged 65 years admitted to a emergency department in Maine was found to have Vibrio anguillarum and developed septic shock and multiorgan failure, dying 2 days after admission.

Notes from the Field: Mumps Outbreak Associated with Cheerleading Competitions --- North Texas, December 2016--February 2017

September 13, 2018
An outbreak of 12 mumps cases (five confirmed and seven probable) in five counties was identified in persons who were nonathlete participants or attendees at three cheerleading competitions or were household contacts of mumps patients. This outbreak is the first documented report of mumps transmission during a sporting event with the majority of cases occurring in nonathlete participants or attend