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China’s latest virus surge is the human metapneumovirus (HMPV), which has also seen spikes in the U.S. ... The diseases appear to be less severe and spread with a smaller scale compared to the ...
The infectious disease community is closely watching a surge of mystery illnesses in China that many have compared to the start of the COVID-19 outbreak.
In a 25 March 2021 interview, Marrero said that initial symptoms are often nonspecific, making a diagnosis challenging. He listed symptoms such as "behavioral changes, sleep disturbances, unexplained pain, visual hallucinations, coordination problems, unexplained hair loss, involuntary muscle twitching, formication (a sensation that feels like small insects crawling under the skin), ataxia ...
In the absence of a clear diagnosis, however, it was hard to determine the cause of the illness, or whether it was viral or bacterial. The symptoms resembled those of flu, like headache, cough ...
The initial diagnosis was "peripheral neuropathy, cause of limb pain and redness to be determined". The lumbar puncture performed on the same day yielded normal results. The next day, a neurology consultation ruled out autoimmune diseases, poisoning, and metabolic diseases. PUMCH treated her according to the diagnosis of Guillain-Barré ...
On 13 November, authorities from China's National Health Commission reported an increase in respiratory diseases. The increase in these diseases was attributed to the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions earlier in the year, and the circulation of known pathogens including influenza, mycoplasma pneumoniae (a common bacterial infection typically affecting young children), respiratory syncytial ...
Those afflicted with the severe type of malaria suffered from several flu-like symptoms, including severe headache, cough, high fever, and nausea, with the addition of anemia. [6] [8] [15] [5] The 8 December WHO report gave symptom prevalences of fever (96.5%), cough (87.9%), fatigue (60.9%) and a running nose (57.8%). They also noted that the ...
By Andrew Silver. SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China will increase the number of specialised teams tasked with responding to future infectious disease outbreaks by five to 25, its top health official has ...