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This guide is about infections that occur in people who inject drugs (PWID).
Explains surgical wound infection, and the national programme for monitoring infections acquired in hospitals, in English and 27 other languages.
Urgent public health message to all NHS service providers regarding Clade I mpox virus (MPXV) infection.
Lassa virus causes Lassa fever, an acute viral haemorrhagic fever (VHF).
UKHSA are providing an update to previous advice regarding contaminated non-sterile alcohol-free wipes in response to continuing detection of cases and a recent death attributable to Burkholderia stabilis infection.
Information about incidents and outbreaks of Ebola and Marburg, both viral haemorrhagic fevers (VHF).
The NHSBT/PHE epidemiology unit scans publications for emerging infection news relevant to blood, tissue and organ donation safety in the UK.
The NHSBT / PHE epidemiology unit, and the epidemiology of infections among blood, tissue and organ donors and recipients.
There are currently 2 recognised viruses that cause haemorrhagic fever illnesses in Bolivia that are classed as high consequence infectious diseases (HCIDs). These are Machupo virus (MACV) and Chapare virus (CHAPV).
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