Viral Haemorrhagic Septicaemia Attack On Farmed Trout

A rare virus threatens the government by killing thousands of rainbow trout.Due to an outbreak, fishes were destroyed on a farm in Yorkshire//. A very first case of viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS) attack on wild fish was noticed by fishery official across the catchment area of the river Ouse i...

Immunisation programme to include vaccine against Pneumococcal disease

... their general practitioners. Meningitis and septicaemia are caused by pneumococcal disease. The death rate...cry and an arched back are symptoms. When there is septicaemia there may be a rash that does not disappear when pressed with a clear glass. But septicaemia can be present without the rash.” Apart from...

Rabbit Flu Claims Its First Human Victim In Britain

... fell the following day and succumbed to the infection after three days. It was revealed by the post-mortem report that Mr Freeman had died from septicaemia after having got infected by the bacteria that causes pasteurellosis, which is also known as rabbit flu. Mr Freeman, the couple's only son, died on Au...

Meningococcal-B Vaccine Greatly Reduces The Risk of The Disease

...ococcal disease is a bacterial infection, which causes severe illnesses including meningitis that is an infection of membranes covering the brain, and septicaemia a serious blood infection. Officials at the ministry have explained hat though anyone is vulnerable to the disease, the biggest risk group would be te...

Wyeth Launches Vaccine for Pneumococcal Disease in India

...s" bacteria. Prevenar is a seven-valent vaccine that is expected to prevent pneumococcal diseases like sepsis, meningitis, bacterial pneumonia, septicaemia and bacteraemia (bacteria in the blood). Infants and children are at the greatest risk for invasive pneumococcal disease as 25-60 percent of the...

Yorkshire hit by a different ball game: fish disease

...quaculture Science (Cefas) has released a report that states that scientists are studying the source of this viral outbreak causing viral Haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS). The virus is thought to be a very serious hazard to fishes (touts) and it is mandatory by law for fish farms to inform the authorities o...

New warning signs for child meningitis

...be informed of the new warning signs. The new warnings relate to the early signs of meningococcal disease, which can lead to meningitis as well as septicaemia and blood poisoning. Vaccination can protect children against meningitis C, but other strains, most commonly meningitis B, kill children and adult...

Meningitis is rocking the capital again

...for the meningococcal meningitis and meningococcal septicaemia cases in the community. Symptoms of meningococcal ...ing, headache and neck stiffness and meningococcal septicaemia may occur with a rapid onset of acute febrile illn...ogression to multiple organ failure. Meningococcal septicaemia is less common than meningococcal meningitis but i...

Septicaemia in Biological News

Tasty meal out of reach

...ese observations coincided with a considerable reduction in the rabbit population since the end of the 1990s, caused by the disease viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS). The establishment of scrub is an important process that leads to greater variation and diversity in a landscape. Prickly shrubs such as bla...

Scientists identify specific enzymes that make meningitis hard to fight

...ss that enables the bacteria to elude the body's natural defences could eventually help scientists develop novel new treatments for meningitis and the septicaemia it can cause. Both are extremely serious conditions with a high mortality rate, which take hold quickly and are difficult to treat - sometimes resulti...