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Inquiry and Analysis Series - No. 231
July 1, 2005 No.231

"‘The Sheikh of the Slaughterers’: Abu Mus'ab Al-Zarqawi and the Al-Qa'ida Connection"
By Dr. Nimrod Raphaeli*

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JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS - CHINA (02): SUSPECTED ********************************************* A ProMED-mail post ProMED-mail is a program of the International Society for Infectious Diseases Sponsored in part by Elsevier, publisher of The International Journal of Infectious Diseases Date: Fri1 Jul 2005 15:28:20 +0800 From: ProMED-mail Source: Gansu Daily / Xinhua 28 Jun 2005 [edited] No epidemic encephalitis outbreak in Gansu: official -------------------------------------------------- The recent encephalitis outbreak among children in Tianshui, a city in northwest China's Gansu Province, was neither epidemic encephalitis nor encephalitis B [Japanese encephalitis], but a sort of viral encephalitis [pure speculation without laboratory confirmation - Mod.RY], according to Wang Jian, director of the city's disease control and prevention center. At a press conference held Friday morning by the provincial health authority, Wang said from 4 Mar to 23 Jun 2005, 2 hospitals in Tianshui received 153 ill children aged between 1 and 13 with fevers and headaches. 53 boys and 30 girls were diagnosed as having viral encephalitis. Of the remaining 70 cases, 23 were suspected and 47 were ruled out as having encephalitis. Currently, there are still 42 children under observation and medical treatment, of whom 13 have been diagnosed as having viral encephalitis, Wang said. The children are expected to leave the hospital in the near future. Earlier reports suggested the encephalitis breakout had something to do with an encephalitis B [Japanese encephalitis] vaccine injection in some kindergartens in Tianshui. But the Friday press conference ruled out the possibility. The cause of the breakout remains unknown, and blood samples have been sent to the China Disease Control and Prevention Center in Beijing for virus separation. -- ProMED-mail [This is an official statement from both provincial and city health authorities. Essentially it says that there has been no epidemic encephalitis outbreak in Gansu. Though no laboratory evidence was offered, the officials suspect that the outbreak is attributable to some sort of viral encephalitis, but nothing to do with Japanese encephalitis. Meanwhile, the following was brought to our attention by a usually reliable source from China. A similar report from the ChinaNews in Chinese, said, "The 150 children in Tianshui city had viral encephalitis. An echovirus was the suspected pathogen. The disease has no connection with the JE vaccine, though some of the sick children had JE vaccination before the onset of the symptoms. Most children recovered; only 6 remain in hospital." This report mentions an echovirus for the first time, though again, no laboratory evidence was offered. With their name derived from the acronym Enteric Cytopathic Human Orphan, echoviruses are a group of enteroviruses that commonly cause gastrointestinal infections and skin rashes. More serious infections are seen less frequently. Echoviruses cause a wide variety of conditions, including acute gastroenteritis, viral pharyngitis, herpangina (mouth sores), croup, upper respiratory infection, pneumonia, pericarditis, myocarditis, aseptic meningitis and encephalitis. The over 3-month-old outbreak of suspected viral encephalitis in Gansu remains largely enigmatic. ProMED would appreciate further information from colleagues familiar with the field. -Mod.RY] [see also: Japanese encephalitis - China: susp 20050626.1796 2004 ---- Japanese encephalitis - China (Hong Kong) (02) 20040623.1672 Japanese encephalitis - China (Hong Kong) 20040611.1573 2003 ---- Japanese encephalitis, local transmission - China (HK) 20031106.2749 Japanese encephalitis - China (Guangdong) (03) 20030629.1599 Japanese encephalitis - China (Guangdong) (02) 20030625.1564 Japanese encephalitis - China (Guangdong) 20030622.1538] *##########################################################*

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