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The report, from the Health Protection Agency (HPA), also showed there were 10,734 cases of C diff in patients aged 65 and over in England between July and September 2007.

Most had underlying conditions but "a small proportion" were healthy before being struck down by the virus, according to the Health Protection Agency (HPA).

The pasteurised product, used by bodybuilders and bakers, has since been recalled, the Health Protection Agency (HPA) said.

In October, when the number of cases started to increase, the Health Protection Agency (HPA) performed genetic testing of norovirus strains in England and Wales.

The rise, says the HPA, is due to a fall in vaccination rates.

But it was too late: by then many parents, egged on by anti-vaccination campaigners, were refusing to give MMR to their children.Epidemiologists at the HPA worry that the cohort of unvaccinated children may lead to a big outbreak, with between 30,000 and 100,000 people falling ill.

The local Karen member of parliament, the formidable Nan Say Hwa, argues that it was "imposed" on Hpa-an by the governor, a Burman who (as in every state) is directly appointed by the central government in Naypyidaw.According to Ms Nan Say Hwa, the governor is unrepresentative of the local Karen and "does not listen to peoples' advice or desires".

It is adorned with photographs of leaders with President Thein Sein and his underlings, all smiles and handshakes, unthinkable only a few years back.And now come other signs of businesses exploiting the ceasefire to move in around Hpa-an.

And to speed up the arrival of pilgrims and tourists alike, an air route has just started operating between Mae Sot, in Thailand, and Mawlamyine, on the Myanmar coast just an hour's drive from Hpa-an.This sort of investment is just what was hoped for from the Karen ceasefire, as well as from 13 similar agreements that have been signed between the government and other armed ethnic groups.

In Hpa-an, not far from the Thai border, 7.5% of pregnant women test positive for HIV.

In Hpa-an, however, it is big news.For this is the capital of Kayin state, one of the poorest of the country's dismally underdeveloped regions and home to the Karen people, the country's second-largest ethnic group.