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Clinical management of scarlet fever and invasive S. pyogenes
... and inguinal areas can be observed ...
... and inguinal areas can be observed ...
The Epidemiology of Tick-transmitted Zoonotic Disease
... Why are Veterinarians Involved? • Wild animals are typically the natural reservoirs, but domestic animals can bring infected ticks into the homes of humans where people can become exposed. • In this way domestic animals serve as the “vector of the vector” for human tick transmitted disease. • Tick ...
... Why are Veterinarians Involved? • Wild animals are typically the natural reservoirs, but domestic animals can bring infected ticks into the homes of humans where people can become exposed. • In this way domestic animals serve as the “vector of the vector” for human tick transmitted disease. • Tick ...
VACCINE – PREVENTABLE DISEASES
... and say, ‘Oh, I’m not going to a doctor,’ Mr. Opdyke added. “And we say, ‘Do you not understand what we went through? I can’t imagine why there is such nonchalance.” ...
... and say, ‘Oh, I’m not going to a doctor,’ Mr. Opdyke added. “And we say, ‘Do you not understand what we went through? I can’t imagine why there is such nonchalance.” ...
Potomac Horse Fever
... What signs should a horse with PHF will show? The typical clinical signs observed in horses with PHF include: fever, anorexia (not eating), colic, depression, ileus (nonmotile gastrointestinal tract--the horse does not defecate), diarrhea, and laminitis. Clinical signs and severity vary, but common ...
... What signs should a horse with PHF will show? The typical clinical signs observed in horses with PHF include: fever, anorexia (not eating), colic, depression, ileus (nonmotile gastrointestinal tract--the horse does not defecate), diarrhea, and laminitis. Clinical signs and severity vary, but common ...
(Microsoft PowerPoint - 2014_15 Communicable diseases 2
... - rats: plague - monkeys: Marburg- disease, yellow fever - rabbits: tularaemia 3. LABORATORY ANIMALS -rats: leptospirosis -monkeys: SV 40-viral infection of polio-vaccines ...
... - rats: plague - monkeys: Marburg- disease, yellow fever - rabbits: tularaemia 3. LABORATORY ANIMALS -rats: leptospirosis -monkeys: SV 40-viral infection of polio-vaccines ...
Exanthems05.pps
... Unknown cause Lasts 6-12 weeks Herpes viruses 6 & 7 associated Herald patch 1-20 days before rash Sometimes confused with T. Corporis or psoriasis ...
... Unknown cause Lasts 6-12 weeks Herpes viruses 6 & 7 associated Herald patch 1-20 days before rash Sometimes confused with T. Corporis or psoriasis ...
... In Senegal (Dakar Region) one case was identified on the 28th August. All contacts of this case remained well after 21 days. Provided no further cases are identified by the 9th of October (42 days), Senegal will be considered disease free. In the USA (Dallas) one case was identified on the 30th Sept ...
Fever of Unknown Origin - Vanderbilt University Medical Center
... (Historical Definition) Fever of at least 3 weeks’ duration Temperature of 101° F (38.3° C) on several occasions No diagnosis after a 1 week evaluation in the hospital ...
... (Historical Definition) Fever of at least 3 weeks’ duration Temperature of 101° F (38.3° C) on several occasions No diagnosis after a 1 week evaluation in the hospital ...
Evaluation and Management of Fever in the Critically-Ill Patient.
... Candida species grow well on routine bacterial culture media. Consider in immunocompromised patients at risk of uncommon fungal (e.g cryptococcus, fusarium) or mycobacterial bloodstream infection. ...
... Candida species grow well on routine bacterial culture media. Consider in immunocompromised patients at risk of uncommon fungal (e.g cryptococcus, fusarium) or mycobacterial bloodstream infection. ...
Aetiologies of Acute Undifferentiated Febrile illness in Adult
... Mixed infection with more than one aetiological agent can result in an illness with overlapping symptoms, resulting in a situation where the diagnosis and management of such a patient could be challenging for the treating physician [16-20]. Symptoms of one disease may mimic with other disease which ...
... Mixed infection with more than one aetiological agent can result in an illness with overlapping symptoms, resulting in a situation where the diagnosis and management of such a patient could be challenging for the treating physician [16-20]. Symptoms of one disease may mimic with other disease which ...
Pneumonic Plague
... What is it? Plague is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. This bacterium is found in rodents and their fleas and occurs in many areas of the world, including the United States. Y. pestis is easily destroyed by sunlight and drying. Even so, when released into air, the bacte ...
... What is it? Plague is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. This bacterium is found in rodents and their fleas and occurs in many areas of the world, including the United States. Y. pestis is easily destroyed by sunlight and drying. Even so, when released into air, the bacte ...
Facts about Pneumonic Plague
... Pneumonic plague occurs when Y. pestis infects the lungs. This type of plague can spread from person to person through the air. Transmission can take place if someone breathes in aerosolized bacteria, which could happen in a bioterrorist attack. Pneumonic plague is also spread by breathing in Y. pes ...
... Pneumonic plague occurs when Y. pestis infects the lungs. This type of plague can spread from person to person through the air. Transmission can take place if someone breathes in aerosolized bacteria, which could happen in a bioterrorist attack. Pneumonic plague is also spread by breathing in Y. pes ...
Haiti Cultural Awareness Update
... “Yes” does not mean they understand what you are saying. Ask them to come with a child to translate if they are not proficient in English. They believe in herbal medicine They usually attribute pain to gas pain Chest is called stomach in creole (deadly misnomer) Stomach pain can mean chest pain. ...
... “Yes” does not mean they understand what you are saying. Ask them to come with a child to translate if they are not proficient in English. They believe in herbal medicine They usually attribute pain to gas pain Chest is called stomach in creole (deadly misnomer) Stomach pain can mean chest pain. ...
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... rigidity, may have headache, N&V CSF may show increased WBC with increased lymphocytes; normal to slightly elevated protein; normal gram stain ...
... rigidity, may have headache, N&V CSF may show increased WBC with increased lymphocytes; normal to slightly elevated protein; normal gram stain ...
Immunisation update
... Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Prematurity in an otherwise well infant who is not in hospital Established neurological conditions such as cerebral palsy or Down syndrome Contact with an infectious disease Clinical history of pertussis, measles, mumps or rubella (clinical history without labora ...
... Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Prematurity in an otherwise well infant who is not in hospital Established neurological conditions such as cerebral palsy or Down syndrome Contact with an infectious disease Clinical history of pertussis, measles, mumps or rubella (clinical history without labora ...
Infectious Disease 1st Session
... Would vaccination prevent an epidemic? If so, what type of vaccination program is most efficient? What other measures could be taken to prevent an epidemic? Basic Reproductive Number, R0 Whether or not an epidemic occurs depends on many factors. A very simple and useful parameter for modeling the po ...
... Would vaccination prevent an epidemic? If so, what type of vaccination program is most efficient? What other measures could be taken to prevent an epidemic? Basic Reproductive Number, R0 Whether or not an epidemic occurs depends on many factors. A very simple and useful parameter for modeling the po ...
A nosocomial outbreak of Crimean
... is a disease that can develop due to exposure among healthcare staff. Health workers represent a second risk group. Surgeons and nurses have both been affected the most common.2 Levels of education and awareness among such personnel are important. The first nosocomial epidemic was reported in 1976 i ...
... is a disease that can develop due to exposure among healthcare staff. Health workers represent a second risk group. Surgeons and nurses have both been affected the most common.2 Levels of education and awareness among such personnel are important. The first nosocomial epidemic was reported in 1976 i ...
Yellow fever in Buenos Aires
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The Yellow Fever in Buenos Aires was a series of epidemics that took place in 1852, 1858, 1870 and 1871, the latter being a disaster that killed about 8% of Porteños: in a city were the daily death rate was less than 20, there were days that killed more than 500 people. The Yellow Fever would have come from Asunción, Paraguay, brought by Argentine soldiers returning from the war just fought in that country, having previously spread in the city of Corrientes. As its worst, Buenos Aires population was reduced to a third because of the exodus of those escaping the scourge.Some of the main causes of the spread of this disease were the insufficient supply of drinking water, pollution of ground water by human waste, the warm and humid climate in summer, the overcrowding suffered by the black people and, since 1871, the overcrowding of the European immigrants who entered the country incessantly and without sanitary measures. Also, the saladeros (manufacturing establishments for producing salted and dried meat) polluted the Matanza River (south of the city limits), and the infected ditches full of debris which ran through the city encouraged the spread of the mosquito Aedes aegypti, which was responsible of transmitting Yellow Fever.A witness to the epidemic of 1871, named Mardoqueo Navarro, wrote on April 13 the following description in his diary:Businesses closed, streets deserted, a shortage of doctors, corpses without assistance, everyone flees if they can...