Health Protection - HSE Web Communities
... hygiene training for food handlers as well as sector specific events designed to support businesses in achieving compliance with their statutory duties. For example recent seminars have provided bespoke guidance for diverse groups as butchers and over 50% of North Somerset’s registered child minders ...
... hygiene training for food handlers as well as sector specific events designed to support businesses in achieving compliance with their statutory duties. For example recent seminars have provided bespoke guidance for diverse groups as butchers and over 50% of North Somerset’s registered child minders ...
National T.B. Control Program
... • It is a highly contagious disease • 40% of the world population is infected by T.B. which is latent. • It is important to know the signs of T.B. and treat it in time. • Every minute 4 persons get TB, 3 patients put on treatment, 1 person dies of TB • TB is a lawless disease. It can affect child, a ...
... • It is a highly contagious disease • 40% of the world population is infected by T.B. which is latent. • It is important to know the signs of T.B. and treat it in time. • Every minute 4 persons get TB, 3 patients put on treatment, 1 person dies of TB • TB is a lawless disease. It can affect child, a ...
Challenges and perspectives for improved management of HIV/Mycobacterium tuberculosis co-infection PERSPECTIVE
... onward transmission of untreatable disease. With respect to treatment, more effective, shorter and more tolerable treatments for drug-susceptible and drug-resistant TB, particularly among populations bearing the highest burden of morbidity and mortality, are needed. While the pipeline of new tools t ...
... onward transmission of untreatable disease. With respect to treatment, more effective, shorter and more tolerable treatments for drug-susceptible and drug-resistant TB, particularly among populations bearing the highest burden of morbidity and mortality, are needed. While the pipeline of new tools t ...
microbiology - КРОК 1-2-3
... A patient with clinical signs of encephalitis was delivered to the infectious diseases hospital. Anamnesis registers a tick bite. Hemagglutination-inhibition reaction helped to reveal antibodies to the causative agent of tick-borne encephalitis in the dilution 1:20 which is not diagnostic. What acti ...
... A patient with clinical signs of encephalitis was delivered to the infectious diseases hospital. Anamnesis registers a tick bite. Hemagglutination-inhibition reaction helped to reveal antibodies to the causative agent of tick-borne encephalitis in the dilution 1:20 which is not diagnostic. What acti ...
HEPATITIS INFORMATION SHEET
... that they can cause HIV infection. This was a concern, without merit, with the previous vaccine derived by inactivated antigen from the plasma of chronic HBV carriers. The vaccine is given in a series of three (3) doses over a six (6) month period. The vaccine induces protective antibody levels in 8 ...
... that they can cause HIV infection. This was a concern, without merit, with the previous vaccine derived by inactivated antigen from the plasma of chronic HBV carriers. The vaccine is given in a series of three (3) doses over a six (6) month period. The vaccine induces protective antibody levels in 8 ...
Sources and spread of infection
... Pathogenicity – the ability to cause disease Infectivity – the ability to invade and establish at a primary focus. Not all organisms can do all three. ...
... Pathogenicity – the ability to cause disease Infectivity – the ability to invade and establish at a primary focus. Not all organisms can do all three. ...
Vibrio vulnificus FACT SHEET - Seafood Network Information Center
... Every year millions of Americans consume raw molluscan shellfish, especially oysters and clams. For some people, however, eating raw or undercooked molluscan shellfish can cause serious illness or death from Vibrio vulnificus. Vibrio vulnificus is a gram-negative bacterium and is considered the most ...
... Every year millions of Americans consume raw molluscan shellfish, especially oysters and clams. For some people, however, eating raw or undercooked molluscan shellfish can cause serious illness or death from Vibrio vulnificus. Vibrio vulnificus is a gram-negative bacterium and is considered the most ...
Delay in Seeking Health Care and associated Factors among
... An institution based cross-sectional study was conducted from July 1 to September 30, 2013 among PTB patients in North Wollo Zone of Amhara region with a population of 1,551,692 [10]. To obtain representative sample for the study, we selected eight districts randomly out of 13 districts of the study ...
... An institution based cross-sectional study was conducted from July 1 to September 30, 2013 among PTB patients in North Wollo Zone of Amhara region with a population of 1,551,692 [10]. To obtain representative sample for the study, we selected eight districts randomly out of 13 districts of the study ...
Chain of infection - Home - KSU Faculty Member websites
... 1. They do not show any clinical manifestation so they carry normal life. 2. The carrier and his contacts are not aware of their condition so, they take no precautions. 3. It is difficult to discover them. 4. It is not always possible to deal with them. 5. Chronic carriers can remain infectious for ...
... 1. They do not show any clinical manifestation so they carry normal life. 2. The carrier and his contacts are not aware of their condition so, they take no precautions. 3. It is difficult to discover them. 4. It is not always possible to deal with them. 5. Chronic carriers can remain infectious for ...
Full Article - International Journal Foundation
... incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis every year as many as 583,000 cases with a mortality figure of about 140,000 cases. Pulmonary TB is the third largest cause of death after cardiovascular diseases and respiratory diseases and is the number one cause of death in the group of infectious diseases (Cr ...
... incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis every year as many as 583,000 cases with a mortality figure of about 140,000 cases. Pulmonary TB is the third largest cause of death after cardiovascular diseases and respiratory diseases and is the number one cause of death in the group of infectious diseases (Cr ...
It can be prevented, it depends on you
... a better quality of life greater, but safer behaviour is adopted. Therefore, it is essential to be tested for HIV, voluntarily and confidentially, and with advice available. A person who wants to be tested will receive advice from the medical staff in order to understand the result of the test, what ...
... a better quality of life greater, but safer behaviour is adopted. Therefore, it is essential to be tested for HIV, voluntarily and confidentially, and with advice available. A person who wants to be tested will receive advice from the medical staff in order to understand the result of the test, what ...
Document
... A. Assessment of the clinical factors that influence infectious risk, such as the presence and duration of cough symptoms B. Gathering information regarding age, health status (especially risk for HIV), and presence of TB symptoms in any close contacts C. Evaluation of his outdoor football teammates ...
... A. Assessment of the clinical factors that influence infectious risk, such as the presence and duration of cough symptoms B. Gathering information regarding age, health status (especially risk for HIV), and presence of TB symptoms in any close contacts C. Evaluation of his outdoor football teammates ...
Wolbachia and Heartworm Disease
... Dogs and cats infected with heartworm have been shown to produce circulating antibodies against Wolbachia bacteria at all stages of heartworm infection. One study reported that over 65 % of heartworm infected dogs have Wolbachia DNA present in their blood.1 It is believed that the lipopolysacharide ...
... Dogs and cats infected with heartworm have been shown to produce circulating antibodies against Wolbachia bacteria at all stages of heartworm infection. One study reported that over 65 % of heartworm infected dogs have Wolbachia DNA present in their blood.1 It is believed that the lipopolysacharide ...
What is hepatitis A - Public Health Wales
... excreted in the faeces of infected people. Hepatitis A can be passed on to other people when something contaminated with infected faeces (e.g. food or water) is put in the mouth (faecaloral transmission). Person-to-person spread is also common. Who gets it and how serious is it? Anyone can get hepat ...
... excreted in the faeces of infected people. Hepatitis A can be passed on to other people when something contaminated with infected faeces (e.g. food or water) is put in the mouth (faecaloral transmission). Person-to-person spread is also common. Who gets it and how serious is it? Anyone can get hepat ...
Common Communicable Diseases Grid
... May appear as a pimple, boil, or abscess. The area may also be red, swollen, and painful, as well as having pus or other drainage present. A fever may be present. ...
... May appear as a pimple, boil, or abscess. The area may also be red, swollen, and painful, as well as having pus or other drainage present. A fever may be present. ...
Chapter 9
... brain, bone, and liver Most often caused by cigarette smoking Symptoms are dyspnea, coughing, hemoptysis Diagnosis: X-ray and tissue biopsy Treatment: chemotherapy, radiation, surgery ...
... brain, bone, and liver Most often caused by cigarette smoking Symptoms are dyspnea, coughing, hemoptysis Diagnosis: X-ray and tissue biopsy Treatment: chemotherapy, radiation, surgery ...
Practice No - Hampshire County Council
... Hampshire County Council Occupational Health Unit is available to give advice and provide support in respect of all infectious conditions that affect staff. ...
... Hampshire County Council Occupational Health Unit is available to give advice and provide support in respect of all infectious conditions that affect staff. ...
1.Communicable Disease Epidemiology(Definitions). - Home
... The constant presence of a disease or infectious agent within a given geographic area or population group; It may also refer to the usual prevalence of a given disease within such area or group. Epidemic The occurrence of more cases of a disease than expected in a given area or among a specific grou ...
... The constant presence of a disease or infectious agent within a given geographic area or population group; It may also refer to the usual prevalence of a given disease within such area or group. Epidemic The occurrence of more cases of a disease than expected in a given area or among a specific grou ...
Improving risk assessment among contacts exposed to a person with infectious tuberculosis in Maryland
... • Provide new training tools for TB staff • Provide a new system for identifying additional contacts and for documenting contacts’ risks • Aid in screening prioritization following a contact investigation, so most high risks are fully screened and treated for latent TB infection ...
... • Provide new training tools for TB staff • Provide a new system for identifying additional contacts and for documenting contacts’ risks • Aid in screening prioritization following a contact investigation, so most high risks are fully screened and treated for latent TB infection ...
Tetanus Factsheet
... Tetanus is not passed on from one person to another. Neonatal tetanus (affecting new born babies) can occur in babies born to inadequately immunised mothers, especially after unsterile treatment of the umbilical cord stump. ...
... Tetanus is not passed on from one person to another. Neonatal tetanus (affecting new born babies) can occur in babies born to inadequately immunised mothers, especially after unsterile treatment of the umbilical cord stump. ...
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis, MTB, or TB (short for tubercle bacillus), in the past also called phthisis, phthisis pulmonalis, or consumption, is a widespread, infectious disease caused by various strains of mycobacteria, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis typically attacks the lungs, but can also affect other parts of the body. It is spread through the air when people who have an active TB infection cough, sneeze, or otherwise transmit respiratory fluids through the air. Most infections do not have symptoms, known as latent tuberculosis. About one in ten latent infections eventually progresses to active disease which, if left untreated, kills more than 50% of those so infected.The classic symptoms of active TB infection are a chronic cough with blood-tinged sputum, fever, night sweats, and weight loss (the last of these giving rise to the formerly common term for the disease, ""consumption""). Infection of other organs causes a wide range of symptoms. Diagnosis of active TB relies on radiology (commonly chest X-rays), as well as microscopic examination and microbiological culture of body fluids. Diagnosis of latent TB relies on the tuberculin skin test (TST) and/or blood tests. Treatment is difficult and requires administration of multiple antibiotics over a long period of time. Household, workplace and social contacts are also screened and treated if necessary. Antibiotic resistance is a growing problem in multiple drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) infections. Prevention relies on early detection and treatment of cases and on screening programs and vaccination with the bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine.One-third of the world's population is thought to have been infected with M. tuberculosis, and new infections occur in about 1% of the population each year. In 2007, an estimated 13.7 million chronic cases were active globally, while in 2013, an estimated 9 million new cases occurred. In 2013 there were between 1.3 and 1.5 million associated deaths, most of which occurred in developing countries. The total number of tuberculosis cases has been decreasing since 2006, and new cases have decreased since 2002. The rate of tuberculosis in different areas varies across the globe; about 80% of the population in many Asian and African countries tests positive in tuberculin tests, while only 5–10% of the United States population tests positive. More people in the developing world contract tuberculosis because of a poor immune system, largely due to high rates of HIV infection and the corresponding development of AIDS.