OVERVIEW OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES SITUATION
... Campylobacteriosis and non-typhoidal salmonellosis contribute significantly to foodborne disease morbidity. There was 236 cases of Campylobacteriosis reported in ...
... Campylobacteriosis and non-typhoidal salmonellosis contribute significantly to foodborne disease morbidity. There was 236 cases of Campylobacteriosis reported in ...
Lungworm in Hedgehogs - Garden Wildlife Health
... aerophila, is known to be capable of occasionally infecting people. This is thought to occur through the ingestion of the parasite worm eggs which may be picked up, for example, from contaminated surfaces. If you need to handle a hedgehog please use thick gardening or rubber gloves and wash your han ...
... aerophila, is known to be capable of occasionally infecting people. This is thought to occur through the ingestion of the parasite worm eggs which may be picked up, for example, from contaminated surfaces. If you need to handle a hedgehog please use thick gardening or rubber gloves and wash your han ...
Guinea Pig Basic Care Information
... to provide chew items such as apple, birch or willow branches, hay and/or firm vegetables such as carrots. Guinea pigs are social animals, so it is best if they live in pairs. Usually sows (females) cohabit well as either siblings or mother-daughter pairs. Boars (males) will sometimes get along but ...
... to provide chew items such as apple, birch or willow branches, hay and/or firm vegetables such as carrots. Guinea pigs are social animals, so it is best if they live in pairs. Usually sows (females) cohabit well as either siblings or mother-daughter pairs. Boars (males) will sometimes get along but ...
Outbreak Management - International Federation of Infection Control
... order to improve the prevention and control of healthcare associated infections worldwide. It is an umbrella organisation of societies and associations of healthcare professionals in infection control and related fields across the globe . • The goal of IFIC is to minimise the risk of infection withi ...
... order to improve the prevention and control of healthcare associated infections worldwide. It is an umbrella organisation of societies and associations of healthcare professionals in infection control and related fields across the globe . • The goal of IFIC is to minimise the risk of infection withi ...
Worms and Mollusks
... This patient presented with a hookworm infection involving the toes of the right foot, which is also known as “ground itch”. Usually the first sign of infection is itching, and a rash at the site where skin touched contaminated soil or sand, which occurs when the larvae penetrate the skin, followed ...
... This patient presented with a hookworm infection involving the toes of the right foot, which is also known as “ground itch”. Usually the first sign of infection is itching, and a rash at the site where skin touched contaminated soil or sand, which occurs when the larvae penetrate the skin, followed ...
Disease Eradication
... began in 1980 at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)9 and since 1986 has been led by the Carter Center in close cooperation with the WHO, the CDC, and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).10 The life cycle of the parasite Dracunculus medinensis is shown in Figure 1A. When exp ...
... began in 1980 at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)9 and since 1986 has been led by the Carter Center in close cooperation with the WHO, the CDC, and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).10 The life cycle of the parasite Dracunculus medinensis is shown in Figure 1A. When exp ...
Disease eradication, elimination and control: the need for accurate
... with disease control, elimination and eradication programmes. There are several global activities under way, which are initiated and guided by resolutions of the World Health Assembly. Scrutiny of the feasibility of achieving eradication goals by bodies such as the International Task Force for Disea ...
... with disease control, elimination and eradication programmes. There are several global activities under way, which are initiated and guided by resolutions of the World Health Assembly. Scrutiny of the feasibility of achieving eradication goals by bodies such as the International Task Force for Disea ...
HINT Report Weekly Disease Surveillance Report
... Overall cases have been trending downward (↓1 week) Hemorrhagic syndromes represented the largest decrease among all syndromes reported at 4.13% ...
... Overall cases have been trending downward (↓1 week) Hemorrhagic syndromes represented the largest decrease among all syndromes reported at 4.13% ...
HINT Report Weekly Disease Surveillance Report
... Overall cases have been trending upward (↑1 week) Botulinic syndromes represented the largest percentage weekly decrease among all syndromes reported at 5.68% ...
... Overall cases have been trending upward (↑1 week) Botulinic syndromes represented the largest percentage weekly decrease among all syndromes reported at 5.68% ...
HINT Report Weekly Disease Surveillance Report
... Overall cases have been trending upward (↑1 week) Rash syndromes represented the largest percentage weekly decrease among all syndromes reported at 10.31% ...
... Overall cases have been trending upward (↑1 week) Rash syndromes represented the largest percentage weekly decrease among all syndromes reported at 10.31% ...
HINT Report Weekly Disease Surveillance Report
... Overall cases have been trending downward (↓1 week) Hemorrhagic syndromes represented the largest decrease among all syndromes reported at 7.86% ...
... Overall cases have been trending downward (↓1 week) Hemorrhagic syndromes represented the largest decrease among all syndromes reported at 7.86% ...
HINT Report Weekly Disease Surveillance Report
... Overall cases have been trending downward (↓1 week) Hemorrhagic syndromes represented the largest decrease among all syndromes reported at 8.84% ...
... Overall cases have been trending downward (↓1 week) Hemorrhagic syndromes represented the largest decrease among all syndromes reported at 8.84% ...
HINT Report Weekly Disease Surveillance Report
... Overall cases have been trending upward (↑1 week) Botulinic syndromes represented the largest percentage weekly decrease among all syndromes reported at 16.3% ...
... Overall cases have been trending upward (↑1 week) Botulinic syndromes represented the largest percentage weekly decrease among all syndromes reported at 16.3% ...
IN THE NEWS - Lenus, The Irish Health Repository
... (VTEC), the most common of which is E. coli O157:H7 was first identified as a cause of human illness with outbreaks of haemorrhagic colitis in the USA in 1982. The symptoms associated with VTEC infection in humans can range from mild diarrhoea to haemorrhagic colitis with severe abdominal pain and b ...
... (VTEC), the most common of which is E. coli O157:H7 was first identified as a cause of human illness with outbreaks of haemorrhagic colitis in the USA in 1982. The symptoms associated with VTEC infection in humans can range from mild diarrhoea to haemorrhagic colitis with severe abdominal pain and b ...
HINT Report Weekly Disease Surveillance Report
... Overall cases have been trending upward (↑1 week) Respiratory syndromes represented the largest percentage weekly increase among all syndromes reported at 17.51% ...
... Overall cases have been trending upward (↑1 week) Respiratory syndromes represented the largest percentage weekly increase among all syndromes reported at 17.51% ...
HINT Report Weekly Disease Surveillance Report
... Fever symptoms represented the largest weekly increase among all symptoms reported at 26.16% ...
... Fever symptoms represented the largest weekly increase among all symptoms reported at 26.16% ...
Parasites of Goats By Page Bishop 12-01-2005
... roundworms; the anterior part is long and thin while the posterior is much thicker, giving the appearance of a whip. The male posterior is curved. • Life Cycle: Infective larvae develop within eggs after at least 3 weeks on pasture. The eggs are resistant to cold temperatures and dry conditions, and ...
... roundworms; the anterior part is long and thin while the posterior is much thicker, giving the appearance of a whip. The male posterior is curved. • Life Cycle: Infective larvae develop within eggs after at least 3 weeks on pasture. The eggs are resistant to cold temperatures and dry conditions, and ...
HINT Report Weekly Disease Surveillance Report
... Overall cases have been trending upward (↑1 week) Rash syndromes represented the largest percentage weekly increase among all syndromes reported at 7.72% ...
... Overall cases have been trending upward (↑1 week) Rash syndromes represented the largest percentage weekly increase among all syndromes reported at 7.72% ...
HINT Report Weekly Disease Surveillance Report
... Overall cases have been trending downward (↓1 week) Fever symptoms represented the second largest number of cases for the week ...
... Overall cases have been trending downward (↓1 week) Fever symptoms represented the second largest number of cases for the week ...
HINT Report Weekly Disease Surveillance Report
... Overall cases have been trending downward (↓1 week) Fever symptoms represented the second largest number of cases for the week ...
... Overall cases have been trending downward (↓1 week) Fever symptoms represented the second largest number of cases for the week ...
HINT Report Weekly Disease Surveillance Report
... Overall cases have been trending downward (↓1 week) Respiratory syndromes represented the largest percentage weekly decrease among all syndromes reported at 10.06% ...
... Overall cases have been trending downward (↓1 week) Respiratory syndromes represented the largest percentage weekly decrease among all syndromes reported at 10.06% ...
HINT Report Weekly Disease Surveillance Report
... Overall cases have been trending downward (↓1 week) Fever symptoms represented the second largest number of cases for the week ...
... Overall cases have been trending downward (↓1 week) Fever symptoms represented the second largest number of cases for the week ...
7.Medical Helminthology flatworms
... the intestinal wall, namely suckers, hooks, or sucking grooves. The worm grows by adding new proglottids from its germinal center next to the scolex. The oldest proglottids at the distal end are gravid and produce many eggs, which are excreted in the feces and transmitted to various intermediate hos ...
... the intestinal wall, namely suckers, hooks, or sucking grooves. The worm grows by adding new proglottids from its germinal center next to the scolex. The oldest proglottids at the distal end are gravid and produce many eggs, which are excreted in the feces and transmitted to various intermediate hos ...
Dracunculiasis
Dracunculiasis, also called guinea worm disease (GWD), is an infection by the guinea worm. A person becomes infected when they drink water that contains water fleas infected with guinea worm larvae. Initially there are no symptoms. About one year later, the person develops a painful burning feeling as the female worm forms a blister in the skin, usually on the lower limb. The worm then comes out of the skin over the course of a few weeks. During this time, it may be difficult to walk or work. It is very uncommon for the disease to cause death.Humans and dogs are the only known animals that guinea worms infect. The worm is about one to two millimeters wide and an adult female is 60 to 100 centimeters long (males are much shorter at 12–29 mm or 0.47–1.14 in). Outside of humans the eggs can survive up to three weeks, during which they must be eaten by water fleas to continue to develop. The larva inside water fleas may survive up to four months. Thus the disease must occur each year in humans to stay in an area. A diagnosis of the disease can usually be made based on the signs and symptoms of the disease.Prevention is by early diagnosis of the disease followed by keeping the person from putting the wound in drinking water to decrease spread of the parasite. Other efforts include improving access to clean water and otherwise filtering water if it is not clean. Filtering through a cloth is often enough. Contaminated drinking water may be treated with a chemical called temefos to kill the larva. There is no medication or vaccine against the disease. The worm may be slowly removed over a few weeks by rolling it over a stick. The ulcers formed by the emerging worm may get infected by bacteria. Pain may continue for months after the worm has been removed.In 2014 there were 126 cases of the disease reported. This is down from 3.5 million cases in 1986. It only exists in 4 countries in Africa, down from 20 countries in the 1980s. The country most affected is South Sudan. It will likely be the first parasitic disease to be eradicated. Guinea worm disease has been known since ancient times. It is mentioned in the Egyptian medical Ebers Papyrus, dating from 1550 BC. The name dracunculiasis is derived from the Latin ""affliction with little dragons"", while the name ""guinea worm"" appeared after Europeans saw the disease on the Guinea coast of West Africa in the 17th century. A species similar to guinea worms causes disease in other animals. These do not appear to infect humans. It is classified as a neglected tropical disease.