H1N1 Global Pandemic 2009 Kevin Sherin, MD, MPH, FACPM, FAAFP Director
... High transmissibility that we are currently seeing likely due to lack of pre-existing immunity among majority of the population. We are not seeing increased severity but are seeing severe illness in atypical age group for influenza. ...
... High transmissibility that we are currently seeing likely due to lack of pre-existing immunity among majority of the population. We are not seeing increased severity but are seeing severe illness in atypical age group for influenza. ...
Communicable Diseases Factsheet Blastocystis hominis is a
... Blastocystis hominis is a species of one of the most common human intestinal organisms. Blastocystis species are found in people throughout the world and higher numbers are reported in developing countries. Blastocystis has also been found in a wide range of animals including mammals, birds and amph ...
... Blastocystis hominis is a species of one of the most common human intestinal organisms. Blastocystis species are found in people throughout the world and higher numbers are reported in developing countries. Blastocystis has also been found in a wide range of animals including mammals, birds and amph ...
Conquering Surgical Infections In 2014
... General Surgical Operative Duration is Associated with Increased Risk-Adjusted Infectious Complication Rates and Length of Stay J Am Coll Surg 2010;210:60-65 ...
... General Surgical Operative Duration is Associated with Increased Risk-Adjusted Infectious Complication Rates and Length of Stay J Am Coll Surg 2010;210:60-65 ...
Framework for the surveillance, prevention and control of dengue
... strengthen and maintain the capacity of the health sector to detect, report and respond to public health events; maintain communication networks with agencies and organizations within their jurisdictions to ensure an effective response to public health events and to receive information about events ...
... strengthen and maintain the capacity of the health sector to detect, report and respond to public health events; maintain communication networks with agencies and organizations within their jurisdictions to ensure an effective response to public health events and to receive information about events ...
Spirochetes and Rickettsiae
... c. Notice the male-female ratio. There used to be about the same amount of male and females effected (1989 – 1999). Cases of syphilis in males increased from 2000 – 2003 and have remained higher in males than in females (largely due to male-male sexual relations). d. To put these figures in perspect ...
... c. Notice the male-female ratio. There used to be about the same amount of male and females effected (1989 – 1999). Cases of syphilis in males increased from 2000 – 2003 and have remained higher in males than in females (largely due to male-male sexual relations). d. To put these figures in perspect ...
ICD-9-CM Implementations to Detect Severe Sepsis – Online
... o End-stage renal disease receiving dialysis o Diabetes mellitus o Cirrhosis o Chronic lung disease on home supplemental oxygen o Cerebrovascular accident with significant functional impairment at baseline o Solid organ tumors (whether or not chemotherapy has been given in the past 12 months) Neurol ...
... o End-stage renal disease receiving dialysis o Diabetes mellitus o Cirrhosis o Chronic lung disease on home supplemental oxygen o Cerebrovascular accident with significant functional impairment at baseline o Solid organ tumors (whether or not chemotherapy has been given in the past 12 months) Neurol ...
RSV Prophylaxis - the Alliance for Patient Access
... November is National Prematurity Awareness Month and the American Lung Association is raising awareness about a virus that has an impact on this country’s most vulnerable patient population: infants and small children. Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) infection causes pneumonia and acute bronchioli ...
... November is National Prematurity Awareness Month and the American Lung Association is raising awareness about a virus that has an impact on this country’s most vulnerable patient population: infants and small children. Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) infection causes pneumonia and acute bronchioli ...
39% of persons who received a diagnosis of HIV infection
... of America guidelines, health care providers must have specific knowledge of population-based estimates of the local prevalence of HIV infection; such estimates are not easily accessible. It is very difficult for a physician working in a primary care practice or in an urgent care center in a mid-siz ...
... of America guidelines, health care providers must have specific knowledge of population-based estimates of the local prevalence of HIV infection; such estimates are not easily accessible. It is very difficult for a physician working in a primary care practice or in an urgent care center in a mid-siz ...
Appendix B: Provincial Case Definitions for Reportable Diseases
... * Close contact means having cared for, lived with or had face-to-face (within two metres) contact with, or having had direct contact with respiratory secretions and/or body fluids of a person with SARS. NOTE: During an outbreak period, persons without x-ray changes (i.e. those who are not severely ...
... * Close contact means having cared for, lived with or had face-to-face (within two metres) contact with, or having had direct contact with respiratory secretions and/or body fluids of a person with SARS. NOTE: During an outbreak period, persons without x-ray changes (i.e. those who are not severely ...
infectious and tropical diseases in oman
... Abstract. Oman is generally hot and dry, but the Salalah region in southern Dhofar province is relatively cool and rainy during the summer monsoon, and has a distinctive pattern of infection. Important, notifiable infections in Oman include tuberculosis, brucellosis (endemic in Dhofar), acute gastro ...
... Abstract. Oman is generally hot and dry, but the Salalah region in southern Dhofar province is relatively cool and rainy during the summer monsoon, and has a distinctive pattern of infection. Important, notifiable infections in Oman include tuberculosis, brucellosis (endemic in Dhofar), acute gastro ...
... cough lasting from a few days until one week before admission to the ward. Seven patients had a lobar infiltrate, and one had bilateral infiltrates. Only one patient had a very slight infiltrate, but because of clinical symptoms with fever and cough, mild hypoxaemia and a positive microscopy showing ...
HERPES B-VIRUS EXPOSURE PROTOCOL
... Herpes B virus management in EEP Programmes for Sulawesi Crested Macaque and Lion-Tailed Macaque There are two EEP programmes for macaque species managed by the Old World Monkey TAG. There are no reports of Herpes B in either Sulawesi Crested Macaque or Lion Tailed Macaque in the wild. There has bee ...
... Herpes B virus management in EEP Programmes for Sulawesi Crested Macaque and Lion-Tailed Macaque There are two EEP programmes for macaque species managed by the Old World Monkey TAG. There are no reports of Herpes B in either Sulawesi Crested Macaque or Lion Tailed Macaque in the wild. There has bee ...
Global rise in human infectious disease outbreaks
... ( p ¼ 0.947), and the diversity of outbreaks caused by human-specific diseases, bacteria, protozoans and fungi exhibit a significant decline since 1990 ( p ¼ 0.023, 0.034, 0.002, respectively; electronic supplementary material, table S2). By contrast, while diseases caused by pathogens that use non- ...
... ( p ¼ 0.947), and the diversity of outbreaks caused by human-specific diseases, bacteria, protozoans and fungi exhibit a significant decline since 1990 ( p ¼ 0.023, 0.034, 0.002, respectively; electronic supplementary material, table S2). By contrast, while diseases caused by pathogens that use non- ...
Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C: Whom to Test
... Hepatitis B and C: Patient Self-Administered Risk Assessment Hepatitis B and C are transmitted in different ways. Most people do not know they are infected until they are tested. Hepatitis vaccination and testing are available at this clinic. Please check if these statements apply to you. I. Have y ...
... Hepatitis B and C: Patient Self-Administered Risk Assessment Hepatitis B and C are transmitted in different ways. Most people do not know they are infected until they are tested. Hepatitis vaccination and testing are available at this clinic. Please check if these statements apply to you. I. Have y ...
mrsa_protect - Texas Department of State Health Services
... Methicillin (an antibiotic) Resistant (no longer works) Staphylococcus aureus (a common bacterium) ...
... Methicillin (an antibiotic) Resistant (no longer works) Staphylococcus aureus (a common bacterium) ...
Egger, JR (2007) Age and clinical dengue illness. Emerging
... Figure, Panel B. The results suggest that the risk for clinical disease after primary dengue infection is relatively low throughout childhood and then increases rapidly through adolescence and early adulthood. Conclusions To our knowledge, this is the first time data have been used to empirically de ...
... Figure, Panel B. The results suggest that the risk for clinical disease after primary dengue infection is relatively low throughout childhood and then increases rapidly through adolescence and early adulthood. Conclusions To our knowledge, this is the first time data have been used to empirically de ...
Preventing Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft
... • Describe the efforts of Department of Defense (DoD) researchers to understand the epidemiology and develop effective prevention strategies against staphylococcal skin and soft-tissue infections. • Describe the opportunities and challenges of working in military recruit populations. ...
... • Describe the efforts of Department of Defense (DoD) researchers to understand the epidemiology and develop effective prevention strategies against staphylococcal skin and soft-tissue infections. • Describe the opportunities and challenges of working in military recruit populations. ...
Comprehensive Diagnostic Strategy for Blood Culture–Negative
... Background. Blood culture–negative endocarditis (BCNE) may account for up to 31% of all cases of endocarditis. Methods. We used a prospective, multimodal strategy incorporating serological, molecular, and histopathological assays to investigate specimens from 819 patients suspected of having BCNE. R ...
... Background. Blood culture–negative endocarditis (BCNE) may account for up to 31% of all cases of endocarditis. Methods. We used a prospective, multimodal strategy incorporating serological, molecular, and histopathological assays to investigate specimens from 819 patients suspected of having BCNE. R ...
Infectious Diseases in New Mexico
... Some of the vaccine preventable diseases listed above are included in other chapters of this report because they are grouped with other types of diseases such as invasive bacterial infections, enteric diseases, or zoonoses. Influenza Influenza or “flu” is an acute, usually self-limited, febrile illn ...
... Some of the vaccine preventable diseases listed above are included in other chapters of this report because they are grouped with other types of diseases such as invasive bacterial infections, enteric diseases, or zoonoses. Influenza Influenza or “flu” is an acute, usually self-limited, febrile illn ...
Lyme%Disease% What%is%lyme%disease?%
... Lyme Disease What is lyme disease? The public definition of Lyme disease is much broader than the medical definition of Lyme disease. In the medical definition, Lyme disease is caused by the ...
... Lyme Disease What is lyme disease? The public definition of Lyme disease is much broader than the medical definition of Lyme disease. In the medical definition, Lyme disease is caused by the ...
Human infections with Fusobacterium necrophorum
... and Wales over the period 1990–2000 for positive blood cultures with F. necrophorum were analysed by Brazier et al. [36]. They reported 208 blood culture isolates with an average of 19 per annum, an incidence of approximately 0.6 cases per million per year. These data also show a rise in the number ...
... and Wales over the period 1990–2000 for positive blood cultures with F. necrophorum were analysed by Brazier et al. [36]. They reported 208 blood culture isolates with an average of 19 per annum, an incidence of approximately 0.6 cases per million per year. These data also show a rise in the number ...
Zika Virus as a Cause of Neurologic Disorders
... disorders are likely to be published soon. Some recent epidemiologic observations invite further investigation: microcephaly has been reported in association with Zika infection in Brazil, but not yet in neighboring countries, perhaps because it is still too soon after the introduction of the virus. ...
... disorders are likely to be published soon. Some recent epidemiologic observations invite further investigation: microcephaly has been reported in association with Zika infection in Brazil, but not yet in neighboring countries, perhaps because it is still too soon after the introduction of the virus. ...
Prevention of Infections During Primary Immunodeficiency
... (preferably multicenter), multiple retrospective series, or major findings of noncontrolled studies; III, expert opinions based on clinical experience, descriptive case series, or expert committee reports. ...
... (preferably multicenter), multiple retrospective series, or major findings of noncontrolled studies; III, expert opinions based on clinical experience, descriptive case series, or expert committee reports. ...
Granulomatous Lymphadenitis
... with smallpox and anthrax.33 Thereafter, cases of tularemia have been reported worldwide,25,34 but it has become an exceedingly rare disease in Japan. Although the incidence of this disease has decreased, its details must be reviewed because of its potential for use in acts of bioterrorism25,32,35 a ...
... with smallpox and anthrax.33 Thereafter, cases of tularemia have been reported worldwide,25,34 but it has become an exceedingly rare disease in Japan. Although the incidence of this disease has decreased, its details must be reviewed because of its potential for use in acts of bioterrorism25,32,35 a ...
INFECTIOUS DISEASES CHILD CARE SCHOOL SETTINGS
... appropriate methods of disease control. Group outbreaks resulting from any cause, including foodborne outbreaks, must be reported to the state or local public health agency within 24 hours. For the purposes of public health reporting, an outbreak is defined as two or more persons ill with similar sy ...
... appropriate methods of disease control. Group outbreaks resulting from any cause, including foodborne outbreaks, must be reported to the state or local public health agency within 24 hours. For the purposes of public health reporting, an outbreak is defined as two or more persons ill with similar sy ...
Oesophagostomum
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Oesophagostomum is a genus of free-living nematodes of the family Strongyloidae. These worms occur in Africa, Brazil, China, Indonesia and the Philippines. The majority of human infection with Oesophagostomum is localized to northern Togo and Ghana. Because the eggs may be indistinguishable from those of the hookworms (which are widely distributed and can also rarely cause helminthomas), the species causing human helminthomas are rarely identified with accuracy. Oesophagostomum, especially O. bifurcum, are common parasites of livestock and animals like goats, pigs and non-human primates, although it seems that humans are increasingly becoming favorable hosts as well. The disease they cause, oesophagostomiasis, is known for the nodule formation it causes in the intestines of its infected hosts, which can lead to more serious problems such as dysentery. Although the routes of human infection have yet to be elucidated sufficiently, it is believed that transmission occurs through oral-fecal means, with infected humans unknowingly ingesting soil containing the infectious filariform larvae.Oesophagostomum infection is largely localized to northern Togo and Ghana in western Africa where it is a serious public health problem. Because it is so localized, research on intervention measures and the implementation of effective public health interventions have been lacking. In recent years, however, there have been advances in the diagnosis of Oesophagostomum infection with PCR assays and ultrasound and recent interventions involving mass treatment with albendazole shows promise for controlling and possibly eliminating Oesophagostomum infection in northern Togo and Ghana.