Zika virus disease epidemic
... The deferral/acceptance periods for living donors should provide a sufficient safety margin for virus-free donation. Cells and tissues from deceased donors with a recent medical diagnosis of Zika virus infection should not be accepted for donation. Areas with widespread transmission Temporarily inte ...
... The deferral/acceptance periods for living donors should provide a sufficient safety margin for virus-free donation. Cells and tissues from deceased donors with a recent medical diagnosis of Zika virus infection should not be accepted for donation. Areas with widespread transmission Temporarily inte ...
An epidemic model of a vector-borne disease with direct
... and Antia [12] (see also review by Mackinnon [13]). Convolution between malaria and its host has been well documented and has been investigated through mathematical models in several articles (Koella and Boete [14], Feng et al. [15]). Incidence of dengue has increased and dengue is now endemic in mo ...
... and Antia [12] (see also review by Mackinnon [13]). Convolution between malaria and its host has been well documented and has been investigated through mathematical models in several articles (Koella and Boete [14], Feng et al. [15]). Incidence of dengue has increased and dengue is now endemic in mo ...
WORLD SMALL ANIMAL VETERINARY ASSOCIATION AND CATS
... feline herpesvirus type 1 (FHV-1) is most important and may result in fatal infections. The virus has a worldwide distribution and also occurs in nondomestic cats. It often occurs in association with feline calicivirus (FCV) and bacterial infection. FHV-1 remains latent after recovery, and most cats ...
... feline herpesvirus type 1 (FHV-1) is most important and may result in fatal infections. The virus has a worldwide distribution and also occurs in nondomestic cats. It often occurs in association with feline calicivirus (FCV) and bacterial infection. FHV-1 remains latent after recovery, and most cats ...
Rapid communications
... been well documented that secondary dengue infection is a major risk factor of the disease [2,3]. As a consequence, and maybe also under genetic control, European travellers rarely develop DHF [4]. A high percentage of dengue infections in travellers occur without any symptoms [5]. However, the impo ...
... been well documented that secondary dengue infection is a major risk factor of the disease [2,3]. As a consequence, and maybe also under genetic control, European travellers rarely develop DHF [4]. A high percentage of dengue infections in travellers occur without any symptoms [5]. However, the impo ...
Investigating Infectious Diseases
... Aaa-choo! You sneeze. Your nose is runny, and your throat is scratchy. Uh-oh--those are signs of the common cold. As illnesses go, most colds aren't very serious. But for as long as a cold lasts, it makes you feel miserable. The common cold really is common. At any one time, at least 12 million peop ...
... Aaa-choo! You sneeze. Your nose is runny, and your throat is scratchy. Uh-oh--those are signs of the common cold. As illnesses go, most colds aren't very serious. But for as long as a cold lasts, it makes you feel miserable. The common cold really is common. At any one time, at least 12 million peop ...
Book Review: Tetyana Obukhanych, PhD immunologist.
... Research in animals had demonstrated that injection of inactivated virus (and most vaccines are made of attenuated or inactivated viruses) was capable of achieving only short duration of protection, during which the serum taken from such animals had virusneutralizing properties. In contrast, inocul ...
... Research in animals had demonstrated that injection of inactivated virus (and most vaccines are made of attenuated or inactivated viruses) was capable of achieving only short duration of protection, during which the serum taken from such animals had virusneutralizing properties. In contrast, inocul ...
Definitions of Transmission Based Precautions
... Examples of ways in which direct contact transmission can occur include: blood or other body fluids from an infected individual directly enter another individual’s body through contact with a mucous membrane or via cuts and abrasions to the skin; and scabies mites transmitted from an infected indivi ...
... Examples of ways in which direct contact transmission can occur include: blood or other body fluids from an infected individual directly enter another individual’s body through contact with a mucous membrane or via cuts and abrasions to the skin; and scabies mites transmitted from an infected indivi ...
Diagnosis and Management of Genital Ulcers
... Darkfield microscopy and direct fluorescent antibody tests of exudate or tissue material are the definitive methods for diagnosing primary syphilis.3,4,28 However, in patients presenting with genital ulcers, a presumptive diagnosis of syphilis can be made with a serologic nontreponemal test (i.e., V ...
... Darkfield microscopy and direct fluorescent antibody tests of exudate or tissue material are the definitive methods for diagnosing primary syphilis.3,4,28 However, in patients presenting with genital ulcers, a presumptive diagnosis of syphilis can be made with a serologic nontreponemal test (i.e., V ...
Infection
... workers from hazards on the job. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) a government agency under the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that issues information to protect the health of individuals and communities. isolate to keep something separate, or by itself. ...
... workers from hazards on the job. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) a government agency under the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that issues information to protect the health of individuals and communities. isolate to keep something separate, or by itself. ...
Chapter 19 SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES Sexually Transmitted Diseases PAUL M. BENSON, M.D.*
... drug use and sex-for-drugs prostitution.12 In addition, syphilis in individuals who are infected with HIV may behave in a biologically different manner resulting in serologic aberrations,13 an increased risk of symptomatic neurosyphilis,14 and failures with traditional antibiotic regimens.15 Syphili ...
... drug use and sex-for-drugs prostitution.12 In addition, syphilis in individuals who are infected with HIV may behave in a biologically different manner resulting in serologic aberrations,13 an increased risk of symptomatic neurosyphilis,14 and failures with traditional antibiotic regimens.15 Syphili ...
Chapter 243 – Measles
... erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein levels are normal. Diagnosis; In the absence of a recognized measles outbreak, confirmation of the clinical diagnosis is often recommended. Serologic confirmation is most conveniently made by identification of immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibody in s ...
... erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein levels are normal. Diagnosis; In the absence of a recognized measles outbreak, confirmation of the clinical diagnosis is often recommended. Serologic confirmation is most conveniently made by identification of immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibody in s ...
Pediatric Pharyngitis (Sore Throat) - College of Registered Nurses of
... Note: It is often impossible to distinguish clinically between bacterial and viral pharyngitis. Most pharyngitis is due to viruses (up to 70% in the pediatric population) and does not require treatment with antibiotics. For this reason it is important to utilize a sore throat score and diagnostic te ...
... Note: It is often impossible to distinguish clinically between bacterial and viral pharyngitis. Most pharyngitis is due to viruses (up to 70% in the pediatric population) and does not require treatment with antibiotics. For this reason it is important to utilize a sore throat score and diagnostic te ...
Algorithms Linking Phylogenetic and Transmission Trees for
... Not all studies of infection clusters focus on the pathways of transmission; sometimes the initiation date of an outbreak is of most interest 68 and at other times the precise epidemic source is sought 69. However, coalescentbased estimates of population processes are not suitable for infection clus ...
... Not all studies of infection clusters focus on the pathways of transmission; sometimes the initiation date of an outbreak is of most interest 68 and at other times the precise epidemic source is sought 69. However, coalescentbased estimates of population processes are not suitable for infection clus ...
Virus isolation (CSFV/BDV/BVDV)
... OIE RL for « Classical Swine Fever » – « Prof. Dr. Volker Moennig » – « Germany » ...
... OIE RL for « Classical Swine Fever » – « Prof. Dr. Volker Moennig » – « Germany » ...
Hepatitis C Virus and Lichen Planus
... pin point to larger than a centimeter, mainly involving the extremities, genitalia, or oral cavity.1 The disease shows no preference for any racial group and occurs both in men and women, mostly between the ages of 30 and 70 years, but it is uncommon in very young or elderly persons.2 Although the f ...
... pin point to larger than a centimeter, mainly involving the extremities, genitalia, or oral cavity.1 The disease shows no preference for any racial group and occurs both in men and women, mostly between the ages of 30 and 70 years, but it is uncommon in very young or elderly persons.2 Although the f ...
Epidemiologic Features and Environmental Risk Factors of Severe
... associated with high risk for SFTS. Since the disease was discovered in 2009, ticks have been considered to be the most likely vector. People who live in mountainous or hilly rural areas were suggested to be the high-risk populations [1,2,4]. Our epidemiologic results corroborated the current knowle ...
... associated with high risk for SFTS. Since the disease was discovered in 2009, ticks have been considered to be the most likely vector. People who live in mountainous or hilly rural areas were suggested to be the high-risk populations [1,2,4]. Our epidemiologic results corroborated the current knowle ...
April 2011 Turning Dry-Form Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP) Inside
... on our early findings in our current study on sonographic criteria of FIP in cats. Sadly, a patient I (LD) scanned last month was diagnosed with FIP at eleven years of age after intestinal biopsy. A quote from a virologist at the University of Tennessee, Melissa Kennedy, sums it up best by saying “i ...
... on our early findings in our current study on sonographic criteria of FIP in cats. Sadly, a patient I (LD) scanned last month was diagnosed with FIP at eleven years of age after intestinal biopsy. A quote from a virologist at the University of Tennessee, Melissa Kennedy, sums it up best by saying “i ...
Int J Clin Exp Pathol (2008) 1, xxx-xxx
... mechanism remains poorly understood. Here we report such a rare case in a 28-year-old Caucasian female with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Immunophenotypic and molecular studies revealed that the proliferating lymphoid cells displayed a CD8+ T-cell phenotype with clonal rearrangement of the T-c ...
... mechanism remains poorly understood. Here we report such a rare case in a 28-year-old Caucasian female with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Immunophenotypic and molecular studies revealed that the proliferating lymphoid cells displayed a CD8+ T-cell phenotype with clonal rearrangement of the T-c ...
Genetic variation and molecular epidemiology of infectious
... THA001. Group II, hosting a larger branch, consisted of 15 isolates. This group belonged to QX-like correlating to the previous isolate reported by Pohuang et al. (2011) while other two single isolate group III and group IV had a closer relationship with Massachusetts-type vaccine and 4/91 strain, r ...
... THA001. Group II, hosting a larger branch, consisted of 15 isolates. This group belonged to QX-like correlating to the previous isolate reported by Pohuang et al. (2011) while other two single isolate group III and group IV had a closer relationship with Massachusetts-type vaccine and 4/91 strain, r ...
Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C: Whom to Test
... 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 you been exposed to hepatitis B? Were you born in an area of ...
... 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 you been exposed to hepatitis B? Were you born in an area of ...