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Occasionally, it can imitate acute bacterial meningitis. However, this form of meningitis isn't contagious from person to person. Cryptococcal meningitis is a common fungal form of the disease that affects people with immune deficiencies, such as HIV/ AIDS. It's life-threatening if not treated with an antifungal medication. Meningitis can also result from noninfectious causes, such as chemical reactions, drug allergies, some types of cancer and inflammatory diseases such as sarcoidosis…

This article is basically about how the Zika virus outbreak in Brazil is really just a big lie told by the World Health Organization (WHO). In January, there was a report that 4,000 cases of newly born babies had microcephaly and extremely small heads. After some Brazilian researchers went and took a look, only about 404 of those babies really had microcephaly. Then, after more research, only 17 of those cases were even related to the Zika virus. Because of this discovery, it is proven the…

What is Herpes? Herpes simplex virus (HSV) is a viral infection that is caused by multiple herpes viruses. They can produce cold sores, genital inflammation or even conjunctivitis. There are two types of herpes simplex viruses, HSV-1 and HSV-2. HSV-1 is also known as oral herpes. It can cause cold sores and fever blisters around your mouth and/or on your face. HSV-1 is less contagious than . While as HSV-2 generally is responsible for genital herpes outbreaks. What is Zosters?…

According to the CDC there are around 200,000 reported cases of syphilis in the United States each year. Syphilis can be hard to detect since it often has the same symptoms as other diseases. In order to detect the disease, it is important to be informed about syphilis. Syphilis is a sexually transmitted bacterial infection. The bacterial infection is caused by the bacterium treponema pallidum. Treponema pallidum belongs to the Spirochaetaceae family, and is a spirochete bacterium.…

This lecture, presented by the Office of Equal Opportunity Programs, was about Title IX. According to this lecture, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 is a law prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex in any education program or activity that receives Federal financial assistance. Apart from discrimination, Title IX also covers sexual violence, which has a number of variations, including sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, and forcible and non-forcible…

dos and don’ts of preventing STIs World Aids Day on December 1 serves as a reminder that you need to understand the dos and don’ts of preventing STIs. Our Round Rock obgyns are always available to answer questions and provide confidential diagnosis and treatment for women who are concerned about STIs. STIs, or sexually transmitted infections, are transmitted through sexual contact. Millions of people contract an STI each year. In addition to HIV/AIDs, women may…

Recent study reveals cat-scratch disease is rising among adults Say goodbye to regular cuddle sessions with your beloved kitty, because their claws could harm you. According to a recent study by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there has been an increase in cat-scratch disease (CSD) patients. The study revealed that 13,273 people were diagnosed with CSD during 2005-2013, and 538 of the diagnosed patients were later hospitalized. CSD is a bartonella bacterial infection…

Those that chose to resettle, realized that conditions were dire. Also returning home is nightmarish hell of dodging landmines for many Ethiopians. There have many landmine clearance ordinances such as “Clearing a Path to Development”. UK has joined the cleaning up effort; there are some 2 million landmines polluting Ethiopia; quite a few date back to Italy’s 1935 invasion. The worst contamination is along the Eritrean and Somalian borders. The Ethiopian diaspora in the United States is large…

As you mentioned finding the source of the infection and the denominators is paramount. As an epidemiologist, finding the source of infection to limit the spread of disease and collect statistical information for government reporting. Statistical information includes the number of those infected and those potentially affected by the disease. The denominator of an incidence proportion is the number of persons at the start of the observation period, in this case syphilis the 10 young persons with…

Yellow fever was an epidemic in the U.S. during the 19th century with cases reported as far north as Philadelphia. The last known case happened in New Orleans in 1905 resulting to many deaths. Flavivirus also know as Yellow fever virus is a RNA virus. The enveloped is spherical and about 50 nm in diameter. The surface proteins are composed in an icosahedral-like symmetry (Dao, 2010). Full grown virions contain two virus-encoded membrane proteins (M and E), while immature virions have a membrane…