Parasitic Diseases List

Meningitis refers to inflammation around the brain and spine, often due to viral or bacterial infection. The infection causes swelling in the meninges, which are thin layers of tissue around the brain and spinal cord. If untreated, meningitis can be life threatening. Pediatric meningitis describes the disease's effects in infants, children, and teens. Meningitis can occur in people of all ages, but newborns and people with weakened immune systems are at an increased risk. Two key vaccines, MenB and MenACWY, protect against strains of bacterial meningitis, the most dangerous kind. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends these vaccines for all kids 11 to 12 years old, with a booster later. They also recommend the Hib vaccine for all kids under 5 years old. This vaccine has been very effective at reducing meningitis mortality rates in children. We'll go over how to recognize the signs of meningitis in different age groups, what treatment methods are avail...

Study design This is a hospital-based prospective cohort study, and study methodological design will follow the requirements of 'Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology' (STROBE) checklist for cohort studies [17]. During February 1 to December 31, 2022, we will seek to enroll and trace hospitalized HFMD patients in a designated referral hospital. The demographic and clinical data of HFMD patients during the whole clinical course and series clinical specimens will be collected to evaluate the dynamic changes of viral load and the duration of viral shedding. Study site The study will be conducted at the public health clinical center of Chengdu, capital city of Sichuan Province in Western China. It is a designated hospital for the diagnosis and treatment of HFMD in Sichuan Province, as well as a referral hospital for critically ill cases. In addition to general enterovirus testing, all hospitalized patients tested for EV-A71, CV-A16, CV-A6 and CV-A10 s...

Buddha Basnyat , professor; director of OUCRU-Nepal 1 2, Farah Naz Qamar , associate professor; consultant paediatrician 3, Priscilla Rupali , professor; head of Department of Infectious Diseases 4, Tahmeed Ahmed , professor; director of iccdr,b 5, Christopher M Parry , visiting professor; consultant in infection and microbiology 2 6 1 Oxford University Clinical Research Unit-Patan Academy of Health Science Kathmandu, Nepal 2 Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK 3 Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan 4 Christian Medical College, Vellore, India 5 icddr,b, Dacca, Bangladesh 6 Alder Hey Children' Hospital and Liverpool University Hospitals. Liverpool, UK Correspondence to: B Basnyat Buddha.Basnyat{at}ndm.ox.ac.uk What you need to know In endemic areas and in returning travellers, consider enteric fever in the differential diagnosis in patients with acute fever, particularly if they have abdominal symptoms Routine blood tests and blood cult...

International recommendations on effective services to treat tuberculosis (TB), HIV and viral hepatitis for refugees and migrants lack implementation across the WHO European Region, says a new WHO report. Refugees and migrants in many countries in the Region are disproportionately affected by communicable diseases such as TB, HIV and viral hepatitis. At the same time, they often face difficulties in accessing needed health services. To address this, WHO/Europe has developed several action plans to deliver effective services for treating TB, HIV and viral hepatitis. A newly released Health Evidence Network (HEN) report gives an overview of how these recommendations are implemented within national policies and guidelines. The report found that: implementation varies widely among Member States across the Region; only 15 policies and guidelines on TB, HIV and viral hepatitis services for refugees and migrants were identified in the 53 Member States; often these policies and guidelines do n...

It is extremely important that heartworm preventives be administered strictly on schedule. Heartworm disease, which can occur in both cats and dogs, is caused by a parasitic worm that lives in the heart, lungs and associated blood vessels, causing severe lung disease, heart failure and damage to other organs in cats and dogs. Dogs are a host of heartworms, this means that they can grow and reproduce in the animal, while cats are a dead-end host, meaning the worms cannot reproduce in the animal. Most cats are infected with only a few worms and they may not be fully mature, though the disease can be just as deadly for cats as it is for dogs. How is heartworm spread to cats and dogs? Heartworm disease is spread by mosquitoes – heartworm larvae are found in the bloodstream of infected dogs. Mosquitoes pick up the larvae of the heartworms when feeding and then transfer them to other animals. The larvae then grow and mature into adult worms. What types of heartworm prevention a...

Public health professionals ensure we have our daily necessities. If they didn't have our backs, there simply wouldn't be healthy food to eat, clean water to drink or non-hazardous air to inhale. These experts might excel at ensuring the provision of necessities, but they are just as excellent at taking on curveballs as well — think auto safety, vaccine development and distribution, the prevention of new infectious diseases, maternal and child health, obesity, and health care reform. Their insights are crucial to managing and providing solutions to such challenges. Many of today's key figures in this dynamic field got their start at the George Washington University (GW) Milken Institute School of Public Health. At this institution ranked 12th nationally (US News and World Report's List Of Best Public Health Graduate Programmes), students explore the field's history and carve its future — a fact evident through the cutting-edge research conducted in the institution...

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia centers on Mac ( Rob McElhenney ), Dennis ( Glenn Howerton ), Frank ( Danny DeVito ), Dee ( Kaitlin Olson ), and Charlie ( Charlie Day ), a degenerate group of misfits, and their ludicrous antics. All the characters are quirky and hilarious, but there is something uniquely lovable about Day's Charlie. Whether he's bashing rats, huffing glue, or singing a ditty, he's sure to provide laughs aplenty. That's why we're going to take a look at some of his best moments from each season of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia . Season 1, Episode 6: "The Gang Finds A Dead Guy" Charlie is assigned to clean up the Paddy's booth that a dead guy was found in, and comes back donning a garbage bag, face mask, and rubber gloves. The comedy magic of the scene comes when the dead guy's granddaughter walks in: the rest of the gang consoles the woman, when suddenly from the b...