Infectious Diseases
15 Articles & Excerpts
A Handbook of Health
by Woods Hutchinson
The commonest and most dangerous accident that is likely to happen to you is to catch some disease. Fortunately, however, this is an accident that is as preventable as it is common. Indeed, if everybody would help the Board of Health in its fight against
Disease and its Causes
by William Thomas Councilman, M.D.
These are diseases which are caused by living things which enter the tissues of the body and, living at the expense of the body, produce injury. Such diseases play an important part in the life of man; the majority of deaths are caused directly
Ascaris Infection
by CDC
What is an Ascaris infection? Ascaris is a worm that lives in the small intestine. Infection with Ascaris is called ascariasis (ass-kuh-rye-uh-sis). Adult female worms can grow over 12 inches in length, adult males are smaller.
Antibiotic Resistant Infections
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
When penicillin became widely available during the second world war, it was a medical miracle, rapidly vanquishing the biggest wartime killer - infected wounds.
Infectious Diseases : Airport Malaria, Break-Heart Fever
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Malaria causes flu-like symptoms, and in severe cases can cause coma, severe anemia, kidney failure, difficulty breathing, or death. The disease is passed from person to person by mosquitoes that harbor the malaria-causing parasites.
Infectious Diseases : TB, Hantavirus
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
If the body's immune system is impaired, the TB bacteria may begin to spread more widely in the lungs or to other tissues causing active TB infection. The early symptoms of active TB include fatigue, weight loss, fever, chills, and night sweats.
Malaria Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention
by CDC
Infection with malaria parasites may result in a wide variety of symptoms, ranging from absent or very mild symptoms to severe disease and even death. Malaria disease can be categorized as uncomplicated or severe (complicated).
Epstein-Barr Virus and Infectious Mononucleosis
by CDC
Epstein-Barr virus, frequently referred to as EBV, is a member of the herpesvirus family and one of the most common human viruses. The virus occurs worldwide, and most people become infected with EBV sometime during their lives. In the United States
Infectious Diseases
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Earlier this century health experts, elated by newly available vaccines and antibiotics, felt most infectious diseases no longer posed a threat. But some microbes have outmaneuvered modern medicine as old diseases resurface and new ones emerge.
Understanding Malaria
by National Institute of Health
Malaria is a disease caused by a parasite that lives part of its life in humans and part in mosquitoes. worldwide, threatening the lives of more than one-third of the world's It remains one of the major killers of humans population.
Botulism
by CDC
Botulism is a rare but serious paralytic illness caused by a nerve toxin that is produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. There are three main kinds of botulism. Foodborne botulism is caused by eating foods that contain the botulism toxin.
Understanding Plague
by National Institute of Health
Plague is an infectious disease caused by bacteria called Yersinia pestis. These bacteria are found mainly in rodents, particularly rats, and in the fleas that feed on them. Other animals and humans usually contract the bacteria from rodent or flea bites.
Measles: The Most Infectious Diseases
by CDC
Symptoms begin to appear about 10 to 12 days after exposure to the virus. The infected person first experiences a fever lasting about 2 to 4 days that can peak as high as 103 degrees F to 105 degrees F.
Plague Health Effects
by CDC
Plague, caused by a bacterium called Yersinia pestis, is transmitted from rodent to rodent by infected fleas. Plague is characterized by periodic disease outbreaks in rodent populations, some of which have a high death rate.
Tularemia
by National Institute of Health
Tularemia (also known as deerfly fever or rabbit fever) is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Francisella tularensis. It is found naturally in small mammals such as rabbits, rodents, and hares, as well as the insects that feed on these animals.
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