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What is Leptospirosis? Symptoms and Causes of Leptospirosis

Posted under Communicable on Saturday, 17 October 2009 by Site Admin
What is Leptospirosis? Leptospirosis, also known as canicola fever, hemorrhagic jaundice, infectious jaundice, mud fever, spirochetal jaundice, swamp fever, swineherd's disease, caver's flu or sewerman's flu, is a bacterial infection resulting from exposure to the Leptospira interrogans...
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Leptospirosis

Posted under Communicable on Friday, 25 September 2009 by Site Admin
Leptospirosis (also known as Weil's disease, Weil's syndrome, canicola fever, canefield fever, nanukayami fever, 7-day fever, "Fort Bragg fever," and "Pretibial fever" is a bacterial zoonotic disease caused by spirochaetes of the genus Leptospira that affects humans and a wide range of animals,...
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Herpes simplex Symptoms, Transmission, Diagnosis and Treatment

Posted under Communicable on Friday, 25 September 2009 by Site Admin
Herpes simplex a viral disease caused by herpes simplex viruses; both herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) and herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV-2) cause herpes simplex. Infection with the herpes virus is categorized into one of several distinct disorders based on the site of infection. Oral herpes, the...
Herpes simplex Symptoms, Transmission, Diagnosis and Treatment
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Hepatitis E Symptoms, Transmission, Diagnosis and Treatment

Posted under Communicable on Friday, 25 September 2009 by Site Admin
Hepatitis E (liver inflammation) caused by infection with a virus called hepatitis E virus (HEV). HEV is a positive-sense single-stranded RNA icosahedral virus with a 7.5 kb genome. HEV has a fecal-oral transmission route. Infection with this virus was first documented in 1955 during an outbreak in...
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Hepatitis D Symptoms, Transmission, Diagnosis and Treatment

Posted under Communicable on Friday, 25 September 2009 by Site Admin
Hepatitis D, also referred to as Hepatitis D virus (HDV) and classified as Hepatitis delta virus, is a disease caused by a small circular RNA virus. Hepatitis D Virus is considered to be a subviral satellite because it can propagate only in the presence of another virus, the Hepatitis B virus...
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Hepatitis C Symptoms, Transmission, Diagnosis and Treatment

Posted under Communicable on Friday, 25 September 2009 by Site Admin
Hepatitis C is an infectious disease affecting the liver, caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV). The infection is often asymptomatic, but once established, chronic infection can progress to scarring of the liver (fibrosis), and advanced scarring (cirrhosis) which is generally apparent after many...
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Hepatitis B Symptoms, Transmission, Diagnosis and Treatment

Posted under Communicable on Friday, 25 September 2009 by Site Admin
Hepatitis B is a disease caused by hepatitis B virus (HBV) which infects the liver of hominoidae, including humans, and causes an inflammation called hepatitis. Originally known as "serum hepatitis" Symptoms of Hepatitis B Jaundice in a man with hepatic failure.Acute infection with hepatitis B...
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Hepatitis A Symptoms, Transmission, Diagnosis and Treatment

Posted under Communicable on Friday, 25 September 2009 by Site Admin
Hepatitis A (formerly known as infectious hepatitis) is an acute infectious disease of the liver caused by the hepatitis A virus (HAV), which is most commonly transmitted by the fecal-oral route via contaminated food or drinking water. Every year, approximately 10 million people worldwide are...
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Anti Dengue Campaign

Posted under Communicable on Friday, 11 September 2009 by Site Admin
Disseminating information is the key to solve the dengue menace. The public should be told that the best and most cost effective preventive strategy is source reduction. They should be taught specifically to search for artificial containers that can hold clean and stagnant water because it would be...
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What is Tuberculosis l Department of Health Anti-Tuberculosis Program

Posted under Communicable on Monday, 10 August 2009 by Site Admin
Posted by: Rey-Ryan P. Mapiles RNTuberculosis is transmitted from person to person through the air when a patient with active tuberculosis disease coughs, sneezes or speaks. Because it is air-borne, it is especially important for those living in or traveling to a tuberculosis risk area to be aware...
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