Category: Diseases
All You Need to Know About Influenza (Flu)
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What is the Agent and Host Model in Infectious Disease...
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Eliminating Measles is Everyone’s Problem. Here’s Why....
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Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease (CJD): Uncurable Brain Infect...
Telling someone they are “one in a million” should be a compliment. But for many, this phrase is accompanied by a devastating diag...
Giardiasis: Why Daycare Centers and Pools May be Spread...
Giardia has the dubious distinction of being a leading cause of diarrhea in the world. In the developed world, giardiasis-related ...
SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome): A Tale of Two...
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), also known as Sudden Acute Respiratory Syndrome, is a respiratory illness caused by the ...
Mumps: How It Spreads, Outbreaks, MMR Vaccine, and More
More soldiers were wounded by infectious diseases like mumps instead of combat during the American Civil War, WW I, and WW II. Whi...
Hepatitis B (HBV), the ‘Silent Epidemic’: Epidemiology,...
Have you heard about the ‘silent epidemic’? People who have it may not know they do. But they can spread the virus to others. Why ...
Diphtheria, the ‘Strangling Angel’: Outbreaks, Symptoms...
In November 2022, the UK found over 50 cases of diphtheria among asylum seekers. Before the vaccine was invented, it was one of th...
Hantaviruses: Fatal Viral Diseases With No Cure
Hantaviruses are RNA viruses spread by rodents. Although rare, many hantaviruses have a high fatality rate, and there is no treatm...
