Did you know Nigeria is one of the 22 countries with the highest rates of tuberculosis in the world? Photo Credits: PBS, BBC Transmission GeographyWorldwide Incubation PeriodNo specified incubation period as some people live with latent TB infection without developing…
Just like whooping cough, the measles virus is also making a comeback as outbreaks continue to occur all over the world from Australia to California to Nigeria Photo Credits: IFRC, CDC NameMeasles Transmission GeographyWorldwide Incubation Period10 – 14 days after infection Signs and SymptomsPhase One Phase…
Have you ever heard that an insect bite can make you very tired? Well, it’s not a myth… Photo Credits: Doctors Without Borders, Oregon State University NameTrypanosomiasis (African sleeping sickness) TransmissionThrough the bite of an infected tsetse fly GeographyIn 36…
The deadly cough that is making a comeback decades later Photo Credits: Sebastian Kaulitzki via Shutterstock, Examiner.com NamePertussis (Whooping Cough) Transmission GeographyWorldwide Incubation Period7 – 10 days after infection Signs and SymptomsPhase One Phase Two DiagnosisLaboratory testing of mucous or blood sample…
It may have a funny name, but the monkeypox virus is not a laughing matter. NameMonkeypox Virus Transmission GeographyMostly central and western Africa Incubation Period5 – 21 days Signs and SymptomsPhase One Phase Two DiagnosisLaboratory testing of body fluid (blood,…
We recently attended an event convened by our partners at the African Center of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases (ACEGID) in Ede, Osun State, Nigeria. At the event, they shared their latest Lassa fever research breakthroughs. ACEGID does cutting-edge…