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There are so many myths about leprosy. Does it cause your body parts to fall off? Does it make you blind? Learn the facts below NameLeprosy, now known as Hansen’s disease (named after G. A. Hansen who discovered it in 1873) Transmission GeographyWorldwide Incubation Period2 – 20 years (the bacteria multiply very slowly) Signs and […]
80% of people with this virus don’t have any symptoms NameWest Nile Virus aka WNV (name comes from the West Nile district of Uganda where it was discovered in 1937) Transmission GeographyAfrica, Europe, the Middle East, North America and West Asia Incubation Period2 – 14 days Signs and Symptoms 80% of infected people do not […]
You can get this illness from the food you eat and the water you drink NameTyphoid fever Transmission GeographyWorldwide Incubation Period6 – 30 days after infection Signs and Symptoms DiagnosisLaboratory testing of blood or feces samples to identify the bacteria Treatment Prognosis Prevention: What Can You Do? Typhoid In the News Sources:https://www.cdc.gov/typhoid-fever/http://www.who.int/immunization/diseases/typhoid/en/
A swine flu pandemic in 2009 killed more than 284,000 people worldwide NameSwine flu (swine influenza) Transmission GeographyWorldwide Incubation Period4 – 6 days after infection Signs and Symptoms Symptoms are very similar to the symptoms of a normal human flu virus: DiagnosisLaboratory testing of a respiratory sample Treatment Prognosis Prevention: What Can You Do? Swine […]
Why is it called chickenpox? Some say the rash it causes makes people look like they’ve been pecked by chickens NameChickenpox aka varicella Transmission GeographyWorldwide Incubation Period10 – 21 days Signs and Symptoms DiagnosisUsually diagnosed based on the telltale rash. Laboratory blood tests or culture of lesion samples are sometimes done to confirm the diagnosis […]
This disease appeared in the UK and Spain for the first time this year NameCrimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) Transmission GeographyEastern Europe (particularly in the former Soviet Union), throughout the Mediterranean, northwestern China, central Asia, southern Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and India Incubation Period1 – 13 days Signs and Symptoms The intial onset of symptoms […]
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