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Did you know Nigeria is one of the 22 countries with the highest rates of tuberculosis in the world? Photo Credits: PBS, BBC Name Tuberculosis Transmission Tuberculosis (TB) is a potentially serious disease caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis There are two types of TB infection: ~1/3 of the world’s population is infected with the TB […]
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 Name Measles Transmission Caused by a virus in the paramyxovirus family, is highly contagious, and is normally passed through direct contact and through the air Person-to-person transmission mainly occurs through droplets from […]
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 Name Trypanosomiasis (African sleeping sickness) Transmission Through the bite of an infected tsetse fly Geography In 36 sub-Saharan African countries and there are two strains: West African trypanosomiasis, (aka […]
The deadly cough that is making a comeback decades later Photo Credits: Sebastian Kaulitzki via Shutterstock, Examiner.com Name Pertussis (Whooping Cough) Transmission Only in humans Caused by the bacteria called Bordetella pertussis Highly contagious and spread through respiratory particles/droplets (these particles are released when an infected person coughs or sneezes and can be inhaled by others) Geography Worldwide […]
It may have a funny name, but the monkeypox virus is not a laughing matter. Name Monkeypox Virus Transmission The virus spreads between wild animals (primates, squirrels, rodents) and humans Human-to-human transmission is also possible You can get infected through direct contact with infected humans or animals (blood, body fluids, skin, bites) You can also […]
What is #IDFridays? Infectious Disease Fridays (#IDFridays for short) was our year-long blog series. We highlighted one infectious disease each Friday for one full year. Check out all 52 weeks of our #IDFridays posts in the gallery below and visit our Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter accounts for more. '
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