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#IDFridays Week 3: African Sleeping Sickness
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 […]
#IDFridays Week 2: Pertussis (Whooping Cough)
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 […]
#IDFridays Week 1: Monkeypox
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 […]
Infectious Disease Fridays: #IDFridays
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. '
#IDFridays Week 52: MRSA
This tough bacteria known as MRSA is often called a super bug because it’s so hard to treat Name MRSA aka methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (pronounced mur-sah) Transmission Staph are common bacteria that live on our skin, in our noses, and in our throats, but MRSA is caused by a type of staph bacteria that is resistant to […]
#IDFridays Week 49: Leprosy
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 Name Leprosy, now known as Hansen’s disease (named after G. A. Hansen who discovered it in 1873) Transmission A chronic infection caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium leprae that mainly affects the eyes, […]
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