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#IDFridays Week 29: River Blindness
The adult worms that cause this disease can live in the human body for up to 15 years and the disease is the second leading infectious cause of blindness in the world Photo Credits: YouTube, Wikimedia Name River blindness, aka onchocerciasis (the name comes from the fact that people are infected by flies that live […]
#IDFridays Week 27: Cholera
This serious intestinal infection can kill within hours if not treated Photo Credits: CBC.ca, Britannica Name Cholera Transmission An infection caused by the bacteria Vibrio cholerae The bacteria enter the body when people eat food or drink water contaminated with the bacteria Though possible, the disease usually does not spread from having casual contact with an […]
#IDFridays Week 25: Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease
This common virus mostly affects children under age 5 Photo Credits: Caribbean 360, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation Name Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease (HFMD) Transmission A disease caused by the viruses that belong to the Enterovirus group The viruses spread: When someone comes in contact with an infected person’s: saliva, sputum, or nasal mucus blister fluid […]
#IDFridays Week 24: Anthrax
This highly contagious disease has been used as a biological weapon Name Anthrax Transmission A severe infectious disease caused by Bacillus anthracis bacteria The bacteria mainly affect wild and domestic plant-eating animals though other types of animals can also contract it Animals become infected when they ingest bacterial spores in contaminated soil, plants, or water (the bacteria […]
#IDFridays Week 22: Candida auris
If you end up in the hospital, beware of this deadly fungal infection Name Candida auris (the word auris is Latin for “ear” as the fungus was first discovered in the ear of a Japanese patient in 2009) Transmission Candida auris is a type of yeast that causes severe, invasive infections throughout the body The yeast is particularly deadly […]
#IDFridays Week 21: Elizabethkingia
This rare disease was discovered 11 years ago and not much is known about it Name Elizabethkingia (named after Elizabeth O. King, the scientist who discovered the bacteria in 2005) Transmission Elizabethkingia anophelis is a type of bacteria usually found in the environment (soil and water) and also in mosquitoes The illness associated with this bacteria […]
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