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#IDFridays Week 47: Typhoid
You can get this illness from the food you eat and the water you drink Name Typhoid fever Transmission A serious illness caused by a bacteria called Salmonella Typhi that can spread throughout the body and affect many organs The Salmonella Typhi bacteria live in humans (in the bloodstream and intestinal tract) and exit the body in the feces […]
#IDFridays Week 46: Swine Flu
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 […]
#IDFridays Week 45: Chickenpox
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 […]
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