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#IDFridays Week 47: Typhoid
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/
#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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