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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… NameTrypanosomiasis (African sleeping sickness) TransmissionThrough the bite of an infected tsetse fly GeographyIn 36 sub-Saharan African countries and there are two strains: Incubation Period1 – 3 weeks after infection Signs and SymptomsPhase One (peripheral symptoms) Phase Two […]
#IDFridays Week 2: Pertussis (Whooping Cough)
The deadly cough that is making a comeback decades later NamePertussis (Whooping Cough) Transmission GeographyWorldwide Incubation Period7 – 10 days after infection Signs and SymptomsPhase One Phase Two DiagnosisLaboratory testing of mucous or blood sample Treatment Prognosis Prevention: What Can You Do? Pertussis In the News Sources:http://www.who.int/topics/pertussis/en/http://www.cdc.gov/pertussis/index.html
#IDFridays Week 1: Monkeypox
It may have a funny name, but the monkeypox virus is not a laughing matter. NameMonkeypox Virus Transmission GeographyMostly central and western Africa Incubation Period5 – 21 days Signs and SymptomsPhase One Phase Two DiagnosisLaboratory testing of body fluid (blood, throat swab) or skin lesion scrapings TreatmentNo drugs or vaccines exist, but the smallpox vaccine […]
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