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#IDFridays Week 52: MRSA
This tough bacteria known as MRSA is often called a super bug because it’s so hard to treat NameMRSA aka methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (pronounced mur-sah) Transmission GeographyWorldwide Incubation Period1 – 10 days Signs and SymptomsMRSA most often causes skin infections that appear as sores, boils, and bumps. Symptoms include: Sometimes the bacteria can spread into the body […]
#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 NameLeprosy, now known as Hansen’s disease (named after G. A. Hansen who discovered it in 1873) Transmission GeographyWorldwide Incubation Period2 – 20 years (the bacteria multiply very slowly) Signs and […]
#IDFridays Week 48: West Nile Virus
80% of people with this virus don’t have any symptoms Name West Nile Virus aka WNV (name comes from the West Nile district of Uganda where it was discovered in 1937) Transmission A virus that lives in birds but can spread to and infect humans, horses, and other mammals When mosquitoes bite birds infected with […]
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