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11 hours ago · Although the therapeutic properties of fungi and plants in treating infections was known since ancient times, it was Duchesne who showed experimentally that certain moulds destroyed pathogenic bacteria such as Salmonella typhi (which causes typhoid fever) and Escherichia coli in laboratory cultures and when injected into guinea pigs. What ...
2 hours ago · In 1855, more than 150 years before COVID-19, a massive epidemic made its way from the West Indies to Virginia port cities via cargo ship. Over 100 days, yellow fever would kill one of every three ...
11 hours ago · The international expert on infectious diseases, particularly typhoid fever, paratyphoid fever and nontyphoidal Salmonella invasive disease, is a leadership group member of the Otago Global Health Institute and served as its inaugural Co-Director.
11 hours ago · Travel clinics offer a variety of services aimed at protecting your health abroad. These services typically include: Vaccinations: Protect against yellow fever, hepatitis, typhoid, and more. Preventive medications: Help prevent illnesses like malaria or traveler’s diarrhea. Destination-specific health advice: Including information about food ...
11 hours ago · History of penicillin. The history of penicillin follows observations and discoveries of evidence of antibiotic activity of the mould Penicillium that led to the development of penicillins that became the first widely used antibiotics. Following the production of a relatively pure compound in 1942, penicillin was the first naturally-derived ...
11 hours ago · Initially suspected to be typhoid and then yellow fever, subsequent investigations revealed ticks as carriers of an “unknown” virus. Interestingly, despite its name being associated interchangeably with the deadly disease, the village of Kyasanur never reported a death from the disease or has not had any positive KFD cases in the last 25 ...
11 hours ago · The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends vaccinations against Hepatitis A and Typhoid for those traveling to areas with contaminated food or water sources. Hepatitis A spreads through consumption of contaminated food and affects the liver, while Typhoid fever can be serious and is caused by the bacterium Salmonella typhi.
