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5 days ago · Tickborne diseases, including Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever, are increasing in incidence and distribution in the United States. Tickborne diseases are transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected tick, and infections typically occur during the summer months, when ticks are most active.
3 days ago · Ticks are also responsible for 5 other less common, though quite distinct, diseases, including ehrlichiosis, tularemia, Colorado tick fever, tick paralysis, and relapsing fever. [3] As is the case with mosquito-borne illnesses, the mainstay of therapy for tick-borne illnesses is not treatment, but prevention, with a focus on reducing exposure ...
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3 days ago · Valley fever, or coccidioidomycosis, which we often refer to simply as "cocci," is caused by 2 fungal species that belong to the genus Coccidioides: C. immitis and C. posadasii. 3 Although 10,000 to 20,000 cases of Valley fever are reported to the CDC each year, we know that many more occur in the United States, with estimates in the hundreds ...
5 days ago · Target Audience and Goal Statement. This activity is intended for primary care physicians, infectious disease specialists, and other physicians who care for patients with possible Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF). The goal of this activity is to evaluate the laboratory diagnosis, clinical presentation, and prognosis of RMSF.
1 day ago · Symptoms of fever, chills, nausea, and flank and costovertebral pain can be attenuated or even absent. 42 Instead, altered mental status, vomiting, abdominal tenderness, respiratory distress, and rales may dominate the clinical picture. 43 Lack of fever, and even hypothermia, further muddy the diagnostic waters.
2 days ago · Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are caused by bacteria, viruses, or parasites. NIAID supports research across the spectrum from basic to clinical science to develop effective diagnostic, preventive and therapeutic approaches to STIs in alignment with the National STI Strategic Plan. In recognition of National STI Awareness Week, NIAID shares a snapshot of new projects and recent ...
10 hours ago · Nearly 12 years later, the operator of New England Compounding Center is returning to a Michigan court Thursday for his sentence for involuntary manslaughter. Barry Cadden already is serving a 14 1/2-year sentence for federal crimes related to the extraordinary outbreak of fungal infections, which was traced to dirty conditions inside the lab ...
