epidemicEpidemic diseases are defined by excess. They are dramatic and they attract attention. Endemic diseases, on the other hand, are regarded as "normal" and tend to be neglected. Yet it is clear that this contrast can entail inaccurate impressions of risk, as well as disparities in the ...
To this end, both the proviral loads and the clonal distribution of circulating HTLV-2-infected cells were compared between endemically infected Bakola Pygmies from Cameroon and American blood donors with epidemic virus spread, both populations being infected by the same HTLV-2b subtype, in the ...
Infectious diseases are contagious or communicable diseases. The diseases can be classified into epidemic and endemic diseases based on the rate at...Become a member and unlock all Study Answers Start today. Try it now Create an account Ask a question Our experts can answe...
It remains to be discovered whether this has any role in the neonatal epidemic success. Even the S. capitis neonatal clone NRSC-A is not entirely neonatal-specific, as it has caused prosthetic joint infections (34). If resistance to the first line treatment is present, vancomycin is generally...
The control ofLeishmaniainfection in the domestic dog population is fundamental in order to avoid the spread of ZVL between dogs and man. A high level of infection in dogs, particularly in impoverished areas, is often recorded just before the start of a human epidemic and may be an important...
Rebound in epidemic control: how misaligned vaccination timing amplifies infection peaks Article Open access 06 November 2024 Introduction Vaccination is a potentially powerful preventive response against endemic infections, with two major infectious diseases, smallpox in humans and rinderpest in bovines...
Global dynamics of a staged progression model for infectious diseases. Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, 2006, 3(3): 513-525. doi: 10.3934/mbe.2006.3.513 [9] Kai Wang, Zhidong Teng, Xueliang Zhang . Dynamical behaviors of an Echinococcosis epidemic model with distributed delays. ...
Sliwa K, Carrington MJ, Becker A, Thienemann F, Ntsekhe M, Stewart S. Contribution of the human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome epidemic to de novo presentations of heart disease in the Heart of Soweto Study cohort. Eur Heart J. 2012;33:866–74. ...
He described an epidemic of a unique blistering disease, thought to represent a clinical variant of tinea corporis (tinea imbricata or “tokelau”), in certain isolated regions of the state of São Paulo. Subsequently it was found (Vieira, 1937) that this endemic illness exhibited the same ...
Pandemic and epidemic infectious diseases such as COVID-19 or MERS-CoV impose a significant level of anxiety and stress on healthcare workers who are caring of infected patients, with their main concern being the risk of transmitting the infection to their families or to acquire it themselves. ...