The focus of this chapter is on toxoplasmosis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF), trichinosis, giardiasis, psittacosis, Ebola virus, Lyme disease, and hantavirus. Most of these illnesses are zoonotic in nature. Physicians should be familiar with their diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment. Author ...
An abstract of the article "Translation of metabolite profiling to infectious diseases," that was presented at the conference titled "Immunodiagnosis of Tuberculosis: New Questions, New Tools," held on September 21-23, 2008 in Virginia Beach, Virginia, U.S., is presented....
18,19 According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the onset of the RSV season in a particular city is the first of 2 consecutive weeks with at least 10% of specimens tested for RSV returned with positive findings. The end of the season is defined as the last of...
For this study, the ACTIV-6 platform sought to evaluate the effect of higher-dose fluvoxamine (50 mg twice daily for 1 day followed by 100 mg twice daily for 12 days) on time to sustained recovery from mild to moderate COVID-19 or progression to severe disease in nonhospitalized adults....
of Infectious Diseases. "If you have a lock and a key and you don't know what either one looks like, how will you design them to fit together"" The lock is Anderson's metaphor for the disease; the key is the drug or vaccine that will slip inside its atomic structure and destroy ...
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Kawasaki Disease (KD) KD is an acute vasculitis of childhood that predominantly affects the coronary arteries. An infectious etiology is suspected based on epidemiological and clinical data; however as of today, the cause of KD remains unknown. In the United States, KD is more common during the...