Epidemiological studies on a HEV epidemic in Xijiang province between 1986 and 1988 Outline From September 1986 to April in 1988, a hepatitis E epidemic occurred in the southern region…
The discovery of a new Rotavirus that caused adult epidemic diarrhea in China in 1980’s Outline From the winter of 1982 to the spring of 1983, there was an outbreak…
A Series of Etiological Epidemiology Studies on Kaschin-Beck Disease (1965-1993) Outline Kaschin-Beck disease (KBD) is an endemic deforman Osteoarthrosis that mainly occurs in children. Patients with slight signs present symmetrical…
Epidemiologic Surveys and Intervention of Endemic Goiter in China Outline Endemic goiter can be divided into two forms, i.e., the iodine-deficiency goiter and the iodine-excess goiter. The iodine-deficiency goiter was…
A study of relationship between leptospirosis and cerebral arteritis and moyamoya disease Outline There have been sporadically reported cases of cerebral vasculitis of unknown causes in the rural areas of…
Euproctis similes dermatitis, an epidemic in Shanghai in 1972 Outline In July, 1972, an outbreak of dermatitis occurred in Shanghai with the unPrecedented high attack rate in the medical history….
Epidemiological Investigation on Qapqal Disease[1] Outline The so called “Qapqal Disease” is botulism caused by botulinum, an epidemic for many years in Qapqal Autonomous county of Xinjiang province, China. However,…
Explore Route of Transmission for Kala-azar Outline Kala-azar can be transmitted by varied routes in laboratory and experimental animals. But, it can be determined that it is transmitted by bite…
Tuberculosis C Scott Mahan MD John L Johnson MD Introduction Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic necrotizing granulomatous disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and, occasionally, by two closely related species, M….
Emerging viral respiratory illnesses Nandhitha Natesan MD Rana B Hejal MD Introduction Respiratory tract infections remain a major cause of morbidity and mortality throughout the world. A number of viruses…
