Diarrheal disease

Aug 1, 2016 by in INFECTIOUS DISEASE Comments Off on Diarrheal disease

Diarrheal disease Keith B Armitage MD Dalia El-Bejjani MD Introduction Infectious diarrhea is a disease of historical significance, and continues to be an important clinical problem in a variety of…

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HIV and AIDS

Aug 1, 2016 by in INFECTIOUS DISEASE Comments Off on HIV and AIDS

HIV and AIDS Benigno Rodriguez MD Robert A Salata MD, FACP, FIDSA Introduction The acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) was first recognized in 1981, when a cluster of cases of uncommon…

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Malaria

Aug 1, 2016 by in INFECTIOUS DISEASE Comments Off on Malaria

Malaria Arlene Dent MD, PhD Charles H King MD, MS, FACP, FRSTMH Introduction Malaria is a life-threatening infectious disease caused by apicomplexan protozoan parasites of the genus Plasmodium. Typically, infection…

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Hepatitis C

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Hepatitis C Luciléia Teixeira MD, MS David Bobak MD, FIDSA Introduction About 200 million people worldwide are infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) and up to 4 million persons…

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