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…
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…
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…
