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…
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…
The Child with Frequent, Severe, or Unusual Infections: Congenital Immunodeficiency Syndromes Overview It is impossible to pass through life without acquiring a large number of infections. Most of these infections…
