Oncohema Key

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…

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…

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…