Infection Outbreak Articles & Analysis: Older
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How each spreads can vary depending on the specific infection, though. How Bacteria Spreads Bacterial infections are typically contagious. ...
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It can be used in conjunction with other auxiliary therapies to treats medical conditions that include: Skin and soft tissues diseases: Thermal burns, chemical burns, radiation burns Frostbite Scalds Skin infections (erysipelas, pyoderma, actinomycosis, aspergillosis, Gram negative bacteria infections, nosocomial infections) Dry skin ...
Being mindful of hygiene also means being mindful of how infection can spread from us to others. Something as benign as chewing a fingernail not only spreads infection to us but contaminates our hands, making it easier to spread infection to others. ...
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Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a common cause of water-borne acute hepatitis in areas with poor sanitation. In 2004 an outbreak of HEV infection affected around 2,000 people in Eastern Chad (Dar Sila). This paper describes the decrease in the incidence of acute jaundice syndrome (AJS) from 2004 until 2009 when a mean incidence of 0.48 cases/1,000 people/year was ...
In July 2003, the authors investigated an outbreak of Shigella sonnei infections in Marion County, Oregon. Nineteen confirmed and 37 presumptive cases, mostly young children, were identified. ...