Articles related to "Human Infection"

Humans acquire anthrax through contact with infected animals or animal products - in areas where livestock infection is uncommon, human infection is rare.

Pneumonia is an inflammation of the lungs caused by bacteria, virus, fungus or the inhalation of foreign substances. Here are some quick links to articles on pneumonia.

Not only are current methods of poultry slaughter inhumane, but they also risk contaminating poultry with organisms that cause human disease.

Pneumonia is an inflammation of the lungs that can result from infection with a bacterial, fungal or viral pathogen.

Toxoplasma gondii affects many different species, but it's a cat parasite. Cats spread it while they are acutely ill.

Cryptosporidium sp., the parasite that causes the disease called cryptosporidiosis has a complicated life cycle. Read about the stages of Cryptosporidium infection.

The infective stage of many human parasites is found in soil, but not just any soil. How they get there, and how they infect people, isn't so straightforward.

Infecting 400 million people, pinworm is the most common nematode parasite of humans in many places. It owes its success largely to the simplicity of its life cycle.

Pneumonia is an inflammation of the lungs usually caused by a bacteria or virus. Respiratory infection from bacteria-like Mycoplasma causes atypically mild symptoms.

Many protozoan parasites have a hardy stage that survives for long periods in soil and water. Others normally thrive and multiply in the environment.

Ascaris lumbricoides evolved with humans, and it lives in the intestines of millions of people. Large and active, it has inspired many tales and considerable folklore.

German Measles (rubella) and Rubeola (measles) are similar childhood infectious rashes caused by RNA viruses.

Pneumonia is an inflammation or infection of the lungs most commonly caused by a bacteria or virus, but can also be caused by inhaling foreign substances.

A few drugs have been used for treating river blindness, but none so far has proved to be the answer to curing onchocerciasis and eradicating this parasitic disease.

Acanthamoeba spp., amoebae that live in water and soil, can hitch a ride on a contact lens, then invade a vulnerable eye and destroy the cornea.

Ascaris lumbricoides is the large intestinal worm familiar to people all over the world. This roundworm infects people when they swallow soil containing infective eggs.

Thinking of giving someone a pet for Christmas? Most people don't consider their pets a health risk, but 75% of new human diseases can be traced to animals.

Infectious disease can result of cellular organisms, such as bacteria (prokaryotes), from eukaryotes (cells like ours) or from nonliving infectious agents.

Merck and Co. Inc., a large pharmaceutical company set a precedent by donating a drug to treat millions suffering from the onchocerciasis, or river blindness.

Fasciolopsis buski, often referred to as the giant intestinal fluke, is a parasite of southern Asia. Read about its life cycle, distribution, and significance.

Flu H1N1 (swine flu) vaccine has been prepared and purified from flu viruses grown in MCDK cells in large fermenters. The vaccine provides effective immune protection.

The H1N1 swine flu, spreading and moving about worldwide since early 2009, is still veiled in mystery. Scientists watch, do not how bad it might be. Vaccines are readied.

Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs most commonly caused by a bacterium or virus, but can also result from inhalation of endemic fungi. Here are the most common.

Scientists have discovered a number of interesting facts about pinworm infection, as well as the life cycle, close relatives, and history of Enterobius vermicularis.

Naegleria fowleri lurks in warm waters and in rare isolated instances infects humans and animals. Few survive primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM).

Baylisascaris procyonis lives in the intestines of raccoons, but causes serious disease by invading the tissues of many other animals including humans.

Canada Geese, Branta canadensis, are great migrators that have adapted to life with humans. Studies show that they help spread human parasitic diseases to new places.

Anisakid worms have a complicated natural history that involves sea mammals, crustaceans and other small marine creatures, and fish.

Shingles, a painful infectious rash, is caused by the varicella zoster herpes virus. Vaccination can prevent the disease, and reduce discomfort if infection occurs.

A tiny protozoan parasite, Cryptosporidium is a common cause of diarrhea and a particular threat to those suffering with AIDS. It infects both humans and animals.

The intestinal nematode Trichinella spiralis infects people through undercooked meat, causing trichinosis (or trichinellosis), a potentially life threatening illness.

These infectious rashes caused by DNA viruses most often occur during childhood, and include varicella zoster, fifth disease, and exanthem subitum.

The classic childhood viral rashes include chickenpox (Varicella zoster), erythemia infectiosum (Fifth's disease), roseola, rubella and rubeola (measles).

Cryptosporidium parvum is a tiny parasite that causes outbreaks of diarrhea. Drinking water is one source of this parasitic disease, but there are others.

Flu drugs and antivirals are special drug chemotherapies that attack specific viral synthetic activities. Antibacterial antibiotics do not work for virus control.

Pneumonia is an inflammation or infection of the lungs most commonly caused by a bacteria or virus, but can also result from opportunistic fungi.

Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs typically caused by a bacteria, virus, or inhaled substances. Here is a look at some gram-negative bacterial causes.

A look at the different pandemic threat levels and what each of them means, as defined by the World Health Organization.

Wherever meat inspection fails and people enjoy eating rare or raw beef, the beef tapeworm finds a home in the human intestine. Luckily, it causes few health problems.

Capillaria hepatica lives in the liver; Capillaria philippinensis infests the intestine. Both are unusual but serious infections in humans.

All living things are composed of one or more cells. Unlike cells, viruses, viroids and prions are acellular, nonliving parasites that require a living host to reproduce.

The genus Mycobacterium contains many members, few of which are pathogens. But when pathogenic, chronic diseases such as tuberculosis and Hansen's Disease may result.

Dicrocoelium dendriticum is a liver fluke of animals. It occasionally infects people, but scientists study it because it alters the behavior of its ant intermediate host.

Dirofilaria immitis is a roundworm that lives in the hearts of canines and a few other animals. Heartworm disease is a serious health issue for domestic dogs.

A lot of attention about E.coli foodborne illness and ground beef contamination is in the news. E. coli s can have serious complications, but transmission is preventable.

They were sick, but did they have the flu? Signs and symptoms may be very similar for different respiratory diseases.Special diagnostic tests help determine the disease.

Giardia lamblia contaminates surface water all over the world and can cause an unpleasant prolonged intestinal illness known as giardiasis, or beaver fever.

Scrapies is a degenerative, fatal disease that can affect sheep and goats and can even be passed to humans as Cruetzfeldt-Jakob disease - a relative of Mad-Cow Disease.

Influenza vaccines of egg, tissue-based, injected and nasal types, provide immune protection to populations of people at risk. Overall, vaccines are effective and safe.

Leishmania parasites cause a variety of similar diseases but in each case the organisms follow a similar life cycle in sand flies and humans.