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who is at risk for contracting dengue fever? is there a certain age group or race that contracts dengue fever?
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DF is found in the tropics worldwide, especially in Southeast Asia, the Pacific region, and the Americas, with 40% of the global population at risk. An estimated 50 to 100 milli... | Dengue fever (Summary): The following summary is from Orphanet, a European reference portal for information on rare diseases and orphan drugs. Orpha Number: 99828 Disease definition Dengue fever (DF), caused by dengue virus , is an arboviral disease characterized by an initial non-specific febrile illness that can some... |
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who is at risk for contracting dengue fever? is there a certain age group or race that contracts dengue fever?
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40% of the global population are at risk of dengue fever, which is found in the tropics worldwide, especially in Southeast Asia, the Pacific region, and the Americas, Of the 50... | Dengue fever Dengue hemorrhagic fever Dengue shock syndrome Philippine hemorrhagic fever Dengue hemorrhagic fever Dengue shock syndrome Philippine hemorrhagic fever Thai hemorrhagic fever Singapore hemorrhagic fever Hemorrhagic dengue DF Dengue virus infection See More Summary The following summary is from Orphanet, a... |
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who is at risk for contracting dengue fever? is there a certain age group or race that contracts dengue fever?
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DF is found in the tropics worldwide, especially in Southeast Asia, the Pacific region, and the Americas, with 40% of the global population at risk. An estimated 50 to 100 milli... | Dengue fever Dengue hemorrhagic fever Dengue shock syndrome Philippine hemorrhagic fever Dengue hemorrhagic fever Dengue shock syndrome Philippine hemorrhagic fever Thai hemorrhagic fever Singapore hemorrhagic fever Hemorrhagic dengue DF Dengue virus infection See More Summary The following summary is from Orphanet, a... |
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Histoplasma is endemic to the central and midwestern regions of the United States.
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| In which specific regions of the United States is Histoplasma endemic? |
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The two states that are associated with Tularemia are Missouri and Arkansas.
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Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus are the two hookworms that are commonly found in the southern region of the United States.
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| What are the names of the two hookworms that are commonly found in the southern region of the United States? |
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Bats are the most common carrier of the rabies virus (rhabdovirus) in the United States.
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| In the United States, which animal is the most common carrier of the rabies virus (rhabdovirus)? |
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Chagas Disease predominantly occurs in South America.
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Dermacentor ticks are the vector responsible for transmitting Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (Rickettsia rickettsii).
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Babesia spp. is predominantly found in the Northeast region of the United States.
Babesia spp. are parasitic organisms that infect red blood cells and can cause a malaria-like illness known as babesiosis. The parasites are primarily transmitted to humans ... | In which region of the United States is Babesia spp. predominantly found? |
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Bats are the most common source of rabies transmission in the United States. Rabies is a viral disease that affects the nervous system and is usually transmitted through the saliva of an infected animal, typically through a bite or scratch. While dogs were... | Which animal is the most common source of rabies transmission in the United States? |
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Rift Valley Fever is a viral disease that belongs to the Bunyaviridae family. This family of viruses includes several other important human and animal pathogens, such as Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus, Hantavirus, and La Crosse virus. Bunyaviruses a... | What is the family of viruses to which Rift Valley Fever belongs, and what are some other viruses that are part of this family? |
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Rickettsia rickettsia is transmitted through direct biting from the Dermacentor tick. This tick is the vector responsible for the transmission of the bacteria, which can cause Rocky Mountain spotted fever in humans. The Dermacentor tick is commonly found i... | How is Rickettsia rickettsia transmitted and what is the vector responsible for its transmission? |
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Zika virus is a mosquito-borne illness that has been known to cause serious health problems, including birth defects in infants born to infected mothers. Outbreaks of Zika virus are more common in tropical climates, which are characterized by warm temperat... | In what type of climate are outbreaks of Zika virus more common? |
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Lassa fever is endemic to West Africa. This viral hemorrhagic fever is primarily found in countries such as Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea, where it is transmitted to humans through contact with infected rodents or their bodily fluids. While La... | Where is Lassa fever endemic? |
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Lyme Disease is commonly found in the northeastern region of the United States.
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| Which region of the United States is known for having a high incidence of Lyme Disease? |
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The transmission of Loa loa, a parasitic worm that causes loiasis in humans, is primarily carried out by the bite of infected deer flies. These flies are typically found in rainforest regions of Central and West Africa, where the disease is most prevalent.... | What is the vector responsible for the transmission of Loa loa? |
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HHV-8 has a higher incidence in Russian or Mediterranean males, as well as African populations. Studies have shown that the prevalence of HHV-8 infection varies widely by geographic region and population. In general, HHV-8 is more common in sub-Saharan Afr... | In which populations does HHV-8 have a higher incidence? |
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Hantavirus (Sin nombre) is a member of the Bunyaviridae family, which is a family of RNA viruses that are primarily transmitted by arthropod vectors, such as ticks and mosquitoes. The Bunyaviridae family is divided into five genera, including the Hantaviru... | What family does Hantavirus (Sin nombre) belong to? |
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The Aedes mosquito is responsible for transmitting California encephalitis. This viral disease is primarily found in the western United States and is transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected mosquito. Aedes mosquitoes are known to be particula... | What type of mosquito is responsible for transmitting California encephalitis? |
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California encephalitis belongs to the Bunyaviridae family. This family of viruses is known to cause a variety of diseases in humans and animals, including fever, encephalitis, and hemorrhagic fever. California encephalitis is caused by the California ence... | What is the family classification of California encephalitis? |
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Some examples of bunyaviruses that are also arboviruses include California encephalitis, Rift Valley Fever, Sandfly fever, and Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever. Arboviruses are viruses that are transmitted to humans and other animals through the bites of ar... | What are some examples of bunyaviruses that are also arboviruses? |
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Arboviruses, including West Nile virus, most commonly occur during the summer months.
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| During which season do arboviruses, such as West Nile virus, typically occur most frequently? |
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Along with bats, Rabies virus is also commonly carried by skunks in the western U.S.
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| Besides bats, what other animal commonly carries the Rabies virus in the western United States? |
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Dengue fever is caused by one of four different but related viruses. It is spread by the bite of mosquitoes, most commonly the mosquito Aedes aegypti, which is found in tropic and subtropic regions. This includes parts of:
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Previous observations of patients that develop HPS from New World Hantaviruses recover completely. No chronic infection has been detected in humans. Some patients have experienced longer than expected recovery times, but the virus has not been shown to lea... | Are there any complications? |
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HFRS is found throughout the world. Haantan virus is widely distributed in eastern Asia, particularly in China, Russia, and Korea. Puumala virus is found in Scandinavia, western Europe, and western Russia. Dobrava virus is found primarily in the Balkans, a... | Where is HFRS found? |
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Individuals who spend time outdoors and/or have pets that go outdoors in endemic regions are at risk for tick-borne disease.
Exposure to ticks: Individuals with frequent exposure to dogs and who reside near wooded areas or areas with high grass may also be... | Who is at highest risk for Lyme disease ? |
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Chiggers are found in certain outdoor areas, such as berry patches, tall grass and weeds, and woodland edges.
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Chiggers bite humans around the waist, ankles, or in warm skin folds. Bites commonly occur in the summer and fall months.
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Children are more susceptible than adults to contracting the disease.
People who live in countries where the disease is widespread are at higher risk of contracting he disease. These countries include:
Angola Brazil Central African Republic Democratic Repu... | Who is at highest risk for Leprosy ? |
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People at risk for more severe disease include newborns infected around the time of birth, older adults (≥65 years), and people with medical conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes, or heart disease. Travelers who visit the following Caribbean cou... | Who is at highest risk for Chikungunya ? |
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Diphyllobothrium infection generally occurs in the Northern Hemisphere (Europe, newly independent states of the Former Soviet Union, North America, Asia), but has been reported in Uganda and Chile. Fish infected with Diphyllobothrium larvae may be transpor... | Who is at highest risk for Diphyllobothriasis ? |
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Echinococcus is common in:
Africa Central Asia Southern South America The Mediterranean The Middle East In the United States, the disease is very rare. However, it has been reported in California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah.
Humans become infected when ... | What causes Echinococcosis? |
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Hymenolepis infections used to be common in the southeastern United States, in crowded environments and in people who were confined to institutions. However, the disease occurs throughout the world.
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Naegleria fowleri is found around the world. In the United States, the majority of infections have been caused by Naegleria fowleri from warm freshwater located in southern-tier states. The ameba can be found in:
Factors that can increase your risk of meni... | Who is at highest risk for Naegleria infection ? |
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Person's at higher risk include those who:
Lack immunization against polio and are exposed to the virus Travel to an area that has experienced a polio outbreak
In areas where there is an outbreak, those most likely to get the disease include children, preg... | Who is at highest risk for Polio ? |
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The disease has been seen in:
Africa Australia Europe Japan North and South America
Most people get rat-bite fever through contact with urine or secretions from the mouth, eye, or nose of an infected animal. This most commonly occurs though a bite, yet som... | Who is at highest risk for Rat-bite fever ? |
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In the United States, TBRF usually occurs west of the Mississippi River, particularly in the mountainous West and the high deserts and plains of the Southwest. In the mountains of California, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Oregon, Washington, infecti... | Who is at highest risk for Relapsing fever ? |
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Risk factors include living in parts of Africa where the disease is found and being bitten by tsetse flies. The disease is extremely rare in the United States and is only found in travelers who have visited or lived in those African areas.
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West Nile virus was first identified in 1937 in Uganda in eastern Africa. It was first discovered in the United States in the summer of 1999 in New York. Since then, the virus has spread throughout the United States.
The West Nile virus is a type of virus ... | What causes West nile virus disease? |
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Only a few mosquitoes carry West Nile Virus. For most people, the risk is low. Some people have a higher risk. People who are outside a lot have a greater chance of being bitten. People older than 50 are more likely to get very sick if they get West Nile V... | Who is at highest risk for West nile virus ? |
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Yaws mainly affects children in rural, warm, tropical areas, such as the Caribbean Islands, Latin America, West Africa, India, and Southeast Asia. Yaws is transmitted by direct contact with the skin sores of infected people.
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Traveling or residing within endemic regions will increase chances of infection. Tick activity is generally heightened during certain the spring and summer months. Within endemic regions, tick may choose an animal host, including a domesticated animal such... | What is the cause of spotted fevers? |
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Yaws mainly affects children in rural, warm, tropical areas, such as the Caribbean Islands, Latin America, West Africa, India, and Southeast Asia.
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Lassa fever is endemic in West Africa and is rare in developed countries. The annual incidence of Lassa virus is 100,000-300,000 individuals with a case fatality rate typically reaching 1-5% but may be as high as 65% during outbreaks. There is no predilec... | Can you provide a summary of Lassa fever? |
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Seven more outbreaks of Nipah virus have occurred since 1998, all within Bangladesh and neighbouring parts of India. The outbreak sites lie within the range of Pteropus species (Pteropus giganteus). As with Hendra virus, the timing of the outbreaks indicat... | What is Nipah and how does it affect the brain? |
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Since the 1920's the United States Center for Disease Control and Prevention has deemed Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) as a reportable disease. RMSF cases were most often reported within the Rocky Mountain region, although recent data reveals that the... | Can you explain what Rocky Mountain spotted fever is? |
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The most potent risk factor in the development of Japanese encephalitis is residing in Southeast Asia and Western Pacific regions. Other risk factors include summer season, outdoor recreational activities, and contact with mosquitos, birds, and pigs.
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Fragile after the fall of Rome, Europe was further weakened by "Yellow Plague" (Yellow Fever). The Byzantine Empire suffered as well.
Yellow fever was imported into the Western Hemisphere on slave ships from West Africa. In 1648, the first definitive evid... | What is the historical background or context regarding yellow fever? |
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Ehrlichiosis was deemed a reportable disease by the United States Center for Disease Control and Prevention in 1999. Since the year 2000 the number of reported cases has increased from 200 (in 2000) to 961 in 2008. However it should be noted that amount of... | Can you provide an overview of Ehrlichiosis? |
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Tetanus is an infectious disease which is not know to be contagious and can be prevented with a vaccine. There are less than 100 cases of tetanus in the US and around five deaths can be attributed to tetanus every year. There are about one million cases of... | What is the explanation for the epidemiology and demographics of Tetanus? |
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There have been several outbreaks of HUS, which are summarized below:
In Febryary 2006, HUS outbreak in Norway. 2011 EHEC/HUS outbreak in Germany. 2011 HUS outbreak nationwide in Norway. In June 2011, HUS outbreak from Shiga toxin-secreting Escherichia ... | What is the historical background of the hemolytic-uremic syndrome? |
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Being bitten by an infected tick
Residing in an endemic area, primarily the Northeastern, United States coast
Repeated exposure to common I. scapularis and Ixodes hosts; white-footed deer mice, rats, voles, chipmunks, and field mice
Outdoor recreational ac... | What are the factors that increase the risk of Babesiosis? |
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CDC ALERT - LEVEL 2 - Practice Enhanced Precautions as of August 5th, 2016
For the first time in history, the CDC has issued a travel warning within the United States. The warning applies to travelers within the South Florida and Texas in the following are... | What information is available on Zika virus infections? |
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Developed countries, such as the United States and North-Western Europe, have lower incidence of anthrax.
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Taken together, the viruses that cause VHFs are distributed over much of the globe. However, because each virus is associated with one or more particular host species, the virus and the disease it causes are usually seen only where the host species live(s)... | What exactly is viral hemorrhagic fever? |
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Zika virus was first isolated from a Rhesus Monkey in 1947 in Uganda. The virus was first isolated from humans in 1968 in Nigeria. Since then, viral circulation and outbreaks have been documented throughout Asia and Africa. The most recent outbreak occurre... | What is Zika and what is its method of infecting the body? |
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During 1986 to 1997, health departments and other diagnostic laboratories reported over 1200 cases of human ehrlichiosis to CDC. Approximately two-thirds were cases of HME. CDC compiles the number of cases reported by the state health departments. Ehrlichi... | Could you provide me the sentence to be rephrased? |
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Trichuris trichiura is the third most common nematode worldwide following Ascaris and Enterobius; in total, the three infections affect approximately 1 billion people. Whip worm infection is endemic in tropical and subtropical countries. The prevalence of ... | Can you provide an overview of a whipworm infection? |
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People who live in or travel to high-risk areas including:
Indonesian archipelago into northeastern Australia South and Central America Southeast Asia Sub-Saharan Africa
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Birds are the main reservoir of West Nile virus (WNV). Transmission of the virus is by a mosquito bite of an infected bird with high-level viremia, such as birds of the family Passeriformes. Thus, transmission is frequently denoted as "bird-mosquito-bird"... | What is the meaning of "Sandbox: ammu save"? |
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Scrub typhus is endemic to a part of the world known as the tsutsugamushi triangle (after O. tsutsugamushi). This extends from northern Japan and far-eastern Russia in the north, to the territories around the Solomon Sea into northern Australia in the sout... | What is Typhus Scrub? (The original sentence is already in proper English.) |
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Diphyllobothriasis occurs in areas where lakes and rivers coexist with human consumption of raw or undercooked freshwater fish. It is particularly common in Japan, Scandinavia, Siberia, with sporadic cases in North and South America.
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Marburg hemorrhagic fever was first detected in 1967 in Marburg after which there has been reports of several sporadic outbreaks all over the world. Subsequently, outbreaks and sporadic cases were reported in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya... | Could you provide the original text to be rephrased? As there does not appear to be any grammatical errors in "What is Marburg hemorrhagic fever?" |
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Because of polio eradication efforts, the number of countries where travelers are at risk for polio has decreased dramatically. The last documented case of wild polio virus-associated paralysis in a US resident traveling abroad occurred in 1986 in a 29-yea... | Can you provide a brief overview of polio? |
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In 1947, Zika virus was first isolated from a Rhesus Monkey in the Zika Forest of Uganda. In 1948, the virus was recovered from the mosquito Aedes africanus caught in the Zika forest. In 1952, the first human cases of Zika were detected in Uganda and the ... | What is the historical background of Zika virus infection? |
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Regions especially affected by HFRS include China, the Korean Peninsula, Russia (Hantaan, Puumala and Seoul viruses), and northern and western Europe (Puumala and Dobrava viruses). Regions with the highest incidences of HCPS include Patagonian Argentina, C... | What are the effects of Hantavirus infection? |
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WNV is widely distributed across Australia, Middle East, Western Russia, Southwestern Asia, Africa and Southern Europe. A series of outbreaks in the Mediterranean basin between 1950 and 1960 and in Europe and Africa between 1970 and 1980, marking a continu... | Could you provide me more information or context to ensure an appropriate answer? |
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African trypanosomiasis has been present in Africa for thousands of years. In 1903, David Bruce identified the causative agent vector. In 1910, the differentiation between the subspecies of the protozoa was established.
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Key endemic areas within the United States include the northeastern coastal region, in the specific states and regions as listed:
New York - Eastern Long-Island and its barrier island, Fire Island. As well as Shelter Island.
Massachusetts- Cape Cod, as we... | What are the epidemiology and demographics associated with babesiosis? |
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The measles virus evolved from the formerly widespread rinderpest virus, which infects cattle. Sequence analysis has suggested that the two viruses most probably diverged in the 11th and 12th centuries, though the periods as early as the 5th century fall ... | What are measles? |
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Bejel is mainly found in arid countries of the eastern Mediterranean region and in West Africa, where it is known as sahel.
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Patients of all age groups may develop schistosomiasis, but school-aged children and adolescents living in endemic areas tend to have the highest intensity of disease.
There is no racial predilection to schistosomiasis.
Schistosomiasis affects men and wom... | What are the epidemiology and demographics of schistosomiasis? |
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In the 16th century, Jan Huygen Linschoten discovered filariasis during his trip to Goa. After that, more reports of the disease came out from Asia and Africa. In 1866, Timothy Lewis continued what Jean-Nicolas Demarquay and Otto Henry Wucherer started 3 ... | What is the historical context of filariasis? |
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The most potent risk factor in the development of Rocky Mountain spotted fever is exposure to infected ticks. Therefore proper prevention is achieved by emphasizing personal protection from ticks when traveling through a tick-infested habitats. Other risk ... | Could you provide me with an overview of Rocky Mountain spotted fever? |
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In 2015, Zika virus infection outbreaks rose dramatically, particularly in Brazil, as was observed by the manifestation of a correlated complication, microcephaly, in infants born to mothers with Zika virus infection at an incidence of approximately 100 pe... | What does Zika mean? |
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Dengue fever (Template:IPA2) and dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) are acute febrile diseases, found in the tropics and Africa, with a geographical spread similar to malaria. One major difference, however, is that malaria is often eradicated in major cities,... | What are the signs and symptoms of dengue? |
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The prevalence of hemophilia is estimated to be 20,000 cases in the United States annually. The age-adjusted prevalence of hemophilia in six US states (Oklahoma, Massachusetts, Colorado, Georgia, Louisiana, and New York) in 1994 was 13.4 cases per 100, 000... | What is the correlation between Hemophilia and Epidemiology as well as Demographics? |
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In the United States, endemic rubella virus transmission has been eliminated since 2001. From 2004 to 2013, 10 cases of rubella infection were diagnosed in the immigrants.
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Hendra virus was first isolated in 1994 from specimens obtained during an outbreak of respiratory and neurologic disease in horses and humans in Hendra, a suburb of Brisbane, Australia. Nipah virus was initially isolated in 1999 upon examining samples from... | What is Nipah and how is it related to viral encephalitis? |
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In December 2013, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported local transmission of chikungunya in Saint Martin. Local transmission means that mosquitoes in the area have been infected with chikungunya and are spreading it to people. This was the first ti... | What are the epidemiological and demographic characteristics of Chikungunya? |
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Diphyllobothriasis occurs in areas with lakes and rivers where humans consume raw or under cooked freshwater fish. It is particularly common in Japan, Scandinavia, Siberia, with sporadic cases in North and South America.
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Epidemiology of SFTS in China
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| Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is a novel emerging virus infection that was first found and reported in Peoples’ Republic of China in 2009 and 2011, respectively. SFTS was later reported in Japan and South Korea, suggesting that SFTS is endemic to East Asian countries. Among these countries, the mos... |
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Rabbit hemorrhagic disease
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| Abstract Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease (RHD) is a rapidly lethal infectious viral disease of the European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) characterized by high mortality rates, acute hepatic necrosis, and disseminated intravascular coagulation. Although this disease is considered enzootic in Europe and parts of Asia, it is... |
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Isolation of Rickettsia rickettsii in Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Outbreak, Panama.
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| We report new cases of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in patients from Kinkantu, Ngäbe-Bugle indigenous comarca, Panama. We isolated Rickettsia rickettsii in cell culture after intraperitoneal inoculation of guinea pigs with tissues from a deceased patient. Our results indicate that Rocky Mountain spotted fever is emergi... |
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Phylogenetic Analysis of the 2020 West Nile Virus (WNV) Outbreak in Andalusia (Spain)
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| During recent decades West Nile Virus (WNV) outbreaks have continuously occurred in the Mediterranean area. In August 2020 a new WNV outbreak affected 71 people with meningoencephalitis in Andalusia and six more cases were detected in Extremadura (south-west of Spain), causing a total of eight deaths. The whole genomes... |
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Outbreak of rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus 2 in the southwestern United States: first detections in southern California.
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| An outbreak of rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus 2 (RHDV-2)-associated disease occurred in the southwestern United States following its first detection in New Mexico in March 2020. The disease spread throughout several states and was diagnosed for the first time in California on May 11, 2020, in a black-tailed jackrabbi... |
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First autochthonous human West Nile virus infections in the Netherlands, July to August 2020
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| In October 2020, the first case of autochthonous West Nile virus neuroinvasive disease was diagnosed in the Netherlands with a presumed infection in the last week of August. Investigations revealed five more cases of local West Nile virus (WNV) infection. The cases resided in a region where WNV was detected in a bird a... |
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Molecular Confirmation of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Epidemic Agent in Mexicali, Mexico.
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| Since 2008, a large epidemic of Rocky Mountain spotted fever has been emerging among humans and dogs in Mexicali, adjacent to the United States in Baja California, Mexico. We molecularly confirmed the causative agent; this information can be used to study the origin and dynamics of the epidemic. |
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A Virus from the Nile
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| It probably happened in August. Beyond that, no one can say when the tiny brown wisp settled upon Enrico Gabrielli’s body. The sixty-year-old cherished summer evenings among the red geraniums and purple cosmos in his garden, in the Italian neighborhood of Whitestone in Queens, New York— and never more so than in the su... |
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Tick-Borne Bacterial, Rickettsial, Spirochetal, and Protozoal Diseases
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| Approximately 900 tick species exist worldwide, parasitizing a broad array of mammals, including humans, and thereby playing a significant role in the transmission of infectious diseases (1). In the United States, tick-borne diseases are generally seasonal and geographically distributed. They occur mostly during the sp... |
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Seoul Virus Infection in Humans, France, 2014-2016.
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| We report detection of Seoul virus in 3 patients in France over a 2-year period. These patients accounted for 3 of the 4 Seoul virus infections among 434 hantavirus infections (1.7%) reported during this time. More attention should be given to this virus in Europe where surveillance has been focused mostly on Puumala a... |
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Amelanchier alnifolia
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| This species is native to North America from Alaska, Western Canada and western (southwards to North California, Utah and Colorado) and north central Unites States. In Canada, the species is found in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, North West Territories and Nunavut. |
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Forty-Five Years of Marburg Virus Research
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| In 1967, the first reported filovirus hemorrhagic fever outbreak took place in Germany and the former Yugoslavia. The causative agent that was identified during this outbreak, Marburg virus, is one of the most deadly human pathogens. This article provides a comprehensive overview of our current knowledge about Marburg ... |
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Spread of Canine Influenza A(H3N2) Virus, United States
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| A canine influenza A(H3N2) virus emerged in the United States in February–March 2015, causing respiratory disease in dogs. The virus had previously been circulating among dogs in Asia, where it originated through the transfer of an avian-origin influenza virus around 2005 and continues to circulate. Sequence analysis s... |
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West Nile Virus and Other Domestic Nationally Notifiable Arboviral Diseases — United States, 2020
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| Arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) are transmitted to humans primarily through the bite of infected mosquitoes and ticks. West Nile virus (WNV), mainly transmitted by Culex species mosquitos, is the leading cause of domestically acquired arboviral disease in the United States (1). Other arboviruses cause sporadic ca... |
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Zika Virus: A Basic Overview of an Emerging Arboviral Infection in the Western Hemisphere.
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| Since February 2015, Zika virus has spread throughout the Western Hemisphere, starting in Brazil. As of March 2016, autochthonous transmission has been reported in at least 31 countries or territories. For countries in the Americas, the spread of Zika virus, a previously unfamiliar disease, follows similar emerging inf... |
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Emergence of human avian influenza A(H7N9) virus infections in Wenshan City in Southwest China, 2017
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| BACKGROUND: The emergence of human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus was reported in Wenshan City, southwestern China in 2017. The study describes the epidemiological and virological features of the outbreak and discusses the origin of the infection. METHODS: Poultry exposure and timelines of key events for ... |
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First hemispheric report of invasive tick species Haemaphysalis punctata, first state report of Haemaphysalis longicornis, and range expansion of native tick species in Rhode Island, USA
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| BACKGROUND: Invasive arthropod vectors and the range expansions of native vectors can lead to public and veterinary health concerns, as these vectors may introduce novel pathogens or spread endemic pathogens to new locations. Recent tick invasions and range expansion in the USA has been attributed to climate and land u... |
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