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Lyme disease, also known as Lyme borreliosis, is a tick-borne disease caused by species of Borrelia bacteria, transmitted by blood-feeding ticks in the genus Ixodes. [4] [9] [10] The most common sign of infection is an expanding red rash, known as erythema migrans (EM), which appears at the site of the tick bite about a week afterwards. [1]
Gastroenteritis is the main reason for 3.7 million visits to physicians a year in the United States [1] and 3 million visits in France. [81] In the United States gastroenteritis as a whole is believed to result in costs of US$23 billion per year, [82] with rotavirus alone resulting in estimated costs of US$1 billion a year. [1]
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Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis worked at the Vienna General Hospital's maternity clinic on a 3-year contract from 1846–1849. There, as elsewhere in European and North American hospitals, puerperal fever, or childbed fever, was rampant, sometimes climbing to 40 percent of admitted patients. He was disturbed by these mortality rates, and eventually ...
Tia is excited when a 16-year-old boy asks her out on a car date until Lisa forbids her to go. Meanwhile, Lisa designs a wedding dress for a bride, but when Ray is caught kissing her, the wedding gets canceled, and Lisa is left without a check.
About 2.5 per 1000 people are affected with outbreaks in any given year. [1] After one episode about 33% of people develop subsequent episodes. [1] Onset often occurs in those less than 20 years old and 80% develop antibodies for the virus by this age. [1] In those with recurrent outbreaks, these typically happen less than three times a year. [10]
Schistosomiasis, also known as snail fever, bilharzia, and Katayama fever [1] [2] [9] is a disease caused by parasitic flatworms called schistosomes. [5] It affects the urinary tract or the intestines. [5] Symptoms include abdominal pain, diarrhea, bloody stool, or blood in the urine. [5]
Lassa fever, also known as Lassa hemorrhagic fever, is a type of viral hemorrhagic fever caused by the Lassa virus. [1] Many of those infected by the virus do not develop symptoms . [ 1 ] When symptoms occur they typically include fever , weakness, headaches, vomiting , and muscle pains . [ 1 ]