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Seal finger, also known as sealer's finger and spekkfinger (from the Norwegian for "blubber"), [2] is an infection that afflicts the fingers of seal hunters and other people who handle seals, as a result of bites or contact with exposed seal bones; [citation needed] it has also been contracted by exposure to untreated seal pelts.
Shigellosis, known historically as dysentery, is an infection of the intestines caused by Shigella bacteria. [1] [3] Symptoms generally start one to two days after exposure and include diarrhea, fever, abdominal pain, and feeling the need to pass stools even when the bowels are empty. [1] The diarrhea may be bloody. [1]
Sealpox is a cutaneous (skin) condition caused by a Parapoxvirus, usually affecting seal handlers who have been bitten by infected harbor or grey seals. [1]: 394 First identified in 1969, [2] it wasn't unequivocally proven to be transmissible to humans until 2005, [3] though such transmission had been reported at least as early as 1987. [4]
These reactions typically appear within minutes after a bite, the Mayo Clinic says. In some people, the reaction may look like a painful hive or a blister that forms within 24 hours of the bite.
It is an unusual cause of infection and when it is cultured, it is most usually found mixed with other organisms. Infections most commonly occur in patients with cancers of the head and neck, [ 10 ] but can occur in human bite infections, especially " reverse bite ", " fight bite ", or " clenched fist injuries ". [ 11 ]
Epidemiologists with the Kitsap Public Health District have co-authored a new report documenting the first recorded case of a human contracting the infectious disease tularemia from a marine mammal.
Borrelia mayonii is a bacterial genospecies discovered in the Midwestern United States [2] by Pritt and colleagues at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota during routine polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of the oppA1 gene of B. burgdorferi in 2016. [1] According to Pritt, six samples were atypical and did not resemble any known species.
Bites from these spiders can cause more severe symptoms and, in rare cases, death, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say. If you're bitten by one of these spiders, you will need ...