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  2. List of infectious diseases - Wikipedia

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    Typical treatment of severe disease first involves treatment with amphotericin B, followed by oral itraconazole. No Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus: Hookworm infection Under research [18] Human bocavirus (HBoV) Human bocavirus infection No Ehrlichia ewingii: Human ewingii ehrlichiosis: The diagnosis can be confirmed by using PCR. A ...

  3. List of diseases spread by arthropods - Wikipedia

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    Sandfly species transmit the disease leishmaniasis, by acting as vectors for protozoan Leishmania species, and tsetse flies transmit protozoan trypansomes (Trypanosoma brucei gambiense and Trypansoma brucei rhodesiense) which cause African Trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness). Ticks and lice form another large group of invertebrate vectors.

  4. List of infectious diseases causing flu-like syndrome - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of infectious diseases, other than the most common ones, ... Bornholm disease (Coxsackie B virus) COVID-19 [4] [5] Chickenpox; Cytomegalovirus;

  5. Bloodstream infection - Wikipedia

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    Empiric antibiotic therapy should be guided by the most likely source of infection and the patient's past exposure to healthcare facilities. [45] In particular, a recent history of exposure to a healthcare setting may necessitate the need for antibiotics with pseudomonas aeruginosa coverage or broader coverage for resistant organisms. [ 45 ]

  6. Arbovirus - Wikipedia

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    Arbovirus is an informal name for any virus that is transmitted by arthropod vectors.The term arbovirus is a portmanteau word (arthropod-borne virus). [1] Tibovirus (tick-borne virus) is sometimes used to more specifically describe viruses transmitted by ticks, a superorder within the arthropods. [2]

  7. Airborne transmission - Wikipedia

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    Furthermore, the infective ability of the virus must be maintained throughout all these stages. [50] In addition the risk for infection is also dependent on host immune system competency plus the quantity of infectious particles ingested. [41] Antibiotics may be used in dealing with airborne bacterial primary infections, such as pneumonic ...

  8. List of fictional diseases - Wikipedia

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    A bloodborne viral disease that induces a subtle urge in those infected to donate blood, and by psychological association with this act causing a general increase in altruistic behavior. AMPS – acquired metastructural pediculosis Pontypool Changes Everything by Tony Burgess: A "metaphysical, deconstructionist" virus spread by the English ...

  9. List of diseases eliminated from the United States - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of diseases known (or declared) to have been eliminated from the United States, either permanently or at one time. (" Elimination " is the preferred term for "regional eradication" of a disease; the term " eradication " is reserved for the reduction of an infectious disease's global prevalence to zero.)