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Danon disease; Darier's disease; GLUT1 deficiency; Deficiency of the interleukin-1–receptor antagonist; Degos disease; Dejerine–Sottas disease; Dent's disease; Denys–Drash syndrome; Dercum's disease; Dermatopathia pigmentosa reticularis; Dextrocardia; Diabetes insipidus; Diffuse infantile fibromatosis; Diffuse panbronchiolitis; Diphallia
Widespread non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease and cancer are not included. An epidemic is the rapid spread of disease to a large number of people in a given population within a short period of time; in meningococcal infections , an attack rate in excess of 15 cases per 100,000 people for two consecutive weeks is considered ...
Bradley received a diagnosis faster because of his father, but Elly said they still wanted to rule out every other possibility. CJD – while rare – is the most common prion disease in humans ...
Human disease is believed to be acquired from environmental exposures. Unlike tuberculosis and leprosy, animal-to-human or human-to-human transmission of NTM rarely occurs. [9] NTM diseases have been seen in most industrialized countries, where incidence rates vary from 1.0 to 1.8 cases per 100,000 persons.
These were shipped from Texas to an Illinois distributor, who housed them with prairie dogs, which then became infected. The outbreak marked the first time monkeypox infection appeared in the Western Hemisphere. No deaths were reported, and no human-to-human transmission was found. All cases involved direct contact with infected prairie dogs.
Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (/ ˌ f aɪ b r oʊ d ɪ ˈ s p l eɪ ʒ (i) ə ɒ ˈ s ɪ f ɪ k æ n z p r ə ˈ ɡ r ɛ s ɪ v ə /; [1] abbr. FOP), also called Münchmeyer disease or formerly myositis ossificans progressiva, is an extremely rare connective tissue disease in which fibrous connective tissue such as muscle, tendons, and ligaments turn into bone tissue (ossification).
A rare disease is any disease that affects a small percentage of the population. In some parts of the world, the term orphan disease describes a rare disease whose rarity results in little or no funding or research for treatments, without financial incentives from governments or other agencies. Orphan drugs are medications targeting orphan ...
Rare diseases caused by infectious agents rather than genetic or environmental factors. Pages in category "Rare infectious diseases" The following 46 pages are in this category, out of 46 total.