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The Milwaukee protocol is an experimental treatment that was developed in 2004 and saved the life of an unvaccinated teenager infected with rabies. The treatment involves placing the infected person u…
Mosquito-borne illnesses cannot pass directly from person to person; they must be transmitted by a mosquito. In rare cases, blood-to-blood contact can transmit a mosquito-borne illness from one person…
Traveller's diarrhoea is very common, with an estimated 40 million cases worldwide every year.
The most common symptoms of motion sickness are dizziness, sickness and nausea. However, other symptoms may include vomiting, sweating, headache, tiredness and loss of colour in the face. In most case…
Exposure to people with tuberculosis increases the chances of developing the disease. There are certain areas in the world where tuberculosis is more common. Also, a weakened immune system puts a pers…
A doctor may give a tentative diagnosis of MERS based on the person's clinical symptoms and their history (travel, contact with infected people, etc.). A definite diagnosis relies on laboratory tests …
Frostbite causes permanent damage to the affected area or limb. For example, it can result in the loss of the use of your fingers, hands, toes, feet, or tissue loss.
Malaria is usually contracted by the bite of an infected anopheles mosquito. As malaria parasites are transmitted through the blood, infection can also occur when blood is exchanged between two people…
Anyone can catch tuberculosis. People at risk of developing active disease are people with weak immune systems, such as people infected with HIV.
If you are vaccinated against yellow fever, or have recovered from a past yellow fever infection, you are protected from being reinfected.
The hepatitis A virus spreads via the oral-faecal route, often through food and water that is contaminated with human bodily waste.
Your doctor can diagnose scabies by visual examination of a skin sample under a microscope and by a simple ink test of the burrows. Further diagnostic methods, such as a skin biopsy or histopathology …
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