Vertical Transmission (Perinatal Transmission) The transmission of infectious disease or pathogens from one generation to another. Perinatal Transmission (see Vertical Transmission) was…
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Pericarditis: Tests
by explainingmedicine June 13, 2016Pericarditis: Tests Pericarditis is a condition in which the membrane, or sac, around your heart is inflamed. This sac is called the…
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Parasitic Infections (Parasitic Diseases)
by explainingmedicine June 13, 2016Parasitic Infections (Parasitic Diseases) A parasitic disease is an infectious disease caused or transmitted by a parasite. Many parasites do not cause…
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Hemophilia: Treatments
by explainingmedicine June 13, 2016Hemophilia: Treatments Group of hereditary disorders in which affected individuals fail to make enough of certain proteins needed to form blood clots.…
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Influenza (Flu) Influenza, commonly known as “the flu”, is an infectious disease caused by an influenza virus. Symptoms can be mild to…
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Communicable Disease (see Infectious Disease)
by explainingmedicine June 13, 2016Infectious Disease (Communicable Disease) A disorder resulting from the presence and activity of a microbial, viral, or parasitic . It can be…
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MSF on Ebola: “This is the Biggest Outbreak We’ve Ever Known”
by explainingmedicine June 10, 2016Researchers believe a 2-year-old boy who died last December in a village in Guinea, was the first casualty of West Africa’s ongoing Ebola outbreak. Since then, Ebola has spread to the neighboring countries of Sierra Leone, Liberia and Nigeria. By September 8, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated the virus had infected 4,290 people and killed 2,296 of them — […]
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New Link Between Zika and Microcephaly Is Found in Brazil
by PBS June 10, 2016Dr. Natalia Brin, examining 2-month-old Cristian Mateus, held by his mother Ederlanha, 18. Dr. Natalia Brin examines a 2-month-old with suspected microcephaly in Brazil. (Katie Worth/FRONTLINE) RECIFE, Brazil — Researchers in the state of Pernambuco, home to a third of Brazil’s suspected cases of infant microcephaly, said on Wednesday that they have identified some of the clearest evidence yet of […]