Diarrheal Diseases in Fresno County, California

Farm worker illness following exposure to carbofuran and other pesticides--Fresno County California, 1998.

In California, suspected pesticide-related illnesses and suspected work-related illnesses and injuries are reportable conditions. On July 31, 1998, the Occupational Health Branch of the California Department of Health Services (CDHS) received a report from the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (CDPR) of a pesticide exposure incident in Fresno County involving 34 farm workers. CDHS i...

Use of Low Altitude Aviris Data for Identifying Salt Affected Soil Surfaces in Western Fresno County, California

This is a report on a limited evaluation of the low altitude Airborne Visible and Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (AVIRIS) data, for identifying soil salinity and organic matter concentrations in soils using specific spectral bands cited in the literature. This study is part of a larger investigation for using AVIRIS as the image data layer in developing terrain models to simulate the content and...

Identification of Culex pipiens complex mosquitoes in a hybrid zone of West Nile virus transmission in Fresno County, California.

Culex pipiens sensu lato mosquitoes were collected from 24 gravid traps (mid-June to mid-October, 2005) in Fresno County, CA. Captured gravid females were allowed to oviposit before sibling species identification by Ace.2 PCR and detection of West Nile virus (WNV) RNA by RT-PCR were performed on the mother and her offspring. Of the 442 Cx. pipiens s.l. female mosquitoes collected, 88 were posit...

Combination vaccines against diarrheal diseases

Diarrheal diseases remain a leading cause of global childhood mortality and morbidity. Several recent epidemiological studies highlight the rate of diarrheal diseases in different parts of the world and draw attention to the impact on childhood growth and survival. Despite the well-documented global burden of diarrheal diseases, currently there are no combination diarrheal vaccines, only licens...

Chapter 9 . Diarrheal Diseases Gerald