Ehrlichioses: An Important One Health Opportunity

Ehrlichioses: An Important One Health Opportunity

Ehrlichioses are caused by obligately intracellular bacteria that are maintained subclinically in a persistently infected vertebrate host and a tick vector. The most severe life-threatening illnesses, such as human monocytotropic ehrlichiosis and heartwater, occur in incidental hosts. Ehrlichia have a developmental cycle involving an infectious, nonreplicating, dense core cell and a noninfectio...

One Health and a world of opportunity.

Bed bug bite, as an important health and urban pest

Bed bug (Cimex lectularius) is an nocturnal insect that feeding on human blood at all stages of them life, and known as a human ectoparasite. Bed bug is usually feeding from the face, neck, arms, arms, shoulders, legs, and especially parts of the body that are bare during sleep. Persons reaction differently to bed bug bites and may experience minor itching to severe allergies. Symptoms usually ...

Metabolic Syndrome: An Important Health Issue in Iran

Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a major metabolic disorder worldwide which is characterized by having three or more of the five metabolic abnormalities. These metabolic abnormalities include abdominal obesity (waist circumference &ge; 90 cm for men and &ge; 80 cm for women), high triglyceride levels (TG) (&le; 150 mg/dL), decreased high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-c) (< 40 mg/dL in men an...

Public health and family medicine: an opportunity.

The current national concern about bioterrorism and the inadequacy of the public health infrastructure offers an opportunity for American family physicians to assume a key role in the front line of the US public health system. To meet this challenge, family medicine educators need to insure that all family physicians are well trained to collaborate effectively with their local and state public ...