Infectious Diseases of Six Non-Domesticated Neo-Tropical Animals In Trinidad and Tobago

Melioidosis in Trinidad and Tobago

Author affiliations: University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada (C. Hogan); University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (A. Wilmer, M. Badawi, L. Hoang, M. Chapman, N. Press, M. Romney, M. Murray); King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (M. Badawi); British Columbia Centre for Disease Control Public Health Microbiology and Reference Laboratory, Vancouv...

Trinidad and Tobago Permanent Mission of Trinidad and Tobago to the United Nations

Leading Educational improvement in Trinidad and Tobago

This Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) is currently undergoing major educational reforms and improvement at all levels of the system. Schools have been given responsibility for implementing changes through the establishment of school-based management. is your abstract School leaders now have the important role of initiating and implementing school improvement, which necessitate new forms of leadership....

Chemoprophylaxis of Tropical Infectious Diseases

Travelers to tropical countries are at risk for a variety of infectious diseases. In some cases effective vaccinations are available, but for other infections chemoprophylaxis can be offered. Malaria prevention has become increasingly complex as Plasmodium species become resistant to available drugs. In certain high risk settings, antibiotics can be used to prevent leptospirosis, scrub typhus a...

Modeling Infectious Diseases in Humans and Animals

Since the publication in 1991 of Anderson and May’s seminal work1, mathematical modelling of infectious diseases has become fi rmly established as one of the key tools available to epidemiologists to understand, predict and control the spread of infectious diseases in human, animal and plant populations. Accordingly, the fi eld has undergone rapid growth, stimulated by high profi le outbreaks s...