Mainstream Medicine - Communicable and Tropical Diseases

TROPICAL MEDICINE SERIES Genital manifestations of tropical diseases

Genital symptoms in tropical countries and among returned travellers can arise from a variety of bacterial, protozoal, and helminthic infections which are not usually sexually transmitted. The symptoms may mimic classic sexually transmitted infections (STIs) by producing ulceration (for example, amoebiasis, leishmaniasis), wartlike lesions (schistosomiasis), or lesions of the upper genital trac...

Globalization of Communicable Animal Diseases – – A Crisis of Veterinary Medicine

Kouba V. : Globalization of Communicable Animal Diseases – A Crisis of Veterinary Medicine. Acta Vet. Brno 2003, 72: 453-460 The analysis of globalization of animal diseases is based on official reports on communicable disease introductions through international trade. Number of available reports on these cases during 1980-2000 reached 607: 117 OIE List A disease cases (including 33 of foot-and...

Communicable Diseases

Biosecurity and Non-Communicable Diseases

Although the traditional biosecurity paradigm is concerned with the deliberate misuse of biological agents, in recent years national security strategies have widened in scope to address a much wider spectrum of biological threats. This expanding remit, partly spurred by the high-profile epidemics of the early 2000s, still does not include conditions that have been traditionally conceived as non...

Communicable Diseases and Outbreak Control

Infectious disease during an emergency condition can raise the death rate 60 times in comparison to other causes including trauma. An epidemic, or outbreak, can occur when several aspects of the agent (pathogen), population (hosts), and the environment create an ideal situation for spread. Overcrowding, poor regional design and hygiene due to poverty, dirty drinking water, rapid climate changes...