background: long term exposure to hazards at the work place is injurious to health and usually leads to diseased conditions. the objective of this study was to determine the occupational health problems associated with driving among the professional drivers in sagamu, ogun state, nigeria. methods: this study is a cross‑sectional study. total sample of all the consenting professional drivers in ...

background: musculoskeletal disorders (msds) are among important health problems in working population. because of performing difficult physical activities, hand-woven shoe-sole makers are at risk of developing various types of msds. objective: to determine the prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms in different body areas of hand-woven shoe-sole makers, assess workers′ postures and workstation...

Leptospirosis is one of the common re-emerging zoonotic diseases transmitted from infected animals to humans. It is a bacterial infection caused by a species of pathogenic leptospiragenus called Spirochaetes. The very first case of human leptospirosis in Malaysia was discovered by Fletcher in the year 1925. Pathogenic leptospires can spread through the urine of carrier animals to the environmen...

Leptospirosis is a febrile disease with a typically underestimated global incidence, especially in regions where dengue is endemic. Therefore, it is difficult to accurately determine the number of leptospirosis cases in these areas, which contributes to significant under-reporting this disease. In this study, we estimated the number of possible leptospirosis cases among dengue-like cases that w...

Leptospirosis is a zoonosis of worldwide distribution, spread by the urine of infected animals. It is a major public health problem, especially in developing countries, where circumstances for transmission are most favourable. The clinical picture varies from mild disease to a severe illness with haemostatic derangements and multiorgan failure eventually leading to death. Although the haemorrha...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW Leptospirosis is a global spirochete causing chronic renal disease that is increasing in Costa Rica. This paper identifies the prevalence and risk factors of leptospirosis in Costa Rica between the years of 2011-2015. RECENT FINDINGS Clinical cases of leptospirosis in Costa Rica demonstrated various symptoms: from asymptomatic diseases to severe cases of kidney and liver fai...

original article   occupational diseases are any chronic ailment that occurs as a result of work or occupational activity. this study was conducted to examine the frequency and risk factors of some skin and musculoskeletal disorders among nurses at a referral-teaching hospital. all 197 nurses in the hospital from different working shifts were engaged in the study. all nurses filled out a questi...