Infectious diseases

Abreugraphy is a technique for mass screening of tuberculosis using a miniature (50 to 100 mm) photograph of the screen of a x-ray fluoroscopy of the thorax, first developed in 1935. ...more on Wikipedia about "Abreugraphy"

An abscess is a collection of pus collected in a cavity formed by the tissue on the basis of an infectious process (usually caused by bacteria or parasites) or other foreign materials (e.g. splinters or bullet wounds). It is a defensive reaction of the tissue to prevent the spread of infectious materials to other parts of the body. ...more on Wikipedia about "Abscess"

Actinomycosis, ak tuh nuh my KOH sihs, is a rare infectious disease, from Actinomyces bacteria, that affects human beings. ...more on Wikipedia about "Actinomycosis"

Adenitis is a general term for an inflammation of a gland or lymph node. A process causing enlargement of multiple lymph nodes is termed lymphadenopathy. ...more on Wikipedia about "Adenitis"

Adenovirus infections most commonly cause illness of the respiratory system; however, depending on the infecting serotype, they may also cause various other illnesses, such as gastroenteritis, conjunctivitis, cystitis, and rash illness. Symptoms of respiratory illness caused by adenovirus infection range from the common cold syndrome to pneumonia, croup, and bronchitis. Patients with compromised immune systems are especially susceptible to severe complications of adenovirus infection. Acute respiratory disease (ARD), first recognized among military recruits during World War II, can be caused by adenovirus infections during conditions of crowding and stress. ...more on Wikipedia about "Adenovirus infection"

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, or acquired immune deficiency syndrome (or acronym AIDS or Aids), is a collection of symptoms and infections resulting from the specific damage to the immune system caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). AIDS is a condition that results from the latter stages of advanced HIV infection in humans, thereby leaving compromised indivduals prone to opportunistic infections and tumors. Although treatments for both AIDS and HIV exist to slow the virus' progression in a human patient, there is no known cure. ...more on Wikipedia about "AIDS"

Ancylostoma is a genus that includes some species of hookworm. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ancylostoma"

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Anthrax, also referred to as splenic fever, is an acute infectious disease caused by the bacteria Bacillus anthracis and is highly lethal in its most virulent form. Anthrax most commonly occurs in wild and domestic herbivores, but it can also occur in humans when they are exposed to infected animals, tissue from infected animals, or high concentrations of anthrax spores. Still there are no cases of people who got sick through contact with a diseased person. The word anthrax is derived from the Greek word anthrakis, which means " coal", and is used because victims develop black skin lesions. ...more on Wikipedia about "Anthrax"

Aspergillosis is an infection or an allergic response caused by a fungus of the Aspergillus type. It may play a role in allergy, but is best known for causing serious pulmonary infections in immunocompromised patients, e.g. those with HIV/AIDS, on chemotherapy or longterm antibiotics. ...more on Wikipedia about "Aspergillosis"

An asymptomatic carrier (or carrier), is a person who is infected with an infectious disease or carries the abnormal gene of a recessive genetic disorder, but displays no symptoms. Although unaffected by the disease or the disorder themselves, carriers can transmit it to others. ...more on Wikipedia about "Asymptomatic carrier"

Bacteremia (Bacteræmia in British English) is the presence of bacteria in the blood. It is the principal means by which local infections spread to distant organs (referred to as hematogenous spread). Bacteremia is typically transient rather than continuous, due to a vigorous immune system response when bacteria are detected in the blood. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bacteremia"

The human body contains a large number of bacteria, most of them performing tasks that are useful or even essential to human survival. Those that are expected to be present, and that under normal circumstances do not cause disease, are termed normal flora. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bacteria in the human body"

Bacterial meningitis is a condition in which the layers lining the brain (the meninges) have become inflamed as a result of infection with bacteria. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bacterial meningitis"

Balantidium coli is a species of ciliate protozoan, and is the only one that is a pathogen of humans. It is carried by pigs, rats, primates (including humans), rats, horses, cattle and guinea pigs. It is transmitted within or between these species mostly via fecal transmission. Pigs are the most significant reservoir hosts, though they show few if any symptoms. ...more on Wikipedia about "Balantidium coli" Just http://www.shortopedia.com way Infectious_diseases

Baylisascaris is a genus of roundworms that infest more than fifty animal species. ...more on Wikipedia about "Baylisascaris"

Bejel, or endemic syphilis, is a chronic skin and tissue disease caused by infection by a subspecies of the spirochete Treponema pallidum. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bejel"

Blastomycosis is a fungal infection caused by the organism Blastomyces dermatitidis ...more on Wikipedia about "Blastomycosis"

Blood culture is microbiological culture of blood. It is employed to detect infections that are spreading through the bloodstream ( bacteremia, septicemia). ...more on Wikipedia about "Blood culture"

A blood-borne disease is one that can be spread by contamination by blood. ...more on Wikipedia about "Blood-borne disease"

Bolivian hemorrhagic fever (BHF), also known as black typhus or Machupo virus, is a hemorrhagic fever and zoonotic infectious disease occurring in Bolivia. First identified in 1959, black typhus is caused by infection with machupo virus, a negative single-stranded RNA virus of the Arenaviridae family. The infection has a slow onset with fever, malaise, headache and muscular pains. Petechiae (blood spots) on the upper body and bleeding from the nose and gums are observed when the disease progresses to the hemorrhagic phase, usually within seven days of onset. The mortality rate is estimated at 5 to 30 percent. Due to its pathogenicity, Machupo virus requires level four biosafety conditions, the highest level. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bolivian hemorrhagic fever"

Borna disease is an infectious neurological syndrome of warm-blooded animals, which causes abnormal behaviour and fatality. Originally identified in sheep and horses in Europe, it has since been found to occur in a wide range of warm-blooded animals including birds, cattle, cats and primates and has been found in animals in Europe, Asia, Africa and North America. The name is derived from the town of Borna in Saxony, Germany, which suffered an epidemic of the disease in horses in 1885. ...more on Wikipedia about "Borna disease"

Brazilian purpuric fever (BPF) is a fulminant sceptacaemic illness of children caused by the gram negative bacteria Haemophilus influenzae biogroup aegyptius ...more on Wikipedia about "Brazilian Purpuric Fever"

Bronchiolitis is inflammation of the bronchioles, the smallest air passages of the lungs. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bronchiolitis"

Brucellosis (Undulant fever or Malta fever) is an infectious disease caused by the Brucella bacteria, which induces inconstant fevers, sweating, weakness, anorexia, headaches, depression and muscular and bodily pain. The popular name of the condition is originated due to the inconstance (or undulance) of the fever, which raises and falls constantly. Brucellosis is named after its researcher David Bruce. ...more on Wikipedia about "Brucellosis"

* (A20.0) Bubonic plague is an infectious disease that is believed to have caused several epidemics or pandemics throughout history. The disease is caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. Bubonic plague is the most common form of plague, and is characterized by swollen, tender, inflamed lymph glands (called buboes). ...more on Wikipedia about "Bubonic plague"

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