When Should We Consider A Rickettsial Disease?
Discussion
Rickettsioses are “small, obligate intracellular, gram-negative, aerobic coccobacillary α-proeobacteria” from the genuses Rickettsia, Anaplasma, Coxiella, Ehrlichia, and Orientia genuses. Often they cause limited health problems but can cause severe disease and death. They present with a fever and other non-specific signs and symptoms, usually with a rash and lymphadenopathy. Other problems can include:
Cardiac – endocarditis, myocarditis, pericarditis
Gastrointestinal – abdominal pain, acute abdomen, cholecystitis, hepatitis, pancreatitis
Heme/Lymph – hemophagocytosis, lymph...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - December 18, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Organized violence and organized abandonment beyond the human: the case of Brucellosis among Palestinians in Israel - Tanous O, Eghbariah R.
This article explores how brucellosis became a racialized disease in Israel, where almost all patients are Palestinians. Informed by legal and historical research, the article demonstrates how colonial and settler-colonial policies have targeted Palestinia... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 27, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Egypt: 14 Egyptian Facilities Listed By OIE As Free From Brucellosis, Bovine Tuberculosis
[Egypt Online] Agriculture and land Reclamation Minister El Sayed el Qusair said on Sunday the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) listed 14 Egyptian facilities as free from Brucellosis and Bovine tuberculosis, two infectious diseases that hit dairy cows. (Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis)
Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis - March 14, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Mozambique: Mozambique Will Vaccinate Over Two Million Livestock
[AIM] Maputo -- A livestock vaccination drive underway across Mozambique will immunise more than two million animals against diseases such as anthrax, foot-and-mouth disease, brucellosis, lumpy skin disease, Newcastle fever and rabies, according to a report in Monday's issue of the Maputo daily "Noticias". (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 14, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
MSU scientists one million 'hops' closer to ending a disease endemic in cattle
(Michigan State University) Agricultural researchers are finding effective ways to fight Brucellosis, an agricultural and human health concern on a global scale. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - March 17, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Disease ecologist awarded $3 million DTRA grant to combat brucellosis
(Northern Arizona University) Brucellosis infects an estimated 500,000 people and millions of animals each year, resulting in long-term illness and significant economic loss, though very little is known about how the disease spreads or how to effectively control it. Jeff Foster, an associate professor at Northern Arizona University, is the principal investigator on the three-year international research project, supported by a $3 million grant from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, to study this pervasive livestock pathogen. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - November 10, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Drug Overdose Death Rates, by State --- United States, 2018
In 2018, 23 states and DC had drug overdose death rates that were higher than the national rate of 20.7 per 100,000. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - April 16, 2020 Category: American Health Tags: Brucellosis Cancer HPV-Associated Cancers Measles MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Oral Cancer Outbreaks Overdose Raw Milk (Unpasteurized Milk) Death Rates Source Type: news
Notes from the Field: Brucella abortus RB51 Infections Associated with Consumption of Raw Milk from Pennsylvania --- 2017 and 2018
All milk should be pasteurized to prevent infections from harmful bacteria in raw milk. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - April 16, 2020 Category: American Health Tags: Brucellosis Cancer HPV-Associated Cancers Measles MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Oral Cancer Outbreaks Raw Milk (Unpasteurized Milk) Source Type: news
Wearable health sensors will help detect disease in livestock
(Cranfield University) Wearable biosensors are being developed to help monitor the health of livestock, particularly dairy cows, with the aim of identifying the disease brucellosis at an earlier stage. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - April 8, 2020 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Bushmeat may breed deadly bacteria
(Penn State) People who eat wildebeests, wart hogs and other wild African animals may be at risk for contracting potentially life-threatening diseases, according to an international team of researchers. The team analyzed samples of bushmeat -- meat derived from wildlife -- in the Western Serengeti in Tanzania and identified several groups of bacteria, many of which contain the species that cause diseases such as anthrax, brucellosis and Q fever. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - December 2, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Tanzania: Govt On Fight Against Brucellosis, Anthrax
[Daily News] THE government has embarked on a countrywide fight against brucellosis and anthrax - animal diseases that also pose serious human health problems. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 10, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
The Dengue Dance?
Discussion
Dengue is an important arboviral infection that affects about 40% of the world population. It is found mainly in topical and subtropical areas of the world mainly in developing countries but it range is spreading including the United States. A review of common arboviruses can be found here. It is a flaviavirus with 4 distinct serotypes named DENV-1 through DENV-4 and is spread by A. aegypti a day biting mosquito. Infection with one serotype confers immunity to that serotype but not the others. It does offer some protection for cross-infection but this only lasts a few months. Incubation period is 3-14 days with ...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - July 29, 2019 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Canada not doing enough to prevent disease from imported dogs
The Canadian Veterinary Medical Association says the federal government needs to update its rules for testing imported animals for communicable diseases, including brucellosis. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - May 16, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Health Source Type: news
Dog disease that can infect people confirmed in Iowa
State veterinarian says several cases of canine brucellosis have been confirmed at a commercial breeding facility for small dogs (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - May 14, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Human Brucella abortus RB51 Infections From Dairy Products Human Brucella abortus RB51 Infections From Dairy Products
Three cases of brucellosis in people consuming raw milk have been attributed to Brucella abortus cattle vaccine strain RB51.Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - March 14, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Public Health & Prevention Journal Article Source Type: news
