Infectious Disease

  • Facts About SARS
    SARS or Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome is a highly contagious respiratory illness that has just affected quite a number of Asian countries and has reached near pandemic proportions sometime between 2002 and 2003. The outbreak... (Read More)

  • Hand Washing to Prevent Infection
    There are so many ways to prevent infection, but the most common, easiest, and simplest way is to wash our hands. However, this simple habit is sometimes forgotten by many people, putting them at risk... (Read More)

  • Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease
    Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) is a human syndrome caused by intestinal viruses of the Picornaviridae family, the most common strain are Coxsackie A virus and Enterovirus 71.  This disease usually affects infants and... (Read More)

  • How Infectious Diseases Spread
    Acquiring an infectious disease is like breathing, it's THAT easy. Everyday, we encounter a lot of potential infectious disease hazards ranging from a sniffing seatmate on the bus to raw chicken on your cutting board.... (Read More)

  • How to Prevent Infections
    An infection is a disease caused by germs that get in your body and make you sick. You get germs through different ways: from another person who sneezed, coughed, or has touched you; through the... (Read More)

  • How to Prevent Infectious Diseases
    With the increasing cases of infectious diseases, we should prepare ourselves for you and your family to prevent sickness. Here are some ways to decrease your risk of infecting yourself or others.Wash you hands often... (Read More)

  • Introduction to Giardiasis
    Giardia infection, also known as beaver fever, is an intestinal disease caused by a type of protozoa called Giardia lamblia. This organism, prevalent in countries with poor sanitation and unsafe water, inhabits the digestive tract... (Read More)

  • Introduction to Infectious Diseases
    Infectious diseases are clinical diseases caused by pathogenic microbial agents - pathogenic bacteria, pathogenic viruses, fungi, multicellular parasites, protozoa, and aberrant proteins (prions). These pathogens cause diseases in humans, animals, and plants. The following are... (Read More)

  • Introduction to Malaria
    What is malaria?Malaria has been one of the most common mosquito-borne diseases that have continually threatened humans for many years. Up until now, it still has been a problem especially in many of the poverty... (Read More)

  • Introduction to Mumps
    Mumps is an illness caused by the mumps virus. The term "mumps" comes from "mumble". It came to be applied to the disease due to the side effects it causes. What are the symptoms of... (Read More)

  • Introduction to Rabies
    There are only few cases of rabies infections in people in the United States. But it kills around 50,000 people every year in many parts of the world, especially in developing countries where pets are... (Read More)

  • Research Finds AIDS Virus Origin to 100 Years Ago
    A research team has come up with a suggestion that the HIV pandemic may have started 100 years ago, between 1884 and 1924, over 30 years before previous estimate. An international team of scientists has... (Read More)

  • Understanding Aspergillosis
    Aspergillosis is an allergic reaction that primarily affects your lungs or sinuses, however, it can also affect the rest of the human body. Susceptibility to this infection is dependent not on age, but on the... (Read More)

  • Understanding Candidiasis
    Candidiasis is defined as a fungal infection caused by the fungi Candida. These fungi live on all surfaces of our bodies. When these fungi increase in number, they tend to cause infections, particularly in warm... (Read More)

  • Understanding Chickenpox
    Chickenpox is a highly-contagious disease caused by the varicella zoster virus (VZV).  It spreads from person to person by direct contact or by air from an infected person's coughing and sneezing.  Its noticeable red sores... (Read More)

  • Understanding Meningitis
    Meningitis is the inflammation of the lining around the spinal cord and the brain, collectively known as the meninges. Meningitis is usually viral or bacterial. Occasionally it is caused by fungal infections, although almost all... (Read More)

  • Understanding Pertussis
    There are between 30 to 50 million cases of pertussis or whooping cough worldwide, causing around 300,000 deaths every year. This makes the disease as one of the leading causes of vaccine-preventable deaths in the... (Read More)

  • Understanding Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
    Rocky Mountain spotted fever is a bacterial infection caused by Rickettsia rickettssii, which spreads to humans by hard ticks.  It is considered as the most severe and most frequently reported rickett-related illness in the United... (Read More)

  • Understanding Typhus
    Typhus is an umbrella of similar diseases caused by the Rickettsia bacteria.  It comes from the Greek work "typhos," meaning smoky or lazy, describing the state of mind of those affected with the disease.  The... (Read More)

  • Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)
    UTI or the Urinary Tract Infection is a type of ascending bacterial infection in ones body affecting any part of the urinary tract or urinary system composed of two kidneys, bladder, urethra and two ureters.... (Read More)

  • What is Cholera?
    Cholera has been one of the major health treat in the world. Its first big epidemic record started in the United States of America in the year 1911. Yes the disease can be transmitted from... (Read More)

  • What Is Dengue Fever?
    Dengue fever is one of the most serious public health problems around the world. In fact, it is the most common mosquito-borne viral disease worldwide, causing about 50 million infections and around 25,000 deaths every... (Read More)

  • What Is Poliomyelitis?
    A deadly disease swept through the United States in the first half of the 1900's. This epidemic was caused by poliomyelitis, more widely known as polio. From 1945-1949, poliomyelitis cases averaged about 20,000 every year.... (Read More)

  • What is Typhoid Fever?
    Typhoid fever is a bacterial illness or disease that is fairly common worldwide. This infection is caused mainly by the Salmonella typhi bacteria. It can be transmitted through infected food or water as well as... (Read More)