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EBV infection increases a person’s risk of getting [ nasopharyngeal cancer ](/cancer/types/nasopharyngeal-cancer.html) (cancer of the area in the back of the nose) and certain types of fast-growing [ lymphomas ](/cancer/types/non- hodgkin-lymphoma.html) such as Burkitt lymphoma. It may also be linked to [ Hodgkin lymph...
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Communicable diseases are diseases that can pass from person to person. The pathogens that cause these diseases can spread in various ways, such as through the air, contact with contaminated substances or surfaces, or from animal and insect bites.
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Rhinoviruses are a group of viruses that are the [ most common ](https://www.cdc.gov/features/rhinoviruses/index.html) cause of the [ common cold ](https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/166606). Symptoms of a cold may [ include ](https://www.cdc.gov/features/rhinoviruses/) :
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There are four major patterns of HAV infections worldwide divided into areas of high, intermediate, low, or very low prevalence. Endemic areas of high prevalence include parts of Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Most infections in these areas occur in early childhood. Areas of low prevalence and very low prevalence inc...
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. WHO Press; France: 2012. Handbook for Integrated Vector Management. [Google Scholar] WHO. 2013. Consolidated Guidelines on the Use of Antiretroviral Drugs for Treating and Preventing HIV Infection.http://www.who.int/hiv/pub/guidelines/arv2013/en/ [Online]. Geneva. Available. (accessed 07.08.15.) [PubMed] [Google Scho...
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in 1810. It was experimentally transplanted between dogs in 1876 by M. A. Novinsky (1841–1914). A single malignant clone of CTVT cells has colonized dogs worldwide, representing the oldest known malignant cell line in continuous propagation, a fact that was uncovered in 2006. Researchers deduced that the CTVT went thr...
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## Human herpes virus 8 (HHV-8)
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mating. Source: Modification of table from WHO, 2012. Handbook for Integrated Vector Management. WHO Press, France. Diarrheal diseases primarily result from oral contact with water, food, or other vehicles contaminated with pathogenic agents originating from human or animal feces. Most (∼88%) of diarrhea-associated de...
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Review Endemicity change of hepatitis A infection necessitates vaccination in food handlers: An Indian perspective.
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Direct droplet transmission occurs after sneezing, coughing, or talking projects a spray of agent-containing droplets that are too large to remain airborne over large distances or for prolonged periods of time. The infectious droplets traverse a space of generally less than 1 m to come in contact with the skin or mucos...
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Engels EA, Atkinson JO, Graubard BI, et al. Risk factors for human herpesvirus 8 infection among adults in the United States and evidence for sexual transmission. _J Infect Dis_. 2007;196:199−207.
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Some communicable diseases cause only mild symptoms that disappear without treatment. Others may cause severe symptoms or potentially life threatening complications.
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To help find some of these unknown chronic HBV and HCV infections, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that all people 18 years of age or older get tested for HBV and HCV at least once during their lifetime, and that some groups of people get tested at a younger age and/or more often. (Fo...
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Determinants of Infectious Disease When a potential host is exposed to an infectious agent, the outcome of that exposure is dependent upon the dynamic relationship between agent determinants of infectivity, pathogenicity, and virulence, and intrinsic host determinants of susceptibility to infection and to disease (Figu...
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Nontyphoidal _[ Salmonella ](https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/160942) _ and [ _Escherichia coli_ _(E. coli)_ ](https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/68511) are two different types of bacteria that can infect the digestive system. Another form of salmonella, _Salmonella typhi,_ can also cause [ typhoid ](ht...
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2013, infectious diseases resulted in over 45 million years lost due to disability and over 9 million deaths (Naghavi et al., 2015). Lower respiratory tract infections, diarrheal diseases, HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (TB) are among the top causes of overall global mortality (Vos et al., 2015). Infectious disea...
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Health: a decade of progress and challenges for the future. Vet. Rec. 2014;174:85–91. [PubMed] [Google Scholar] Goossens H., Ferech M., Vander Stichele R., Elseviers M. Outpatient antibiotic use in Europe and association with resistance: a cross-national database study. Lancet. 2005;365:579–587. [PubMed] [Google Schol...
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An external file that holds a picture, illustration, etc. Object name is f00516-06-9780128036785.jpg Figure 6 The chain of infection (a.k.a. chain of transmission). One way to visualize the transmission of an infectious agent though a population is through the interconnectedness of six elements linked in a chain. Publi...
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P. Cultural contexts of Ebola in northern Uganda. Emerg. Infect. Dis. 2003;9:1242–1248. [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar] Hochberg N., Ruiz-Tiben E., Downs P., Fagan J., Maguire J.H. The role of case containment centers in the eradication of dracunculiasis in Togo and Ghana. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 2008;79:72...
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Box 3 Hosts, vectors, and vehicles involved in the life cycle of infectious agents transmitted indirectly Definitive host: A host in which a parasite reproduces sexually. Humans are definitive hosts for roundworms. By strict definition, mosquitoes are the definitive host of malaria as they are the organism in which sex...
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An external file that holds a picture, illustration, etc. Object name is f00516-01-9780128036785.jpg Figure 1 The epidemiological triad model of infectious disease causation. The triad consists of an agent (pathogen), a susceptible host, and an environment (physical, social, behavioral, cultural, political, and economi...
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Transplacental (a.k.a. congenital, vertical) and perinatal transmissions occur during pregnancy and delivery or breastfeeding, respectively. Classic examples include mother-to-child transmission of the protozoa Toxoplasma gondii during pregnancy, HIV during pregnancy, delivery, or breastfeeding, and Zika virus during p...
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