Exclusion for infectious diseases
Infectious diseases are spread through people having contact with someone with the disease. For this reason there are regulations about when a child can go back to school, childcare, etc when they have one of these diseases. It is important to ... [... more]
Child & Youth Health |
Charles Piddock
Outbreaks provides a fascinating introduction to the fight against infectious diseases, including scientists who discovered various viruses and bacteria. The text outlines how we have learned to fight nature's harmful strains and to use others to ... [... more]
Random House |
Vaccines explained
Vaccines help reduce the risk of certain infectious diseases by introducing a modified microbe to the immune system. In many cases, vaccines offer lifelong immunity. The National Immunisation Program recommends vaccines for infants, children and ... [... more]
Better Health |
Chickenpox vaccine
Chickenpox (varicella) is a highly infectious disease that causes an itchy red rash with blisters. In most cases, people recover fully from chickenpox. In rare cases, there can be complications. A vaccine is available which is free to infants and ... [... more]
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Stopping the spread of shigella in the community
Shigella (or shigellosis) is an infectious disease which can cause diarrhoea, fever and stomach cramps. It is usually caught from another person, but it can be caught from contaminated food or water. Center for Disease Control USA, information ... [... more]
Child & Youth Health |
Reasons for not giving the vaccine
Poliomyelitis (polio) is a highly infectious disease caused by a virus infection in the bowel. It mainly affects children under 5 years of age. Most people who get the infection either do not get sick, or they have only a short illness with ... [... more]
Child & Youth Health |
Key food safety tips
Many of the infectious diseases that can make people very ill can be prevented by taking care with handling food and with hand washing, especially if someone in the family is sick. Here are some of the ways to help protect your family from the ... [... more]
Child & Youth Health |
Drug resistance
In spite of the availability of effective drugs and vaccines, the battle against infectious diseases is far from being over. Not only do they continue to cause a large number of infections and deaths, particularly in developing countries, but the ... [... more]
World Health Organization |
Paul A. Offit, M.D.
Paul A. Offit, MD, is the chief of the division of infectious diseases at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and a professor of pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania medical school. He developed a vaccine for rotavirus. His previous ... [... more]
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Ken Alibek
Ken Alibek was born in Kauchuk, Kazakhstan, in 1950. He graduated in 1975 from the military faculty of the Tomsk Medical Institute, where he majored in infectious diseases and epidemiology. He holds a Ph.D. in microbiology for research and ... [... more]
Random House |
Abraham Verghese
Nestled in the Smoky Mountains of eastern Tennessee, the town of Johnson City saw its first AIDS patient in August 1985. Working in Johnson City was Abraham Verghese, a young Indian doctor specializing in infectious diseases who became, by ... [... more]
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Tuberculosis (TB)
Tuberculosis (TB) is an uncommon infectious disease in Victoria that typically affects the lungs but may infect any other organ of the body. TB can only be passed from person to person when someone with active TB of the lungs coughs or sneezes. ... [... more]
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