Travel health - yellow fever vaccine
Yellow fever is a serious viral disease transmitted by mosquitoes in parts of Africa and South America. Vaccination is a legal requirement for people travelling through infected areas. Yellow fever is a viral disease transmitted by mosquitoes in ... [... more]
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Ear problems in children
Middle ear infections are common in babies and young children. The symptoms include earache, fever and deafness. Mild cases clear up by themselves in a few hours, but more severe infections need medical treatment. Babies and young children are ... [... more]
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Immunisations
Paracetamol (which in some countries is called acetaminophen) has been safely used for many years to help with mild to moderate pain and fever for babies over 1 month of age, young children, older children and adults. But if too much paracetamol ... [... more]
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Malaria - Better Health Channel.
Malaria is an infection characterised by fever, shivering, chills and anaemia. It is caused by species of the Plasmodium parasite, passed on via the bite of an infected mosquito. Travellers to tropical regions of Asia, Africa, and Central or ... [... more]
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Brucellosis
Brucellosis (sometimes known as undulant fever, Malta fever, rock fever, Cyprus fever or Gibraltar fever), is a rare bacterial disease. Human transmission occurs through contact with animals or animal products contaminated with these ... [... more]
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Marburg haemorrhagic fever
Marburg haemorrhagic fever is a severe and highly fatal disease caused by a virus from the same family as the one that causes Ebola haemorrhagic fever. Viewed under electron microscopy, the viruses show particles shaped like elongated filaments, ... [... more]
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Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever
The disease was first described in the Crimea in 1944 and given the name Crimean haemorrhagic fever. In 1969 it was recognized that the pathogen causing Crimean haemorrhagic fever was the same as that responsible for an illness identified in 1956 ... [... more]
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Yellow fever
Yellow fever is a viral disease that has caused large epidemics in Africa and the Americas. It can be recognized from historic texts stretching back 400 years. Infection causes a wide spectrum of disease, from mild symptoms to severe illness and ... [... more]
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Dengue and dengue haemorrhagic fever
Dengue is a mosquito-borne infection which in recent years has become a major international public health concern. Dengue is found in tropical and sub-tropical regions around the world, predominantly in urban and semi-urban areas. Dengue ... [... more]
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Smog - Better Health Channel.
Smog consists of pollutants from car exhaust (and other sources), chemically reacting in sunlight to form ozone. Prolonged exposure to smog irritates the lungs and reduces lung functioning. Smog may also contribute to asthma and hay fever ... [... more]
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Protection at work
Q fever was discovered after an outbreak of an illness that caused fever in abattoir workers in 1935. It was first called 'Query Fever'. It is mainly a disease of people who work in meat and livestock industries (farm workers and people who work ... [... more]
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What is cytomegalovirus?
Cytomegalovirus is a common virus worldwide. Healthy children and adults usually have no illness when they are infected, but some can get an illness similar to glandular fever. It can cause some major health problems. If they do become unwell, ... [... more]
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