An outbreak of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in the United Arab... http://europepmc.org/abstract/MED/9392589/reload=0;jsessionid=O... Ads by Video Play er Ad Options Feedback About Overview Funders Governance Joining Europe PMC Contact us Blog Journal List Grant Lookup Resources Web Services » SOAP (articles) RESTful (articles) RESTful (grants) RSS Feeds FTP Site OAI Service External Links Service ORCID Article Claiming Help Help FAQs Europe PMC plus Europe PMC labs Europe PubMed
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Overview of Bioterrorism This course has been awarded two (2.0) contact hours. This course expires on November 12, 2014. Copyright © 2008 by RN.com. All Rights Reserved. Reproduction and distribution of these materials are prohibited without the express written authorization of RN.com. First Published: Updated: November 12, 2008 Nov 12, 2011 IMPORTANT INFORMATION RN.com strives to keeps its content fair and unbiased. The author has no conflicts of interest to disclose. The planners
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FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN Definition: - Fever higher than 38.3C on several occasions - Duration of fever at least three weeks - Uncertain diagnosis after one week of study in hospital or - Temp >38.5 - Duration > 2 weeks - Undiagnosed Etiology 1. Noninfectious inflammatory disease - Adult Still’s disease: daily fevers, arthritis, evanescent rash - Giant cell arteritis: headache, loss of vision, symptoms of polymyalgia rheumatica, fever, anemia, high ESR, jaw claudication - Polyarteritis
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streptococcal infection * Measured in Todd units * 6 hour fasting is needed before blood is to be extracted Procedure Significance * To confirm streptococcal infection * Used as diagnosis or confirmatory test for rheumatism or scarlet fever * ASO titer is based on the neutralization of the streptococcal enzyme streptolysin O. * Some antibiotics and corticosteroids may decrease ASO antibody levels. Reference Values * Normal Children: less than 300 Todd units * Normal
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FitzWilliam Mrs. Ruettgers English 9 October 2012 Yellow Fever Horrible sickness, awful violence, and sudden death are all experiences that no child should have to go through. However, these experiences can change a person’s character completely in a helpful way. The main character, Matilda Cook, in the book Fever, 1793 experiences all of these things as a teenager. This book follows her story of how she makes it through the Yellow Fever epidemic of 1793, and how it changes her character and personality
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Dengue Prophylactic Platelet Transfusion—Changa Kurukularatne et al When Less is More: Can We Abandon Prophylactic Platelet Transfusion in Dengue Fever? Changa Kurukularatne,1,2MD, Frederico Dimatatac,1,2MD, Diana LT Teo,3MBBS, MSc, FRCPath, David C Lye,1,2,4 MBBS, FRACP, FAMS, Yee Sin Leo,1,2,5 M.Med (Int Med), FRCP, FAMS Abstract Dengue fever (DF) has several hematological manifestations including thrombocytopenia and increased bleeding risk. Prophylactic platelet transfusion—in the absence
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After gathering and analyzing data about the number of deaths in the wards manned by midwives versus those manned by doctors, Semmelweis begins to suspect that doctors are infecting their patients with puerperal fever by neglecting to wash their hands after performing autopsies on bodies overwhelmed with the infection (Nuland, 104). Despite Semmelweis’s efforts, few people seriously considered his theory and most rejected his sanitizing techniques (Nuland,
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Reabsorption of Sodium Chloride — Lessons from the Chloride Channels PERSPECTIVE prostaglandin inhibitors, and the molecular challenge is substantial as well. The molecular delineation of the genetic defects that result in tubulopathies can lead to a better understanding of their physiology. However, the DNA sequencing of the genes that encode transporters and channels (as well as their subunits) is not a trivial matter and must be complemented by experiments determining expression patterns
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Chapter I INTRODUCTION A. Background of the Study Mosquitoes are insect vectors responsible for the transmission of parasitic and viral infections to millions of people worldwide (Kovendan, et al., 2012). These vectors cause a major health hazard by transmitting vector-borne diseases especially in tropical countries. In a tropical country like the Philippines, dengue outbreaks have shown a very alarming number of cases. The National Epidemiology Center of the Philippines' Department of
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