Bacteria and Virus

Stalling malaria's deadly path

Today I walked by our domestic helper as she was finishing sweeping the floors and noticed how much dust, dirt and debris she had gathered.

Have you ever noticed here that whenever a person smiles that it gets flashed across their face. The smile is enhanced when the teeth of the person is sparkling white, even well set and well maintained. However, in many cases they are not sparkling white teeth but rotten or missing a tooth or two in their smile…

Wet season brings 15,000 cases of dengue infections……

Gonorrhea is a sexually transmitted disease (STD). This means that you get it by having oral, anal, or vaginal sex with someone who has gonorrhea. It’s caused by a type of bacteria that can grow in warm, moist areas of the reproductive tract, like the cervix, uterus, and fallopian tubes in women as well as the urethra in men and women. Gonorrhea can also grow in the mouth, throat, eyes, and anus.

The bite from a brown recluse spider is poisonous.

What is African trypanosomiasis? There are two types of African trypanosomiasis also called sleeping sickness; each is named for the region of Africa in which they are found. The disease is caused by a parasite named Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense, carried by the tsetse fly. Worldwide, approximately 25,000 new cases of both East and West African trypanosomiasis are reported to the World Health Organization each year. However, many cases are not reported due to a lack of infrastructure and the true number of new cases is undoubtedly much higher.

Lymphatic filariasis is a parasitic disease caused by microscopic, thread-like worms. The adult worms only live in the human lymph system. The lymph system maintains the body's fluid balance and fights infections.

Rocky Mountain spotted fever is a disease caused by the bacterium Rickettsia rickettsii, which is carried by ticks. People usually start having fevers and feeling nauseous about a week after being bitten by a tick, although some people do not remember having had a tick bite. A few days after the fever begins, people who have Rocky Mountain spotted fever often have a rash, usually on their arms or ankles. They also may have pain in their joints, stomach pain, and diarrhea. Sometimes people with this disease are very sick and have to go to the hospital.

Sporotrichosis is a fungal infection, usually of the skin, caused by a microscopic fungus called Sporothrix schenckii.

Scabies is an infestation of the skin with the microscopic mite Sarcoptes scabei. Infestation is common, found worldwide, and affects people of all races and social classes. Scabies spreads rapidly under crowded conditions where there is frequent skin-to-skin contact between people, such as in hospitals, institutions, child-care facilities, and nursing homes.

However, your teeth and gums will be much healthier if you use a brush that reaches every part of your mouth. This is particularly important for children whose teeth need close supervision. Children’s oral development is very complex, requiring specialized care according to age.

A small, white intestinal worm called Enterobius vermicularis causes this infection. Pinworms are about the length of a staple and live in the rectum of humans. While an infected person sleeps, female pinworms leave the intestines through the anus and deposit eggs on the surrounding skin.

The disease is caused by infection with Ebola virus, named after a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo formerly Zaire in Africa, where it was first recognized. The virus is one of two members of a family of RNA viruses called the Filoviridae.