Infectious Diseases

Infectious diseases, also known as contagious diseases or transmissible diseases, and include communicable diseases, comprise clinically evident illness (i.e., characteristic medical signs and/or symptoms of disease) resulting from the infection, presence and growth of pathogenic biological agents in an individual host organism.

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How to protect yourself from swine flu
Swine flu has spread across the country with hundreds of cases being reported...
Swine Flu
New Delhi > India
 

After swine flu, Pune now has to deal with drug-resistant tuberculosis
36 new cases of multiple-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) were reported in Pune district in the last 40 days...
Tuberculosis
Pune > India
 

Soon, simple urine test to predict patients' responses to drugs
A simple urine test may soon help predict patients’ response to particular drugs.
Prevention
London > United Kingdom
 

Swallow parasitic worms, get cured of lung disease
Parasitic worms are known for infecting over a billion people worldwide...
Prevention
Washington D.C. > USA
 

7 Ways to Avoid Getting Sick When You Fly
The best research published so far shows that airplane passengers are 113 times more likely to catch a cold during a flight than during normal daily life...
Prevention
Washington > USA
 

Using the Web to Track Deadly Diseases
Thanks to social media and the Web, today's budding epidemics can be located and tracked before they get very far: epidemiologists are now mining data from Twitter and Facebook, plus government and local news sites around the world...
Prevention
Los Angeles > USA
 

A Little Dirt May Be a Good Thing
Good hygiene has saved millions of lives, protecting people from countless bacterial and viral infections, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
Prevention
Milwaukee > USA
 

Men and Women Face Different Threats When Traveling
Researchers found that men are much more likely to get sick from the bites of mosquitoes, ticks, lice, and fleas, while women are more likely to get hit with diarrhea...
Prevention
Zurich > Switzerland
 

How Mosquito Pesticides Can Damage Your Health
Now that summer has arrived, many of us will find it hard to enjoy an evening outside without being attacked by mosquitoes...
New York > USA
 

Small Pox
Small pox was once a major killer throughout the world and its eradication has prevented two million deaths...
Prevention
New Delhi > India