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1 day ago · These include diseases that are spread by air, food, water or vectors. The CSIDs that have received most media attention are vector-borne. They are caused by pathogens that have been transmitted to a human by a vector, such as a snail, fly, tick or mosquito. Vector-borne diseases include dengue, Zika virus, malaria, Chikungunya and yellow fever.
2 days ago · Zoonotic diseases generally refer to diseases of animal origin in which direct or vector mediated animal-to-human transmission is the usual source of human infection. Animal populations are the principal reservoir of the pathogen and horizontal infection in humans is rare.
1 day ago · Evidence of the trends has already been seen, Phillips said. In 2021, during one of the hottest Decembers on record, the CDC recorded 30 cases of West Nile virus. Even at MGH in chilly Boston, the trend has been evident, albeit with diseases spread by hardier insect vectors. “We were seeing cases of anaplasmosis and babesiosis, diseases that ...
3 days ago · Malaria, serious relapsing infection in humans, characterized by periodic attacks of chills and fever, anemia, enlargement of the spleen, and often fatal complications. It is caused by one-celled parasites of the genus Plasmodium that are transmitted to humans by the bite of Anopheles mosquitoes.
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2 days ago · Food borne diseases: transmitted by the ingestion of contaminated food. Air borne diseases: transmitted through the air. Vector-borne diseases: transmitted by vectors, such as mosquitoes and flies.
1 day ago · Abstract. Tick-borne viruses, capable of infecting animals and humans, are expanding geographically and increasing in prevalence, posing significant global public health threats. This review explores the current epidemiology of human pathogenic tick-borne viruses, emphasizing their diversity and the spectrum of symptomatic manifestations in ...
1 day ago · Dengue is one of the most rapidly spreading mosquito-borne viral diseases in the world. The last 50 years has witnessed a 30-fold increase with rapid expansion to new countries and, in the present decade, from urban to rural settings.
