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Measles is an infection caused by a virus, which causes an illness displaying a characteristic skin rash known as an exanthem. Measles is also sometimes called rubeola, five-day measles, or hard measles.Measles is a very contagious disease primari...
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Measles is a very contagious(easily spread) illness caused by a virus.The infection is spread by contact with droplets from the nose, mouth, or throat of an infected person. Sneezing and coughing can put contaminated droplets into the air.Those wh...
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Detailed information on rubeola (measles), including symptoms, causes, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention
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Detailed information on measles, including symptoms, complications, prevention, and treatment
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Detailed information on measles, including symptoms, complications, prevention, and treatment
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Detailed information on MMR vaccines, including possible risks Measles, mumps, and rubella are serious diseases that are spread from person-to-person through the air.
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Measles is a viral infection that causes an illness displaying a characteristic skin rash known as an exanthem. Measles is also sometimes called rubeola, five-day measles, or hard measles.Measles infections appear all over the world.
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A highly contagious disease, also known as measles, for which there is a vaccine available.Rubeola, also known as measles, is a serious and highly contagious disease. It is spread by airborne droplets that are introduced into the atmosphere when a...
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Measles is an infection, caused by a virus, which causes an illness displaying a characteristic skin rash. Measles is also sometimes called rubeola, 5-day measles, or hard measles.Measles infections appear all over the world.
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The West Nile virus is an arbovirus(meaning it is spread by mosquitos, ticks, or other arthropods) that can cause infections in animals and humans; in some cases, the infections can lead to fatal meningitis or encephalitis, which are inflammations...
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West Nile virus is a disease spread by mosquitos. The condition ranges from mild to severe.West Nile virus was first identified in 1937 in Uganda in eastern Africa.
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Detailed information on West Nile virus, including symptoms, prevention, and treatment
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A viral disease that is fatal in humans if not treated immediately. It typically spreads to humans from animals through a scratch or a bite and causes inflammation of the brain.Although the vaccine first used in 1885 is widely used today, fataliti...
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Rabies is an often deadly viral infection that is mainly spread by infected animals.Rabies is spread by infected saliva that enters the body through a bite or broken skin. The virus travels from the wound to the brain, where it causes swelling, or...
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Detailed information on the danger of animal bites and rabies, including symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention
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Rabies is a viral disease of wild and domestic animals. It is particularly prevalent in feral dogs, while humans are occasional victims.
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Detailed information on animal bites and rabies, including symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention
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Rabies is an acute viral disease of the central nervous system that is transmitted through saliva from the bite of an infected animal.Rabies affects humans and other mammals but is most common in carnivores(flesh eaters). It is sometimes referred ...
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Rabies is a viral illness that can affect any mammal but is most common in carnivores(flesh-eaters). It is sometimes referred to as a zoonosis, or disease of animals that can be communicated to humans.
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Detailed information on animal bites and rabies, including symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention
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Rabies is an acute viral disease of the central nervous system that affects humans and other mammals. It is almost exclusively transmitted through saliva from the bite of an infected animal.
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Besides a bite, is there any other way for a human to contract rabies?
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What are the signs of rabies in humans?
Serena Koenig, M.D., M.P.H, is an instructor in medicine at Harvard Medical School. She serves on the faculties of Social Medicine and Health Inequalities and Infectious Disease in the Department of Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital. She divides her clinical time between a clinic in Haiti and the infectious disease and internal medicine services at Brigham and Women's Hospital. With grants from the NIH, she also conducts operational research on the most effective strategies to treat HIV and tuberculosis in Haiti using decision modeling techniques.
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Herpes simplex is a viral infection that mainly affects the mouth or genital area.is usually associated with infections of the lips, mouth, and face. It is the most common herpes simplex virus and many people develop it in childhood.
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Certain cancers like Hodgkin''s disease, lymphoma, and T-cell leukemia cause defects in cellular immunity, which is a primary defense mechanism against viral infections. Thus cancer patients, especially those who are undergoing chemotherapy or radi...
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Cesarean section is advisable for mothers with active herpes eruptions at the time of delivery.Newborn infants. Newborn babies have their mother''s antibodies providing them immunity against herpes simplex virus until around six months of age.Child...
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Herpes is an infection caused by a herpes simplex virus 1 or 2, and it primarily affects the mouth or genital area.There are two strains of herpes simplex viruses. Herpes simplex virus type 1(HSV-1) is usually associated with infections of the lip...
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Mumps is a contagious disease that leads to painful swelling of the salivary glands. The salivary glands produce saliva, a liquid that moistens food and helps you chew and swallow.
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Detailed information on mumps, including symptoms, diagnosis, complications, and treatment
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Detailed information on mumps, including symptoms, diagnosis, complications, and treatment
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Mumps is an acute infectious disease caused by a paramyxovirus. Humans are the only known natural host.
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Mumps is a relatively mild short-term viral infection of the salivary glands that usually occurs during childhood. Typically, mumps is characterized by a painful swelling of both cheek areas, although the person could have swelling on one side or ...
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Mumps A viral infection that causes swelling of the salivary glands, the glands that produce saliva in the mouth, for which there is a vaccine available. Most children are immunized against mumps when they receive the MMR vaccine (measles, mumps,...
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Mumps is a relatively mild short-term viral infection of the salivary glands that usually occurs during childhood.Typically, mumps is characterized by a painful swelling of both cheek areas, although the person could have swelling on one side or n...
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Mumps is a relatively mild, short-term viral infection of the salivary glands that usually occurs during childhood. Typically, mumps is characterized by a painful swelling of both cheek areas, although the person could have swelling on one side or...
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If a person had a mild case of the mumps (only on one side) as a child, can he or she get the disease again?
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Varicella, or chickenpox, is an acute communicable disease characterized by a generalized vesicular rash. Because it is highly contagious, most individuals contract it in childhood.
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Chickenpox(also called varicella) is a common and extremely infectious childhood disease that also affects adults on occasion. It produces an itchy, blistery rash that typically lasts about a week and is sometimes accompanied by a fever or other s...
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Chickenpox is one of the classic childhood diseases, and one of the most contagious. The affected child or adult may develop hundreds of itchy, fluid-filled blisters that burst and form crusts.
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Detailed information on chickenpox, including symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, complications, and immunity
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Varicella-zoster virus is the causal agent of varicella (chickenpox) and herpes zoster (shingles). Varicella, the primary varicella-zoster virus infection, is predominantly a childhood disease in non-vaccinated populations.
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Chickenpox(also called varicella) is a common, extremely infectious, rash-producing childhood disease that also affects adults on occasion.Chickenpox is caused by the varicella-zoster virus(a member of the herpes virus family), which is spread thr...
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Detailed information on varicella, more commonly known as chickenpox Varicella (or chickenpox) is a highly infectious disease, usually associated with childhood. By adulthood, more than 95 percent of Americans have had chickenpox. Eighty-five to ninety-five percent of pregnant women are immune to chickenpox, which means that there is no need to be concerned about this during pregnancy, even if the woman is exposed to someone with chickenpox. Nearly seven women out of 10,000 will develop chickenpox during pregnancy, however, because they are not immune.
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Detailed information on chickenpox, including symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, complications, and immunity
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Detailed information on chickenpox, including symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, complications, and immunity
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Detailed information on chickenpox, including symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, complications, and immunity
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Detailed information on chickenpox, including symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, complications, and immunity
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Chickenpox(varicella) is a common and extremely infectious childhood disease that also occasionally affects adults. It produces an itchy, blistery rash that typically lasts about a week and is sometimes accompanied by a fever or other symptoms.Abo...
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In the late 1980s, there were a reported 3.9 million cases of chicken pox each year in the United States. The American Academy of Pediatrics estimates that more than 95% of the population contracted chicken pox prior to the availability of the vac...
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Varicella, commonly known as chicken pox, is a highly contagious disease for which a vaccine became available in the 1990s.
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Adenovirus infections can occur throughout the year, unlike the seasonality associated with other respiratory viruses.In children, adenoviruses most often cause acute upper respiratory infections with fever and runny nose. Adenovirus types 1, 2, 3...
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Infants and children are most commonly affected by adenoviruses. Adenovirus infections can occur throughout the year, but seem to be most common from fall to spring.Adenoviruses are responsible for 3-5% of acute respiratory infections in children ...
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Detailed information on adenovirus infections, including causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention
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If you have herpes, you're not alone. Millions of Americans have it. Herpes has no cure. But you can control it and learn how to protect yourself and others from outbreaks.
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Detailed information on herpes simplex virus and pregnancy Genital herpes can be spread to the baby during delivery, if a woman has an active infection at that time. Herpes is a sexually transmitted disease caused by the herpes simplex virus (HSV). Herpes infections can cause blisters and ulcers on the mouth or face (oral herpes), or in the genital area (genital herpes). HSV is a life-long infection.
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When you exercise, you gain more strength and flexibility. Your mood will improve, and you'll be able to think better.
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In elderly patients, symptoms of depression can be mistaken for symptoms of another medical problem, so it is important for clinicians to consider all physical problems and medications of elderly patients before making a diagnosis.
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Aimed at older adults, this report provides practical advice on how to avoid common and often deadly accidents at home.
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Learn how to put together a caregiving plan, draw on useful services, and address legal, medical, and financial planning issues. Also, find advice on involving family members, handling daily tasks, and maintaining your well being.
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The following Clinical Topic Tour provides an overview of (HZ) and was adapted from materials published by the CDC, the US Food and Drug Administration, and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
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Shingles, also called herpes zoster, gets its name from both the Latin and French words for belt or girdle and refers to girdle-like skin eruptions that may occur on the trunk of the body. The virus that causes chickenpox, the varicella zoster vir...
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Herpes zoster(shingles) is a painful, blistering skin rash due to acute infection with the varicella-zoster virus, the virus that causes chickenpox.
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Detailed information on shingles, including symptoms, diagnosis, complications, and treatment
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Shingles, also called herpes zoster, gets its name from both the Latin and French words for belt or girdle and refers to girdle-like skin eruptions that may occur on the trunk of the body. The virus that causes chickenpox, the Varicella zoster vir...
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If you have already had shingles can you still get the Zostavax vaccine?
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Chicken pox(varicella) is a highly infectious, acute viral illness caused by the varicella zoster virus. The illness is characterized by a generalized pruritic, vesicular rash with fever and systemic symptoms usually lasting from seven to ten days.
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I'm 67 and had shingles four years ago. Am I immune to it now? If not, should I get the new shingles vaccine?
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Herpes zoster, also called shingles, and referred to as"zosteer", gets its name from both the Latin and French words for belt or girdle and refers to belt-like skin eruptions that may occur on the trunk of the body. The virus.Shingles, or herpes z...
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Your article on new immunizations for adults was helpful. I got my booster for tetanus, diphtheria, and whooping cough, but even though I'm 61, my doctor didn't want to give me the shingles vaccine because I've already had it. Should I get the vaccine?
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Shingles is infection by the varicella-zoster virus of the dorsal root ganglia of the spine. Equivalent terms for shingles are herpes zoster, zoster, zona, or acute posterior ganglionitis.Shingles is an infection of the central nervous system, in ...
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A new vaccine for shingles (herpes zoster) may be available by next spring if approved by the FDA.
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Chickenpox and whooping cough, once thought to strike only in childhood, increasingly occur among adults. Vaccines for both diseases may be available as early as 2006.
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Detailed information on shingles, including symptoms, diagnosis, complications, and treatment
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The shingles vaccine Zostavax has not turned out to be as popular as was expected, due in part to its high cost and questions about its effectiveness.
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Detailed information on shingles, including symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and complications
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I am 60 years old. I don't have a spleen due to an accident at age 24. I had shingles as a youngster. Should I get the shingles vaccination?
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Detailed information on shingles, including symptoms, diagnosis, complications, and treatment
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Rubella, also called German measles or three-day measles, is a highly contagious viral disease that in most.children and adults causes mild symptoms of low fever, swollen glands, joint pain, and a fine red rash. Although rubella causes only mild s...
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Rubella is a contagious infection in which there is a rash on the skin.The disease is caused by a virus that is spread through the air or by close contact.A person can transmit the disease from 1 week before the rash begins, until 1- 2 weeks after...
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Detailed information on rubella, including causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention
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Rubella, also known as German measles or three-day measles, is a mild, self-limited viral disease. Humans are the only known natural host.
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Detailed information on rubella, including symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention
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Detailed information on rubella, including symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention
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German measles is a highly contagious disease caused by the rubella virus. It is spread through air-borne droplets introduced into the environment when an infected person coughs, sneezes, or even talks.
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Rubella is a highly contagious viral disease, spread through contact with discharges from the nose and throat of an infected person. A person infected with the rubella virus is contagious for about seven days before any symptoms appear and continu...
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Rubella is a highly contagious viral disease, spread through contact with discharges from the nose and throat of an infected person. Although rubella causes only mild symptoms of low fever, swollen glands, joint pain, and a fine red rash in most c...
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Detailed information on insect bites, including fleas, mites, chiggers, and ticks
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Detailed information on insect bites, including bee stings, flea bites, mite bites, chigger bites, spider bites, tick bites, and lyme disease
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Many products seek to prevent bug bites, but products containing DEET (usually listed on labels as N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide) are quite effective.
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Pneumonia is a lung infection that can be caused by many different germs, including bacteria, viruses, and fungi.This article discusses describes pneumonia that occurs in a person whose ability to fight infection is greatly reduced because their i...
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You have either undergone a procedure or been diagnosed with an illness that has made you "immunocompromised.” This means that your immune system is very weak, making it difficult to fight off infection. Certain cancers, cancer treatments, HIV infection, and transplant surgery are examples of things that can make you immunocompromised. You must be very careful—even the slightest infection can carry the risk of hospitalization or death. This sheet gives precautions you can follow to protect yourself from infection. You will need to follow them until your doctor tells you that you can stop. You may need to be careful for the rest of your life.
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