Chagas disease (also known as American Trypanosomiasis) is a disease caused by a protozoan known as Trypanosoma cruzi. The disease commonly affects the heart and digestive system tissues. Chagas disease first started in Latin America and it is very common in this region; it is a very common cause of heart failure in South …
Trypanosoma Cruzi is a member of a phylum, called Sarcomastigophora in taxonomy. It is a protozoan that causes a disease called Chagas Disease or American Trypanosomiasis (this disease is different in pathogenesis and epidemiology from African Trypanosomiasis). Trypanosoma Cruzi Epidemiology Trypanosoma Cruzi is found majorly in South America, Central America and some few regions in North America …
What is rabies? Rabies is a zoonotic disease caused a virus named after the disease called Rabies Virus (also called Lyssavirus). It is a deadly disease that causes progressive and inevitably fatal encephalitis. Cause of Rabies (Etiology of Rabies) Rabies virus (also known as Lyssavirus) is the cause of rabies. It is spread by …
Rabies Virus Description and Classification Rabies virus is the virus that causes a disease called Rabies. The virus is named after the disease (Rabies). The classic type of rabies virus is the genotype 1 virus and occurs worldwide; there are other genotypes (2 to 7) which have specific distributions across different regions …
Polio Eradication Initiative The Global Polio Eradication Initiative was launched the World Health Assembly (WHA) in 1988 with the goal of eradicating Polio by the year 2000. The WHA consist of ministers of health of different countries that are members of the World Health Organization. This global polio eradication initiative is the single and …
Polio vaccines are named after the founders; the Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV) is named Salk vaccine after Jonas Salk whereas the Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) is named Sabin vaccine after Albert B. Sabin. These two vaccines are given to prevent Polio as there is currently no cure for the disease; they do this by inducing the body to …
Poliovirus is an RNA virus which belongs to the Picornaviridae Family of enteroviruses (Entrovirus is the scientific name for any virus that is transmitted through the intestine). The disease caused by Poliovirus is called Poliomyelitis, Polio or Infantile Paralysis. Poliovirus History Poliovirus disease (Polio) was first described in Britain in 1789 by Michael …
What is Polio? Polio or Poliomyelitis or Infantile Paralysis is an infectious disease caused by a virus called Poliovirus that mostly affects children but may occur in unvaccinated adults. The poliovirus can damage cells in the nervous system leading to paralysis but this only occurs in about 2% of those infected with it. Children …