Schistosoma haematobium is a blood fluke that causes a type of schistosomiasis known as Urinary Schistosomiasis because it affects the urinary tract and capable of causing bladder cancer. Schistosoma haematobium infection has an incubation period of 10 to 12 weeks or longer with morbidity rate as high as 50 to 70%. Schistosoma haematobium is the commonest of the different …
Schistosoma japonicum is a parasitic trematode (blood fluke) that causes a disease called Schistosomiasis in humans and other animals. S. japonicum is similar to Schistosoma mansoni but it infects both large and small bowel and produces a greater number of eggs than S. Mansoni; hence its disease, therefore, tends to be more severe, and rapidly progressive with …
Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) is a serious medical condition that commonly occurs in Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 (Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus, IDDM) but uncommon in type 2 diabetes mellitus but may still occur if there is severe stress, such as infections. It is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality even though it …
Onchocerca volvulus is a filarial nematode that causes a disease commonly called River Blindness or Onchocerciasis; the vector of Onchocerca volvulus is the Similium species of black fly. This roundworm is a common cause of blindness worldwide. Onchocerca volvulus Epidemiology Onchocerca volvulus is the second leading cause of infectious blindness worldwide after trachoma; it …
What is Melioidosis? Melioidosis is an infectious disease caused by a Gram-negative aerobic bacilli bacteria called Burkholderia pseudomallei which is found in the soil and surface water. Melioidosis has different names and is also called Pseudoglanders disease, Whitmore’s disease, Nightcliff gardener’s disease, Morphia injector’s septicaemia or Paddy-field disease. Melioidosis is a wide spectrum of disease and may occur in different …
Psittacosis also called Ornithosis (or simply called Parrot disease or Parrot Fever) is an infectious disease of birds (Zoonosis) such as Parrots, Chickens and Pigeons that can be transmitted to humans and it is caused by bacterium called Chlamydia psittaci and transmitted by Psittacine birds such as Parrots and other birds (parakeets and macaws). Humans get infected when …
Leptospira interrogans is the causative agent of a disease called Leptospirosis (also known as Weils Disease or Weils syndrome). These bacteria are spirochetes (spiral rods). Leptospira spp There are 2 species of Leptospira bacteria which include Leptospira biflexa and Leptospira interrogans. The most important that causes disease in humans is Leptospira interrogans. Leptospira Classification Leptospira belongs to …
Leptospirosis or Weils Disease or Weils Syndrome is a disease caused by a spirochaete called Leptospira interrogans. It is a disease with symptoms and signs caused by inflammation of the blood vessels in the affected and it is mainly treated using Doxycycline or Penicillin G. this disease occurs worldwide as it is transmitted …