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It affects healthy children or young adults who have recently been exposed to bodies of fresh water. [3] Scientists speculate that lower age groups are at a higher risk of contracting the disease because adolescents have a more underdeveloped and porous cribriform plate , through which the amoeba travels to reach the brain.
A VHF outbreak in the village of Mweka, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that started in August 2007, and that has killed 103 people (100 adults and three children), has been shown to be caused (at least partially) by Ebola virus. A viral hemorrhagic fever is a possible cause of the Plague of Athens during the Peloponnesian War. [13]
[29] [30] The classic symptoms include a four-day fever (the four Ds) and the three Cs—cough, coryza (head cold, fever, sneezing), and conjunctivitis (red eyes)—along with a maculopapular rash. [31] Fever is common and typically lasts for about one week; the fever seen with measles is often as high as 40 °C (104 °F). [21]
For seven years Cheyenne Baker had been in and out of hospital, after receiving a diagnosis of Valley Fever – a fungal disease which attacks the lungs, caused by the inhalation of airborne ...
However, less than 5% of people with symptoms develop an infection of the brain, like meningitis or encephalitis, which can be deadly. “That can be fearsome for those who have symptoms,” Dr ...
Tularemia, also known as rabbit fever, is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Francisella tularensis. [4] Symptoms may include fever , skin ulcers , and enlarged lymph nodes . [ 3 ] Occasionally, a form that results in pneumonia or a throat infection may occur.
Brucellosis [4] is a zoonosis caused by ingestion of unpasteurized milk from infected animals, or close contact with their secretions. [5] It is also known as undulant fever, Malta fever, and Mediterranean fever.
UCLA School of Nursing Assistant Professor Kristen Choi joins Yahoo Finance Live to discuss her experience as a participant in the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine trial.