peperomia/fever

The first recognized case in Scandinavia with potential man to man transmission of viral haemorrhagic fever occurred in Linköping, Sweden, in January 1990. Following a visit to Kenya a 21-year-old male student suffered a very severe illness including extremely prolonged high grade fever, rash,

Viral haemorrhagic fever denotes various kinds of febrile illness caused by certain viruses which often presents with bleeding tendency and occasionally shock. Out of these, the four maladies, Lassa fever, Ebola haemorrhagic fever, Marburg haemorrhagic fever and Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever

This global analysis of the situation is based on a review of notifications, observations and studies concerning yellow fever in 16 of 17 countries of the West African subregion (Algeria is not affected for the years 1973-1987). In view of this analysis and the epidemiological picture, the author

Ten strains of Rift Valley Fever virus were isolated from serum samples from acute human cases collected during an epidemic of undifferentiated febrile illness. Post-mortem samples were obtained from two fatal infections. Severe liver necrosis, interstitial pneumonia and myocardial degeneration were

In November 1996 a yellow fever (YF) outbreak occurred near Kaffrine in the central part of Senegal. Thirty-six deaths were notified, all children under 15 years of age. The YF diagnosis was confirmed by MAC-ELISA or by virus isolation. The immune status against YF virus of a sample population of

The indirect immunofluorescence test (IFT) using the Hantaan virus (agent of Korean hemorrhagic fever, KHF) was applied for detection of antibodies to nephropathia epidemica (NE). From 103 patients with symptoms suggesting NE, 61% revealed KHF/NE antibodies in the convalescent sera. All seropositive

Coronavirus, which can cause respiratory syndrome, to date has affected over seventeen thousand individuals, especially in China. Coronavirus is interspecies and can also be transmitted from man to man, with an incubation ranging from 1 to 14 days. Human coronavirus infections can induce not only

Ebola virus belongs to the Filoviridae family and includes several species, including the Ebola Zaire virus, responsible for an initial outbreak of hemorrhagic fever in 1976 and the current epidemic of West Africa. Fruit bats of tropicalforests are the likely reservoir of this enveloped RNA virus

Historically, yellow fever has dominated arboviral diseases in South America and the Caribbean and sylvatic cases still occur every year (more than 200 in 1979). The dengue, by the very large number of cases occurring in the area during successive epidemics--the most important being the last one in

The rickettsioses continue to constitute major health problems in many areas of the world. Unlike those diseases that are transmissible directly from man to man, the rickettsioses are closely associated with man's environment and are therefore difficult to recognize and require complex strategies

Mesoamerica is well known for the Mayan civilization, which flourished in this region during pre-Columbian times and made use of plant diversity for medicinal purposes. Currently, there are 21 Mayan ethnic groups in Guatemala, including the Q'eqchi'. The use of medicinal plants is still prevalent