Buruli ulcer is a disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium ulcerans. It mainly affects the skin but can also affect the bone. Cases are generally seen in the tropics, primarily in West Africa and Australia.
Infection often leads to ulcers on the arms or legs, which can also destroy skin or sof...t tissue. When not properly treated, the disease can cause irreversible deformity or long-term functional disability.
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Learn about dengue clinical presentation and classification.
Dengue testing guidance according to days of symptom onset.
Prevencion para proveedores de atención médica
aprender sobre la presentación clínica y la clasificación
Diferencias y similitudes del dengue y el COVID-19
During the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare providers in areas where dengue is endemic or who are treating patients with recent travel history to these areas, need to consider dengue and COVID-19 in the differential diagnosis of acute febrile illnesses.
Diagnosis of Dengue fever for healthcare providers
Obtenga más información sobre el diagnóstico del dengue y la orientación para las pruebas.
Information for pregnant women
El dengue durante el embarazo
Quick reference guide on clinical management of patients with Dengue
Quick reference guide on clinical management of patients with Dengue Fever
Testing Guidance and Interpretation of Results for Healthcare Providers
Zika Virus Testing Guidance: Asymptomatic Pregnant Women
with Possible Zika Virus Exposure
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Course is designed to increase knowledge and develop competency in the management of patients suspected of infection with dengue virus.
DPDx - Laboratory Identification of Parasites of Public Health Concern
Trypanosoma cruzi, is a parasitic protozoan that is the causative agent of Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis). Currently, six distinct lineages of T. cruzi are classified into discrete typing units (TcI-VI), which vary in... their geographic occurrence, host specificity, and pathogenicity.
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Schistosomiasis, also known as bilharzia, is a disease caused by parasitic worms. Although the worms that cause schistosomiasis are not found in the United States, people are infected worldwide. In terms of impact this disease is second only to malaria as the most devastating parasitic disease. Sc...histosomiasis is considered one of the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs).
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Leishmaniasis is a parasitic disease that is found in parts of the tropics, subtropics, and southern Europe. Leishmaniasis is caused by infection with Leishmania parasites, which are spread by the bite of infected sand flies. There are several different forms of leishmaniasis in people. The most com...mon forms are cutaneous leishmaniasis, which causes skin sores, and visceral leishmaniasis, which affects several internal organs (usually spleen, liver, and bone marrow).
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