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Blastocystis hominisis a common microscopic parasitic organism found throug...

Trichomoniasis is a common sexually transmitted disease (STD) that affects ...

Protozoal infection results in tissue damage leading to disease. In chronic...

Humans worldwide are infected with Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trich...

These cestodes have a worldwide distribution but incidence is higher in dev...

Ross River virus (RRV) infection, or epidemic polyarthritis, is a viral inf...

Named after Coxsackie, New York, where they were discovered, the coxsackie ...

First isolated from chickens in 1937. After the discovery of Rhinoviruses i...

Clinical features: Human parainfluenza viruses (HPIVs) are second to respir...

Hendra virus (formerly called equine morbillivirus) is a member of the fami...

Since the discovery of Norwalk Virus in 1972, there has been much confusion...

Hantaviruses are carried by numerous rodent species throughout the world. I...

Rift Valley fever has long been a devastating disease of ruminant livestock...

Retroviruses infect a wide range of animal species and cause a variety of ...

Name comes from the Greek 'Herpein' - 'to creep' = chronic/...

Adenoviruses most commonly cause respiratory illness; however, depending on...

Poxciruses have been known about for centuries - the characteristic "pocks"...

The word arbovirus is a contraction of arthropod-borne virus. In Australia...

Streptococcal infections are caused by species of the gram-positive cocci S...

Impetigo, a contagious skin infection that usually produces blisters or sor...

Staphylococcal infections are caused by the common gram-positive cocci Stap...

Listeriosis (Group B disease) must be notified in writing within five days ...

The Clostridium group contains more than 60 different species of bacteria. ...

Nocardiosis occurs as sporadic cases worldwide. Some 70 cases, with about 2...