Sentences with phrase «including tuberculosis»

I am current on all immunizations including tuberculosis and hepatitis B).

Molecular epidemiology is gaining importance in tracking strains and addressing key public health challenges to prevent and control communicable diseases in Ethiopia, including tuberculosis (TB).

Developing novel and much needed vaccines for infectious diseases including tuberculosis and leishmaniasis.

The key responsibilities of the department are the diagnosis and treatment of severe infectious diseases including tuberculosis.

Sarah is using genomics to understand host - pathogen interactions of a number of infectious diseases including tuberculosis, malaria and enteric fever.

Anti-microbial resistance is a growing threat, with 700,000 people around the world each year dying due to drug - resistant infections including tuberculosis, HIV and malaria.

The result has been the emergence of strains of infections including tuberculosis and malaria, pneumonia and gonorrhoea that resist all known classes of drugs.

Farage expanded on his remarks on Friday morning during a chaotic walkabout through the centre of Clacton - on - Sea with Carswell when he said that migrants suffering from all serious medical conditions, including tuberculosis, should be banned from settling in Britain.

These include tuberculosis, stomach ulcers, tapeworm infection and the particularly striking disease that is herpes.

Not exact matches

That is to say, those who live in places where infectious diseases — including malaria, tuberculosis and HIV — still kill an astounding 15 million people a year.

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These include the infant with galactosemia, 53,54 the infant whose mother uses illegal drugs, 55 the infant whose mother has untreated active tuberculosis, and the infant in the United States whose mother has been infected with the human immunodeficiency virus.56, 57 In countries with populations at increased risk for other infectious diseases and nutritional deficiencies resulting in infant death, the mortality risks associated with not breastfeeding may outweigh the possible risks of acquiring human immunodeficiency virus infection.58 Although most prescribed and over-the-counter medications are safe for the breastfed infant, there are a few medications that mothers may need to take that may make it necessary to interrupt breastfeeding temporarily.

Depending on your health, your provider may test your baby for conditions including herpes, hepatitis B and hepatitis C, syphilis, toxoplasmosis, or tuberculosis.

The agenda must address universal health - care coverage, access and affordability; end preventable maternal, new - born and child deaths and malnutrition ensure the protection, promotion and support of exclusive breastfeeding for six months and continued breastfeeding with adequate complementary feeding for 2 years and beyond ensure the availability of essential medicines; realize women's reproductive health and rights; ensure immunization coverage; eradicate malaria and realize the vision of a future free of AIDS and tuberculosis; reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases, including mental illness, nervous system injuries and road accidents; and promote healthy behaviours, including those related to breastfeeding, water, sanitation and hygiene.

Created by artist Alicia Watkins of Watty's Wall Stuff and Cross Stitchery, these handcrafted microbes and germs are based on real scientific images of a variety of unpleasant maladies including rabies, tuberculosis, syphilis and the common cold.

These include the abolition of unnecessary neonatal deaths and ending AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and neglected tropical diseases.

Advances made there include the benzodiazepines Valium and Librium, which heralded the advent of pharmaceutical psychiatry, and the tuberculosis drug isoniazid.

That includes managing an isolation unit for diseases such as tuberculosis for many years with support from and collaboration with the city health department How are nurses trained to deal with a potential Ebola case?

Today a lack of the vitamin has been linked to a host of other maladies, including cancers of the colon, prostate, and breast; tuberculosis; schizophrenia; multiple sclerosis; hip fractures; and chronic pain.

In a series of case studies, Meyers analyzes how credit has been doled out in major scientific discoveries, including the creation of MRI and the development of streptomycin, the first antibiotic against tuberculosis.

The list of diseases being studied includes malaria, influenza, shigella, dengue, norovirus, tuberculosis, rhinovirus, Escherichia coli, typhoid, giardia, and campylobacter.

Today he directs the Innovations in International Health program at MIT, and his inventions (including an inhalable measles vaccine and a system that monitors tuberculosis treatment) are helping to improve medical access in the developing world.

The threat of antibiotic resistance is nothing to scoff at: The World Health Organization predicts (pdf) that some diseases, including malaria, tuberculosis, and pneumonia, could have «no effective therapies within the next 10 years.»

The pilgrims probably also spread many diseases including smallpox, measles, tuberculosis (TB), and typhus.

Now, this thinning of the adrenal gland cortex was a very unusual abnormality for us, that has not been previously reported in dolphins in the literature... now, aside from chemical exposure, conditions that can cause the adrenal gland to become thin include things like cancer, autoimmune disease, fungal infections and tuberculosis.

People who are considered at increased risk include people who were born in or have lived in countries where tuberculosis is highly prevalent, or who have lived in group settings where exposure to tuberculosis is more likely, such as homeless shelters or correctional facilities.

In the United States, tuberculosis remains an important preventable disease, including active tuberculosis infection, which may be infectious, and latent infection (LTBI), which is asymptomatic and not infectious but can later reactivate and progress to active disease.

Efforts to reduce the tuberculosis burden, therefore, must include strategies to reduce incidence of the bacteria in animals using «One Health» approach.

The foundation has grants from companies, government agencies, and other foundations to develop eight new prizes, including competitions involving health care, tuberculosis, and alternative aviation fuels.

The Gates Foundation brings treatment to the indigent and funds lifesaving research, including development of new tuberculosis, malaria, and AIDS vaccines.

In fact a lot of people would be rather shocked to see the level of tuberculosis incidence and [that] does still exist in the United States, including what is most worrisome to a lot of health authorities, which are some extremely nasty multidrug - resistant forms of tuberculosis that really we need to find some better ways of being able to contain.

It was a rich and rewarding workplace for a novice, surrounded by people who were experts in disparate aspects of tuberculosis research including clinical trials, epidemiology, and immunopathology.

Current treatments against the tuberculosis - causing bacteria include prodrugs, such as ethionamide, which are activated by a bacterial enzyme.

The team identified 26 compounds that were active against replicating tuberculosis bacteria, 19 killed dormant bacteria including seven that were active against both.

«Tuberculosis elimination at stake: Unless Europe takes urgent care of the most vulnerable including the poor, the marginalized and migrants.»

William Castell, chair of the Wellcome Trust, praised Farrar in a statement as «one of the foremost scientists of his generation, whose work — much of it funded by the Trust — has contributed to better understanding, surveillance, prevention and treatment of diseases including emerging infections, influenza, tuberculosis, typhoid and dengue.»

Participants will include Anthony Fauci (director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases), Margaret Hamburg (head of the Food and Drug Administration), and Michel Kazatchkine (executive director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria).

The team at UQ, including postdoctoral research fellow Dr Siew Hoon Wong, was responsible for synthesising inhibitors of the enzymes used to modify the cholesterol by M. tuberculosis.

VIC - 008 is a fusion protein combining an immune - activating protein from the tuberculosis bacteria with a small antibody fragment targeting mesothelin, a protein expressed in several types of tumor — including mesothelioma, pancreatic and ovarian cancer.

A second report issued today by Advocacy to Control TB Internationally, a partnership of advocates from eight countries, claimed that the four largest TB funding donors — including the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria — made it difficult to discern where they spent money on HIV / TB and whether the programs were effective.

Throughout history, tuberculosis (TB) has claimed many famous victims, including John Keats and Doc Holliday.

Researchers increasingly recognize that latent TB infection includes diverse responses to infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (the pathogen that causes TB) and thus variable outcomes.

She is the recipient of several prestigious local and international awards including South Africa's highest honour, the Order of Mapungubwe, from the President of South Africa in 2013 for outstanding work in the field of HIV / AIDS and Tuberculosis Research and Health Policy Development, the 2013 African Union's Kwame Nkrumah Prize for Science and Technology, the 2014 TWAS - Lenovo Prize from The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) «for her exceptional and distinguished contributions to HIV prevention and women's health» and the 2016 L'Oréal - UNESCO Women in Science award for Africa and the Arab States.

Active tuberculosis is treatable (and curable), but disease control and treatment adherence are complicated by a variety of factors, including availability of healthcare resources, multidrug - resistant tuberculosis strains and potentially toxic side effects of treatment.

The so - called «international» edition of HIV / AIDS Medicine features up - to - date clinical information on HIV / AIDS, such as the best treatment options for patients with drug - resistant tuberculosis — a condition often found among HIV - positive individuals — but also includes specialized chapters on managing and treating HIV and AIDS in resource - poor settings.

For example, NIAID - supported researchers have completed hundreds of genomic sequences of disease - causing organisms, including pathogens responsible for malaria, tuberculosis, chlamydia, and seasonal and pandemic influenza.

The overuse of antibiotics has resulted in several types of bacteria — including the bacteria that causes tuberculosis — to develop resistance to one or more varieties of antibiotics.

All medical specialties are offered, including one ward designated to the treatment of contagious infectious diseases, e.g. tuberculosis.

Tuberculosis, leishmaniasis and leprosy are the core diseases on which we focus, but our expertise in adjuvant development and formulation extend our reach through partnerships to work on a range of diseases, including malaria, pandemic influenza, Chagas disease, hookworm, shistosomiasis, HIV / AIDS and diseases that are emerging in the developed world, such as chikungunya, Zika and West Nile virus.

Bacterial, fungal, viral, and parasitic infections, including pneumocystis pneumonia, Kaposi's sarcoma (a type of cancer that causes spots on the skin), and tuberculosis are called opportunistic infections.