Sentences with phrase «infectious disease mortality»

Long - term measles - induced immunomodulation increases overall childhood infectious disease mortality

We find that nonmeasles infectious disease mortality in high - income countries is tightly coupled to measles incidence at this lag, in both the pre - and post-vaccine eras.

In a study appearing in the November 22/29 issue of JAMA, Heidi E. Brown, Ph.D., of the University of Arizona, Tucson, and colleagues investigated trends in infectious disease mortality in the United States from 1980 through 2014.

Overall and infectious disease mortality decreased from 1900 through 1950 (except for the 1918 spike) and then leveled off.

«Trends in infectious disease mortality in US.»

Not exact matches

, the British medical historian Thomas McKeown carefully chronicles the decline in mortality in England and Wales over much of the 19th and 20th centuries — charting death rates for infectious diseases ranging from diphtheria to pneumonia.

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.

HOWEVER, IF infant mortality is high due to infectious diseases such as diarrhea and pneumonia, or IF hygiene, sanitation, and access to clean water are poor, or IF the cost of breastmilk substitutes is prohibitively high, or IF access to adequate health care is limited, THEN breastfeeding may be the safest feeding option even when the mother is HIV - positive.

Breastfeeding is an unequalled way of providing ideal food for the healthy growth and development of infants1, providing protection from morbidity and mortality due to infectious diseases2 and chronic diseases later in life.3 Exclusive breastfeeding is recommended, starting within one hour of birth and for the first 6 months of life, with continued breastfeeding to 2 years of age and beyond.4 However, rates of initiation, exclusive breastfeeding and breastfeeding duration have fallen since the widespread introduction and promotion of breast - milk substitutes.5 Successful breastfeeding depends on a number of factors, including a re-normalisation of breastfeeding as the infant feeding method of choice through antenatal counselling and education and breastfeeding support to prevent and resolve breastfeeding difficulties.

Effect of breastfeeding on infant and childhood mortality due to infectious diseases in less developed countries: a pooled analysis.

Infectious disease rates are high in many less developed parts of the world, with high infant and child mortality rates — but industrialization, medicine, and money are not the end - all answers to optimal child survival.

WHO Collaborative Study Team on the Role of Breastfeeding on the Prevention of Infant Mortality 2000, Effect of breastfeeding on infant and child mortality due to infectious diseases in less developed countries: a pooled Mortality 2000, Effect of breastfeeding on infant and child mortality due to infectious diseases in less developed countries: a pooled mortality due to infectious diseases in less developed countries: a pooled analysis.

Although breastfeeding has modest effects on blood pressure (51) and adiposity (52, 53) in later life, it has numerous other health benefits, including protection against infectious disease morbidity (54) and mortality (55) in infancy and a lower risk of type 2 diabetes (56) and improved neural and psychosocial development in the longer term (57, 58).

Although the same phenomenon may occur with other infectious diseases, the study focused on TB — one of the largest causes of morbidity and mortality in Zimbabwe, especially among people living with HIV.

Marcia Castro's research focuses on infectious diseases (particularly mosquito borne), environmental change and health, environmental management for vector control, spatial patterns of disease transmission, and infant & child mortality.

«This «cryptic» nature of infectious disease witnessed amongst Darwin's frogs in Chile could potentially be causing similar «slow - burn» declines among wildlife species elsewhere — contributing to longer - term population declines and extinctions despite the lack of obvious mass - mortalities.»

««By reinforcing the global health community's commitment to sharing research data and information, we can accelerate the development of new solutions to tackle infectious diseases, cut maternal and child mortality, and reduce malnutrition in the world's poorest places,» wrote Trevor Mundel, president of the foundation's Global Health Division, on the group's website on 20 November.»

From 1980 to 1992, reports the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, mortality from infectious disease in the United States rose 58 pDisease Control and Prevention, mortality from infectious disease in the United States rose 58 pdisease in the United States rose 58 percent.

From 1980 through 2014, infectious diseases composed 5.4 percent of overall mortality.

While deaths from infectious diseases have been steadily declining as a result of research and medical intervention, preterm birth has remained a much more difficult problem, say the authors of a recent study that collated child mortality rates and their associated causes between 2000 and 2013.

Previously, Dr. Smeyne and his collaborator Dr. Stacey Schultz - Cherry in the Department of Infectious Disease at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, TN, showed that a deadly H5N1 strain of influenza (so - called Bird Flu) that has a high mortality rate (60 percent of those infected died from the disease) was able to infect nerve cells, travel to the brain, and cause inflammation that, the researchers showed, would later result in Parkinson's - like symptoms iDisease at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, TN, showed that a deadly H5N1 strain of influenza (so - called Bird Flu) that has a high mortality rate (60 percent of those infected died from the disease) was able to infect nerve cells, travel to the brain, and cause inflammation that, the researchers showed, would later result in Parkinson's - like symptoms idisease) was able to infect nerve cells, travel to the brain, and cause inflammation that, the researchers showed, would later result in Parkinson's - like symptoms in mice.

In countries where infant mortality from infectious diseases is high, women should continue to breast - feed even if they are HIV positive, says the WHO.

It's a phenomenon scientists observe whether they look at mortality rates in the United States, where medical care is relatively good, or third world nations, where medical care is often scarce: women are less likely to die from infectious diseases than men.

Although preventable, TB claims three lives every minute, making it the second leading cause of mortality from an infectious disease in the world.

Although tuberculosis (TB) is commonly thought of as being a disease that mainly affects nineteenth century poets and Victor Hugo characters, it is still the second-most common cause of mortality from an infectious disease in the world, killing nearly three people every minute.

The high mortality rate of the disease, estimated at around 60 % in the most recent outbreak, made it one of the most deadly infectious diseases in the world.

Having shorter telomeres is connected to the early onset of illnesses such as cardiovascular disease and cancer, with mortality in older adults and, as CMU's Sheldon Cohen first discovered, predicts susceptibility to acute infectious disease in young to midlife adults.

Infectious diseases account for a significant component of disease burden worldwide, and are responsible for a large proportion of morbidity and mortality across all areas of society [3].

He proved that a vitamin A deficiency dramatically increased childhood morbidity and mortality from infectious disease, and that a 4 - cent dose of vitamin A not only prevented and cured eye disease, but also reduced childhood deaths by 34 percent.

Infectious diseases such as HIV / AIDS and tuberculosis continue to rank high among global mortality factors, especially in developing countries, and systemic inflammation has been identified as a root case of many chronic disorders in the developed world.

The recent Ebola outbreak illustrates the enormous clinical and public health challenges surrounding an infectious, high - mortality disease for which outbreaks are rare yet potentially devastating.

Tuberculosis causes 1.5 to 2 million deaths per year worldwide, second only to HIV in mortality due to an infectious disease.

The deterioration in immune function with aging is thought to make a major contribution to the increased morbidity and mortality from infectious disease in old age.

This results in greater morbidity and mortality due to infectious disease in old people.

The impact of increased tiger mortality through poaching or human conflict is well known [3], [4], yet the effect of infectious disease outbreaks remains largely unstudied.

The New York Times has been a strong advocate for lowfat diets, even for children, yet a recent NYT article noted that vitamin - A-rich foods like liver, egg yolk, cream and shellfish confer resistance to infectious diseases in children and prevent cancer in adults.13 A Washington Post article hailed vitamin A as «cheap and effective, with wonders still being (re) discovered,» noting that recent studies have found that vitamin - A supplements help prevent infant mortality in Third World countries, protect measles victims from severe complications and prevent mother - to - child transmission of HIV virus.14 The article lists butter, egg yolk and liver as important sources of vitamin A, but claims, unfortunately, that carotenes from vegetables are «equally important.»

People are living longer, and advances in medicine have effectively reduced mortality rates for infectious disease and acute illness.

Statin studies are generally performed by cardiologists and in the U.S., many statin studies reported only heart attacks and other cardiovascular events as endpoints, not total mortality, cancer, or infectious disease.

«This meta - analysis provides further evidence that whole grain intake is associated with a reduced risk of coronary heart disease, cardiovascular disease, and total cancer, and mortality from all causes, respiratory diseases, infectious diseases, diabetes, and all non-cardiovascular, non-cancer causes.

«By reinforcing the global health community's commitment to sharing research data and information, we can accelerate the development of new solutions to tackle infectious diseases, cut maternal and child mortality, and reduce malnutrition in the world's poorest places,» wrote Trevor Mundel, president of the foundation's Global Health Division, on the group's website on 20 November.

* «This extended DOI is essential in reducing morbidity and mortality from infectious respiratory disease among dogs in social or commingled environments such as boarding facilities and shelters.»

There was high mortality among rescued dogs, primarily due to the barbaric transport process and spread of infectious disease.

However, a little reflection on the plight of the migrant farm workers (life expectancy 49, annual income for a family of four $ 2,400, poisoning from pesticide in 15 of every 100 workers, death from T.B. and other infectious diseases 260 percent higher than the national average, infant and maternal mortality 125 percent higher, and not even toilets or drinking water in the fields) makes one reluctant to head for the comfort of the car and home.

The risk of exposure to a particular infectious disease, as well as how severe the infection is (morbidity / mortality), in terms of health risk to an animal are always the two most important factors I consider.

«P» = Panleukopenia (also known as feline distemper and infectious feline enteritis) is a highly contagious disease characterized by a short course and high mortality rate.

The bad news about feline infectious enteritis is that the mortality rate is high and there is no specific treatment for the disease.

As is common with many countries as they industrialize, the usual plagues of poverty — infectious diseases and high infant mortality — have given way to diseases more often associated with affluence, such as heart disease, stroke, and cancer.While this might be expected in China's richer cities, where bicycles are fast being traded in for cars and meat consumption is climbing, it also holds true in rural areas.

Heat, flood and drought - related mortality and morbidity may increase; changes in the distribution of plant species and animals are likely to contribute to changing ranges of infectious diseases and allergic disorders; higher concentrations of ground - level ozone and particulate matter in urban areas may increase the frequency of cardio - respiratory and cardio - vascular diseases.

She has researched heat - and ozone - related mortality and illnesses; connections between climate change, pollen, allergies and asthma, as well as infectious diseases like dengue fever; the health costs of climate change; and domestic and international climate - health preparedness strategies.

«Zinc deficiency causes increased child mortality due to infectious diseases, because it prevents the immune system from working properly.