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Archaea linked to endodontic infections
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Archaea have been identified as agents in endodontic infections, according to the results of a study published in the April 2006 issue of the Journal of Clinical Microbiology.
Archaea, one of the three domains of life, are single-celled organisms that join bacteria to make up a category of life known as Prokaryotes. Their cell walls have no peptidoglycan and their DNA exist as a single circular chromosome. High levels of methane-producing archaea (methanogens) have been found in the or...
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Infectious diseases: Considerations for the 21st century
Professional Safety
; A generation ago, some policymakers suggested that the time had come to "close the book" on infectious diseases. With the availability of a growing arsenal of antibiotics and vaccines, and the eradication or near-eradication in developed countries of diseases such as smallpox, polio and diphtheria,
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Death rate is on rise for infectious diseases
The Boston Globe
; ... better understanding of how the climate is changing and how those changes will affect human health. The JAMA issue cites some good news. In Iceland, a campaign to reduce excessive use of antibiotics has paid off in a drop in the percentage of Icelanders carrying ...
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Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Mayo Clinic Proceedings
; Pediatric Infectious Diseases (Atlas of Infectious Diseases series), edited by Catherine M. Wilfert, 275 pp, with illus, $135, New York, NY, Churchill Livingstone (telephone: 800-5452522), 1999, ISBN 0-443-06526-8 Type of Book: A multiauthored atlas featuring an impressive array of photographs,
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Diseased societies. (infectious diseases resurging; includes related article on how drug resistance develops)
World and I
; Although industrialized nations have seen great advances in controlling infectious diseases in the twentieth century, these historic great killers of humanity remain entrenched in the developing world and are resurging in the developed world. Flu epidemic threatens thousands in southern China.
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Healthy Living: Help fight infectious diseases
New Pittsburgh Courier
; Infectious diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide. Of some 52 million deaths in 1996, more than 17 million people--including 9 million children--died of infectious diseases. Even in developed countries like the United States, diseases such as pneumonia, staph infections, hepatitis,
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Infectious Diseases Become Global Threat
Chicago Sun-Times
; ... disease. The hepatitis C virus, which causes liver cancer and was discovered in 1989, is another. Not all of the WHO report is bad news. Worldwide life expectancy is 65, three years higher than in 1985. Infant mortality has been cut in half in 30 years to 60 deaths ...
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HHS INITIATIVES TO COMBAT EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Regulatory Intelligence Data
; 00-00-0000 Overview: Emerging infectious diseases present one of the most significant health challenges facing the global public health community today. Infectious diseases -- those caused by microscopic organisms and spread from person to person -- are the leading cause of death worldwide. Efforts
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New Drugs, Proper Use Can Fight Infectious Diseases
Precinct Reporter
; Precinct Reporter 11-19-1998 New Drugs, Proper Use Can Fight Infectious Diseases In 1900, the average age at death in the U.S. was 47. Infectious diseases- especially tuberculosis. pneumonia, and influenza-were the leading cause of death. Today, thanks in large part to medicines and vaccines that
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10,814 die of three infectious diseases in five years
New Straits Times
; V. Vasudevan; Leslie Andres; Eileen Ng New Straits Times 05-04-2006 10,814 die of three infectious diseases in five years Byline: V. Vasudevan; Leslie Andres; Eileen Ng Edition: Main/Lifestyle Memo: Dewan Rakyat TUBERCULOSIS, HIV/AIDS and haemorrhagic dengue fever, the top three infectious diseases
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 "All Things Considered (NPR)")
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AIDS a Factor as Infectious Diseases Jump 58 Percent
All Things Considered (NPR)
; 00-00-0000 The Journal of the American Medical Association will publish a report showing infectious diseases have not minimized, as doctors said they would, but rather have taken a tremendous jump since 1980. NOAH ADAMS, Host: Infectious diseases are a leading cause of death in most developing
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