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  1. Jun 2017
    1. The Dengue Virus (DENV), is a type of virus that stems from the family flaviviridae, genus flavivirus, which also includes other similar viruses such as West Nile Virus, Tick-borne Encephalitis, Yellow Fever Virus, and Zika virus (1).

      Both Dengue virus and Zika virus cause hemmorhagic fever and while both infect the host by a mosquito bite, Zika is passed onto other humans by body fluids wheras Dengue is transmitted by bites

    1. Fever (temperature higher than 100.4ºF or 38ºC, see the table for how to measure a child's temperature) (table 1)●Pulling on the ear●Fussiness or irritability●Decreased activity●Lack of appetite or difficulty eating●Vomiting or diarrhea●Draining fluid from the outer ear (called otorrhea)

      symptoms in children

  2. May 2017
    1. Since the organism was first identified in 1976 during an outbreak at an American Legion Convention in Philadelphia, Legionella has been recognized as a relatively common cause of both community-acquired [1,2] and hospital-acquired pneumonia

      Outbreak and environment

    1. noted above, typical exudative pharyngitis with fever and adenopathy indistinguishable from GAS tonsillopharyngitis can be caused by large colony group C and G organisms, especially S. dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis.

      Symptoms

  3. Apr 2017
    1. he most common mechanism employed by pathogens, including GBS, to resist AMPs is to decrease the charge on their cell surface [133]. Since AMPs are positively charged and the bacterial cell surface is negatively charged, the initial interaction between them is electrostatic.

      Avoidance