In the United States, endemic mycoses--blastomycosis, coccidioidomycosis, and histoplasmosis--pose considerable clinical and public health challenges. Although the causative fungi typically exist within broadly defined geographic areas or ecologic niches, some evidence suggests that cases have occurred in humans and animals not exposed to these areas. We describe cases acquired outside regions ...

Hepatitis B (HBV) and Hepatitis C (HCV) are blood borne pathogens which are health problems globally [1]. HBV and HCV viruses are the major cause of viral hepatitis. The cause acutechronic hepatitis which can lead cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma [2]. It is estimated that 240 million people are infected with HBV and 130-170 million with HCV. Chronic hepatitis B and C are the cause of 60-7...

Abstract Urogenital schistosomiasis was diagnosed in a man from Germany who had never traveled outside Europe. He likely acquired the infection Corsica, France, but did not swim Cavu River, which linked to previous outbreak. This case highlights that transmission of Corsica is ongoing.

Data on the endemicity of hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection in Africa and the Middle East are scant, but most of Africa appears to remain a high endemicity region, with the exception of subpopulations in some areas, e.g. White people in South Africa. Saudi Arabia is a model for the Middle East, and is a country in which shifting HAV epidemiology has been documented in recent years, concurrent w...

Worldwide the prevalence of Hepatitis A virus in various countries are grouped into high, intermediate low and very low endemicity. Even in USA having very low endemicity have incidence of acute hepatitis A of 12.0 cases/100,000 persons in 1995.To prevent mortality and morbidity related with Hepatitis A virus infection, after implementation of routine childhood Hepatitis A vaccination in USA th...

Relating the influence of climate on occurrence a vector-borne disease like malaria quantitatively is quite challenging. To better understand endemicity, effects variables distribution in Cameroon are studied over space and time, with emphasis Bonaberi district. Meteorological monitoring can lead to proactive control. The government Cameroon, through National Control Malaria Program, has put pl...

Thirty-eight domestic goats from an area of Ehrlichia chaffeensis endemicity were tested for antibodies reactive to E. chaffeensis and for E. chaffeensis-specific 16S rRNA gene fragments by an indirect fluorescent antibody test and a nested PCR assay, respectively. Twenty-eight of 38 (73.7%) goats had antibodies reactive to E. chaffeensis (>/=1:128), and 6 of 38 (15.8%) goats were positive by d...