Infectious-diseases
More about Nipah virus infection: This year in Bangladesh, the Nipah
virus has claimed the lives of ten individuals, marking the highest death toll
from the infection in seven years. With 71% death rate, Nipah is deadliest
infectious disease in Bangladesh.HIGHLIGHTSNipah virus has claimed the lives of ten individuals this year An additional 14 p...
The US
Food and Drug Administration have approved the world's first vaccine Ixchiq for
chikungunya. “Infection with chikungunya virus can lead to
severe disease and prolonged health problems, particularly for older adults and
individuals with underlying medical conditions,”The most common symptoms of
chikungunya include fever and joint pain. O...
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association: October,
2023Cefepime and
piperacillin-tazobactam are commonly administered to hospitalized adults for
empirical treatment of infection. Although piperacillin-tazobactam has been
hypothesized to cause acute kidney injury and cefepime has been hypothesized to
cause neurological dysfunction,...
What is Disease X?According to the World Health
Organization (WHO), “Disease X represents the knowledge that a serious
international epidemic could be caused by a pathogen currently unknown to cause
human disease.According to a UK health expert,
Disease X could lead to another pandemic more lethal than Covid-19 and could
claim at least 50 mill...
Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection: April 2023Of the four DENV serotypes (DENV-1
to DENV-4), DENV-2 and DENV-3 are frequently associated with severe secondary
dengue infections.Obesity is commonly associated with
numerous comorbidities and is a major health burden. According to WHO
guidelines, the dengue patients who have underly...
Dengue is the most common
mosquito-borne, viral disease in the world. Dengue virus is a single stranded
positive polarity RNA virus, belongs to the family Flaviviridae. The Den-2 and Den-3 variants of
dengue are active this year and of the two, Den-2 is more prominent, according
to the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Researc...
OVERVIEWTotal official hospitalizations in
Bangladesh were 2,573 since January, 2023 according to a press release of the
Directorate General of Health Services.Of the total hospitalization this
year, 1,870 were reported in Dhaka city and 703 in other places outside the
Dhaka city. The mosquito-borne viral disease killed 17 people so far this ye...
eClinicalMedicine Journal: The LANCET: Published on December, 2022Gram-negative bacteremia is common
in both community and health care settings, with a significant increase in
incidence described for some Gram-negative bacteria in recent years.Prolonged duration of antibiotic
therapy for such common infections may lead to increased resistance em...
Hand-foot-and-mouth disease (HFMD)
is a common but highly contagious acute viral infection due to an enterovirus infection. The disease is most common under the age of 10, and most are under 5
years of age (95%). It can uncommonly affect adults and tends to be more severe
in the elderly, immunocompromised, and pregnant women. What is the cause...
Dengue
is endemic in Bangladesh with recurrent outbreaks. Health officials in
Bangladesh have reported elevated dengue fever activity in Bangladesh during
2022. Dhaka and Chattogram has become a hotspot for dengue fever (DF).Why DF rising in August &
September?•
The risk of
dengue fever transmission in Bangladesh exists nationwide and...
Stepwise Approach of
Dengue Case ManagementPatients Group A: These are patients who are dengue
patients without warning sign and they may be sent home. These patients are
able to tolerate adequate volumes of oral fluids, pass urine at least once
every six hours. Patients Group B: These include patients with warning
signs. These are patients wh...
