professional documents
home
Upload
docsters
Upload

Documents > disease prevention and control


Control Measures for the Child Care Setting During an Outbreak of Cryptosporidiosis

CDCdocs 5/6/2008 | 0 (0) | 23 | 1 | 0 | English

Fact Sheet on Control of Cryptosporidosis Control Measures for the Child Care Setting During an Outbreak of Cryptosporidiosis Division of Parasitic Diseases Cryptosporidiosis is a gastrointestinal illness, caused by the parasite, Cryptosporidium. This disease is a common cause of diarrhea in children, especially in child care settings. The  ...  more>>

CDC looks at links between wastewater and disease

CDCdocs 5/8/2008 | 0 (0) | 16 | 1 | 0 | English

CDC Looks at Links Between Wastewater and Disease NESC STAFF WRITER Caigan McKenzie rinking water contaminated by sewage has been cited as the principal cause for most outbreaks of waterborne illnesses in the U.S. Many of these outbreaks can be traced to individual wells or small community drinking water systems. Local health departments have bee ...  more>>

Sexually Transmitted Disease STD Prevention

CDCdocs 5/6/2008 | 0 (0) | 63 | 1 | 0 | English

Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Prevention Health Education During the 2 years preceding the study: • The percentage of states that provided funding for staff development or offered staff development on STD prevention to those who teach health education decreased from 92.2% in 2000 to 80.0% in 2006.1 • The percentage of districts that provided  ...  more>>

Summary Statistics The Total Number of Foodborne Disease

CDCdocs 5/6/2008 | 0 (0) | 18 | 1 | 0 | English

2004 Summary Statistics The Total Number of Foodborne Disease Outbreaks by Etiology Etiology No. Outbreaks No. Cases Bacterial 208 5,269 Chemical 47 153 Parasitic 8 230 Viral 251 9,994 Multiple 5 726 Total Confirmed Etiology 519 16,372 Unknown Etiology 800 11,867 Total 1,319 28,239 Foodborne disease outbreaks are reported to the Centers for Diseas ...  more>>

Epstein-Barr Virus (Infectious Disease and Therapy)

CDCdocs 5/5/2008 | 0 (0) | 66 | 1 | 0 | English

BOOKS & MEDIA Epstein-Barr Virus (Infectious Disease and Therapy) Alex Tselis and Hal B. Jenson, editors Informa Healthcare, New York, New York 2006 ISBN: 0824754255 Pages: 436; Price US $189.95 Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) was the first recognized human tumor virus, but it is not the causative agent for the tumor in which it was discovered, Burkitt  ...  more>>

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Outbreak of acute illness southwestern United States

CDCdocs 5/5/2008 | 0 (0) | 198 | 1 | 0 | English

June 11, 1993 / Vol. 42 / No. 22 CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION Co nte nt s 421 424 427 434 437 Outbreak of Acute Illness — Southwestern United States, 1993 Selective Screening to Augment Syphilis Case-Finding — Dallas, 1991 Outbreak of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis at a Hospital — New York City, 1991 Comprehensive Assessment of He ...  more>>

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Update outbreak of hantavirus infection southwestern United States

CDCdocs 5/5/2008 | 0 (0) | 68 | 1 | 0 | English

June 18, 1993 / Vol. 42 / No. 23 CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION Co nte nt s 441 443 448 456 459 462 463 Update: Outbreak of Hantavirus Infection Economic Impact of Motor-Vehicle Crashes HIV Prevention through Case Management for HIV-Infected Persons — Selected Sites Pseudomonas cepacia at Summer Camps for Persons with Cystic Fibrosis  ...  more>>

Global Disease Detection CDC Funded - Resources

CDCdocs 5/8/2008 | 0 (0) | 47 | 1 | 0 | English

AT A GLANCE Global Disease Detection 2006 CDC-Funded Global Disease Detection Response Centers Egypt China Guatemala Kenya Thailand Location of Response Center Approximate operational reach of Response Center (note: dependant upon establishment of agreements with neighboring countries) “The notion of trying to control a pandemic at its source ...  more>>

Injury Prevention and Control

sammyc2007 4/10/2008 | 0 (0) | 57 | 1 | 0 | English

Diarrhea Prevention through Household Level Water Disinfection and

CDCdocs 5/5/2008 | 0 (0) | 22 | 1 | 0 | English

Diarrhea Prevention through Household-Level Water Disinfection and Safe Storage in Zambia Quick RE, Kimura A, Thevos A, Tembo M, Shamputa I, Hutwagner L, and Mintz E ABSTRACT A water quality intervention that consists of water treatment, safe storage, and community education was field tested in Kitwe, Zambia. A total of 166 intervention households  ...  more>>

Prevention and the Continuum of Disease Causation[1]

sammyc2007 4/12/2008 | 0 (0) | 59 | 1 | 0 | English

   
  results / page   15/25/50 Page: 4 of 34 << prev 1234567...34 next >>