Infectious and parasitic diseases

Anthroponous cutaneous leishmaniasis

Anthroponous cutaneous leishmaniasis (late-ulcerating, urban) is a typical anthroponosis, in which the source of the pathogen is a sick person. Anthropo- nous cutaneous leishmaniasis is mostly caused by the inhabitants of cities.

Leishmaniasis

Leishmaniasis - obligate vector-borne diseases, the causative agents of which are the protozoa of the genus Leishmania. The carriers of leishmanias are Diptera insects: the Old World - mosquitoes of the genus Phlebotomus, the New World - the genus Lutzomya. The main natural reservoirs are rodents and representatives of the dog family.

American trypanosomiasis (Chagas disease)

American trypanosomiasis (Chagas disease, or Chagas disease) is a transmissible natural focal protozoal disease, characterized by the presence of acute and chronic phases during the process. In 1907, the Brazilian doctor Chagas discovered in triathom (kiss) bugs of the pathogen, and in 1909 isolated it from the patient's blood and described the disease caused by him, named after him by Chagas disease.

African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness): causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

Trypanosomiasis is a group of vector-borne tropical diseases caused by protozoa of the genus Trypanosoma. Trypanosomes undergo a complex cycle of development with a change of hosts, during which they are in morphologically different stages. Trypanosomes multiply by longitudinal division, feed on dissolved substances.

Negeriosis: Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment

Negeriosis is a protozoal disease caused by Naegleria fowleri, manifested by damage to the skin, lungs, eyes and central nervous system.

Acanthamoebiasis: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

Acanthamoebiasis - protozoosis, caused by various types of free-living amoeba, manifested by damage to the eyes, skin and the central nervous system

Tsutsugamushi fever: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

Tsutsugamushi fever (synonyms: Japanese river fever, schichito disease, Malay rural typhus, New Guinea fever) - acute transmissible natural focal rickettsiosis, characterized by fever and other manifestations of intoxication, development of a typical primary affect , abundant maculopapular rash, lymphadenopathy.

Spotted fever in the Rocky Mountains: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

Spotted fever of the Rocky Mountains (synonyms: tick-borne rickettsiosis of America, Texas fever, Brazilian typhus, etc.) is an acute natural zochotic rickettsiosis transmitted by ixodid mites and characterized by remittent fever, marked intoxication, damage to the nervous and vascular system, abundant maculopapular a rash.

Cryptococcosis: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

Cryptococcosis is a disease caused by a representative of yeast-like fungi of the genus Cryptoccocus, which refers to opportunistic infections. In immunocompetent persons, the pathogen is localized in the lungs, with immunodeficiency states, the process is generalized with the involvement of the meninges, kidneys, skin, bone apparatus.

Isosporosis: Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment

Isosporosis is an anthroponic disease that affects only a person and is characterized by acute enteritis or enterocolitis and spontaneous recovery. In immunosuppressive individuals, the disease becomes chronic (chronic diarrhea) and can be fatal.

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