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Plague is acute febrile disease due to infection of Yersinia pestis. Plague is one of the most virulent bacterial infections known to occur in humans, although completely curable by appropriate antibiotics. If not treated with appropriate antibiotics the case fatality rate of plague is very high.

Types of plague:

There are three clinical types of plague namely bubonic, septicemic, and pneumonic plague.

Transmission of Plague:

Plague is transmitted by most commonly by bite of flea infected with Yersinia pestis. Plague can also be transmitted by direct contact with infected materials (such as animal tissue) and by droplet infection, as in case of pneumonic plague.

If there is outbreak of Yersinia pestis among rodent hosts, the rodents die in large numbers and infected fleas in search of new host bite humans to cause plague.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 18 August 2010 01:05
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Psoriasis is one of the most common skin diseases and affects approximately 1% (one percent) of the world population. Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory disorder of skin.

Different varieties of psoriasis:

There are several different varieties of psoriasis such as plaque type (the most common variant of psoriasis), inverse psoriasis, guttate psoriasis (also called eruptive psoriasis) and pustular psoriasis.

Plaque type psoriasis:

This is the most common variant of psoriasis. The plaques of plaque type psoriasis remain stable for long time (plaques enlarge very slowly). The plaques of psoriasis are most commonly seen on elbow, knee, scalp and gluteal cleft. The lesions are generally symmetric. Remission occurs very rarely in plaque type psoriasis.

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It is quite common to find infestation by human body lice, especially among children. The human body lice infestation is more common in developing countries where the low hygienic, overcrowding and poor environmental conditions favor the spread of human lice.

What is pediculiasis?

Pediculiasis is infestation of human body by human lice. The nymphs and adults of human lice feed at least once a day to survive exclusively on human blood. There are three types of human lice which cause three distinct types of pediculiasis. The three types of human lice are head lice (Pediculus capitis) which infest mainly hairs of scalp, the body lice (Pediculus humanus) which mainly infects the clothing and crab or pubic lice (Phthirus pubis) which mainly infest the hair of the pubic region (can be transmitted during sexual act).

Last Updated on Wednesday, 30 June 2010 01:14
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