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Japanese encephalitis
A mosquito-borne viral infection, the leading cause of viral encephalitis in Asia. Japanese encephalitis virus cannot be transmitted from person-to-person. Number of cases: About 50,000 cases of Japanese encephalitis are reported annually…
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Show more- Nurse 1) A person trained, licensed, or skilled in nursing. 2) To feed an infant at the breast
- Carboxyhemoglobinemia The presence of carboxyhemoglobin in the blood. Carboxyhemoglobin, hemoglobin that has carbon monoxide bound…
- C6 (cervical vertebra) The sixth cervical (neck) vertebra from the top. The next-to-last of the seven cervical vertebrae
- Hypergraphic A person with hypergraphia, the insatiable urge to write
- In-the-canal hearing aid A hearing instrument custom designed to fit in the ear canal. It protrudes slightly into the outer ear and so…
- Turcot syndrome A genetic disease characterized by polyps in the colon (large intestine) in addition to tumors in the brain…
- Aromatase inhibitor A drug that inhibits the enzyme aromatase and by that means lowers the level of the estrogen estradiol…
- GB virus C A virus first identified in 1995 that is genetically related to the hepatitis C virus but which does not…
- Metapneumovirus, human See: Human metapneumovirus
- Radiation therapy, stereotactic The use of a number of precisely aimed beams of ionizing radiation, each coming from different directions and…
- Objective In a microscope, the objective (also called the objective lens) is the lens nearest to the object being…
- Telangiectasia perstans A form of mastocytosis that usually affects adults, characterized by the presence of multiple hyperpigmented…