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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- Residual Something left behind. With residual disease, the disease has not been eradicated
- Chewing tobacco Tobacco that is chewed, not smoked. A form of smokeless tobacco. Chewing tobacco and snuff are the two main…
- Tuberculosis treatment Treatment of tuberculosis (TB), depends upon the status of the infection and differs for dormant and active…
- Centrencephalic seizure See: Grand mal
- Pregnancy danger from fifth disease Caused by a virus known as parvovirus B 19. Symptoms include low-grade fever, fatigue, a 'slapped cheeks…
- Dystonia, writer's cramp A dystonia that affects the muscles of the hand and sometimes the forearm and only occurs during handwriting…
- Phenylketonuria, maternal See Maternal phenylketonuria
- Remodeling, chromatin See: Chromatin remodeling
- Myelitis Inflammation of the spinal cord.
- Trichomonas vaginalis A protozoan parasite that causes vaginitis. See: Trichomonas
- Quotient The result of mathematical division. The I.Q. (Intelligence Quotient) is arrived at by dividing the person's…
- Nonsyndromic Not part of a syndrome. Hearing loss, for instance, can be syndromic or nonsyndromic