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Parvovirus infection
Infection with one of a family of small single-stranded DNA viruses. (Parvovirus means small virus, from the Latin parvus, small.) One type, parvovirus B19, infects only humans. There are also animal parvoviruses, but they do not infect…
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Show more- Trichuriasis Infection with the human whipworm, a nematode (roundworm) formally known as Trichuris trichiura. The third…
- Physician, family A physician who is educated and trained in family practice. 'Family physicians possess unique attitudes…
- ENT 1. Abbreviation for ears, nose and throat. A field of medicine also called otolaryngology. 2. Abbreviation…
- Klebsiella A group of bacteria normally living in the intestinal tract and frequently the cause of nosocomial infections…
- HGD The gene encoding an enzyme called homogentisate 1,2-dioxygenase (also known as homogentisate oxidase). HGD…
- Vitamin B1 deficiency, infantile See: Infantile beriberi
- Syndrome, Martin-Bell Better known as the fragile X syndrome, the most common heritable form of mental retardation. Fragile X…
- Cloning, cell The process of producing a group of cells (clones), all genetically identical, from a single ancestor.
- Microbicide An agent that kills microbes, minute forms of life (e.g. bacteria, fungi, and protozoal parasites), some…
- Cysticercosis An infection caused by the pork tapeworm, Taenia solium. Infection occurs when the tapeworm larvae enter the…
- Bacterial vaginosis Bacterial vaginosis: A vaginal condition characterized by an abnormal vaginal discharge due to an overgrowth…
- Accoucheur French for a male obstetrician, a physician skilled in the art and science of managing pregnancy, labor and…