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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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- Attention The ability to focus selectively on a selected stimulus, sustaining that focus and shifting it at will. The…
- Cor biloculare A two-chambered heart. Cor biloculare is due to failure of development of the walls that normally separate…
- Luetic 1. Relating to syphilis, caused by it, or suffering from it.2. A person with syphilis. From lues, an old name…
- Hemiparesis Weakness on one side of the body.
- Intraocular In the eye. The intraocular pressure is the pressure within the eye
- Cardiovascular The circulatory system comprising the heart and blood vessels which carries nutrients and oxygen to the…
- CMG2 Capillary morphogenesis gene 2, a transmembrane protein that is induced during capillary morphogenesis (the…
- PA (physician assistant) >Medical histories and physical examinations: a PA is usually can perform histories and physical examinations…
- Coarctation of the aorta A congenital constriction of the aorta, impeding the flow of blood below the level of the constriction and…
- Musicomania A singular passion for music that is excessive and beyond all reason. From the French musicomanie, from music…
- Lower segment Cesarian section (LSCS) A Cesarian section in which the surgical incision (cut) is made in the lower segment of the uterus