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Spatiotemporal analysis of visceral leishmaniasis in Belo Horizonte, Brazil: a historical perspective (1994-2018).
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg
January 2025
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida Presidente Antônio Carlos, 6627, Pampulha, CEP 31270901 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Background: In the Americas, visceral leishmaniasis (VL) results from the zoonotic transmission of Leishmania infantum. VL has a high occurrence rate in the Metropolitan Region of Belo Horizonte (BH), Minas Gerais, Brazil, and has rapidly spread throughout the municipality since it was first recorded in 1994. This research analysed a historical perspective over 25 y of human VL occurrence in BH.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMelioidosis - An under-recognized dreaded disease in Southeast Asia.
Turk J Emerg Med
January 2025
Department of Emergency Medicine and Trauma, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India.
Melioidosis is a disease endemic to India but often goes unrecognized, leading to considerable illness and death. We present the case of a 31-year-old man who had a fever of unknown origin, abnormal renal and liver function tests, and negative tests for dengue, typhoid, leptospirosis, and scrub typhus. Imaging revealed multiple splenic infarcts.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: A Case Report and Literature Review.
Cureus
December 2024
Internal Medicine, Hospital Angeles Pedregal, Mexico City, MEX.
Prion disease is an uncommon entity characterized by exceptionally rapid neurodegenerative deterioration. There are three categories of prion disease: (1) sporadic: sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD), sporadic fatal insomnia, and protease-sensitive prionopathy; (2) genetic: genetic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, familial fatal insomnia, and Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome; and (3) acquired: Kuru, iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Although it is an incurable disease, a specific pathophysiological mechanism exists involving neuronal loss, glial cell proliferation, absence of inflammatory response, development of vacuoles leading to a spongiform appearance, and the presence of prions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSjogren's syndrome (SS) is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease characterized by exocrine gland dysfunction. Mucormycosis is a rare yet life-threatening opportunistic fungal infection caused by species, with a high mortality rate. In patients undergoing long-term immunosuppressive therapy or corticosteroid use, especially when compounded by conditions such as diabetes or hyperlipidemia, Mucor can become pathogenic.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEpidemiological Features, Clinical Symptoms, and Environmental Risk Factors for Notifiable Japanese Encephalitis in Taiwan From 2008 to 2020: Retrospective Study.
JMIR Public Health Surveill
January 2025
School of Public Health, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei City, Taiwan.
Background: Japanese encephalitis (JE) is a zoonotic parasitic disease caused by the Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV), and may cause fever, nausea, headache, or meningitis. It is currently unclear whether the epidemiological characteristics of the JEV have been affected by the extreme climatic conditions that have been observed in recent years.
Objective: This study aimed to examine the epidemiological characteristics, trends, and potential risk factors of JE in Taiwan from 2008 to 2020.
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