Medical microbiology deals with the causative agents of infectious diseases of man, his reactions to them and the methods of protection against such diseases. Disease and death have always attracted the attention of the human mind. Ancient man ascribed them to divine wrath and other supernatural forces. Later, other concepts such as the influence of … Read more
Any discussion of origin of human races is handicapped by four points of obscurity, firstly there exists no very clear idea in the mind of many as to what constitutes race, secondly, the marks of differentiation which serve to set one race off from another are often vaguely presented, thirdly there seems to be no … Read more
Chromoblastomycosis is a chronic systemic fungal disease, acquired in the cutaneous form by traumatic or imperceptible implantation, and characterized by ulcerated, crusted lesions of the skin and subcutaneous tissues. History of Chromoblastomycosis Although rare in this country, chromoblastomycosis was first reported from Boston in 1915, separately by Lane and Medlar, and the organism responsible was named … Read more
Candidiasis or thrush cs an acute cr chronic fungal disease involving superficial tissues of skin or mucous membrane cr less frequently disseminating hematogenously to produce systemic disease, especially in kidneys, heart, and brain. History of Candidiasis Oral candidosis or thrush was first described by the English physician Unde:beck, a German surgeon, discovered C smoztw, and two years … Read more
The concept of malaria eradication on a global scale, advocated by the Fourteenth Pan-American Sanitary Conference in 1954, was supported by the Eighth World Health Assembly in Mexico in 1955. In 1957 the World Health Organization approved the principles and practice of malaria eradication activities. In concept, malaria eradication means the extermination of the malaria … Read more
African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness)’ is a disease of the central nervous system caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma brucei (Plimmer and Bradford, 1899). The disease occurs in several clinico-epidemiologic patterns. The two principal patterns are Rhodesian sleeping sickness, which is relatively acute, and Gambian sleeping sickness, which is chronic. Another form, Zambezi sleeping sickness, although chronic, … Read more
