Problem
Infectious diseases
Experimental visualization of narrower problems
Other Names:
Infective diseasesParasitic diseases
Communicable disease
Nature:
Infectious diseases still kill more people than car accidents, cancer or war – 17.3 million in 1995 alone, and the numbers are increasing. Many of the factors in this rising incidence are environmental: from deforestation to contaminated water, global warming, the shift of populations from rural locations to cities and mobility from globalization.
Incidence:
Infectious diseases remain great killers in the developing world, the six most serious taking the lives of millions every year; and parasitic diseases remain rampant. More parasites, bacteria and vectors are becoming resistant to more drugs and pesticides, creating additional problems for the control of several diseases. While the average life expectancy at birth improved steadily almost everywhere during the 1970s, in many of the least developed countries it is still less than 50 years.
Broader Problems:
Children's diseasesTravel health hazardsSocial underdevelopmentHuman disease and disability Narrower Problems:
RabiesPlagueMyiasisMeaslesZoonosesTrachomaSmallpoxEpidemicsAcariasisInfluenzaErysipelasMeningitisRickettsiaePediculosisSarcoidosisChicken poxMiliary feverSalmonellosisHelminthiasisLeishmaniasisTyphoid feverElephantiasisPoliomyelitisEnterotoxaemiaViral diseasesTrichomoniasisSuperinfectionTrypanosomiasisFungal diseasesBehcet's diseaseSweating sicknessAirborne diseasesBacterial diseaseTropical diseasesMicrobial diseasesWater-borne diseasesAnte-partum infectionArthropod infestationVector-borne diseasesSpirochaetal diseasesGastrointestinal disordersParasites of the human bodyAcute respiratory infectionsSexually transmitted diseasesReemerging infectious diseases Related Problems:
Chronic gastritisForeign bodies in bodyFungal diseases of animalsExternal pernicious influences on health Aggravates:
SoresGastritisInflammatory diseasesHuman deficiency diseasesBodily discharges from infectionInhibited growth of malnourished childrenEnvironmental exigencies in tropical villagesNight sweating Reduced By:
Environmental hazards of pesticidesStrategies:
Fighting parasitic diseasePreventing nomaMonitoring illnessPreventing diseaseStudying infectious and parasitic diseasesPreventing epidemicsTreating infectious and parasitic diseasesReducing incidence of infectious and parasitic diseases Values:
DiseaseInfectionNoncommunicable References:
Cook, G C: Communicable and Tropical DiseasesChristie: Infectious DiseasesKrugman, et al: Infectious Diseases of ChildrenRobineault, Manfred J: Communicable Diseases: medical subject analysis and research bibliographyPontificia Accademia delle Scienze: The Interaction of Parasitic Diseases and NutritionVelimirovic, B: Infectious Diseases in Europe: a fresh lookCroll, Neil A and Cross, John H: Human Ecology and Infectious DiseasesCheng, Thomas C: Parasitic and Related Diseases: basic mechanisms, manifestations, and controlFiennes, T W: Infectious Cancers of Animals and Man Subject(s):
Biosciences → ParasitologyMedicine → Pathology
Problem Type:
D: Detailed problems Date of last update
27.11.2020 – 07:57 CET