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When the wind blows – tropical cyclones

January 29, 2012 By micrognome Leave a Comment

TC Iggy

Will TC Iggy bring more cases of melioidosis to WA this year? This post looks at the link between cyclones and severe melioidosis.

Filed Under: FACTM, Featured, μGnews Tagged With: cyclone, cyclone track, cyclones, FACTM, melioidosis, septicaemia, tropical, wind

Coffee alert

January 2, 2012 By micrognome Leave a Comment

Cappucino

Coffee alert: diseases affecting the coffee crop are already affecting global coffee production, but what about the people who work on the coffee harvest? They are at risk of exposure to tropical infections including a collection of neglected tropical diseases

Filed Under: FACTM, Featured, μGnews, µGnome abroad, μGnomics Tagged With: arabica, coffee, coffee borer, coffee rust, filariasis, Leishmaniasis, malaria, neglected tropical diseases, onchocerciasis, plant diseases, robusta, tropical infections, tuberculosis

Trouble in paradise

December 26, 2011 By micrognome Leave a Comment

Bali terr

Trouble in paradise: latest infection risk of holiday travel to Bali is HIV/AIDS from tattoos

Filed Under: FACTM, Featured, μGnews Tagged With: AIDS, Australians overseas, campylobacter, chikungunya, dengue, hazards, HIV, holiday travel, infection risks, Japanese encephalitis, Legionnaires' Disease, rabies, salmonella, STI, travel health, travel medicine, trouble in paradise

Common enteric parasites

November 6, 2011 By micrognome Leave a Comment

Common enteric parasites: the top ten enteric parasites of medical significance recognised in Australian centres

Filed Under: FACTM, μGnostics, μGnotes Tagged With: Australia, clinical parasitology, common enteric parasites, Cryptosporidium, Entamoeba, enteric parasites, FACTM, Giardia, Schistosoma, Strongyloides

Myiasis

October 8, 2011 By micrognome Leave a Comment

Dermatobia larva

human myiasis, a larval infestation of skin or underlying tissues, comes in several forms – cutaneous, body cavity and accidental

Filed Under: FACTM, Featured, μGnotes Tagged With: cutaneous myiasis, dermatobia, FACTM, furuncular myiasis, human botfly, human myiasis, medical entomolog, tropical medicine, warble fly

FACTM Exam

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