[comment on Hepatitis B - United States of America (California) Liver Cancer] Changes in vaccination policy may not solve California’s “liver cancer epidemic.” In the United States as a whole, rates of Hepatitis B were had already declined significantly before the demonstration of effective vaccine uptake [1,2] See graph : Vaccination of infected Asian immigrants [...]
The following background data on plague in Madagascar were abstracted from Gideon www.GideonOnline.com and the Gideon e-book series. [1,2] (Primary references are available on request) Time and Place: – Plague was first described in Madagascar in 1898, with cases in the harbor of Tamatave (Toamasina). – The first epidemic occurred in Majunga in 1902 (142 [...]
The following background information on Bartonellosis in Peru is abstracted from Gideon and the Gideon e-book series. [1] Primary references are available on request. Seasonality / Distribution: - South American bartonellosis is primarily found in the Western Andes river valleys at elevations of 500 to 3000 meters – Ancash, La Libertad, Cajamarca and Amazonas. - [...]