Scrub Typhus in China
Updated: 2012-11-30 16:47:50
The following background data are abstracted from Gideon www.GideonOnline.com and the Gideon e-book series. [1,2] Time and Place: Although “chigger fever” may have been described in China as early as 313 C.E., the disease was first reported in Kunming (Yunnan Province) in 1942. Foci of scrub typhus exist in Jiangsu, Liaoning, Shandong, Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, [...]
Rates of human brucellosis in Spain and surrounding countries have been decreasing for several years. As recently as 1990, reports suggested that brucellosis was as common as salmonellosis – see graphs [1-3] References: 1. Berger SA. Infectious Diseases of Spain, 2012. 557 pages, 194 graphs, 2850 references. Gideon e-books, http://www.gideononline.com/ebooks/country/infectious-diseases-of-spain/ 2. Berger SA. Brucellosis: Global [...]