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Travel Vaccinations Vaccinations for travel in Africa We recommend that you visit a doctor or travel medicine provider four to six weeks before you embark on travel in Africa, as most vaccines take time to become effective. However, if you have fewer than four… Read more...
Influenza Season 2012 Influenza viruses are RNA viruses with segmented genomes that have the important characteristic of mutation. These are either minor drift mutations or significant shift mutations that create viruses to which human populations have varying degrees of… Read more...
Rubella Rubella is an enveloped RNA virus belonging to the Family Togaviridae, genus Rubivirus. Rubella virus infection is generally a mild exanthematous disease associated with lowgrade fever, lymphadenopathy, and a short-lived morbilliform rash also known… Read more...
Hepatitis C Diagnosis HCV is a significant cause of mortality and morbidity with about 180 million people chronically infected worldwide [1]. In 1989, Hepatitis C virus (HCV) was identified as the agent responsible for viral hepatitis not attributed to either hepatitis A… Read more...
Diagnosis of HIV in Infants less than 18 Months Old Maternal HIV-specific antibodies may be detectable in the infant up to the age of 18 months. For this reason, the diagnosis of HIV infection in infants depends on detection of the virus. HIV-1 DNA PCR is the test of choice. Read more...

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