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Infectious disease

Infectious Mononucleosis

August 18, 2009 Adolescent Health

Image via Wikipedia Also known as mononucleosis or mono Pfeiffer’s disease or glandular fever, infectious mononucleosis can be identified by inflamed lymph glands and constant fatigue. The disease is named so as the amount of mononuclear leukocytes which belong to white cells increase in number. The cause of the disease is EBV (Epstein – Barr [...]

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What are Sexually Transmitted Diseases?

April 8, 2009 Reproductive Health

Image via Wikipedia Contagious diseases that are spread from one partner to the other during sexual intercourse are called as sexually transmitted diseases, or by their very popular anagram, STDs. STDs can affect anybody within the sphere of sexual population; hence it can be said that all STDs are global problems. Some of the very [...]

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