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There is a lot more information to end up here. However, at the moment, it's the home of our microbiology section:
[[Image:headinfect.jpg|300px|thumb|right|An obscure form of [[meningitis]], often proving to be fatal.]]This is a broad school, which on the one hand encompasses all infective illness it is possible to suffer from, but on thed is a specific specialty. Much of the content below is strongly related to section in the [[microbiology]] area.


===Microbiology===
===Important diseases===
This can be separated into a few key subjects:
*[[Meningitis]]
* [[Bacteria]] and [[antibiotics]]
*[[HIV]] & [[AIDS]]
* [[Viruses]]
*[[Hepatitis]]
* [[Infectious diseases]]
*[[TB]]
*[[Malaria]]


There is quite a lot of learning to be done in those...
===Common infections===
[[Common infections by system]]
*'''Bacterial''' - [[Lyme disease]], [[Listeriosis]], [[Brucellosis]], [[Tetanus]] and [[Syphilis]].
*'''Viral''' - [[Epstein-Barr]], [[Cytomegalovirus]], [[Herpes simplex]] and [[Varicella-zoster]].
*'''Fungal''' - [[Candida]], [[Aspergillus]] and [[Cryptococcal]].
 
===Tropical diseases===
*[[Typhoid]]
*[[Dengue]]
*[[Leptospirosis]]
*Also worth knowing about is [[Schistosomiasis]], [[Tick typhus]] and [[haemorrhagic fevers]].

Latest revision as of 15:40, 19 March 2011

An obscure form of meningitis, often proving to be fatal.

This is a broad school, which on the one hand encompasses all infective illness it is possible to suffer from, but on thed is a specific specialty. Much of the content below is strongly related to section in the microbiology area.

Important diseases

Common infections

Tropical diseases

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