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Bookmark or Share- West Nile virus - World Health Organization (WHO)Serious illness can occur in people of any age, however people over the age of 50 and some immunocompromised persons (for example, transplant patients) are at the highest risk for getting severely ill when infected with WNV. The incubation period is usually 3 to 14 days. Diagnosis. West Nile virus can be diagnosed by a number of different tests:
- Facts in pictures: Blood transfusion - World Health Organization (WHO)The transfusion is commonly used for supportive care in cardiovascular surgery, transplant surgery, massive trauma, and therapy for solid and haematological malignancies. In low- and middle-income countries, it is used more often for management of pregnancy-related complications, childhood malaria complicated by severe anaemia, and trauma ...
- Blood safety and availability - World Health Organization (WHO)In high-income countries, transfusion is most commonly used for supportive care in cardiovascular surgery, transplant surgery, massive trauma, and therapy for solid and haematological malignancies. In low- and middle-income countries it is used more often to manage pregnancy-related complications and severe childhood anaemia. WHO response
- A seventh case of HIV cure reported at AIDS 2024The new case (1) presented at AIDS 2024 is a 60-year-old German man living with HIV who was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia and underwent a blood stem cell transplant in 2015 from a donor with the CCR5-delta 32 mutation. However, the stem cell donor had a single instead of a double CCR5-delta 32 mutation, which is an important difference ...
- Listeriosis - World Health Organization (WHO)Key facts. Listeriosis is a serious, but preventable and treatable disease. Pregnant women, the elderly or individuals with a weakened immune system, such as people with immuno-compromised status due to HIV, leukaemia, cancer, kidney transplant and steroid therapy, are at greatest risk of severe listeriosis and should avoid high risk foods.
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