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| Common other infections difficult to classify | ||
| Name of disease: | Pathogen: | Comments: |
| Anthrax | Bacillus anthracis | common in cattle, sheep, goats and horses; rare in humans, but can be deadly |
| Creutzfeld-Jakob disease | BSE-prion | mad-cow disease is believed to be caused by the same prion (see text) |
| Hanta virus pulmonary syndrome | hantavirus | high mortality of 50% to 75% |
| Lassa fever | Lassa fever virus | natural reservoir is a house rat common in Africa (Mastomys natalensis) |
| Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) | JC virus | common in immune deficient patients (AIDS etc.) |
| Rabies | rabies virus | rabid dogs and rabid bats are mostly cause in the U.S. |
| SARS | Urbani SARS-associated coronavirus | new strain of flu-like atypical pneumonia from China |
| Viral hepatitis | hepatitis virus | there are different strains: A, B, C , D, E and G |
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Introduction:
There are a number of infections that do not quite fit into the conventional categories of respiratory infections, fungal infections or parasitic infections. I have therefore combined them in this chapter to indicate that they are important, partially because of the recent media attention (anthrax, BSE), but partially because they seem to be playing an increasing role for various and sometimes unknown reasons (for instance Hanta virus, rabies or hepatitis C). The table above lists some common infections in this category with links for more detailed information.
| Infections overview | Other infections |
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