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Springtime Infectious Diseases: From Spring Fever to Lyme Disease

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Cummings, “Incubation periods of acute respiratory viral infections: a systematic review”, The Lancet Infectious Diseases, vol. 291-300, 2009. Online] (14) Meyerhoff, J, “ What is the global prevalence of Lyme disease? Online] (10) S. Monaghan, and P. “, Medscape.com, 2019.

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Yellow Fever: Past and Present

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326-330, 2009. Online] (10)” Yellow Fever Vaccine Recommendations “, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Division of Vector-Borne Diseases (DVBD), 2021. Bennike, pp. 211-222, 2002. (5) Available: 10.1001/jama.300.8.960

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Plague Tales: Yersinia Pestis

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In 2009, University of Chicago scientist Malcolm Casadaban contracted Plague while conducting vaccine research and unfortunately died. Between 2019 and 2020 there were at least 5 cases of Plague in China linked to eating marmot meat and a few others of unknown origin. Online] [2] World Health Organization, “ Plague ”. 357-370, 2019.