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New Cause of Infectious Diarrhea Found
2013-06-03 20:54:00| National Hog Farmer
By Kent Schwartz, DVM, Iowa State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Diarrhea in pigs is common. Outbreaks of diarrhea can be caused by many different infectious agents as well as a host of noninfectious causes and risk factors. Accurately diagnosing the cause(s) of diarrhea by clinical examination is challenging because the characteristics of feces is not specific for a particular cause. More than one cause or risk factor may be present. The list of infectious contributors is fairly long and has recently increased with introduction of a disease new to the United States. Known as porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED), this diarrhea is caused by a virus known as porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV). read more
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Researchers see link between deadly spread of diarrhea, more prolonged droughts in Africa
2013-04-03 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: The mention of diarrhea is likely to elicit a vague squeamishness in the First World, where indoor toilets and clean water for washing are commonplace, but for thousands of children living in drought-plagued sub-Saharan Africa, the subject is one of life and death. Although the illness is both easily preventable and treatable, World Health Organization data show that close to 920,000 people in the U.N. agency's Africa region died of diarrheal diseases in 2008. Nearly three-quarters of these deaths...
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Research Finds Drier Climate Will Spread Diarrhea
2013-04-01 17:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: Diarrhea, which kills 1.5 million children annually, is likely to become more prevalent in many developing countries as the climate changes, a report says. But the authors found an unexpected twist in the way the climate is likely to affect the disease. Kathleen Alexander, an associate professor of wildlife at Virginia Tech's College of Natural Resources and Environment, says climate drives a large part of diarrhea and related disease, increasing the threat which a changing climate poses to vulnerable...
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Salix says FDA approves diarrhea drug Fulyzaq
2013-01-02 21:51:46| Biotech - Topix.net
Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd. said Wednesday that the Food and Drug Administration approved its drug Fulyzaq, which is designed to treat diarrhea in patients taking HIV and AIDS drugs.
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