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☆ Doctors warn they’re seeing syphilis patients with unusual and severe symptoms
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Brenda Goodman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Disease detectives in Chicago say they have been seeing a worrisome trend: Patients complaining of unusual symptoms like vision and eye problems, headaches and hearing loss or dizziness caused by the sexually transmitted infection syphilis. More than two-thirds of these patients (68%) lacked typical syphilis symptoms, like a rash or chancre sore, that might tip doctors off to the infection. Syphilis cases are surging across the US. In 2022, there were more than 207,000 syphilis cases reported, the highest number since the 1950s, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “There could just be an increase in untreated or inadequately treated patients, which is leading to more severe outcomes of syphilis,” Nham said.

Persons: ”, Amy Nham, Nham, “ They’re, —, Dr, Sanjay Gupta, ” Nham Organizations: CNN —, Intelligence Service Conference, Chicago Department of Public Health, US Centers for Disease Control, CNN, CNN Health, CDC Locations: Chicago, Atlanta

☆ Ancient human DNA suggests Columbus may not have brought syphilis to Europe after all
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read previewThe idea that Christopher Colombus brought back syphilis from the New World might be completely wrong. Interim Archives/Getty ImagesThe timing of the arrival of syphilis in Europe is suspiciousLooking at historical literature, you would think syphilis definitely arrived with the conquistadors. There was a big outbreak of syphilis in Europe in the late 1400s, mostly in harbor towns, seemingly out of the blue. AdvertisementThis suggests that the bones lesions alone don't guarantee that syphilis was present in South America before Columbus, poking holes in the evidence used to support the hypothesis. AdvertisementWith this ancient genome, Schünemann and colleagues were able to discover that the whole Treponema family is much older than had ever been expected.

Persons: —, Christopher Colombus, didn't, Verena Schünemann, Christopher Columbus, Columbus, Brenda Baker, Schünemann Organizations: Service, Business, University of Basel, Arizona State University, Getty Locations: Europe, South America, Barcelona, Spain, Brazil, Asia, Japan, Columbus, India, Americas

☆ Did syphilis originate in the Americas? Ancient DNA offers some insight
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Katie Hunt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

In France, it was named the “Neapolitan disease” after the French army got infected during its invasion of Naples, Italy, in the first documented syphilis epidemic. A complex disease caused by a complex bacteriumWithout treatment, syphilis can cause physical disfigurement, blindness and mental impairment. Others believe T. pallidum bacteria always had a global distribution but perhaps grew in virulence after initially manifesting as a mild disease. Some bones had marks characteristic of infection with T. pallidum — the bacteria effectively eat away at bones, leaving concave lesions. “The modern tools available for extracting DNA from ancient samples, for enriching the treponemal DNA, and obtaining deep sequencing from samples has rapidly increased our understanding of the Treponema.”

Persons: Christopher Columbus, Treponema pallidum, ”, Brenda J, Baker, Jose Filippini It’s, Molly Zuckerman, wasn’t, ” Zuckerman, “, it’s, Columbus, Europe ’, Sheila A, pallidum, Verena Schünemann, Schünemann, Mathew Beale, Beale, ” Lukehart Organizations: CNN, Research, Arizona State University, Bioarchaeology Laboratories, Mississippi State University, University of Washington, University of Zurich’s Institute of Evolutionary, Wellcome Sanger, Columbus Locations: France, Naples, Italy, Europe, Americas, Brazil, New, Laguna, Santa Catarina, Africa, Columbus, Finland, Estonia, Netherlands, Asia, Cambridge, England

☆ (ВИДЕО) Зараженная кровь, отсутствие тестов и фальсификация оферты: Детали задержаний в Республиканском центре переливания крови
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-09 | by ( ) nokta.md time to read: +3 min

Два дня назад прокуратура задержала руководителя Республиканского центра переливания крови (РЦПК), экс-главу Минздрава Светлану Чеботарь, юриста центра и заместителя директора Агентства государственных закупок. Представители МВД заявляют, что Светлана Чеботарь поддерживала признание некоторых компаний победителями в публичных тендерах на расходные материалы и парафармацевтические препараты. «На первом этапе сортировки донорской крови/компонентов крови используются экспресс-тесты на определение гепатита, сифилиса и ВИЧ. Из-за отсутствия вышеупомянутых тестов компоненты крови донора, зараженного Treponema Pallidum (возбудителем болезни сифилиса), не тестировались. Таким образом, человек дважды сдавал компоненты крови, будучи зараженным Treponema Pallidum.

Persons: Treponema, , Светлана Чеботарь, Чеботарь Organizations: , Республиканский центр переливания крови (РЦПК), Минздрав, Агентство государственных закупок, МВД, РЦПК, Клиническая больница Locations: Республика Молдова, Бельц, США

☆ VIDEO/ Dosarul trucării licitațiilor în domeniul efectuării transfuziei sângelui. SPIA publică o discuție dintre ex-ministra Sănătății și un subaltern de al ei
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-09 | by ( Buzdugan Loredana | ) www.zdg.md time to read: +4 min

SPIA a publicat o înregistrare audio care, potrivit lor, ar fi o discuție dintre Svetlana Cebotari și un subaltern al acesteia. În consecință, agentul economic a acționat în judecată CNTS pentru eschivarea de la respectarea clauzelor contractuale. De menționat este faptul că, în cadrul perchezițiilor și anume în registrele de validare a produselor sanguine donate, au fost identificate o listă considerabilă de sânge și componente sanguine expirate. În cadrul interceptărilor telefonice autorizate, a fost identificată discuția dintre directorul CNTS și un subaltern. Prin urmare, aparatul de plasmafereză, aflat la evidența CNTS a fost prezentat donatorului și instituției medicale, care aparent a reprezentat utilajul achiziționat în urma licitației.

Persons: Svetlana Cebotari, SPIA, CNTS, TP . Organizations: Anticorupție, Ministerului Sănătății, Muncii, Protecției Sociale, TP, Bălți

☆ VIDEO/ Dosarul trucării licitațiilor în domeniul efectuării transfuziei sângelui. SPIA publică o presupusă discuție dintre ex-ministra Sănătății și un subaltern de al ei
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-09 | by ( Buzdugan Loredana | ) www.zdg.md time to read: +4 min

Persons: Svetlana Cebotari, SPIA, CNTS Organizations: Anticorupție, Ministerului Sănătății, Muncii, Protecției Sociale, TP, Bălți Locations: Republicii Moldova

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