active infection

Definition: Arises as a delayed or protracted response to a stressful event or situation (of either brief or long duration) of an exceptionally threatening or catastrophic nature, which is likely to cause pervasive distress in almost anyone. Predisposing factors, such as personality traits (e.g. compulsive, asthenic) or previous history of neurotic illness, may lower the threshold for the development of the syndrome or aggravate its course, but they are neither necessary nor sufficient to explain its occurrence. Typical features include episodes of repeated reliving of the trauma in intrusive memories ( flashbacks ), dreams or nightmares, occurring against the persisting background of a sense of numbness and emotional blunting, detachment f ...[+++]rom other people, unresponsiveness to surroundings, anhedonia, and avoidance of activities and situations reminiscent of the trauma. There is usually a state of autonomic hyperarousal with hypervigilance, an enhanced startle reaction, and insomnia. Anxiety and depression are commonly associated with the above symptoms and signs, and suicidal ideation is not infrequent. The onset follows the trauma with a latency period that may range from a few weeks to months. The course is fluctuating but recovery can be expected in the majority of cases. In a small proportion of cases the condition may follow a chronic course over many years, with eventual transition to an enduring personality change (F62.0). | Traumatic neurosis

Definition: Dementia developing in the course of HIV disease, in the absence of a concurrent illness or condition other than HIV infection that could explain the clinical features.

active cytomegalovirus infection

Definition: The schizophrenic disorders are characterized in general by fundamental and characteristic distortions of thinking and perception, and affects that are inappropriate or blunted. Clear consciousness and intellectual capacity are usually maintained although certain cognitive deficits may evolve in the course of time. The most important psychopathological phenomena include thought echo; thought insertion or withdrawal; thought broadcasting; delusional perception and delusions of control; influence or passivity; hallucinatory voices commenting or discussing the patient in the third person; thought disorders and negative sym ...[+++]ptoms. The course of schizophrenic disorders can be either continuous, or episodic with progressive or stable deficit, or there can be one or more episodes with complete or incomplete remission. The diagnosis of schizophrenia should not be made in the presence of extensive depressive or manic symptoms unless it is clear that schizophrenic symptoms antedate the affective disturbance. Nor should schizophrenia be diagnosed in the presence of overt brain disease or during states of drug intoxication or withdrawal. Similar disorders developing in the presence of epilepsy or other brain disease should be classified under F06.2, and those induced by psychoactive substances under F10-F19 with common fourth character .5.

sexually transmitted infection | STI | sexually transmitted disease | STD | venereal disease

carrier of infection

inapparent infection | silent infection | subclinical infection

16. Emphasises the importance of a well-functioning monitoring and surveillance system in order to gather reliable and comparable data on the susceptibility of pathogens to antimicrobial agents and the infections caused by them, allowing for trend analysis, early warnings and monitoring of the spread of resistance at national, regional, and Community level, and to collect data on the prescription and use of antimicrobial agents so that overall use can be monitored;

15. Emphasises the importance of a well-functioning monitoring and surveillance system in order to gather reliable and comparable data on the susceptibility of pathogens to antimicrobial agents and the infections caused by them, allowing for trend analysis, early warnings and monitoring of the spread of resistance at national, regional, and Community level, and to collect data on the prescription and use of antimicrobial agents so that overall use can be monitored;

17. Strongly urges the European Commission and the international community to monitor the health situation of the Haitian population, especially women and children; calls for the establishment of an ad hoc group with the objective of creating a database containing health information concerning all Haitian children so the medical staff currently operating in Haiti will be able to optimise the quality of first aid and will have access to a useful instrument for preventing common childhood diseases and other general infections;

In connection with the control of zoonoses, it is extremely useful to apply criteria relating to the prevention and detection of outbreaks and the mechanisms for the development of the underlying viruses.