The tetanus vaccine protects people who may come into contact with the bacteria that cause tetanus. As with any vaccine, the tetanus shot can lead to the possibility of some side effects.

Symptoms of tetanus can set in 3 to 21 days after exposure to the bacteria, so it’s recommended that you get the vaccine within 48 to 72 hours or as soon as possible. However, several factors ...

Pathogenesis is the term that is used to describe the origin and development of a disease. Distinct proteolytic pathways share convergent activation patterns in many pathological contexts. Two new ...

Bacterial pathogenesis is the process by which bacteria infect and cause disease in a host. Not all bacteria are pathogens and have the ability for pathogenesis (also known as virulence).

Botulism is a rare but potentially fatal illness caused by botulinum toxin, a toxin produced by a bacterium called Clostridium botulinum. In the United States, most cases of foodborne botulism are ...

Intestinal worms often lead to gastrointestinal symptoms, like diarrhea, because they live in your digestive tract. Other symptoms, such as a skin rash or problems breathing, also can occur, depending ...

Although both share a similar pathogenesis, their etiologies differ, presenting certain limitations. Finally, this study only conducted a retrospective statistical analysis of the in-hospital ...

As one can see, these remarkable discoveries, and others not enumerated here, had 2 major effects: (1) they changed the concept of infectious disease causation, pathogenesis, epidemiology ...