Comparing Diseases: Agents, Transmission and Prevention

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Agents, Exposures and Prevention

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Benchmark	Fascioliasis	Cryptosporidiosis	Paragonimiasis
Agent	Fasciola hepatica and F. gigantica	Cryptosporidium spp.	Paragonimus spp.
Family	Parasite	Parasite	Parasite
Paths and contexts	Water and food Animal / zoonosis	Water and food Close contact Animal / zoonosis	Water and food Animal / zoonosis
What distinguishes disease	Liver trematodia acquired by consuming aquatic plants carrying larvae of the parasite.	Diarrhoeal infection transmitted by resistant oocysts in water or by contact with infected people and animals.	Trematodiasis mainly pulmonary acquired by consumption of crustaceans of fresh water raw or insufficiently cooked.
Prevention	Avoid raw aquatic plants of uncertain origin and strengthen veterinary and health control.	Hand hygiene, safe water and respect for temporary exclusions from bathing after diarrhea.	Cook completely crabs and crayfish in areas where the parasite is circulating.
Deepening	Form → WHO — reference	Form → CDC — référence ↗	Form → WHO — reference
Diagnosis and monitoring	Searching for eggs in stools, blood tests and sometimes imaging contribute to the balance. The infection phase influences useful examinations.	Stool tests should look for this parasite with a suitable technique. Report swimming, water consumption and animal contact.	Eggs can be searched in spitting or stools; antibody tests can be completed. Eggs are not always detectable at first.
Preparing for an exchange with a professional	Cresson, aquatic plants and water Meal dates and symptoms	Dates of bathing and beginning of signs Immunodepression and treatment	Crustaceans and preparation Cough, blood and chronology

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The selected records cover 1 agent family/families. They share the following routes or contexts in our catalogue: Water and food · Animal / zoonosis. These associations describe the selected data; they do not measure contagiousness, severity or personal risk.

To review a comparison, choose one row and open the reference for each column. A preventive measure mentioned in one record and absent from another is not necessarily unnecessary in the second situation: the summaries and their scope may differ.

If symptoms occurThe table does not select any test or treatment. A fever after a stay in the malaria area should be reported promptly, even if prevention has been taken.

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