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DHA Public Health Launches MilTICK SURE Path: Surveillance for Understudied, Rare Emerging Pathogens
The MilTICK program is expanding its disease surveillance to include deadly emerging pathogens. MilTICK SURE Path is a critical tool for defense public health entomology and public health officials in tracking emerging disease threats.
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7/17/2015
The most prevalent human enzyme deficiency in the world, the disorder stems from an intrinsic metabolic defect of the red blood cells. The majority of people with G6PD deficiency are unaware of their status, living out their lives with no anemia, no symptoms, and no complications. The disorder becomes recognized when an episode of acute hemolysis (rupture of the red blood cell) is triggered by exposure to oxidant drugs, infection, or ingestion of fava beans.
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