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Lo que deben saber los padres sobre la infección de la tuberculosis en los niños[What Parents Need to Know About Tuberculosis (TB) Infection In Children]

This brochure provides parents with important information about latent TB infection (LTBI) in children. It is designed in a question and answer format with highlighted information for quick and easy readability. The brochure can be distributed to parents of children with LTBI and can also used by health care providers when providing education on LTBI to parents. This product is intended to be downloaded, printed and distributed at health department clinics or other locations where treatment of children with LTBI is provided.

HIV/AIDS Among Hispanics: United States 2001-2005

This report provides information on the disproportionate rates of HIV infection and AIDS in Hispanics living in the US. The report is based on an analysis of HIV/AIDS cases diagnosed among Hispanic adults and adolescents living with HIV or AIDS in 50 states and the District of Columbia in 2005. HIV/AIDS cases include those with a diagnosis of HIV infection that have not progressed to AIDS, those with a diagnosis of HIV infection followed by a diagnosis of AIDS, and concurrent diagnoses of AIDS and HIV infection.

Cirrosis: Una Guía Para el Paciente

This pamphlet explains basic facts about cirrhosis, which is a disease of the liver. It can help patients understand the causes and treatments of cirrhosis. The pamphlet answers patients' questions about common complications of cirrhosis and provides information on how to deal with these complications. It also provides practical tips on how to keep a patient's liver as healthy as possible, including things to do and things to avoid.

Lo que Deben Saber los Padres Sobre la Infección de la Tuberculosis los Niños

This pamphlet provides parents with information about TB infection in children. It explains that TB usually affects the lungs, how it is transmitted, TB testing, and the difference between latent TB infection (LTBI) and TB disease. The pamphlet also discusses treatment for LTBI and why the treatment is necessary, and side effects from the medication. It provides tips to help parents remember to give the child the medicine, what the parent should do if he/she forgets to give the medicine, and lists important points to remember.

Virus del Papiloma Humano Genital: La Realidad

This pamphlet provides information about genital human papillomavirus (HPV). It notes that this is the most common sexually transmitted virus in the US and that most people who have the disease do not know it, as they may not have symptoms. It explains how the disease is transmitted, the symptoms and health effects of HPV, and focuses on important knowledge about HPV for both men and women. Women are warned that some types of HPV can cause cervical cancer in women, but that a woman can protect herself by getting regular Pap tests and early treatment for problems that could turn into cancer.

Eliminacion de la TB: Informacion Sobre la Tuberculosis Para los Viajeros Internacionales

This information sheet discusses TB and the risk for international travelers. It explains TB transmission, multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) strains of the disease, and how drug resistance occurs. The information sheet considers whether international travelers are at risk of MDR or XDR TB while traveling, the risk of acquiring TB on an airplane, how TB can be prevented, TB vaccine, and what an individual should do before traveling internationally and if an individual thinks that he/she may have been exposed to someone with TB disease.

Eliminación de la TB: Tuberculosis multirresistente (MDR TB)

This information sheet discusses multidrug-resistant TB (MDR TB), a strain of TB that is resistant to at least two of the best anti-TB drugs, isoniazid and rifampicin. It describes TB disease, MDR TB, extensively drug resistant TB (XDR TB), TB transmission, how drug resistance happens, and who is at risk for getting MDR TB. The information sheet also explains how MDR TB can be prevented, TB vaccine, the symptoms of TB disease, and what an individual should do after being exposed to someone with TB.