Guinea Worm Disease
... Treatment • There is NO DRUG and no VACCINE for guinea worm disease to prevent infection • After the worm emerges, it can be pulled out very slowly ...
... Treatment • There is NO DRUG and no VACCINE for guinea worm disease to prevent infection • After the worm emerges, it can be pulled out very slowly ...
Gastrointestinal Infectious Diseases
... Caused by variety of heat-stable and heat-labile toxins, attachment proteins for colonization. Over-stimulation of fluid secretion in to GI lumen Transmission: undercooked meats, unpasteurized milk, water (fecal-oral) ...
... Caused by variety of heat-stable and heat-labile toxins, attachment proteins for colonization. Over-stimulation of fluid secretion in to GI lumen Transmission: undercooked meats, unpasteurized milk, water (fecal-oral) ...
Yersinia pestis - life.illinois.edu
... Xenopsylla cheopis. The flea normally feeds on rats, but will bite humans who live in close contact when populations are high enough. The Yersinia pestis bacteria multiply rapidly in the flea, blocking its gut. When the flea tries to ingest a meal it is unable to, and it regurgitates blood and bacte ...
... Xenopsylla cheopis. The flea normally feeds on rats, but will bite humans who live in close contact when populations are high enough. The Yersinia pestis bacteria multiply rapidly in the flea, blocking its gut. When the flea tries to ingest a meal it is unable to, and it regurgitates blood and bacte ...
Unit #6 Outline
... G. Emerging Infections- incidence in humans has __________ within the past two years or threatens to increase in the future 1. Aids 2. Lyme disease 3. Avian bird flu 4. Contributing factors A. travel across borders- humans and animals B. population movement- wooded areas- Lyme disease C. resistance ...
... G. Emerging Infections- incidence in humans has __________ within the past two years or threatens to increase in the future 1. Aids 2. Lyme disease 3. Avian bird flu 4. Contributing factors A. travel across borders- humans and animals B. population movement- wooded areas- Lyme disease C. resistance ...
Historical Views of Human Variation
... selective pressures on human populations. Disease influences the frequency of certain alleles that affect the immune response. ...
... selective pressures on human populations. Disease influences the frequency of certain alleles that affect the immune response. ...
Disease Prevention
... Many pathogens aren’t harmful themselves, but the toxins they produce are Tetanus and diptheria immunizations work in this way ...
... Many pathogens aren’t harmful themselves, but the toxins they produce are Tetanus and diptheria immunizations work in this way ...
Mini-Med School 2001
... •How does the cell maintain a boundary around it, other cells & the outside world? •What happens when these boundaries are breached? •Susceptibility of organelles to damage & disturbances of cellular metabolism •What triggers a cell to divide and how can this stimulus become defective? •What are the ...
... •How does the cell maintain a boundary around it, other cells & the outside world? •What happens when these boundaries are breached? •Susceptibility of organelles to damage & disturbances of cellular metabolism •What triggers a cell to divide and how can this stimulus become defective? •What are the ...
A1988M404200001
... Scott’s hypothesis and thus supporting Kloetzel’s conclusions as well. Reanalysis of the original data has recently confirmed the relation between worm numbers and fecal eggs. Most clinical field studies have shown ...
... Scott’s hypothesis and thus supporting Kloetzel’s conclusions as well. Reanalysis of the original data has recently confirmed the relation between worm numbers and fecal eggs. Most clinical field studies have shown ...
Fish Zoonoses
... Mycobacterium marinum and M. fortuitum are nontuberculous mycobacterium species that affect fish. Humans acquire infection by direct contact with infected animals or contaminated water. Infection is rare and more commonly occurs with exposure to minor trauma. A localized granulomatous nodule appears ...
... Mycobacterium marinum and M. fortuitum are nontuberculous mycobacterium species that affect fish. Humans acquire infection by direct contact with infected animals or contaminated water. Infection is rare and more commonly occurs with exposure to minor trauma. A localized granulomatous nodule appears ...
Ring rot of potatoes - Department of Agriculture
... The following preventative measures should be implemented to prevent the introduction/spread of ring rot and other potato diseases: - Only plant basic certified seed from a reliable source. All basic certified seed produced in the EU is derived from material that is tested for all quarantine disease ...
... The following preventative measures should be implemented to prevent the introduction/spread of ring rot and other potato diseases: - Only plant basic certified seed from a reliable source. All basic certified seed produced in the EU is derived from material that is tested for all quarantine disease ...
agitation anxiety and confusion
... ‘Ask not what disease the person has but rather what person the disease has’. William Osler Huge concerns around the ‘future narrative’ – unknown / uncertainty / absence How the person is will reflect their personality, past history, situation, socio-economic status, culture etc Place on illness / d ...
... ‘Ask not what disease the person has but rather what person the disease has’. William Osler Huge concerns around the ‘future narrative’ – unknown / uncertainty / absence How the person is will reflect their personality, past history, situation, socio-economic status, culture etc Place on illness / d ...
Question block created by wizard - Di-Et-Tri
... To diagnose diseases by obtaining ECGs and EEGs. To diagnose diseases by obtaining and interpreting medical images. To provide radioactive iodine to patients who suffer from thyroid disorders. To provide radiation therapy to cancer patients. vraag 3. What is meant with the term 'systemic dis ...
... To diagnose diseases by obtaining ECGs and EEGs. To diagnose diseases by obtaining and interpreting medical images. To provide radioactive iodine to patients who suffer from thyroid disorders. To provide radiation therapy to cancer patients. vraag 3. What is meant with the term 'systemic dis ...
Category Scoring Criteria Total Points Score Part 1: Emerging
... Includes a table titled “List of Emerging and ReEmerging Diseases” containing: Group 1 – Pathogens newly recognized in the past 2 decades Group 2 – Re-emerging pathogens Group 3 – Agents with bioterrorism potential broken down into category A, B, C ...
... Includes a table titled “List of Emerging and ReEmerging Diseases” containing: Group 1 – Pathogens newly recognized in the past 2 decades Group 2 – Re-emerging pathogens Group 3 – Agents with bioterrorism potential broken down into category A, B, C ...
Chapter 9
... population of Medieval Europe died of plague. Plague is a reemerging zoonosis; many mammals, primarily rodents (including gophers, squirrels, mice, and rats), serve as reservoirs. Sporadic cases in the southwestern United States occur due to bites from infected fleas on prairie dogs. In bubonic plag ...
... population of Medieval Europe died of plague. Plague is a reemerging zoonosis; many mammals, primarily rodents (including gophers, squirrels, mice, and rats), serve as reservoirs. Sporadic cases in the southwestern United States occur due to bites from infected fleas on prairie dogs. In bubonic plag ...
dTpa Fact Sheet
... Diphtheria is a serious communicable bacterial disease that causes severe inflammation of the nose, throat and windpipe (trachea). It is caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae. The bacteria produce toxins that cause an abnormal membrane to grow in the throat, which can lead to suffocati ...
... Diphtheria is a serious communicable bacterial disease that causes severe inflammation of the nose, throat and windpipe (trachea). It is caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae. The bacteria produce toxins that cause an abnormal membrane to grow in the throat, which can lead to suffocati ...
The Spatio-temporal Epidemiology of Bovine Spongiform
... England as an area of excess exposure density. While interpretation of these findings is complicated by the fact that the disease must have been present for some years before it was first diagnosed, the evidence suggests initial amplification in the south provided risk material which progressively d ...
... England as an area of excess exposure density. While interpretation of these findings is complicated by the fact that the disease must have been present for some years before it was first diagnosed, the evidence suggests initial amplification in the south provided risk material which progressively d ...
current national eid threats
... a considerable degree of freedom from infectious diseases at a time not too far in the future. Indeed . . . it seems reasonable to anticipate that within some measurable time . . . all the major infections will have disappeared T Adian Cockburn ...
... a considerable degree of freedom from infectious diseases at a time not too far in the future. Indeed . . . it seems reasonable to anticipate that within some measurable time . . . all the major infections will have disappeared T Adian Cockburn ...
11.8.11 seminar_Lehrer (PDF)
... Vaccine Development Vaccine safety is becoming an increasingly important criterion for newly developed vaccines for neglected, emerging or re-emerging infectious diseases or for next-generation products replacing existing vaccines. Properly selected and highly purified recombinant antigens can fill ...
... Vaccine Development Vaccine safety is becoming an increasingly important criterion for newly developed vaccines for neglected, emerging or re-emerging infectious diseases or for next-generation products replacing existing vaccines. Properly selected and highly purified recombinant antigens can fill ...
Pharmaceutical
... 3-Joseph Lister – introduced aseptic techniques reducing microbes in medical settings to prevent infections. -involved disinfection of hands using chemicals prior to surgery. -use of heat for sterilization. ...
... 3-Joseph Lister – introduced aseptic techniques reducing microbes in medical settings to prevent infections. -involved disinfection of hands using chemicals prior to surgery. -use of heat for sterilization. ...
Micro 280 Introduction
... disease can be synthetic drugs or antibiotics. • Antibiotics are chemicals produced by bacteria and fungi that inhibit or kill other microbes. • Quinine from tree bark was long used to treat malaria. • 1910: Paul Ehrlich developed a synthetic arsenic drug, salvarsan, to treat syphilis. • 1930s: Sulf ...
... disease can be synthetic drugs or antibiotics. • Antibiotics are chemicals produced by bacteria and fungi that inhibit or kill other microbes. • Quinine from tree bark was long used to treat malaria. • 1910: Paul Ehrlich developed a synthetic arsenic drug, salvarsan, to treat syphilis. • 1930s: Sulf ...