Course Syllabus Course: Principles of Infectious Diseases PHS
... have an understanding of various modes of transmission of infectious disease agents; recognize and compare different microbial diseases, including properties of different types of pathogens and the mechanisms of pathogenesis; summarize the role of the host response in infectious diseases, incl ...
... have an understanding of various modes of transmission of infectious disease agents; recognize and compare different microbial diseases, including properties of different types of pathogens and the mechanisms of pathogenesis; summarize the role of the host response in infectious diseases, incl ...
Selected Diesease in Humans
... • Gram + anaerobic rods; forms spores; found in soil • May grow in contaminated wounds or cuts, where it produces the toxin tetanospasmin; a neurotoxin that acts as a cholinesterase inhibitor; mainly effects the central nervous system • Nerve synapses remain closed because cholinesterase fails to br ...
... • Gram + anaerobic rods; forms spores; found in soil • May grow in contaminated wounds or cuts, where it produces the toxin tetanospasmin; a neurotoxin that acts as a cholinesterase inhibitor; mainly effects the central nervous system • Nerve synapses remain closed because cholinesterase fails to br ...
Disease Transmission
... entrance of the infectious disease agent into the body until the first signs and symptoms of the disease appear. ...
... entrance of the infectious disease agent into the body until the first signs and symptoms of the disease appear. ...
Sickness/Infectious Diseases Policy
... All protective hygiene equipment (e.g.: disposable gloves, bleach, disinfectant, paper towels, etc.) is supplied and staff are fully trained to use it. ...
... All protective hygiene equipment (e.g.: disposable gloves, bleach, disinfectant, paper towels, etc.) is supplied and staff are fully trained to use it. ...
2010 Infectious Disease Report
... any time that ticks are active — generally spring thaw through the first hard freeze. All of Washington County is considered a high risk area. Babesiosis: 1 The number of blacklegged ticks, as well as incidence of tick borne disease, is increasing locally and throughout the region. For this reason, ...
... any time that ticks are active — generally spring thaw through the first hard freeze. All of Washington County is considered a high risk area. Babesiosis: 1 The number of blacklegged ticks, as well as incidence of tick borne disease, is increasing locally and throughout the region. For this reason, ...
30 Years In, We Are Still Learning From AIDS
... For doctors, nurses, patients and anyone who might be deemed at risk, the anxiety was pervasive. Might the first coughs or sneezes from a common cold or some other respiratory infection actually be a sign of P.C.P.? Might a small skin blemish represent Kaposi’s sarcoma? Federal health officials and ...
... For doctors, nurses, patients and anyone who might be deemed at risk, the anxiety was pervasive. Might the first coughs or sneezes from a common cold or some other respiratory infection actually be a sign of P.C.P.? Might a small skin blemish represent Kaposi’s sarcoma? Federal health officials and ...
Communicable Disease - E-Learning/An
... Contact transmission: the agent is spread Direct contact transmission takes place when organisms are transmitted directly from the source to the susceptible host without involving an intermediate object; this is also referred to as person-to-person transmission. An example is the transmission of h ...
... Contact transmission: the agent is spread Direct contact transmission takes place when organisms are transmitted directly from the source to the susceptible host without involving an intermediate object; this is also referred to as person-to-person transmission. An example is the transmission of h ...
Chapter 14 - Clayton State University
... Pathology : The study of disease Etiology: The study of the cause of a disease Pathogenesis: The development of disease Infection: Colonization of the body by ...
... Pathology : The study of disease Etiology: The study of the cause of a disease Pathogenesis: The development of disease Infection: Colonization of the body by ...
HS005 Infection Control
... and techniques intended to prevent the spread of infectious diseases amongst staff, people using the services and communities. All staff are at risk of infection or of spreading infection, especially if their role brings them into contact with blood or bodily fluids like urine, faeces, vomit or sput ...
... and techniques intended to prevent the spread of infectious diseases amongst staff, people using the services and communities. All staff are at risk of infection or of spreading infection, especially if their role brings them into contact with blood or bodily fluids like urine, faeces, vomit or sput ...
Asymptomatic Bacteriuria (AB) - Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
... 5. Should Patients with Surgical Implants (prosthetic valves, joint implants, etc.) be treated for Asymptomatic Bacteriuria? UTIs are rarely associated with infections of surgical implant devices [6]. Evidence is lacking that AB causes implant-related infections or treatment of AB reduces implant-re ...
... 5. Should Patients with Surgical Implants (prosthetic valves, joint implants, etc.) be treated for Asymptomatic Bacteriuria? UTIs are rarely associated with infections of surgical implant devices [6]. Evidence is lacking that AB causes implant-related infections or treatment of AB reduces implant-re ...
diseases and trees - College of Natural Resources
... • If pathogen is host-specific overall density may not be best parameter, but density of susceptible host/race • In some cases opposite may be true especially if alternate hosts are taken into account ...
... • If pathogen is host-specific overall density may not be best parameter, but density of susceptible host/race • In some cases opposite may be true especially if alternate hosts are taken into account ...
Patient Management With Previous Positive TB Tests or Treatment
... BCG-vaccinated individuals with a positive IGRA or a TST reaction ≥10 mm of induration should be considered for TB infection treatment, especially any of the following: Individuals continually exposed to populations with a high prevalence of TB (e.g., some healthcare workers, employees and volunte ...
... BCG-vaccinated individuals with a positive IGRA or a TST reaction ≥10 mm of induration should be considered for TB infection treatment, especially any of the following: Individuals continually exposed to populations with a high prevalence of TB (e.g., some healthcare workers, employees and volunte ...
Infectious Diseases
... Hepatitis B Virus How do you get it? Blood Unprotected sexual contact Sharing needles During birth if mother infected Blood transfusion (rare) Some Symptoms ...
... Hepatitis B Virus How do you get it? Blood Unprotected sexual contact Sharing needles During birth if mother infected Blood transfusion (rare) Some Symptoms ...
Ch 18 - Environmental Hazards and Human Health - Baxley
... is being phased out in developing countries. ...
... is being phased out in developing countries. ...
The challenge of emerging and re
... jump to humans but, unlike HIV, are not generally transmitted from person to person, achieving only ‘dead end’ transmission. Infections in animals that are transmitted to humans (zoonoses), and those transmitted from one vertebrate to another by an arthropod vector (vector-borne diseases), have repe ...
... jump to humans but, unlike HIV, are not generally transmitted from person to person, achieving only ‘dead end’ transmission. Infections in animals that are transmitted to humans (zoonoses), and those transmitted from one vertebrate to another by an arthropod vector (vector-borne diseases), have repe ...
Combating endemic diseases of farmed animals for
... to improve the detection and treatment of both diseases. Contact: Dr David Longbottom, the Moredun Research Institute. [email protected] ...
... to improve the detection and treatment of both diseases. Contact: Dr David Longbottom, the Moredun Research Institute. [email protected] ...
Chapter 17 Human Health and Environmental Risks
... Epidemic/Pandemic • Epidemic: rapid increase in a disease. • Pandemic: when an epidemic occurs over a large geographic region. ...
... Epidemic/Pandemic • Epidemic: rapid increase in a disease. • Pandemic: when an epidemic occurs over a large geographic region. ...
Megan Morris - Michigan Mosquito Control Association
... to feeding mosquitoes. When a mosquito bites a bird that is infected, the virus then enters the mosquito’s bloodstream and circulates for a few days before settling in the salivary glands. Now that the virus is on the mosquito’s salivary glands, it can easily enter the host’s bloodstream when the mo ...
... to feeding mosquitoes. When a mosquito bites a bird that is infected, the virus then enters the mosquito’s bloodstream and circulates for a few days before settling in the salivary glands. Now that the virus is on the mosquito’s salivary glands, it can easily enter the host’s bloodstream when the mo ...
School Immunization Checklist
... Chickenpox is a contagious disease that can cause fatigue, mild headache, fever up ...
... Chickenpox is a contagious disease that can cause fatigue, mild headache, fever up ...
Zoonotic disease issues
... Some are found in bird droppings while others are associated with rodents. Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) belongs to the same retroviral group as HIV (humans) and EIA (horses). These viruses do not cross species lines and are not transmitted between cats and people. There is no risk to people f ...
... Some are found in bird droppings while others are associated with rodents. Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) belongs to the same retroviral group as HIV (humans) and EIA (horses). These viruses do not cross species lines and are not transmitted between cats and people. There is no risk to people f ...
Neglected tropical diseases
Neglected tropical diseases are a medically diverse group of tropical infections which are especially common in low-income populations in developing regions of Africa, Asia, and the Americas. They are caused by a variety of pathogens such as viruses, bacteria, protozoa and helminths. Different organizations define the set of diseases differently. In sub-Saharan Africa, the impact of these diseases as a group is comparable to malaria and tuberculosis. Some of these diseases have known preventive measures or acute medical treatments which are available in the developed world but which are not universally available in poorer areas. In some cases, the treatments are relatively inexpensive. For example, the treatment for schistosomiasis is USD $0.20 per child per year. Nevertheless, control of neglected diseases is estimated to require funding of between US$2 billion to US$3 billion over the next five to seven years.These diseases are contrasted with the big three diseases (HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria), which generally receive greater treatment and research funding. The neglected diseases can also make HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis more deadly. However, some pharmaceutical companies have committed to donating all the drug therapies required, and mass drug administration (for example mass deworming) has been successfully accomplished in several countries.Seventeen neglected tropical diseases are prioritized by WHO. These diseases are common in 149 countries, affecting more than 1.4 billion people (including more than 500 million children) and costing developing economies billions of dollars every year. They resulted in 142,000 deaths in 2013 –down from 204,000 deaths in 1990. Of these 17, two are targeted for eradication (dracunculiasis (guinea-worm disease) by 2015 and yaws by 2020) and four for elimination (blinding trachoma, human African trypanosomiasis, leprosy and lymphatic filariasis by 2020).