Appendix 1 - Acronyms and Definitions
... contaminated with a blood-borne pathogen that occurs outside of a work setting. This may involve sexual exposures or needle-sharing activities. Occupational exposure – exposure to potentially HIV contaminated blood or body fluids, or concentrated virus in an occupational setting. This includes any w ...
... contaminated with a blood-borne pathogen that occurs outside of a work setting. This may involve sexual exposures or needle-sharing activities. Occupational exposure – exposure to potentially HIV contaminated blood or body fluids, or concentrated virus in an occupational setting. This includes any w ...
Principles of Communicable Diseases Epidemiology
... agent passes or is disseminated to the host (immediate source). The reservoir is “any person, animal, arthropod, plant, soil, or substance, or a combination of these, in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies, on which it depends primarily for survival, and where it reproduces itsel ...
... agent passes or is disseminated to the host (immediate source). The reservoir is “any person, animal, arthropod, plant, soil, or substance, or a combination of these, in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies, on which it depends primarily for survival, and where it reproduces itsel ...
Pharmacy in Public Health: Levels of Dis
... and the types of interventions used to reach those goals. ...
... and the types of interventions used to reach those goals. ...
Hematuria
... • Urinary tract stones (urolithiasis) and kidney failure may require diet modification ...
... • Urinary tract stones (urolithiasis) and kidney failure may require diet modification ...
Hematuria - Joondalup Vet
... • Urinary tract stones (urolithiasis) and kidney failure may require diet modification ...
... • Urinary tract stones (urolithiasis) and kidney failure may require diet modification ...
10 Herpes simplex
... Influenzavirus B • This genus has one species, influenza B virus. Influenza B almost exclusively infects humans[22] and is less common than influenza A. The only other animals known to be susceptible to influenza B infection are the seal[24] and the ferret.[25] This type of influenza mutates at a r ...
... Influenzavirus B • This genus has one species, influenza B virus. Influenza B almost exclusively infects humans[22] and is less common than influenza A. The only other animals known to be susceptible to influenza B infection are the seal[24] and the ferret.[25] This type of influenza mutates at a r ...
TB intro - UNC
... Left untreated, a person with active TB will infect 10-15 other people per year ...
... Left untreated, a person with active TB will infect 10-15 other people per year ...
11/2017 - NSW Health
... Infection may occur after minor injury to the skin that is contaminated with soil, dust or manure or after major injuries and burns. Symptoms of the disease usually develop 3 to 21 days after exposure but the onset can sometimes be delayed for several months. Toxin produced by the bacteria attack th ...
... Infection may occur after minor injury to the skin that is contaminated with soil, dust or manure or after major injuries and burns. Symptoms of the disease usually develop 3 to 21 days after exposure but the onset can sometimes be delayed for several months. Toxin produced by the bacteria attack th ...
Infectious Disease - Lemon Bay High School
... Symbionts vs. Pathogens Parts of the human body provide excellent habitats for microorganisms. Fortunately, most microorganisms that take advantage of our hospitality are symbionts that are either harmless or actually beneficial. Yeast and bacteria grow in the mouth and throat without causing trouble ...
... Symbionts vs. Pathogens Parts of the human body provide excellent habitats for microorganisms. Fortunately, most microorganisms that take advantage of our hospitality are symbionts that are either harmless or actually beneficial. Yeast and bacteria grow in the mouth and throat without causing trouble ...
Communicable diseases and severe food shortage situations
... malaria microscopy. The risk of further infections should be reduced by protecting all patients in TFCs from dusk till dawn with insecticide-treated mosquito nets (ITNs), and making ITNs available to take home on discharge. Children with moderate malnutrition will have symptoms of malaria in the sam ...
... malaria microscopy. The risk of further infections should be reduced by protecting all patients in TFCs from dusk till dawn with insecticide-treated mosquito nets (ITNs), and making ITNs available to take home on discharge. Children with moderate malnutrition will have symptoms of malaria in the sam ...
Feline Leukemia Virus Infection
... • Mycoplasma haemofelis infection—suspect in all cats with low red-blood cell counts due to the destruction of red-blood cells, in which the body is producing new red-blood cells (known as ―regenerative hemolytic anemia‖); oxytetracycline or doxycycline; short-term use of steroids, administered by ...
... • Mycoplasma haemofelis infection—suspect in all cats with low red-blood cell counts due to the destruction of red-blood cells, in which the body is producing new red-blood cells (known as ―regenerative hemolytic anemia‖); oxytetracycline or doxycycline; short-term use of steroids, administered by ...
feline_leukemia_virus_infection
... • Mycoplasma haemofelis infection—suspect in all cats with low red-blood cell counts due to the destruction of red-blood cells, in which the body is producing new red-blood cells (known as “regenerative hemolytic anemia”); oxytetracycline or doxycycline; short-term use of steroids, administered by ...
... • Mycoplasma haemofelis infection—suspect in all cats with low red-blood cell counts due to the destruction of red-blood cells, in which the body is producing new red-blood cells (known as “regenerative hemolytic anemia”); oxytetracycline or doxycycline; short-term use of steroids, administered by ...
Glossary | CDC Special Pathogens Branch
... c) Airborne transmission: In this type of transmission, infective agents are spread as aerosols, and usually enter a person through the respiratory tract. Aerosols are tiny particles, consisting in part or completely of the infectious agent itself, which become suspended in the air. These particles ...
... c) Airborne transmission: In this type of transmission, infective agents are spread as aerosols, and usually enter a person through the respiratory tract. Aerosols are tiny particles, consisting in part or completely of the infectious agent itself, which become suspended in the air. These particles ...
vestibular_disease_in_cats
... not be considered as all inclusive • Sedatives—for severe disorientation and rolling; examples are diazepam and acepromazine • Medications to control nausea and vomiting (known as “antiemetic drugs”) and drugs against motion sickness— questionable benefit; example is meclizine • Steroids—not recomme ...
... not be considered as all inclusive • Sedatives—for severe disorientation and rolling; examples are diazepam and acepromazine • Medications to control nausea and vomiting (known as “antiemetic drugs”) and drugs against motion sickness— questionable benefit; example is meclizine • Steroids—not recomme ...
The Civil War: Medicine, Wounds and Diseases
... with what they had. Primarily on the Confederate side, whenever medicine was unavailable they would use nature’s “substitutes,” using American hemlock for opium, dogwood for chamomile, wild jalap for ipecac, hops for laudanum and even dandelion for calomel!4 Amputation was also a huge source for dis ...
... with what they had. Primarily on the Confederate side, whenever medicine was unavailable they would use nature’s “substitutes,” using American hemlock for opium, dogwood for chamomile, wild jalap for ipecac, hops for laudanum and even dandelion for calomel!4 Amputation was also a huge source for dis ...
ch 14 disease - NorthMacAgScience
... A set of principles that help lead to define an infectious disease: 1. The infectious agent should be detectable in sick animals but not healthy animals. 2. It should be possible to isolate and culture the organism. 3. Organisms taken from the culture and introduced into a healthy animal should ...
... A set of principles that help lead to define an infectious disease: 1. The infectious agent should be detectable in sick animals but not healthy animals. 2. It should be possible to isolate and culture the organism. 3. Organisms taken from the culture and introduced into a healthy animal should ...
POSITION DESCRIPTION – Transplant Infectious Diseases Clinical
... The Department offers expertise in general infectious diseases, HIV/AIDS, hospital-acquired infections and antimicrobial resistance, infection prevention, viral hepatitis, sexually-transmitted infections, and infections in immunocompromised hosts. We have six active clinical units at any one time wi ...
... The Department offers expertise in general infectious diseases, HIV/AIDS, hospital-acquired infections and antimicrobial resistance, infection prevention, viral hepatitis, sexually-transmitted infections, and infections in immunocompromised hosts. We have six active clinical units at any one time wi ...
Lessons from the 2006–2007 Rift Valley fever outbreak in East
... entomological studies to detect changes in vector density and species distribution, as well as circulating pathogens within vectors, may also enhance awareness and preparedness for emerging diseases. For example, microarray methods can be applied to specimens collected from animals and vectors durin ...
... entomological studies to detect changes in vector density and species distribution, as well as circulating pathogens within vectors, may also enhance awareness and preparedness for emerging diseases. For example, microarray methods can be applied to specimens collected from animals and vectors durin ...
Management of communicable diseases procedure
... be vaccinated or a record of vaccination recorded within their probationary period. Staff not wishing to be vaccinated are under no obligation to do so, however records would be maintained to reflect this. ...
... be vaccinated or a record of vaccination recorded within their probationary period. Staff not wishing to be vaccinated are under no obligation to do so, however records would be maintained to reflect this. ...
Trial examen NEM-20806 2016 - Di-Et-Tri
... C. Apply the disease triangle to explain a recent pandemic of an infectious disease. ...
... C. Apply the disease triangle to explain a recent pandemic of an infectious disease. ...
10.5mb ppt
... surviving rabbits developed increased resistance; changes in vector activity (mosquitoes) decreased efficiency of transmission ...
... surviving rabbits developed increased resistance; changes in vector activity (mosquitoes) decreased efficiency of transmission ...
Commissioning HIV services in the NHS
... Collaborative commissioning across the patient pathway: • Avoids fragmentation • Enhances flow of patients through the pathway • Eliminates perverse incentives • Ensures patient transition between tiers is timely and smooth • Improves patient outcomes • Improves patient experience ...
... Collaborative commissioning across the patient pathway: • Avoids fragmentation • Enhances flow of patients through the pathway • Eliminates perverse incentives • Ensures patient transition between tiers is timely and smooth • Improves patient outcomes • Improves patient experience ...
- SlideBoom
... disturbed, causing a seizure during which you experience abnormal behavior, symptoms and sensations, including loss of consciousness. ...
... disturbed, causing a seizure during which you experience abnormal behavior, symptoms and sensations, including loss of consciousness. ...
SEROLOGICAL EVIDENCE OF EPIZOOTIC HAEMORRHAGIC
... capable of infecting wild and domestic ruminants and has been particularly associated with disease in white – tailed deer of North America. EHD is an infectious non – contagious viral disease transmitted by Culicoides. The virus belongs to the family Reoviridae, genus Orbivirus and currently 8 or mo ...
... capable of infecting wild and domestic ruminants and has been particularly associated with disease in white – tailed deer of North America. EHD is an infectious non – contagious viral disease transmitted by Culicoides. The virus belongs to the family Reoviridae, genus Orbivirus and currently 8 or mo ...
VHSL Infectious Disease Policy
... 4. Hepatitis B is a viral infection of the liver than can vary from mild inflammation to a severe life threatening disease. AIDS is a disease of the immune system caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus. The individual may not develop any symptoms of disease for many years after contracting the v ...
... 4. Hepatitis B is a viral infection of the liver than can vary from mild inflammation to a severe life threatening disease. AIDS is a disease of the immune system caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus. The individual may not develop any symptoms of disease for many years after contracting the v ...