Topic Organizer # 6
... 8. How is the capsid protein important to the functioning of a virus? 9. What is the best way to protect humans against most viral diseases? 10.How are viruses highly specific to the cells they infect? 11.List the five pathogens that are responsible for the spread of infectious disease. Give an exam ...
... 8. How is the capsid protein important to the functioning of a virus? 9. What is the best way to protect humans against most viral diseases? 10.How are viruses highly specific to the cells they infect? 11.List the five pathogens that are responsible for the spread of infectious disease. Give an exam ...
the immune system
... ●the body’s main defense against pathogens ●“remembers” each type of pathogen that enters the body ●IMMUNITY: the body’s ability to destroy pathogens before ...
... ●the body’s main defense against pathogens ●“remembers” each type of pathogen that enters the body ●IMMUNITY: the body’s ability to destroy pathogens before ...
Education - Texas Department of State Health Services
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updated January 2017
... Poisoning arising from chemical contamination of the environment Taeniasis Trichinosis ...
... Poisoning arising from chemical contamination of the environment Taeniasis Trichinosis ...
The Immune System Mr. Alvarez December 17, 2013
... dirty Petri Dishes out in the lab when he went on vacation in 1928 ...
... dirty Petri Dishes out in the lab when he went on vacation in 1928 ...
Vocabulary:
... 1. Communicable - able to be passed from one organism to another 2. Epidemiology - the study of the patterns involving health events such as disease 3. Host - an organism that is infected with a pathogen 4. Immunity - the ability of an organism to resist infection 5. Infectious disease - a disease t ...
... 1. Communicable - able to be passed from one organism to another 2. Epidemiology - the study of the patterns involving health events such as disease 3. Host - an organism that is infected with a pathogen 4. Immunity - the ability of an organism to resist infection 5. Infectious disease - a disease t ...
Non-Communicable Diseases
... 11. What is a non-communicable disease? Are non-communicable diseases contagious? 12. Explain how to do a self-exam for either breast cancer or testicular cancer. 13. Breast Cancer, Alzheimer’s, and Prostate Cancer are all examples of non-communicable diseases. List three more examples of non-commun ...
... 11. What is a non-communicable disease? Are non-communicable diseases contagious? 12. Explain how to do a self-exam for either breast cancer or testicular cancer. 13. Breast Cancer, Alzheimer’s, and Prostate Cancer are all examples of non-communicable diseases. List three more examples of non-commun ...
Contagious or Infectious Diseases - Sugar
... as having a contagious or infectious disease that could make the child’s attendance harmful to the welfare of other students. In the instance of diseases causing suppressed immunity, attendance may be denied to a child with suppressed immunity in order to protect the welfare of the child with suppre ...
... as having a contagious or infectious disease that could make the child’s attendance harmful to the welfare of other students. In the instance of diseases causing suppressed immunity, attendance may be denied to a child with suppressed immunity in order to protect the welfare of the child with suppre ...
Individual Rights and Responsibilities
... significance because their ability to spread often depends on our social interactions. Their ethical significance is therefore intimately related to the extent, nature, quality, and care with which we attend to those social interactions"(Cheyette, 2011). Currently, there are state reporting programs ...
... significance because their ability to spread often depends on our social interactions. Their ethical significance is therefore intimately related to the extent, nature, quality, and care with which we attend to those social interactions"(Cheyette, 2011). Currently, there are state reporting programs ...
Epidemic Typhus - AAP Red Book - American Academy of Pediatrics
... Charles-Jules-Henri Nicolle (1866-1936), a physician, microbiologist, novelist, philosopher, and historian. From 1903 until his death in 1936, he was director of the Institut Pasteur in Tunis, Tunisia. Nicolle's many accomplishments include the discovery that epidemic typhus is transmitted by body l ...
... Charles-Jules-Henri Nicolle (1866-1936), a physician, microbiologist, novelist, philosopher, and historian. From 1903 until his death in 1936, he was director of the Institut Pasteur in Tunis, Tunisia. Nicolle's many accomplishments include the discovery that epidemic typhus is transmitted by body l ...
Notification of Infectious Diseases Form
... Infectious diseases still occur frequently throughout the world, so constant vigilance is required to prevent the reappearance of diseases thought to have been conquered. Changes in lifestyle have also led to the emergence of new threats to public health from infection. Health authorities depend on ...
... Infectious diseases still occur frequently throughout the world, so constant vigilance is required to prevent the reappearance of diseases thought to have been conquered. Changes in lifestyle have also led to the emergence of new threats to public health from infection. Health authorities depend on ...
MSc. TID - University of Nairobi Institute of Tropical and Infectious
... tropics. Of these, the HIV, malaria and tuberculosis cause the highest morbidity and mortality. Many other diseases have emerged, some of which cause epidemics complicating further the situation in resource-limited countries. Bacterial and viral meningitis, yellow fever, rift valley fever and other ...
... tropics. Of these, the HIV, malaria and tuberculosis cause the highest morbidity and mortality. Many other diseases have emerged, some of which cause epidemics complicating further the situation in resource-limited countries. Bacterial and viral meningitis, yellow fever, rift valley fever and other ...
Communicable Diseases
... • Healthcare – medical waste/equipment • Respiratory/bodily fluid – when come in contact with saliva, blood, ejaculate, mucus ...
... • Healthcare – medical waste/equipment • Respiratory/bodily fluid – when come in contact with saliva, blood, ejaculate, mucus ...
The Five Commandments of Infectious Disease
... All children in childcare should be immunized against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, poliomyelitis, hepatitis B, chickenpox, measles, mumps, rubella, and haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) at appropriate ages unless they are exempted by state laws for religious or medical reasons. Measles, mumps, ...
... All children in childcare should be immunized against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, poliomyelitis, hepatitis B, chickenpox, measles, mumps, rubella, and haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) at appropriate ages unless they are exempted by state laws for religious or medical reasons. Measles, mumps, ...
Professor Philip Weinstein
... Journal for Parasitology. He received his PhD from University of Queensland in 1995 and has since worked at The University of Edinburgh, George Washington University and Queensland Institute of Medical Research. His major research interest is the molecular basis of host-parasite interactions, with a ...
... Journal for Parasitology. He received his PhD from University of Queensland in 1995 and has since worked at The University of Edinburgh, George Washington University and Queensland Institute of Medical Research. His major research interest is the molecular basis of host-parasite interactions, with a ...
The Child with Infectious Disease
... Newborn receives zidovudine for 6 weeks after birth. Prophylaxis with Septra or Bactrim when CD4 level starts to drop. ...
... Newborn receives zidovudine for 6 weeks after birth. Prophylaxis with Septra or Bactrim when CD4 level starts to drop. ...
Day 3 - Disease #1 (H.2.4)
... The student will understand: • Diseases impact modern societies differently. • Disease can cause the extinction of modern societies. • Cultural ideas will impact how disease is recognized, accepted and treated within modern societies. • Diseases can be man-made or found in nature. • A variety of pe ...
... The student will understand: • Diseases impact modern societies differently. • Disease can cause the extinction of modern societies. • Cultural ideas will impact how disease is recognized, accepted and treated within modern societies. • Diseases can be man-made or found in nature. • A variety of pe ...
Healthcare Delivery System
... 3.14 Explain the impact of emerging issues such as technology, epidemiology, bioethics, and socioeconomics on healthcare delivery systems. ...
... 3.14 Explain the impact of emerging issues such as technology, epidemiology, bioethics, and socioeconomics on healthcare delivery systems. ...
Information about Precautions to Prevent Spread of Infectious
... In school or other educational settings, knowing who carries an infectious disease and what germ may be present is not possible. Persons with infections do not always have ...
... In school or other educational settings, knowing who carries an infectious disease and what germ may be present is not possible. Persons with infections do not always have ...
The Sociology of Infectious Disease: Using
... • An outbreak or epidemic exists when there are more cases of a particular disease than expected in a given area, or among a specific group of people, over a particular time. – Example: Seasonal flu ...
... • An outbreak or epidemic exists when there are more cases of a particular disease than expected in a given area, or among a specific group of people, over a particular time. – Example: Seasonal flu ...
Flu
... Can I be vaccinated against Flu There are two types vaccinations available for young people at risk Young people age 2 -17 with long term health conditions will be offered the annual flu nasal spray in preference to the ‘flu jab’ , however some will be unable to have this, Your doctor or nurse will ...
... Can I be vaccinated against Flu There are two types vaccinations available for young people at risk Young people age 2 -17 with long term health conditions will be offered the annual flu nasal spray in preference to the ‘flu jab’ , however some will be unable to have this, Your doctor or nurse will ...
Emerging and re-emerging infectious disease. ( 16/03/2017)
... Morens, D. M., Folkers, G. K., & Fauci, A. S. (2004). The challenge of emerging and reemerging infectious diseases, 430(July). Morens, D. M., & Fauci, A. S. (2013). Emerging Infectious Diseases : Threats to Human Health and Global Stability, 9(7), 7–10. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.10034 ...
... Morens, D. M., Folkers, G. K., & Fauci, A. S. (2004). The challenge of emerging and reemerging infectious diseases, 430(July). Morens, D. M., & Fauci, A. S. (2013). Emerging Infectious Diseases : Threats to Human Health and Global Stability, 9(7), 7–10. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.10034 ...
How can we better prepare for more frequent infectious disease
... 2014's Ebola epidemic to be $32 billion. Foodborne illness from microbes such as E.Coli, salmonella and listeria is estimated by the USDA to cost the nation $15 billion annually. Additionally, the CDC estimates that each year in the US, one in six Americans (or 48 million people) gets sick, 128,000 ...
... 2014's Ebola epidemic to be $32 billion. Foodborne illness from microbes such as E.Coli, salmonella and listeria is estimated by the USDA to cost the nation $15 billion annually. Additionally, the CDC estimates that each year in the US, one in six Americans (or 48 million people) gets sick, 128,000 ...