Aseptic Meningitis - Texas Department of State Health Services
... Aseptic Meningitis Meningitis is an infection of the membranes surrounding the brain and the spinal cord. People sometimes refer to meningitis as spinal meningitis. Meningitis can be caused by a virus or by non-viral agents (such as a bacterium or a fungus). Different viruses can lead to viral menin ...
... Aseptic Meningitis Meningitis is an infection of the membranes surrounding the brain and the spinal cord. People sometimes refer to meningitis as spinal meningitis. Meningitis can be caused by a virus or by non-viral agents (such as a bacterium or a fungus). Different viruses can lead to viral menin ...
Science Olympiad 2010 Disease Detectives Answer Sheet
... Diptheria (40.3 per 100,000 – Rank 10). (This data is not provided in Table 3). With the exception of influenza and pneumonia, these are no longer among the 10 leading causes of death. What is an explanation for this trend? (1) a. More food and water contamination events b. Preventative and curative ...
... Diptheria (40.3 per 100,000 – Rank 10). (This data is not provided in Table 3). With the exception of influenza and pneumonia, these are no longer among the 10 leading causes of death. What is an explanation for this trend? (1) a. More food and water contamination events b. Preventative and curative ...
31200-wd-revisedprc_auc_brief
... What the world expects of WHO in emergencies? Single approach for all emergencies (outbreaks, disasters, etc) ...
... What the world expects of WHO in emergencies? Single approach for all emergencies (outbreaks, disasters, etc) ...
Information Sheet - Ebola Virus Disease
... Epidemiologic risk factors within the past 21 days before the onset of symptoms, such as: contact with blood or other body fluids of a patient known to have or suspected to have EVD, residence in - or travel to - an area where EVD transmission is active, or direct handling of bats or primates ...
... Epidemiologic risk factors within the past 21 days before the onset of symptoms, such as: contact with blood or other body fluids of a patient known to have or suspected to have EVD, residence in - or travel to - an area where EVD transmission is active, or direct handling of bats or primates ...
Hepatitis B Fact Sheet - University of the Cumberlands
... Hepatitis B is a serious infectious disease caused by a virus that attacks the liver. The hepatitis B virus can cause life-long infection that leads to cirrhosis (scarring) of the liver, liver cancer, or liver failure. There is no cure for Hepatitis B, but the infection can be prevented by vaccinati ...
... Hepatitis B is a serious infectious disease caused by a virus that attacks the liver. The hepatitis B virus can cause life-long infection that leads to cirrhosis (scarring) of the liver, liver cancer, or liver failure. There is no cure for Hepatitis B, but the infection can be prevented by vaccinati ...
Bangladesh - UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
... community still has three critically important needs: 1) Broader and deeper knowledge of pathogens that have the potential to emerge from animals; 2) Targeted surveillance to maximize available resources; 3) Tools to characterize organisms that could be pathogens of significance and to predict where ...
... community still has three critically important needs: 1) Broader and deeper knowledge of pathogens that have the potential to emerge from animals; 2) Targeted surveillance to maximize available resources; 3) Tools to characterize organisms that could be pathogens of significance and to predict where ...
Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) - Emory EHSO
... This content of this document is for Emory University USE ONLY. The information and contents of this Biological Agent Reference Sheet (including all text and graphics), whether available in print or electronic format (including any digital format, e-mail transmissions, or download from the website), ...
... This content of this document is for Emory University USE ONLY. The information and contents of this Biological Agent Reference Sheet (including all text and graphics), whether available in print or electronic format (including any digital format, e-mail transmissions, or download from the website), ...
Bioterrorism Readiness Plan for Healthcare Facilities
... 1. Decontamination of Patients and Environment The need for decontamination depends on the suspected exposure and in most cases will not be necessary. The goal of decontamination after a potential exposure to a bioterrorism agent is to reduce the extent of external contamination of the patient and c ...
... 1. Decontamination of Patients and Environment The need for decontamination depends on the suspected exposure and in most cases will not be necessary. The goal of decontamination after a potential exposure to a bioterrorism agent is to reduce the extent of external contamination of the patient and c ...
Epidemics and Pandemic 8.L.1.2
... Epidemics and Pandemic 8.L.1.2 1.Why are AIDS vaccines LESS LIKELY to be developed now? A. Scientists are unable to get genetic material from the virus. B. Scientists are unable to experiment on human patients. C. Scientists are unable to figure out what causes AIDS 2. Which illness is spread by eat ...
... Epidemics and Pandemic 8.L.1.2 1.Why are AIDS vaccines LESS LIKELY to be developed now? A. Scientists are unable to get genetic material from the virus. B. Scientists are unable to experiment on human patients. C. Scientists are unable to figure out what causes AIDS 2. Which illness is spread by eat ...
U.S. SECURITY AND THE RISK POSED BY INFECTIOUS DISEASES
... Foreign Quarantine Regulations do not cover people who are not obviously ill, animals or insect vectors carrying disease, or those arriving by automobile. The ability of the CDC surveillance regime to identify unfamiliar illnesses entering the country is also debatable, not least because inspectors ...
... Foreign Quarantine Regulations do not cover people who are not obviously ill, animals or insect vectors carrying disease, or those arriving by automobile. The ability of the CDC surveillance regime to identify unfamiliar illnesses entering the country is also debatable, not least because inspectors ...
Environmental Health—Champions of One Health
... early detection of, and expedient recovery from, pandemic disease events. We also find that local public health is not prepared, and potentially unaware of their responsibility, to be the initiator of the zoonotic infectious disease information intelligence necessary to make such early event mitigat ...
... early detection of, and expedient recovery from, pandemic disease events. We also find that local public health is not prepared, and potentially unaware of their responsibility, to be the initiator of the zoonotic infectious disease information intelligence necessary to make such early event mitigat ...
CDPH Press Release
... Clinical manifestations: Patients with meningococcal disease characteristically present with fever, headache, stiff neck, petechial rash, sepsis, and/or altered mental status. Early in the course, an abnormality in pulse, blood pressure or respiratory rate out of proportion to the physical examinati ...
... Clinical manifestations: Patients with meningococcal disease characteristically present with fever, headache, stiff neck, petechial rash, sepsis, and/or altered mental status. Early in the course, an abnormality in pulse, blood pressure or respiratory rate out of proportion to the physical examinati ...
Understanding Epidemiology
... interdependence of the agent, host, and environment on the spread of diseases. ◦ Very useful when studying infectious diseases. ...
... interdependence of the agent, host, and environment on the spread of diseases. ◦ Very useful when studying infectious diseases. ...
Emerging Infectious Disease Epidemiology
... as global and regional issues. Some infectious diseases are controlled effectively with the help of modern technology. But new diseases—such as SARS, West Nile, and avian influenza virus infections—appear frequently, and older ones, including malaria, tuberculosis, and bacterial pneumonia, are now a ...
... as global and regional issues. Some infectious diseases are controlled effectively with the help of modern technology. But new diseases—such as SARS, West Nile, and avian influenza virus infections—appear frequently, and older ones, including malaria, tuberculosis, and bacterial pneumonia, are now a ...
Respiratory Tract Infections
... In the US there was 100-200 cases per 100,000 population in the 1920s (thus around 5 per 100,000 population died of diphtheria per year – at the time the population of the US was ~100,000,000 therefore ~ 5000 people per year died in the US of the disease In the post-vaccination era infections and su ...
... In the US there was 100-200 cases per 100,000 population in the 1920s (thus around 5 per 100,000 population died of diphtheria per year – at the time the population of the US was ~100,000,000 therefore ~ 5000 people per year died in the US of the disease In the post-vaccination era infections and su ...
Host-Microbe Relationships and Disease
... Herd Immunity Herd immunity: indirect protection from disease due to there being a high number of immune individuals in the population. The more immune individuals, the harder it is for the disease to be spread among many people; the cycle of transmission is broken. ...
... Herd Immunity Herd immunity: indirect protection from disease due to there being a high number of immune individuals in the population. The more immune individuals, the harder it is for the disease to be spread among many people; the cycle of transmission is broken. ...
Lyme Disease
... Lyme Disease Lyme disease is a bacterial infection that features a skin rash, swollen joints and flu-like symptoms. You get the disease from the bite of an infected tick. Sometimes it is hard to know if you have Lyme disease because you may not have noticed a tick bite. Also, many of its symptoms ar ...
... Lyme Disease Lyme disease is a bacterial infection that features a skin rash, swollen joints and flu-like symptoms. You get the disease from the bite of an infected tick. Sometimes it is hard to know if you have Lyme disease because you may not have noticed a tick bite. Also, many of its symptoms ar ...
disease caused by e. coli, a type of bacteria (colibacillosis)
... Escherichia coli—gram-negative bacteria; normal inhabitant of the intestines of most mammals; along with other infectious agents, may increase the severity of parvovirus infections Sudden (acute) infection of puppies and kittens in the first week of life; characterized by generalized disease cau ...
... Escherichia coli—gram-negative bacteria; normal inhabitant of the intestines of most mammals; along with other infectious agents, may increase the severity of parvovirus infections Sudden (acute) infection of puppies and kittens in the first week of life; characterized by generalized disease cau ...
Food Safety
... women, the elderly, and people who are chronically ill have a greater risk of developing a foodborne illness because their immune systems may not be able to fight off the bacteria and viruses that cause the illness. ...
... women, the elderly, and people who are chronically ill have a greater risk of developing a foodborne illness because their immune systems may not be able to fight off the bacteria and viruses that cause the illness. ...
Disease agent
... • Biosecurity= Steps taken to keep disease from a farm & to prevent the transmission of disease within an infected farm to neighboring farm. ...
... • Biosecurity= Steps taken to keep disease from a farm & to prevent the transmission of disease within an infected farm to neighboring farm. ...
Claudio Viscoli is Professor of Infectious Disease at the University of
... research organization. In addition, he has been initially member, then President-elect, President and Past-President of the Immunocompromised Host Society (ICHS), Founder and President of the European Study Group on Infections in the Immunocompromised Host (ESGICH) of the European Society of Clinica ...
... research organization. In addition, he has been initially member, then President-elect, President and Past-President of the Immunocompromised Host Society (ICHS), Founder and President of the European Study Group on Infections in the Immunocompromised Host (ESGICH) of the European Society of Clinica ...
History - BEHESHTI MAAL
... Aspirin and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs should not be used as they can affect blood clotting ...
... Aspirin and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs should not be used as they can affect blood clotting ...
Chapter 1: The Microbial World and You
... • 75% of survivors were severely scarred and/or blinded. • An effective vaccine was developed in 1870s by Edward Jenner, using a related virus (cowpox). • Smallpox was the first and only viral disease to be completely eradicated (1977). • Worldwide immunization campaign in 1960s. • Only infects huma ...
... • 75% of survivors were severely scarred and/or blinded. • An effective vaccine was developed in 1870s by Edward Jenner, using a related virus (cowpox). • Smallpox was the first and only viral disease to be completely eradicated (1977). • Worldwide immunization campaign in 1960s. • Only infects huma ...
Bioterrorism
Bioterrorism is terrorism involving the intentional release or dissemination of biological agents. These agents are bacteria, viruses, or toxins, and may be in a naturally occurring or a human-modified form. For the use of this method in warfare, see biological warfare.