West Nile Virus Manual for Investigation
... Patients with symptoms of encephalitis in which diagnosis of an arboviral infection is highly suspect should have blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) collected for testing. Commercial laboratories in New Mexico and other states are able to test serum and/or CSF specimens. Typical patients to test in ...
... Patients with symptoms of encephalitis in which diagnosis of an arboviral infection is highly suspect should have blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) collected for testing. Commercial laboratories in New Mexico and other states are able to test serum and/or CSF specimens. Typical patients to test in ...
MedMyst Magazine - Web Adventures
... had fevers, then swollen lymph glands called “buboes” - large, purple-black discolorations formed under the skin, giving the disease its name – the Black Death. People died within 3 to 6 days. Households and towns were decimated as more people died or tried to flee the devastation. The plague eventu ...
... had fevers, then swollen lymph glands called “buboes” - large, purple-black discolorations formed under the skin, giving the disease its name – the Black Death. People died within 3 to 6 days. Households and towns were decimated as more people died or tried to flee the devastation. The plague eventu ...
Communicable Disease
... INFECTION - The entry, development or multiplication of an infectious agent in the body tissues of man or animals INFECTIOUS DISEASE - A clinically manifest disease of man/animal resulting from an infection COMMUNICABLE DISEASE - An illness due to a specific infectious agent OR its toxic products th ...
... INFECTION - The entry, development or multiplication of an infectious agent in the body tissues of man or animals INFECTIOUS DISEASE - A clinically manifest disease of man/animal resulting from an infection COMMUNICABLE DISEASE - An illness due to a specific infectious agent OR its toxic products th ...
POST TEST - Washoe County
... Francisella tularensis is very infectious. A small number (10-50 or so organisms) can cause disease. Tularemia has long been considered a potential biological weapon because of its extreme infectivity, ease of dissemination, and substantial capacity to cause illness and death. If F. tularensis was u ...
... Francisella tularensis is very infectious. A small number (10-50 or so organisms) can cause disease. Tularemia has long been considered a potential biological weapon because of its extreme infectivity, ease of dissemination, and substantial capacity to cause illness and death. If F. tularensis was u ...
CDC Immunization Guide - Winona State University
... hypersensitivities, immunodeficient, given while ill from another disease) Smallpox Vaccine Availability and Current US Immunization Recommendation by CDC: Routine smallpox vaccination among the American public stopped in 1972 after the disease was eradicated in the United States. Until recently, th ...
... hypersensitivities, immunodeficient, given while ill from another disease) Smallpox Vaccine Availability and Current US Immunization Recommendation by CDC: Routine smallpox vaccination among the American public stopped in 1972 after the disease was eradicated in the United States. Until recently, th ...
Introduction to Biohazards: Risk Management - Bio-Link
... Biohazards Biological agents with the potential to produce harmful effects in humans ...
... Biohazards Biological agents with the potential to produce harmful effects in humans ...
leishmania - Tufts University
... suggestive of exposure to Leishmania, they must inform their PI and Biosafety Officer immediately. Signs and symptoms of cutaneous disease usually develop within a week to months of exposure. Signs and symptoms of visceral disease usually develop within 2-4 months of exposure; the range is 10 days – ...
... suggestive of exposure to Leishmania, they must inform their PI and Biosafety Officer immediately. Signs and symptoms of cutaneous disease usually develop within a week to months of exposure. Signs and symptoms of visceral disease usually develop within 2-4 months of exposure; the range is 10 days – ...
Disease Transmission
... 4) Entry of the microbe into new person: the microbes are introduced into a new host 5) Infection (survival and growth of microbe) – the multiplication and survival of microorganisms on or in the body 6) Damage to the body – infecting microorganism usually must multiply to a harmful level for diseas ...
... 4) Entry of the microbe into new person: the microbes are introduced into a new host 5) Infection (survival and growth of microbe) – the multiplication and survival of microorganisms on or in the body 6) Damage to the body – infecting microorganism usually must multiply to a harmful level for diseas ...
Memorandum of Understanding and Agreement Registration of
... The PI is also responsible for notifying EHS when work with any potentially infectious material is terminated or when other significant changes occur, such as changes in protocol, personnel or relocation of the laboratory. This document is to be forwarded to EHS (Biological Safety Manager) for a ...
... The PI is also responsible for notifying EHS when work with any potentially infectious material is terminated or when other significant changes occur, such as changes in protocol, personnel or relocation of the laboratory. This document is to be forwarded to EHS (Biological Safety Manager) for a ...
Glossary | CDC Special Pathogens Branch
... become infective. That is, only then can it transmit an agent that is capable of causing disease in the person. 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, cons ...
... become infective. That is, only then can it transmit an agent that is capable of causing disease in the person. 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, cons ...
TB and Latent TB Infection Fact Sheet
... What if I’ve Had the BCG vaccine? The BCG vaccine (TB vaccine) may help protect young children from getting very sick with TB. This protection goes away as people get older. People who have had ...
... What if I’ve Had the BCG vaccine? The BCG vaccine (TB vaccine) may help protect young children from getting very sick with TB. This protection goes away as people get older. People who have had ...
simulating the spread of an infectious disease
... 1. Now that a portion of the group has been "infected," put participants in the role of epidemiologists. Their challenge is to collect data that will help them trace the path of the epidemic and locate the original carriers. 2. As a group, use the data to try to deduce which individual was the origi ...
... 1. Now that a portion of the group has been "infected," put participants in the role of epidemiologists. Their challenge is to collect data that will help them trace the path of the epidemic and locate the original carriers. 2. As a group, use the data to try to deduce which individual was the origi ...
Disease Surveillance
... that cases are actively sought out. This may be by checking that the data supplied by the provider are complete, but may involve other methods, such as community surveys to actively search for cases. For example, in the eradication of smallpox, as the disease became rarer, cases were actively sought ...
... that cases are actively sought out. This may be by checking that the data supplied by the provider are complete, but may involve other methods, such as community surveys to actively search for cases. For example, in the eradication of smallpox, as the disease became rarer, cases were actively sought ...
Who owns animal health
... disease entering the country and spreading if it does enter. The farmer protects their stock against whatever residual risk remains. Bluetongue is different because it is spread by the wind – the industry accepted corporate ownership that increased effectiveness of disease control at the farm level. ...
... disease entering the country and spreading if it does enter. The farmer protects their stock against whatever residual risk remains. Bluetongue is different because it is spread by the wind – the industry accepted corporate ownership that increased effectiveness of disease control at the farm level. ...
Yale Environmental Health & Safety
... In reviewing registrations, the Yale IBC considers "dual use" potential, namely the potential for research projects with a beneficial purpose to provide knowledge, products or technologies that could be directly misapplied to pose a threat to public health and safety, agricultural crops and other pl ...
... In reviewing registrations, the Yale IBC considers "dual use" potential, namely the potential for research projects with a beneficial purpose to provide knowledge, products or technologies that could be directly misapplied to pose a threat to public health and safety, agricultural crops and other pl ...
Bovine Respiratory Disease
... different combinations available, the choice of vaccines can become very complicated. The six respiratory disease agents for which vaccines are available are categorized and briefly described below. Calves vaccinated under 6 months of age should generally be revaccinated after that age to provide a ...
... different combinations available, the choice of vaccines can become very complicated. The six respiratory disease agents for which vaccines are available are categorized and briefly described below. Calves vaccinated under 6 months of age should generally be revaccinated after that age to provide a ...
... has focused on modeling of the transmission processes in households and workplaces, while paying little attention to large public venues. Among those places many people interact, shopping centers present inherent complexity and uncertainty in disease modeling because of the dynamic shopping populati ...
Global Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology Network (GIDEON)
... designed to support decision making in geographic medicine. Users can also elect to use GIDEON via a CD-ROM or web-database. This presentation focuses on the user interface of the web database. Who: GIDEON is the product of collaboration between specialists in infectious diseases, epidemiology, micr ...
... designed to support decision making in geographic medicine. Users can also elect to use GIDEON via a CD-ROM or web-database. This presentation focuses on the user interface of the web database. Who: GIDEON is the product of collaboration between specialists in infectious diseases, epidemiology, micr ...
Occupational Health and Safety Training Program
... Modern laboratory rats are bred to exclude all zoonotic agents. Therefore, unless the laboratory rats are exposed to wild rodents (those coming from the natural habitat outside the laboratory), there is limited concern for disease from these research rats. However, there is always concern about seco ...
... Modern laboratory rats are bred to exclude all zoonotic agents. Therefore, unless the laboratory rats are exposed to wild rodents (those coming from the natural habitat outside the laboratory), there is limited concern for disease from these research rats. However, there is always concern about seco ...
Detection and Classification of Respiratory Infections via Exhaled
... The burden of infectious lung disease • Four respiratory disease categories appear in the global top 10 causes of mortality, together accounting for one in six deaths as well as one in 10 disabilityadjusted life-years lost. • In the 28 countries of the European Union, these diseases account for one ...
... The burden of infectious lung disease • Four respiratory disease categories appear in the global top 10 causes of mortality, together accounting for one in six deaths as well as one in 10 disabilityadjusted life-years lost. • In the 28 countries of the European Union, these diseases account for one ...
request to use infectious agents
... Do any of your experiments fall into any of the following experimental categories? Yes No If yes, please check all that apply: Enhances the harmful consequences of the agent or toxin; Disrupts immunity or the effectiveness of an immunization against the agent or toxin without clinical and/ or ...
... Do any of your experiments fall into any of the following experimental categories? Yes No If yes, please check all that apply: Enhances the harmful consequences of the agent or toxin; Disrupts immunity or the effectiveness of an immunization against the agent or toxin without clinical and/ or ...
Send original to: EHS Protocol #:
... Do any of your experiments fall into any of the following experimental categories? Yes No If yes, please check all that apply: Enhances the harmful consequences of the agent or toxin; Disrupts immunity or the effectiveness of an immunization against the agent or toxin without clinical and/ or ...
... Do any of your experiments fall into any of the following experimental categories? Yes No If yes, please check all that apply: Enhances the harmful consequences of the agent or toxin; Disrupts immunity or the effectiveness of an immunization against the agent or toxin without clinical and/ or ...
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.