Microbiology
... Infection: inhalation of aerosolized conidia and transformation to yeast phase at body temperature (not contagious and therefore cannot be spread person-to-person) ...
... Infection: inhalation of aerosolized conidia and transformation to yeast phase at body temperature (not contagious and therefore cannot be spread person-to-person) ...
Ecosystems, Biodiversity and Human Health
... • When do we expect ecological risk to be correlated with human disease risk? • What are the feedbacks between human behavior, biodiversity change, and human disease? • How can global drivers like climate change and migration affect the link between the biodiversity and human health? ...
... • When do we expect ecological risk to be correlated with human disease risk? • What are the feedbacks between human behavior, biodiversity change, and human disease? • How can global drivers like climate change and migration affect the link between the biodiversity and human health? ...
Endemic Diseases Involving Nervous System OBJECTIVES
... Immunity following infection is fairly solid, although reinfection can occur. EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DETERMINANTS 3. ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS. ...
... Immunity following infection is fairly solid, although reinfection can occur. EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DETERMINANTS 3. ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS. ...
Reptile Pathogens - Pinmoore Animal Laboratory Services Limited
... to a purulent ocular-nasal discharge. Conjunctivitis and ocular oedema are also clinical presentations. Lethargy, dehydration and anorexia can occur with severe clinical disease. It has been implicated as a cause of widespread mortality in wild and captive chelonians. A substantial characteristic of ...
... to a purulent ocular-nasal discharge. Conjunctivitis and ocular oedema are also clinical presentations. Lethargy, dehydration and anorexia can occur with severe clinical disease. It has been implicated as a cause of widespread mortality in wild and captive chelonians. A substantial characteristic of ...
Understanding Infectious Disease
... Work of epidemiologists includes: identifying unusually high incidences of a particular disease determining the effectiveness of a vaccine calculating the cost effectiveness of various means of controlling disease transmission. being"detectives" who track down the cause of a "new" disease, de ...
... Work of epidemiologists includes: identifying unusually high incidences of a particular disease determining the effectiveness of a vaccine calculating the cost effectiveness of various means of controlling disease transmission. being"detectives" who track down the cause of a "new" disease, de ...
Pediatric Infections
... o Regardless of treatment, most will develop chorioretinitis or chorioretinal scars by age 10-20; treatment reduces the severity and frequency of these adverse sequelae o Recurrences of ocular toxoplasmosis occur even if treated infants (although less often than untreated) o Neurologic problems (hyd ...
... o Regardless of treatment, most will develop chorioretinitis or chorioretinal scars by age 10-20; treatment reduces the severity and frequency of these adverse sequelae o Recurrences of ocular toxoplasmosis occur even if treated infants (although less often than untreated) o Neurologic problems (hyd ...
The Rise of Contagious Disease
... to an agricultural society that could now stay in one place. This brought about several changes that facilitated the spread of infectious diseases. Agriculture demanded that humans now live in larger groups to help in the planting, care and harvesting of crops. Keeping animals meant living near them ...
... to an agricultural society that could now stay in one place. This brought about several changes that facilitated the spread of infectious diseases. Agriculture demanded that humans now live in larger groups to help in the planting, care and harvesting of crops. Keeping animals meant living near them ...
FEMALE GENITAL INFLAMMATORY DISEASES
... • Acute pelvic inflammatory disease occurs in 1% to 2% of all young, sexually active women. • It is the most common serious infection of women aged 16 to 25. • Approximately 85% of infections are spontaneous in sexually active females. • The other 15% of infections develop following procedures that ...
... • Acute pelvic inflammatory disease occurs in 1% to 2% of all young, sexually active women. • It is the most common serious infection of women aged 16 to 25. • Approximately 85% of infections are spontaneous in sexually active females. • The other 15% of infections develop following procedures that ...
Nosocomial Infections and Infection Control
... Nasal and oral secretions disposal and washing hands after. Hair cover and wearing clean clothes and aprons. Periodic check for food handlers. Preventing with respiratory or GI disease from handling food or eating utensils. Cutting boards clean, wash cooking and eating utensils. ...
... Nasal and oral secretions disposal and washing hands after. Hair cover and wearing clean clothes and aprons. Periodic check for food handlers. Preventing with respiratory or GI disease from handling food or eating utensils. Cutting boards clean, wash cooking and eating utensils. ...
The Impact and Reduction of Trypanosomiasis Infection
... The nickname for trypanosomiasis is “sleeping sickness”. It is an infectious disease that can be transmitted by the tsetse fly. Two phases are involved. Infection is specie specific with regards to the geography. Transmission of the disease into humans and animals are not of the same speci ...
... The nickname for trypanosomiasis is “sleeping sickness”. It is an infectious disease that can be transmitted by the tsetse fly. Two phases are involved. Infection is specie specific with regards to the geography. Transmission of the disease into humans and animals are not of the same speci ...
TUBERCULOSIS - UA Campus Health Service
... system, this can occur slowly or quickly (+ PPD, + CXR*) • There is a 10% lifetime risk of converting from latent TB infection to active TB disease, without treatment ...
... system, this can occur slowly or quickly (+ PPD, + CXR*) • There is a 10% lifetime risk of converting from latent TB infection to active TB disease, without treatment ...
MEDICAL BACTERIOLOGY
... 1. Acquire knowledge of human culture and the physical and natural world a. This class focuses on the mechanisms used by bacteria to cause disease in humans and other animals. b. In order to better understand the processes by which infectious disease is produced, we also will discuss the role of the ...
... 1. Acquire knowledge of human culture and the physical and natural world a. This class focuses on the mechanisms used by bacteria to cause disease in humans and other animals. b. In order to better understand the processes by which infectious disease is produced, we also will discuss the role of the ...
COOK® Incorporated
... • HIV depletes the immune system • HIV does not survive well outside the body • No threat on contracting HIV through casual contact ...
... • HIV depletes the immune system • HIV does not survive well outside the body • No threat on contracting HIV through casual contact ...
Animal, Plant & Soil Science
... Parasites can be unicellular organisms visible only under a microscope, or they can be multicellular organisms visible with the naked eye. Parasites can be internal or external ...
... Parasites can be unicellular organisms visible only under a microscope, or they can be multicellular organisms visible with the naked eye. Parasites can be internal or external ...
haemorrhagic fever
... bleeding stops and fever subsides. The recovery is usually complete, although some describe a type of neuritis and asthenia which may remain for some time. The patient is usually less infectious and even in late days of this stage is non infectious, and his serum can be used for prophylaxis (passive ...
... bleeding stops and fever subsides. The recovery is usually complete, although some describe a type of neuritis and asthenia which may remain for some time. The patient is usually less infectious and even in late days of this stage is non infectious, and his serum can be used for prophylaxis (passive ...
Communicable Disease
... DEFINITIONS 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 toxi ...
... DEFINITIONS 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 toxi ...
Infection
... • Carrier – an individual who inconspicuously shelters a pathogen and spreads it to others; may or may not have experienced disease due to the ...
... • Carrier – an individual who inconspicuously shelters a pathogen and spreads it to others; may or may not have experienced disease due to the ...
Chapter 13 - FacultyWeb
... • Carrier – an individual who inconspicuously shelters a pathogen and spreads it to others; may or may not have experienced disease due to the ...
... • Carrier – an individual who inconspicuously shelters a pathogen and spreads it to others; may or may not have experienced disease due to the ...
Infection - Bellarmine University
... • Carrier – an individual who inconspicuously shelters a pathogen and spreads it to others; may or may not have experienced disease due to the ...
... • Carrier – an individual who inconspicuously shelters a pathogen and spreads it to others; may or may not have experienced disease due to the ...
Nrsg 407 Infectious Disease
... More than one STI may be present Patient follow-up or contagion tracing often unavailable No cure for viral STIs (HPV, HIV/AIDS, genital herpes) ...
... More than one STI may be present Patient follow-up or contagion tracing often unavailable No cure for viral STIs (HPV, HIV/AIDS, genital herpes) ...
Chagas disease
Chagas disease, also known as American trypanosomiasis, is a tropical parasitic disease caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi. It is spread mostly by insects known as triatominae or kissing bugs. The symptoms change over the course of the infection. In the early stage, symptoms are typically either not present or mild and may include fever, swollen lymph nodes, headaches, or local swelling at the site of the bite. After 8–12 weeks, individuals enter the chronic phase of disease and in 60–70% it never produces further symptoms. The other 30 to 40% of people develop further symptoms 10 to 30 years after the initial infection, including enlargement of the ventricles of the heart in 20 to 30%, leading to heart failure. An enlarged esophagus or an enlarged colon may also occur in 10% of people.T. cruzi is commonly spread to humans and other mammals by the blood-sucking ""kissing bugs"" of the subfamily Triatominae. These insects are known by a number of local names, including: vinchuca in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Paraguay, barbeiro (the barber) in Brazil, pito in Colombia, chinche in Central America, and chipo in Venezuela. The disease may also be spread through blood transfusion, organ transplantation, eating food contaminated with the parasites, and by vertical transmission (from a mother to her fetus). Diagnosis of early disease is by finding the parasite in the blood using a microscope. Chronic disease is diagnosed by finding antibodies for T. cruzi in the blood.Prevention mostly involves eliminating kissing bugs and avoiding their bites. Other preventative efforts include screening blood used for transfusions. A vaccine has not been developed as of 2013. Early infections are treatable with the medication benznidazole or nifurtimox. Medication nearly always results in a cure if given early, but becomes less effective the longer a person has had Chagas disease. When used in chronic disease, medication may delay or prevent the development of end–stage symptoms. Benznidazole and nifurtimox cause temporary side effects in up to 40% of people including skin disorders, brain toxicity, and digestive system irritation.It is estimated that 7 to 8 million people, mostly in Mexico, Central America and South America, have Chagas disease as of 2013. In 2006, Chagas was estimated to result in 12,500 deaths per year. Most people with the disease are poor, and most people with the disease do not realize they are infected. Large-scale population movements have increased the areas where Chagas disease is found and these include many European countries and the United States. These areas have also seen an increase in the years up to 2014. The disease was first described in 1909 by Carlos Chagas after whom it is named. It affects more than 150 other animals.