Pneumocystis jiroveci
... cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. COPD is a slowly progressive condition characterized by airflow limitation that is not fully reversible [1]. The airflow limitation is associated with a chronic inflammatory response in both airways and lung parenchyma. In addition to the presence of chron ...
... cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. COPD is a slowly progressive condition characterized by airflow limitation that is not fully reversible [1]. The airflow limitation is associated with a chronic inflammatory response in both airways and lung parenchyma. In addition to the presence of chron ...
The Cardiovascular System
... food, oxygen, and hormones to all living cells and carries waste products and carbon dioxide away from the cells. ...
... food, oxygen, and hormones to all living cells and carries waste products and carbon dioxide away from the cells. ...
Case Study #87: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
... No known cause No know treatment to cure the disease ...
... No known cause No know treatment to cure the disease ...
ebola in context: understanding transmission, response and control
... infectious before they have symptoms. This can help the infection to spread more easily. If the latent period is longer than the incubation period, then people are infectious only after symptoms start. This means they can be recognised as being ill before they are infectious. For Ebola the incubatio ...
... infectious before they have symptoms. This can help the infection to spread more easily. If the latent period is longer than the incubation period, then people are infectious only after symptoms start. This means they can be recognised as being ill before they are infectious. For Ebola the incubatio ...
An Update on RHD2 for Rabbit Owners Feb 2017
... illness, anorexia, weight loss and jaundice. It can cause sporadic deaths, often with companion rabbits that survive and show no sign of illness. Sometimes other underlying illnesses flare up, complicating diagnosis. Diagnosis: initially could only be done via post mortem testing of a sample of live ...
... illness, anorexia, weight loss and jaundice. It can cause sporadic deaths, often with companion rabbits that survive and show no sign of illness. Sometimes other underlying illnesses flare up, complicating diagnosis. Diagnosis: initially could only be done via post mortem testing of a sample of live ...
Infectious Disease Outline
... wastes such as alcohol, drugs, and poison, and is what helps clot our blood when we are bleeding. The liver is what produces bile which our body uses to breakdown and digest fats. The liver is so important that we would only survive no more then two days once it shuts down. It is also regenerative, ...
... wastes such as alcohol, drugs, and poison, and is what helps clot our blood when we are bleeding. The liver is what produces bile which our body uses to breakdown and digest fats. The liver is so important that we would only survive no more then two days once it shuts down. It is also regenerative, ...
Making a Disease Model
... exposed (latent) at the rate λ1 (t)S(t) = β S(t)I(t)/N where β is the disease transmission coefficient in the absence of interventions and N is the total population size. Latent individuals progress to the infectious stage at a constant rate α1 and infectious individuals recover at a constant rate δ ...
... exposed (latent) at the rate λ1 (t)S(t) = β S(t)I(t)/N where β is the disease transmission coefficient in the absence of interventions and N is the total population size. Latent individuals progress to the infectious stage at a constant rate α1 and infectious individuals recover at a constant rate δ ...
Slide 1
... use of drugs all depend on identifying people before they transmit • Delays dramatically reduce effectiveness, if your interventions don’t identify people until after they’ve done the bulk of their transmission, they don’t work • The serial interval identifies the time-scale of response • How quickl ...
... use of drugs all depend on identifying people before they transmit • Delays dramatically reduce effectiveness, if your interventions don’t identify people until after they’ve done the bulk of their transmission, they don’t work • The serial interval identifies the time-scale of response • How quickl ...
HISTORY OF MEDICINE Erythema infectiosum, fifth disease, and
... with rubeola scarlatinosa, but it also initiated a numbering system for the classic childhood exanthems that remains to this day. The naming of fifth disease Today, the fourth disease is regarded by most as a non-entity.13 In spite of the detailed reasoning presented by Filatow and Dukes, other stud ...
... with rubeola scarlatinosa, but it also initiated a numbering system for the classic childhood exanthems that remains to this day. The naming of fifth disease Today, the fourth disease is regarded by most as a non-entity.13 In spite of the detailed reasoning presented by Filatow and Dukes, other stud ...
Dengue Fever/Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever
... signs of shock; i.e., rapid pulse, narrow pulse pressure, and, most importantly, poor end organ perfusion.8 It is well established that individuals will develop antibody and lifelong immunity to the specific variant that they contracted as well as a transient immunity to all four of the variants. On ...
... signs of shock; i.e., rapid pulse, narrow pulse pressure, and, most importantly, poor end organ perfusion.8 It is well established that individuals will develop antibody and lifelong immunity to the specific variant that they contracted as well as a transient immunity to all four of the variants. On ...
Fact sheet Tick borne encephalitis (Eng) - ECDC
... • A safe and effective vaccine against the TBE virus exists and is recommended for people who live or work in, or travel to, TBE risk areas. • Treatment relies on supportive management. Meningitis and encephalitis require hospitalization and care, based on the severity of the disease. • Most patient ...
... • A safe and effective vaccine against the TBE virus exists and is recommended for people who live or work in, or travel to, TBE risk areas. • Treatment relies on supportive management. Meningitis and encephalitis require hospitalization and care, based on the severity of the disease. • Most patient ...
Scrapie Disease Information - Oklahoma Department of Agriculture
... Scrapie is no different than any other livestock disease in that if proper biosecurity measures are followed, producers can limit the risk that their flock will be infected. There are several precautions producers can take protect their flock from Scrapie, many of which will help limit the exposure ...
... Scrapie is no different than any other livestock disease in that if proper biosecurity measures are followed, producers can limit the risk that their flock will be infected. There are several precautions producers can take protect their flock from Scrapie, many of which will help limit the exposure ...
Pediatric Pathogens and Impact on the Adult Population
... Infection Control Viral shedding in infants up to 21 days Shedding in young adults averages 3-6 days with range 1-12 days Shedding in older adults not well studied ...
... Infection Control Viral shedding in infants up to 21 days Shedding in young adults averages 3-6 days with range 1-12 days Shedding in older adults not well studied ...
Role of Immigrants and Migrants in Emerging Infectious Diseases
... Ethiopia, and Ivory Coast by outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases including measles, mumps, rubella, polio, pertussis, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever. The planned movement of 8000 Liberian refugees scheduled to begin in June 2003 and conclude in April 2004 was interrupted several times by outbr ...
... Ethiopia, and Ivory Coast by outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases including measles, mumps, rubella, polio, pertussis, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever. The planned movement of 8000 Liberian refugees scheduled to begin in June 2003 and conclude in April 2004 was interrupted several times by outbr ...
Communicable Disease - E-Learning/An
... another by hand contact. Indirect transmission occurs when the organisms are transmitted from a source, either animate or inanimate, to a host by means of an inanimate object. An example is transmission of Pseudomonas organisms from one individual to another by means of a shaving brush. 1. Common- ...
... another by hand contact. Indirect transmission occurs when the organisms are transmitted from a source, either animate or inanimate, to a host by means of an inanimate object. An example is transmission of Pseudomonas organisms from one individual to another by means of a shaving brush. 1. Common- ...
Submitting Anonymous and Sensitive Records to SUS v2.0
... PbR The PbR algorithm for spell construction relies on the ability to join records using patient identifiable criteria such as NHS Number or Hospital Provider Spell Number. Where some or all episodes from a multi episode spell are anonymised (i.e. sensitive) the episodes cannot be constructed into s ...
... PbR The PbR algorithm for spell construction relies on the ability to join records using patient identifiable criteria such as NHS Number or Hospital Provider Spell Number. Where some or all episodes from a multi episode spell are anonymised (i.e. sensitive) the episodes cannot be constructed into s ...
5141.5R - Communicable Conditions
... any of which could result in direct spreading of a condition or disease. 6. During the time a student is excluded, an appropriate alternative or adjustment to the student’s education will be provided. Long-term cases should be medically reviewed monthly at a minimum. 7. Head lice (Pediculosis Capiti ...
... any of which could result in direct spreading of a condition or disease. 6. During the time a student is excluded, an appropriate alternative or adjustment to the student’s education will be provided. Long-term cases should be medically reviewed monthly at a minimum. 7. Head lice (Pediculosis Capiti ...
Bugs, Drugs, and Thugs
... son and daughter-in-law in Florida for the summer, was evaluated at an urgent-care center for a 3-day history of increasing pain in his left jaw, chest and shoulder. He also complained of sore throat, anxiety, insomnia, nausea and vomiting. He said he had received a spider bite on his left jaw and t ...
... son and daughter-in-law in Florida for the summer, was evaluated at an urgent-care center for a 3-day history of increasing pain in his left jaw, chest and shoulder. He also complained of sore throat, anxiety, insomnia, nausea and vomiting. He said he had received a spider bite on his left jaw and t ...
John Cassel, The potentialities and limitations of epidemiology
... the last 40-50 years. During this period the diseases which for thousands of years have been the cripplers and killers of mankind have decreased to their lowest point in human history, but have been replaced by a set of new diseases. Coronary heart disease, lung cancer, diabetes, arthritis and menta ...
... the last 40-50 years. During this period the diseases which for thousands of years have been the cripplers and killers of mankind have decreased to their lowest point in human history, but have been replaced by a set of new diseases. Coronary heart disease, lung cancer, diabetes, arthritis and menta ...
Simulating disease transmission dynamics at a multi
... unfounded, the expert concern about betweenspecies transmission is real, founded and consequential (Tran et al. 2004). The HIV-AIDS pandemic is an example for a contact-transmitted disease, while sudden acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is an example of an air-borne disease, both diseases having mad ...
... unfounded, the expert concern about betweenspecies transmission is real, founded and consequential (Tran et al. 2004). The HIV-AIDS pandemic is an example for a contact-transmitted disease, while sudden acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is an example of an air-borne disease, both diseases having mad ...
Pathophysiology of the Gastrointestinal tract
... • Race and demographics (native Americans, developed countries) • Decreased motility of gallbladder (pregnancy, spinal cord injuries) • Inherited (familial anamnesis, metabolic disruptions) • Environment (estrogens, obesity, treatment by klofibrates) ...
... • Race and demographics (native Americans, developed countries) • Decreased motility of gallbladder (pregnancy, spinal cord injuries) • Inherited (familial anamnesis, metabolic disruptions) • Environment (estrogens, obesity, treatment by klofibrates) ...
Mad Cow Disease - Faculty Website Listing
... • In sporadic CJD, the disease appears even though the person has no known risk factors for the disease. This is by far the most common type of CJD and accounts for at least 85 percent of cases. • In hereditary CJD, the person has a family history of the disease and/or tests positive for a genetic m ...
... • In sporadic CJD, the disease appears even though the person has no known risk factors for the disease. This is by far the most common type of CJD and accounts for at least 85 percent of cases. • In hereditary CJD, the person has a family history of the disease and/or tests positive for a genetic m ...
Screening for Latent Tuberculosis Infection
... the Task Force learned: Adults at increased risk for LTBI should be screened. ...
... the Task Force learned: Adults at increased risk for LTBI should be screened. ...
Immune thrombocytopenia purpura(ITP) 1
... 1- Chronic ITP: This is relatively common disorder ,with highest incidence in women 15-50 y ,it is commonest cause of thrombocytopenia without anemia or neutropenia ,it is usually idiopathic but may be seen in association with other disorders e.g. SLE ,HIV infection, CLL, Hodgkin's disease or autoim ...
... 1- Chronic ITP: This is relatively common disorder ,with highest incidence in women 15-50 y ,it is commonest cause of thrombocytopenia without anemia or neutropenia ,it is usually idiopathic but may be seen in association with other disorders e.g. SLE ,HIV infection, CLL, Hodgkin's disease or autoim ...
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.