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Bloodborne Pathogen Training
... Mother to Infant – transmission can occur throughout the perinatal period – during pregnancy, at delivery & through breastfeeding Although other modes of transmission (i.e., mosquitoes and kissing) have been suggested, none have been substantiated as distinctly different as those mentioned above. ...
... Mother to Infant – transmission can occur throughout the perinatal period – during pregnancy, at delivery & through breastfeeding Although other modes of transmission (i.e., mosquitoes and kissing) have been suggested, none have been substantiated as distinctly different as those mentioned above. ...
REVIEWS
... Many of the major human infectious diseases, including some now confined to humans and absent from animals, are ‘new’ ones that arose only after the origins of agriculture. Where did they come from? Why are they overwhelmingly of Old World origins? Here we show that answers to these questions are di ...
... Many of the major human infectious diseases, including some now confined to humans and absent from animals, are ‘new’ ones that arose only after the origins of agriculture. Where did they come from? Why are they overwhelmingly of Old World origins? Here we show that answers to these questions are di ...
Threat of Mosquito-Borne Human Viral Diseases
... conditions, such as encephalitis, liver damage, bleeding and shock which may lead to death, varying dependent upon viruses. The case mortality rates also vary among viruses, ranging from without death to 50% of death. Mosquito-borne human viral diseases not only are a public health and society burde ...
... conditions, such as encephalitis, liver damage, bleeding and shock which may lead to death, varying dependent upon viruses. The case mortality rates also vary among viruses, ranging from without death to 50% of death. Mosquito-borne human viral diseases not only are a public health and society burde ...
Epidemiology
... reduced the number of automobile crash injuries and fatalities at specific intersection, epidemiologic data essential. Epidemiology concerned with the study of epidemics of infectious disease. In this term that use in past widely because infectious diseases were responsible for large proportion of t ...
... reduced the number of automobile crash injuries and fatalities at specific intersection, epidemiologic data essential. Epidemiology concerned with the study of epidemics of infectious disease. In this term that use in past widely because infectious diseases were responsible for large proportion of t ...
Foundations in Microbiology
... • A live animal (other than human) that transmits an infectious agent from one host to another is called a vector. • Majority of vectors are arthropods – fleas, mosquitoes, flies, and ticks • Some larger animals can also spread infection – mammals, birds, lower vertebrates. • Biological vectors – ac ...
... • A live animal (other than human) that transmits an infectious agent from one host to another is called a vector. • Majority of vectors are arthropods – fleas, mosquitoes, flies, and ticks • Some larger animals can also spread infection – mammals, birds, lower vertebrates. • Biological vectors – ac ...
Evolution of virulence - Population Health Sciences
... relation to the degree to which the pathogen had evolved in response to vector-borne transmission between humans. Specifically, it compared the virulence of vector-borne pathogens that had just been transmitted to humans with the virulence of the same kind of vector-borne pathogen that had been cycli ...
... relation to the degree to which the pathogen had evolved in response to vector-borne transmission between humans. Specifically, it compared the virulence of vector-borne pathogens that had just been transmitted to humans with the virulence of the same kind of vector-borne pathogen that had been cycli ...
Infection Prevention and Control Speaker
... infection, the facility must isolate the resident. • The facility must prohibit employees with a communicable disease or infected skin lesions from direct contact with residents or their food, if direct contact will transmit the disease. • The facility must require staff to wash their hands after ea ...
... infection, the facility must isolate the resident. • The facility must prohibit employees with a communicable disease or infected skin lesions from direct contact with residents or their food, if direct contact will transmit the disease. • The facility must require staff to wash their hands after ea ...
Rhabdovirus (Rabies Virus)
... 1960s. Pathogenesis involves transport of virus centripetally along peripheral nerves to the central nervous system, where virus replicates, followed by centrifugal transport via peripheral nerves to multiple organs and tissues. The latter is responsible for transmission via transplantation. Viremia ...
... 1960s. Pathogenesis involves transport of virus centripetally along peripheral nerves to the central nervous system, where virus replicates, followed by centrifugal transport via peripheral nerves to multiple organs and tissues. The latter is responsible for transmission via transplantation. Viremia ...
Zoonoses on the Arabian Peninsula. A review Running title: Zoonos
... intermediate host responsible for passing the virus to humans but horseshoe bat species (genus Rhinolophus) were the definitive host. Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) is an acute disease of humans caused by a tick-borne virus widely distributed in Asia, Africa and southern and eastern Europe. ...
... intermediate host responsible for passing the virus to humans but horseshoe bat species (genus Rhinolophus) were the definitive host. Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) is an acute disease of humans caused by a tick-borne virus widely distributed in Asia, Africa and southern and eastern Europe. ...
Document
... and several molecules of C9 to form a membrane attack complex (MAC). A MAC drills a circular hole in the pathogen’s ...
... and several molecules of C9 to form a membrane attack complex (MAC). A MAC drills a circular hole in the pathogen’s ...
Medical Bacteriology ( 460 MIC) lecture 1 Bacterial
... Filamentous proteins on the surface of bacterial cells that may behave as adhesions for specific adherence Proteins that form the outer cell envelope component of a broad spectrum of bacteria, enabling them to adhere to host cell membranes and environmental surfaces in order to colonize A layer of e ...
... Filamentous proteins on the surface of bacterial cells that may behave as adhesions for specific adherence Proteins that form the outer cell envelope component of a broad spectrum of bacteria, enabling them to adhere to host cell membranes and environmental surfaces in order to colonize A layer of e ...
Ecological theory to enhance infectious disease control and public
... tive, the pattern of case occurrence is the product of viruses, bacteria, protozoa, and prions, are typically studfundamental biological processes (eg mutation, gene ied using a series of compartmental models that characflow and migration, contact and transmission rates) terize changes in the host p ...
... tive, the pattern of case occurrence is the product of viruses, bacteria, protozoa, and prions, are typically studfundamental biological processes (eg mutation, gene ied using a series of compartmental models that characflow and migration, contact and transmission rates) terize changes in the host p ...
Chapter 2 Disease and disease transmission
... the offspring of the vector over several generations (2). A soft tick, for example, can survive for more than five years and can pass to its offspring the pathogen which causes tick-borne relapsing fever (73). Some pathogens can live their entire lifecycle outside the host. These include threadworm ...
... the offspring of the vector over several generations (2). A soft tick, for example, can survive for more than five years and can pass to its offspring the pathogen which causes tick-borne relapsing fever (73). Some pathogens can live their entire lifecycle outside the host. These include threadworm ...
ID Snapshot How are respiratory viruses transmitted?
... Large particles settle more rapidly than small particles and present a risk mostly to those close to the infected person. Large particle droplets are generated during a sneeze or a procedure such as bronchoscopy or suctioning. Large particles travel less than 3-5 feet from an infected person and tra ...
... Large particles settle more rapidly than small particles and present a risk mostly to those close to the infected person. Large particle droplets are generated during a sneeze or a procedure such as bronchoscopy or suctioning. Large particles travel less than 3-5 feet from an infected person and tra ...
Disease and Disease Prevention
... • What is the difference between a noninfectious disease and an infectious disease? • Noninfectious diseases are not caused by pathogens vs. Infectious diseases are caused by pathogens. ...
... • What is the difference between a noninfectious disease and an infectious disease? • Noninfectious diseases are not caused by pathogens vs. Infectious diseases are caused by pathogens. ...
Basic Concepts of Epidemic Models
... The former can be thought of as the ‘mean’ of the latter, when appropriately defined (Kurtz, LLN and CLT) Stochastic models are more natural since most relevant events like the disease transmission or extinction are defined in terms of their probability. Deterministic models are simpler (but not sim ...
... The former can be thought of as the ‘mean’ of the latter, when appropriately defined (Kurtz, LLN and CLT) Stochastic models are more natural since most relevant events like the disease transmission or extinction are defined in terms of their probability. Deterministic models are simpler (but not sim ...
Infections in Healthcare and Medical Asepsis Infection Infection
... They take over a cell’s machinery to produce new virus particles Antibiotics are NOT effective against viruses Some viral diseases can be prevented by vaccination ...
... They take over a cell’s machinery to produce new virus particles Antibiotics are NOT effective against viruses Some viral diseases can be prevented by vaccination ...
EXPLOITATION: PREDATION, HERBIVORY, PARASITISM, AND
... oscillations and that neither host nor exploiter populations are subject to carrying capacities are unrealistic, L-V models made valuable contributions to the field. ...
... oscillations and that neither host nor exploiter populations are subject to carrying capacities are unrealistic, L-V models made valuable contributions to the field. ...
Biology Microbiology: Viruses I
... Viruses are non-cellular organisms made up of genetic material and protein that can invade living cells. Viruses don’t have a nucleus to enclose their genetic information, but they have a nucleic acid core containing DNA or RNA. Also, viruses can not reproduce on their own, they need a living host t ...
... Viruses are non-cellular organisms made up of genetic material and protein that can invade living cells. Viruses don’t have a nucleus to enclose their genetic information, but they have a nucleic acid core containing DNA or RNA. Also, viruses can not reproduce on their own, they need a living host t ...
Biology: Microbiology: Viruses I
... Viruses are considered both as living and non-living organisms, as viruses are active inside their host cells (host organisms) and are inactive when they are outside their host cells. The other choices are the characteristics of viruses, but they cannot support why viruses are considered both as liv ...
... Viruses are considered both as living and non-living organisms, as viruses are active inside their host cells (host organisms) and are inactive when they are outside their host cells. The other choices are the characteristics of viruses, but they cannot support why viruses are considered both as liv ...
Pathogenicity and virulence
... of the body. Classified into Endotoxins and exotoxins. – Intoxications are diseases that result from the entrance of a specific toxin into the host body. ...
... of the body. Classified into Endotoxins and exotoxins. – Intoxications are diseases that result from the entrance of a specific toxin into the host body. ...
Viruses, Prions, and Viroids Notes
... 3. They are often classified as infectious particles rather than microorganisms B. Medical considerations 1. Target cells A) Viruses interact and infect specific cells B) Nearly every cell in the body is susceptible to at least one virus C) Most cells infected by a reproducing virus will ultimately ...
... 3. They are often classified as infectious particles rather than microorganisms B. Medical considerations 1. Target cells A) Viruses interact and infect specific cells B) Nearly every cell in the body is susceptible to at least one virus C) Most cells infected by a reproducing virus will ultimately ...
Social Networks and the Spread of Infectious Diseases
... Contacts and the potential transmission of close-contact infections • Host contact network determines transmission pathways available to disease • Different transmission modes imply different contact networks, with own particular structure Sexual / bites Few contacts Infrequent ...
... Contacts and the potential transmission of close-contact infections • Host contact network determines transmission pathways available to disease • Different transmission modes imply different contact networks, with own particular structure Sexual / bites Few contacts Infrequent ...
Johns Hopkins University Template
... • STATIC models: (as opposed to dynamic transmission models) • The annual risk of infection (ARI) is not sensitive to the changing number of infectious cases in the population • Does not account for ongoing transmission in a population ...
... • STATIC models: (as opposed to dynamic transmission models) • The annual risk of infection (ARI) is not sensitive to the changing number of infectious cases in the population • Does not account for ongoing transmission in a population ...