Prevention and control of microbial infections
... 3. Evade host defenses • Evade anti-viral defenses • Struggle between virus and host • Virus must evade long enough to replicate and transmit, or establish latent or persistent infection • Disease is unintended consequence of how a virus solves three problems ...
... 3. Evade host defenses • Evade anti-viral defenses • Struggle between virus and host • Virus must evade long enough to replicate and transmit, or establish latent or persistent infection • Disease is unintended consequence of how a virus solves three problems ...
Viruses
... • Lytic pathway – a type of viral reproduction where the virus lyses, or breaks open the host cell membrane in order to release the newly replicated viruses • New viruses leave host cell to infect other nearby cells • Lysis – viruses burst the cell membrane as they leave • Results in death of host c ...
... • Lytic pathway – a type of viral reproduction where the virus lyses, or breaks open the host cell membrane in order to release the newly replicated viruses • New viruses leave host cell to infect other nearby cells • Lysis – viruses burst the cell membrane as they leave • Results in death of host c ...
Document
... • Epidemiology: the study of where and when diseases occur ─ Identify the source and mode of transmission of a disease ─ Extensive population data collection and statistical analyses ...
... • Epidemiology: the study of where and when diseases occur ─ Identify the source and mode of transmission of a disease ─ Extensive population data collection and statistical analyses ...
Basic Nursing:Foundations of Skills and Concepts Chapter 21
... Modes of Transmission The process that bridges the gap between the portal of exit of the infectious agent from the reservoir or source and the portal of entry of the susceptible “new” host.Includes: ...
... Modes of Transmission The process that bridges the gap between the portal of exit of the infectious agent from the reservoir or source and the portal of entry of the susceptible “new” host.Includes: ...
Infection Unit 12
... Infection develops when organism penetrates the body, begins to multiply, & causes damage Risk factors are conditions that indicate a ...
... Infection develops when organism penetrates the body, begins to multiply, & causes damage Risk factors are conditions that indicate a ...
File - Mrs. R`s Health for PATH
... vigorously on both bodies) or items of clothing in close contact with the body (socks, for example) if they are not washed thoroughly between uses. For this reason, contagious diseases often break out in schools, where towels are shared and personal items of clothing accidentally swapped in the chan ...
... vigorously on both bodies) or items of clothing in close contact with the body (socks, for example) if they are not washed thoroughly between uses. For this reason, contagious diseases often break out in schools, where towels are shared and personal items of clothing accidentally swapped in the chan ...
Virchow Revisited: Emerging Zoonoses
... origin of this virus might have gone totally undetected had it not been for a camp of flying foxes next to the swine farms. Serosampling of this bat population revealed that they, too, were seropositive to the newly described virus, implicating them as the source of the emerging disease. As scientis ...
... origin of this virus might have gone totally undetected had it not been for a camp of flying foxes next to the swine farms. Serosampling of this bat population revealed that they, too, were seropositive to the newly described virus, implicating them as the source of the emerging disease. As scientis ...
Diapositiva 1
... Portal of exit is the path by which an agent leaves the source host. The portal of exit usually corresponds to the site at which the agent is localized. Pathogens often leave hosts in materials the body secretes or excretes. ...
... Portal of exit is the path by which an agent leaves the source host. The portal of exit usually corresponds to the site at which the agent is localized. Pathogens often leave hosts in materials the body secretes or excretes. ...
Telephone Viral Mutation Activity.pages
... All human transmissions will proceed by the same pattern, where the transmitting student whispers the whole sequence to the next student in line. The recipient then sings “Mary had a little lamb” or “Twinkle twinkle little star” (or some familiar short song), then writes down the sequence, and prepa ...
... All human transmissions will proceed by the same pattern, where the transmitting student whispers the whole sequence to the next student in line. The recipient then sings “Mary had a little lamb” or “Twinkle twinkle little star” (or some familiar short song), then writes down the sequence, and prepa ...
Disease Detectives
... Disease Detectives Answer Key Part 1: Vocabulary (14pts) 1. Determinant: Any factor that brings about change in a health condition or in other defined characteristics 2. Carrier: A person or animal who harbors the infectious agent for a disease and can transmit it to others without showing symptoms. ...
... Disease Detectives Answer Key Part 1: Vocabulary (14pts) 1. Determinant: Any factor that brings about change in a health condition or in other defined characteristics 2. Carrier: A person or animal who harbors the infectious agent for a disease and can transmit it to others without showing symptoms. ...
Chapter 19, Section 1 Infectious Disease
... • You can become infected by a pathogen in one of several ways: – Person to person transfer – Contaminated objects – Animal bites – Pathogens from the environment ...
... • You can become infected by a pathogen in one of several ways: – Person to person transfer – Contaminated objects – Animal bites – Pathogens from the environment ...
Disease Transmission Methods - Pandem-Sim
... mode of transmission—the method of transmission of an infectious agent from its reservoir to its host. pathogen—any disease-causing agent. portal of entry—the pathway by which an infectious agent can enter its host. For example, the influenza virus’s portal of entry is host’s respiratory tract. r ...
... mode of transmission—the method of transmission of an infectious agent from its reservoir to its host. pathogen—any disease-causing agent. portal of entry—the pathway by which an infectious agent can enter its host. For example, the influenza virus’s portal of entry is host’s respiratory tract. r ...
lecture notes
... kinds of living and non-living agents what is self and non-self? • Despite huge parasite diversity, very few cause most human deaths most are preventable or curable • Pandemics most likely to be a lethal virus with transmission rapid compared with reaction time influenza (weeks), HIV/AIDS (years) ...
... kinds of living and non-living agents what is self and non-self? • Despite huge parasite diversity, very few cause most human deaths most are preventable or curable • Pandemics most likely to be a lethal virus with transmission rapid compared with reaction time influenza (weeks), HIV/AIDS (years) ...
Public Health Threat of New, Reemerging, and Neglected Zoonoses
... recombination act to shape the genetic structure of populations. This factor is especially notable in viruses, which have relatively small genomes and short generation times, particularly among viruses with more error-prone RNA genomic replication (14). However, most mutations are deleterious and un ...
... recombination act to shape the genetic structure of populations. This factor is especially notable in viruses, which have relatively small genomes and short generation times, particularly among viruses with more error-prone RNA genomic replication (14). However, most mutations are deleterious and un ...
Slide 1
... Previously Known as Norwalk – like Viruses. Changed in 2002 1968 – 1972 Outbreak of “Winter Vomiting Disease” in Norwalk, OH Acute gastroenteritis – “stomach flu” or “24 hour bug” Explosive vomiting, watery (non bloody) diarrhea, abd cramps, HA, body aches, low-grade fever. 24-60 hours #1 Cause of F ...
... Previously Known as Norwalk – like Viruses. Changed in 2002 1968 – 1972 Outbreak of “Winter Vomiting Disease” in Norwalk, OH Acute gastroenteritis – “stomach flu” or “24 hour bug” Explosive vomiting, watery (non bloody) diarrhea, abd cramps, HA, body aches, low-grade fever. 24-60 hours #1 Cause of F ...
Job description and selection criteria
... of genetic data for which no formal models or statistical methods currently exist. These include high-coverage sequencing of viral populations sampled sequentially through time, well-studied infection cohorts, and host immune cell receptor diversity. The project will encompass a broad range of quest ...
... of genetic data for which no formal models or statistical methods currently exist. These include high-coverage sequencing of viral populations sampled sequentially through time, well-studied infection cohorts, and host immune cell receptor diversity. The project will encompass a broad range of quest ...
Raccoon roundworm: Baylisascaris procyonis
... • Despite this evolutionary relationship, helminthic zoonoses occur. Nematodes specifically have been shown to switch hosts more frequently than other helminths. Lieutenant Jadzia Dax, a Trill on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Jadzia hosts the symbiont Dax ...
... • Despite this evolutionary relationship, helminthic zoonoses occur. Nematodes specifically have been shown to switch hosts more frequently than other helminths. Lieutenant Jadzia Dax, a Trill on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Jadzia hosts the symbiont Dax ...
Pathogenesis of infectious disease
... 1. Entry: of the pathogen into the body by: (Penetration, inhalation, ingestion and introduction of the pathogens directly into the blood. [shades needles] 2. Attachment: of the pathogen to some tissues within the body. 3. Multiplication: with local or system 4. Invasive / spread of the pathogens 5. ...
... 1. Entry: of the pathogen into the body by: (Penetration, inhalation, ingestion and introduction of the pathogens directly into the blood. [shades needles] 2. Attachment: of the pathogen to some tissues within the body. 3. Multiplication: with local or system 4. Invasive / spread of the pathogens 5. ...
0011219367 - University of Oxford
... of genetic data for which no formal models or statistical methods currently exist. These include high-coverage sequencing of viral populations sampled sequentially through time, well-studied infection cohorts, and host immune cell receptor diversity. The project will encompass a broad range of quest ...
... of genetic data for which no formal models or statistical methods currently exist. These include high-coverage sequencing of viral populations sampled sequentially through time, well-studied infection cohorts, and host immune cell receptor diversity. The project will encompass a broad range of quest ...
Introduction - UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
... widespread spillover occurs. These advances include improvements in information technology, molecular diagnostics, and risk modeling. The challenge lies in developing a strategic framework to identify zoonotic pathogens of pandemic potential that have not yet emerged in human populations. To this en ...
... widespread spillover occurs. These advances include improvements in information technology, molecular diagnostics, and risk modeling. The challenge lies in developing a strategic framework to identify zoonotic pathogens of pandemic potential that have not yet emerged in human populations. To this en ...