Infectious diseases
... food item, contains the infecting organism, and if the identified organism has the same genotype causing the outbreak, enhancing causal inference. Molecular typing can also be used to determine order of transmission (Table 23.1). It is not surprising that molecular typing has become a standard tool ...
... food item, contains the infecting organism, and if the identified organism has the same genotype causing the outbreak, enhancing causal inference. Molecular typing can also be used to determine order of transmission (Table 23.1). It is not surprising that molecular typing has become a standard tool ...
Slide 1
... Six weeks later Jenner variolated two sites on Phipps’s arm with smallpox, yet the boy was unaffected by this a well as subsequent exposures ...
... Six weeks later Jenner variolated two sites on Phipps’s arm with smallpox, yet the boy was unaffected by this a well as subsequent exposures ...
Feline Leukemia
... Feline leukemia virus (FeLV), a retrovirus, so named because of the way it behaves within infected cells. All retroviruses, including feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), produce an enzyme, reverse transcriptase, which permits them to insert copies of their own ...
... Feline leukemia virus (FeLV), a retrovirus, so named because of the way it behaves within infected cells. All retroviruses, including feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), produce an enzyme, reverse transcriptase, which permits them to insert copies of their own ...
IMMUNITY
... Passive immunity can occur naturally, when maternal antibodies are transferred to the fetus through the placenta. It is induced artificially: when high levels of human (or horse) antibodies specific for a pathogenor toxin are transferred to non-immune individuals. ...
... Passive immunity can occur naturally, when maternal antibodies are transferred to the fetus through the placenta. It is induced artificially: when high levels of human (or horse) antibodies specific for a pathogenor toxin are transferred to non-immune individuals. ...
Simple Organisms, Fungi, and Plants
... Do you know how important plants are? Plants provide oxygen and food for other living things. Throughout history, people have been trying to understand plants. In this unit, you will join them. You’ll also learn about, some other fascinating organisms—bacteria, protists, and fungi. Some of these org ...
... Do you know how important plants are? Plants provide oxygen and food for other living things. Throughout history, people have been trying to understand plants. In this unit, you will join them. You’ll also learn about, some other fascinating organisms—bacteria, protists, and fungi. Some of these org ...
Biological diagnostics, control and treatment of the cholerae.
... 2. Spirilla are coiled forms of bacteria exhibiting twists with one or more turns. Spirilla are rigid spiral forms. Only one pathogenic species is known (Spirillum minus) which is responsible for a disease in humans transmitted through the bite of rats and other rodents (rat-bite fever, sodoku). 3. ...
... 2. Spirilla are coiled forms of bacteria exhibiting twists with one or more turns. Spirilla are rigid spiral forms. Only one pathogenic species is known (Spirillum minus) which is responsible for a disease in humans transmitted through the bite of rats and other rodents (rat-bite fever, sodoku). 3. ...
scope and historical developments in microbiology
... His call for disinfection practices were however largely unheeded because it implied that physicians were at fault. MICROFOCUS 1.2 Edward Jenner, born in 1749, was an English physician from Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England. His great gift to mankind was his vaccine for smallpox (characterized by p ...
... His call for disinfection practices were however largely unheeded because it implied that physicians were at fault. MICROFOCUS 1.2 Edward Jenner, born in 1749, was an English physician from Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England. His great gift to mankind was his vaccine for smallpox (characterized by p ...
Gompf's ID Pearls 3.0
... a "g" in "American Typewriter" font - In honor of the original typed pages of the "ID pearls". HOW TO USE THIS DOCUMENT: This document was initiated several years ago as a 20-page handout of teaching points by Dr. John T. Sinnott. Around 2000, I picked it up, transcribed it into electronic form, and ...
... a "g" in "American Typewriter" font - In honor of the original typed pages of the "ID pearls". HOW TO USE THIS DOCUMENT: This document was initiated several years ago as a 20-page handout of teaching points by Dr. John T. Sinnott. Around 2000, I picked it up, transcribed it into electronic form, and ...
Virology - UAMS.edu
... 62. If you were the microbiology laboratory director, what tests would you institute for identification of anaerobes? 63. Describe colonies of Porphyromonas and some Prevotella on blood agar, especially laked blood agar. 64. Name the antimicrobial agents that are effective against virtually all Bact ...
... 62. If you were the microbiology laboratory director, what tests would you institute for identification of anaerobes? 63. Describe colonies of Porphyromonas and some Prevotella on blood agar, especially laked blood agar. 64. Name the antimicrobial agents that are effective against virtually all Bact ...
Biology of microorganisms
... • Microorganisms are responsible for many of the changes observed in organic and inorganic matter (e.g., fermentation and the carbon, nitrogen and sulfur cycles that occurred in nature. • The development of microbiology as a scientific discipline has depended on the availability of the microscope an ...
... • Microorganisms are responsible for many of the changes observed in organic and inorganic matter (e.g., fermentation and the carbon, nitrogen and sulfur cycles that occurred in nature. • The development of microbiology as a scientific discipline has depended on the availability of the microscope an ...
Bacteria
... ______ 3. What two kingdoms of living things do bacteria belong to? a. Eubacteria and Archaebacteria b. Fungi and Animalia c. Archaebacteria and Fungi d. Protista and Plantae ______ 4. Eubacteria and Archaebacteria contain a. all of the forms of life on Earth. b. the oldest forms of life on Earth. c ...
... ______ 3. What two kingdoms of living things do bacteria belong to? a. Eubacteria and Archaebacteria b. Fungi and Animalia c. Archaebacteria and Fungi d. Protista and Plantae ______ 4. Eubacteria and Archaebacteria contain a. all of the forms of life on Earth. b. the oldest forms of life on Earth. c ...
Bacteriophages of Soft Rot Enterobacteriaceae
... 97% of all described bacteriophages known to infect bacteria, includes tailed forms with icosahedral heads and double-stranded DNA genomes of variable size in the range of ca. 18 000 to 500 000 nucleotides. There are at least 350 distinct phages recognized in the Caudovirales order to date (Ackerman ...
... 97% of all described bacteriophages known to infect bacteria, includes tailed forms with icosahedral heads and double-stranded DNA genomes of variable size in the range of ca. 18 000 to 500 000 nucleotides. There are at least 350 distinct phages recognized in the Caudovirales order to date (Ackerman ...
Domain (Kingdom) Bacteria, Domain (Kingdom
... Viroids - circular strands of RNA that occur in nuclei of infected plant cells • Transmitted from plant to plant via pollen, ovules, or machinery − Cause more than dozen plant diseases Prions - appear to be particles of protein that cause diseases of animals and humans • Believed to cause disease by ...
... Viroids - circular strands of RNA that occur in nuclei of infected plant cells • Transmitted from plant to plant via pollen, ovules, or machinery − Cause more than dozen plant diseases Prions - appear to be particles of protein that cause diseases of animals and humans • Believed to cause disease by ...
Persönliche PDF-Datei für R. Augustin, TCG Bosch
... Symbiotic microorganisms occupy a wide range of skin niches [9, 10, 11, 12] and may even protect against invasion by more harmful or pathogenic organisms. Recent evidence supporting this view comes from a study focused on Haemophilus ducreyi [16]. This bacterium causes chancroid, a relatively common ...
... Symbiotic microorganisms occupy a wide range of skin niches [9, 10, 11, 12] and may even protect against invasion by more harmful or pathogenic organisms. Recent evidence supporting this view comes from a study focused on Haemophilus ducreyi [16]. This bacterium causes chancroid, a relatively common ...
PDF - Nexus Academic Publishers
... beings. Bacteriophages belong to a group of viruses which have the greatest number of entities in it. There are 10 families of phages which include tailed and sessile phages. Some phages like T4, T7 have an unique structure of having head and tail. Phages follow two patterns of life cycle as lytic a ...
... beings. Bacteriophages belong to a group of viruses which have the greatest number of entities in it. There are 10 families of phages which include tailed and sessile phages. Some phages like T4, T7 have an unique structure of having head and tail. Phages follow two patterns of life cycle as lytic a ...
Plant Diseases Caused by Viruses and Viroids
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From Broad Street to Boston: Tracking Infectious Disease Outbreaks
... • Cholera salts to restore lost electrolytes • Antibiotics for extremely severe cases • Moderately effective short-term Cholera vaccines ...
... • Cholera salts to restore lost electrolytes • Antibiotics for extremely severe cases • Moderately effective short-term Cholera vaccines ...
3.1.1 Diversity of Organisms 3.1.2 Micro-organisms 3.1.3
... Cell wall; Size; Capsule; Flagellum; Plasmid ...
... Cell wall; Size; Capsule; Flagellum; Plasmid ...
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... drug resistance shows the ability of microbes to evolve with each generation. Phages are thus being preferred because, unlike broad- spectrum antibiotics, they are highly specific and do not illicit resistance from untargeted bacterial strains. Phage therapy was highlighted as one of seven approache ...
... drug resistance shows the ability of microbes to evolve with each generation. Phages are thus being preferred because, unlike broad- spectrum antibiotics, they are highly specific and do not illicit resistance from untargeted bacterial strains. Phage therapy was highlighted as one of seven approache ...
an annotated checklist of pathogenic microorganisms - IB-USP
... mustelina). The 1962 epidemic of EEE in Jamaica probably resulted from the transport of EEE virus by birds from continental USA (Work and Lord, 1972). Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (VEE): Suspected of being transported from South to Central America. Experimental data on migratory birds confir ...
... mustelina). The 1962 epidemic of EEE in Jamaica probably resulted from the transport of EEE virus by birds from continental USA (Work and Lord, 1972). Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (VEE): Suspected of being transported from South to Central America. Experimental data on migratory birds confir ...
German Center for Infection Research
... 158 healthy adults. “The preliminary results on tolerability and safety, as well as the immune response, are promising,” explains DZIF researcher Prof Marylyn Addo, who is leading the trial at the UKE. “The data from this trial are very helpful for further clinical trials, for example on people who ...
... 158 healthy adults. “The preliminary results on tolerability and safety, as well as the immune response, are promising,” explains DZIF researcher Prof Marylyn Addo, who is leading the trial at the UKE. “The data from this trial are very helpful for further clinical trials, for example on people who ...
- MediPIET
... disease − Characterization of pathogens (important especially in case of outbreaks) − Surveillance of the evolution of infectious disease − Detection of new pathogens ...
... disease − Characterization of pathogens (important especially in case of outbreaks) − Surveillance of the evolution of infectious disease − Detection of new pathogens ...
8C Microbes and Disease
... Some cause disease, but many are useful. reproduction: Bacteria reproduce very quickly. Two can very quickly become four, then eight and so on. ...
... Some cause disease, but many are useful. reproduction: Bacteria reproduce very quickly. Two can very quickly become four, then eight and so on. ...
8C Microbes and Disease
... A virus is a simple organism which does not completely display ALL the characteristics of living things. It consists of a protein coating and a strand of genes. ...
... A virus is a simple organism which does not completely display ALL the characteristics of living things. It consists of a protein coating and a strand of genes. ...