Assessment 9 Hepatobiliary
... o Urea,glucose,ketone bodies, plasma proteins, ceruloplasmin, transferrin, alpha-antitrypsin, alpha fetoprotein, VLDL, etc. also produced but less useful clinically for general assessment of liver function. AST/ALT: Intracellular enzymes released into circulation upon injury o AST also found in hear ...
... o Urea,glucose,ketone bodies, plasma proteins, ceruloplasmin, transferrin, alpha-antitrypsin, alpha fetoprotein, VLDL, etc. also produced but less useful clinically for general assessment of liver function. AST/ALT: Intracellular enzymes released into circulation upon injury o AST also found in hear ...
Plastic parasites: sophisticated strategies for survival and
... other than to con-specifics. Each genotype could have different optimal strategies because factors such as variation in competitive ability or immune-evasion may influence the relative importance of investing in different processes. Trait variation in the life cycle of malaria parasites Malaria (Pla ...
... other than to con-specifics. Each genotype could have different optimal strategies because factors such as variation in competitive ability or immune-evasion may influence the relative importance of investing in different processes. Trait variation in the life cycle of malaria parasites Malaria (Pla ...
Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato infection pressure shapes innate
... Parasites negatively affect host fitness and thereby select for host responses that prevent or reduce infection. The immune system has a key role in host defence, and parasites are therefore assumed to be main drivers of immune gene evolution [1]. Associations between immune gene variants and parasi ...
... Parasites negatively affect host fitness and thereby select for host responses that prevent or reduce infection. The immune system has a key role in host defence, and parasites are therefore assumed to be main drivers of immune gene evolution [1]. Associations between immune gene variants and parasi ...
River Blindness Fact Sheet
... the bite of an infected blackfly. Also called River Blindness because the transmission is most intense in remote African rural agricultural villages, located near rapidly flowing streams. Persons with heavy infections will usually have one or more of the three conditions: dermatitis, eye lesions, an ...
... the bite of an infected blackfly. Also called River Blindness because the transmission is most intense in remote African rural agricultural villages, located near rapidly flowing streams. Persons with heavy infections will usually have one or more of the three conditions: dermatitis, eye lesions, an ...
Primates and the Ecology of their Infectious Diseases
... (n ⫽ 18) of recorded infant deaths.30 Some infants were not able to nurse because of the number of ticks attached to their muzzles. As a final example, Rudran and FernandezDuque31 have quantified the demographic changes that occurred in a population of red howler monkeys (Alouatta seniculus) over thir ...
... (n ⫽ 18) of recorded infant deaths.30 Some infants were not able to nurse because of the number of ticks attached to their muzzles. As a final example, Rudran and FernandezDuque31 have quantified the demographic changes that occurred in a population of red howler monkeys (Alouatta seniculus) over thir ...
sophisticated strategies for survival and reproduction?
... availability of reliable information on environmental conditions and the ability of parasites process it, the presence of suitable genetic variation in parasite populations (GxE), and the costs of that particular form of plasticity. In the next section, we describe how evolutionary theory has been s ...
... availability of reliable information on environmental conditions and the ability of parasites process it, the presence of suitable genetic variation in parasite populations (GxE), and the costs of that particular form of plasticity. In the next section, we describe how evolutionary theory has been s ...
intestinal colonization, microbiota, and probiotics
... variety of physiological functions. The stepwise microbial colonization of the intestine begins at birth and continues during the early phases of life to form an intestinal microbiota that is different for each individual subject. This process facilitates the formation of a physical and immunologic ...
... variety of physiological functions. The stepwise microbial colonization of the intestine begins at birth and continues during the early phases of life to form an intestinal microbiota that is different for each individual subject. This process facilitates the formation of a physical and immunologic ...
Pathogens, Infection, and Innate Immunity
... exclusively among industrialized communities: Legionnaire’s disease, commonly spread through air-conditioning systems, is a recent example. Humans have long been both troubled and fascinated with infectious diseases. The earliest written descriptions of how to limit the spread of rabies date back mo ...
... exclusively among industrialized communities: Legionnaire’s disease, commonly spread through air-conditioning systems, is a recent example. Humans have long been both troubled and fascinated with infectious diseases. The earliest written descriptions of how to limit the spread of rabies date back mo ...
Principles of Prevention
... antibacterial soaps. sticker, separated from other waste, and disposed of according to OSHA standards. ...
... antibacterial soaps. sticker, separated from other waste, and disposed of according to OSHA standards. ...
5 Protozoa and Trematodes
... Cryptosporidiosis is generally a mild self-limiting disease in immunocompetent persons but more serious in the immunocompromised. Infection with C. parvum results in severe watery diarrhoea which lasts between several days and two to three weeks in previously healthy persons. Patients may also exper ...
... Cryptosporidiosis is generally a mild self-limiting disease in immunocompetent persons but more serious in the immunocompromised. Infection with C. parvum results in severe watery diarrhoea which lasts between several days and two to three weeks in previously healthy persons. Patients may also exper ...
Schistosoma mansoni
Schistosoma mansoni is a significant parasite of humans, a trematode that is one of the major agents of the disease schistosomiasis which is one type of helminthiasis, a neglected tropical disease. The schistosomiasis caused by Schistosoma mansoni is intestinal schistosomiasis.Schistosomes are atypical trematodes in that the adult stages have two sexes (dioecious) and are located in blood vessels of the definitive host. Most other trematodes are hermaphroditic and are found in the intestinal tract or in organs, such as the liver. The lifecycle of schistosomes includes two hosts: a definitive host (i.e. human) where the parasite undergoes sexual reproduction, and a single intermediate snail host where there are a number of asexual reproductive stages.S. mansoni is named after Sir Patrick Manson, who first identified it in Formosa (now Taiwan).