reservoirs of pathogens
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
Major Players in the Immune System
... macrophage and recruits Tcells and B-cells to infected area Kills infected body cells to prevent the further spread of an infection Makes antibodies specific to a particular antigen found on a pathogen A protein produced to tag an antigen for attack by other cells; each one is specific to one antige ...
... macrophage and recruits Tcells and B-cells to infected area Kills infected body cells to prevent the further spread of an infection Makes antibodies specific to a particular antigen found on a pathogen A protein produced to tag an antigen for attack by other cells; each one is specific to one antige ...
Section 3.3. Maintaining Healthy Systems
... Phagocytes in the body attack the parasites at the site of infection. ...
... Phagocytes in the body attack the parasites at the site of infection. ...
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... – Appreciation that different types of pathogens have common mechanisms to affect disease outcome – Understanding that pathogens have evolved multiple mechanisms to survive within the host – Appreciation that antimi ...
... – Appreciation that different types of pathogens have common mechanisms to affect disease outcome – Understanding that pathogens have evolved multiple mechanisms to survive within the host – Appreciation that antimi ...
Tick-Bite Patch: A First Generation Immunoinformatics Derived Anti
... case of Lyme disease, the pathogen infection rate in ticks (at 20% or more) is exceptionally high. Ticks transmit more than 20 pathogens, including Category A-C and emerging-re-emerging agents, all capable of causing significant disease in humans and animals. ...
... case of Lyme disease, the pathogen infection rate in ticks (at 20% or more) is exceptionally high. Ticks transmit more than 20 pathogens, including Category A-C and emerging-re-emerging agents, all capable of causing significant disease in humans and animals. ...
Some Epidemic Diseases of Animals
... £3.3billion. He said that this expense and disruption would no longer be acceptable to Government or society, and although prevention was the ideal, science in identifying the virus would now make it possible to combine vaccination with limited slaughter. The second disease, Blue Tongue, has advance ...
... £3.3billion. He said that this expense and disruption would no longer be acceptable to Government or society, and although prevention was the ideal, science in identifying the virus would now make it possible to combine vaccination with limited slaughter. The second disease, Blue Tongue, has advance ...
Topic 10 revision notes - Mr Cartlidge`s Saigon Science Blog
... Define pathogen - a disease-causing organism Define transmissible disease - a disease in which the pathogen can be passed from one host to another State that the pathogen for a transmissible disease may be transmitted either through direct contact, e.g. through blood or other body fluids, or indirec ...
... Define pathogen - a disease-causing organism Define transmissible disease - a disease in which the pathogen can be passed from one host to another State that the pathogen for a transmissible disease may be transmitted either through direct contact, e.g. through blood or other body fluids, or indirec ...
blood-borne pathogens
... - Pathogen must be present in body fluid of victim - Enough of the path. Must be in the fluid - A person must be susceptible that pathogen - Entry site must be available to the pathogen WAYS PATHOGENS CAN ENTER BODY - Direct Contact o Touch body fluid of infected person - Indirect Contact o Touch ob ...
... - Pathogen must be present in body fluid of victim - Enough of the path. Must be in the fluid - A person must be susceptible that pathogen - Entry site must be available to the pathogen WAYS PATHOGENS CAN ENTER BODY - Direct Contact o Touch body fluid of infected person - Indirect Contact o Touch ob ...
Vaccines
... Vaccines • Protect our body from contracting viruses and certain types of bacteria • Allow body to become immune to a specific pathogens – Example: Flu vaccine ...
... Vaccines • Protect our body from contracting viruses and certain types of bacteria • Allow body to become immune to a specific pathogens – Example: Flu vaccine ...
Document
... Immunity to Infections – SPI XL – 2014-10-14 Critical need for the diversification of the research and approaches to develop the next generation of vaccines Better understanding of the: • infectious pathogens themselves • the main orchestrators of the immune response as well as the escape mechanism ...
... Immunity to Infections – SPI XL – 2014-10-14 Critical need for the diversification of the research and approaches to develop the next generation of vaccines Better understanding of the: • infectious pathogens themselves • the main orchestrators of the immune response as well as the escape mechanism ...
TABLE S1: Population sizes and transmission coefficients (WAIFW
... TABLE S1: Population sizes and transmission coefficients (WAIFW matrix [2]) for the age-structured model, adapted from [1]. The daily transmission rate constant in row i, column j, indicates that an infected individual in age group j has a daily probability of transmitting infection SUij to each o ...
... TABLE S1: Population sizes and transmission coefficients (WAIFW matrix [2]) for the age-structured model, adapted from [1]. The daily transmission rate constant in row i, column j, indicates that an infected individual in age group j has a daily probability of transmitting infection SUij to each o ...
Bacteria vs. Viruses
... D. Primary and Secondary Immune Responses 1. The second time you are infected by a pathogen (foreign invader), your immune system works faster to fight it. WHY? ...
... D. Primary and Secondary Immune Responses 1. The second time you are infected by a pathogen (foreign invader), your immune system works faster to fight it. WHY? ...
Chapter 40 review notes
... -Viruses reproduce inside the host cell by using materials of the host cell to make copies of itself -parasites are pathogens that live and feed inside infected organisms -diseases are spread either by person to person contact, contaminated water or food, or infected animals -STD’s dangerous pathoge ...
... -Viruses reproduce inside the host cell by using materials of the host cell to make copies of itself -parasites are pathogens that live and feed inside infected organisms -diseases are spread either by person to person contact, contaminated water or food, or infected animals -STD’s dangerous pathoge ...
Origin of infection and transmission
... areas. Case fatality rates average 2%, but vary with the outbreak. Origin of infection and transmission Cattle can be infected by drinking water, but ingestion and direct contact transmission are not common routes, even though the virus is present in nasal and lacrimal secretions, semen, and mil ...
... areas. Case fatality rates average 2%, but vary with the outbreak. Origin of infection and transmission Cattle can be infected by drinking water, but ingestion and direct contact transmission are not common routes, even though the virus is present in nasal and lacrimal secretions, semen, and mil ...
Immunity
... • Non specific = first (skin) and second (inflammatory response) line of defenses; are effective against many different kinds of pathogens • Specific = third line (white blood cells) are effective against a specific pathogen ...
... • Non specific = first (skin) and second (inflammatory response) line of defenses; are effective against many different kinds of pathogens • Specific = third line (white blood cells) are effective against a specific pathogen ...
DISEASE NOTES
... Carriers: Those who carry the pathogen, but show no _______________ or ________________; they can spread the disease, but often do so _______________________ ...
... Carriers: Those who carry the pathogen, but show no _______________ or ________________; they can spread the disease, but often do so _______________________ ...
“…One can think of the middle of the twentieth century as the end of
... the twentieth century as the end of one of the most important social revolutions in history, the virtual elimination of the infectious disease as a significant factor in social life.” Burnet, 1962 ...
... the twentieth century as the end of one of the most important social revolutions in history, the virtual elimination of the infectious disease as a significant factor in social life.” Burnet, 1962 ...