Smallpox a problem - Personal Home Pages (at UEL)
... • Increase in immune disorders results in increased fatality • Only 90 million vaccines readily available worldwide (15.4 million USA alone) • Rate of transmission estimated at 10-20 new infections per infected person • Reports from Ken Alibek of successful programs to produce smallpox in large quan ...
... • Increase in immune disorders results in increased fatality • Only 90 million vaccines readily available worldwide (15.4 million USA alone) • Rate of transmission estimated at 10-20 new infections per infected person • Reports from Ken Alibek of successful programs to produce smallpox in large quan ...
Biological Weapons, an increasing threat.
... in Karolstein and Reval respectively, were they were catapulted towards the rival. In the 15th century, Pizarro was said to have distributed variola-contaminated clothing to South American natives. The same technique was used by British forces in the 18th century during the French and Indian war, we ...
... in Karolstein and Reval respectively, were they were catapulted towards the rival. In the 15th century, Pizarro was said to have distributed variola-contaminated clothing to South American natives. The same technique was used by British forces in the 18th century during the French and Indian war, we ...
The overarching research objective of the Sellati laboratory is to
... With an infectious dose requiring as few as 10 individual bacteria Francisella tularensis, a Gram-negative facultative intracellular pathogen, can cause a lethal vector-borne pulmonary disease in humans known as tularemia. These features, coupled with its ability to contaminate food and water and th ...
... With an infectious dose requiring as few as 10 individual bacteria Francisella tularensis, a Gram-negative facultative intracellular pathogen, can cause a lethal vector-borne pulmonary disease in humans known as tularemia. These features, coupled with its ability to contaminate food and water and th ...
Bioterrorism - Open Source Medicine
... Category A Diseases/Agents: high-priority agents pose a risk to national security because they Can be easily disseminated or transmitted from person to person Result in high mortality rates and have the potential for major public health impact Might cause public panic and social disruption (require ...
... Category A Diseases/Agents: high-priority agents pose a risk to national security because they Can be easily disseminated or transmitted from person to person Result in high mortality rates and have the potential for major public health impact Might cause public panic and social disruption (require ...
Day 3 - Disease #1 (H.2.4)
... o Communicable disease o Deficiency o Environmental factors o Immunity o Biological Warfare o NGO (non-governmental organization) • How disease spreads between cultures. • Ways that cultures address the impacts of disease. ...
... o Communicable disease o Deficiency o Environmental factors o Immunity o Biological Warfare o NGO (non-governmental organization) • How disease spreads between cultures. • Ways that cultures address the impacts of disease. ...
Other Infectious Diseases
... What disease killed 300-500 million people worldwide but has since been eradicated from the human population? ...
... What disease killed 300-500 million people worldwide but has since been eradicated from the human population? ...
BIOLOGICAL HAZARDS
... Organism – a living thing, such as a germ, plant, animal, or human that may consist of several parts, with each part specializing in a particular function Microorganism – a minute organism, such as microbes, bacteria, cocci, viruses, molds, etc. ...
... Organism – a living thing, such as a germ, plant, animal, or human that may consist of several parts, with each part specializing in a particular function Microorganism – a minute organism, such as microbes, bacteria, cocci, viruses, molds, etc. ...
Must be present!
... the AMA requires that faculty disclose any information relating to a conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest prior to the start of an educational activity. – The teaching faculty for the BDLS course offered today have no relationships / affiliations relating to a possible conflict of ...
... the AMA requires that faculty disclose any information relating to a conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest prior to the start of an educational activity. – The teaching faculty for the BDLS course offered today have no relationships / affiliations relating to a possible conflict of ...
Preventing the Use of Biological Weapons: Improving Response
... century have produced limited numbers of casualties [5]. These efforts, however, were not supported by the technological resources of nation-states [6]. There is little dispute that biological weapons have the capacity to initiate epidemics on a scale and with a degree of lethality unparalleled in m ...
... century have produced limited numbers of casualties [5]. These efforts, however, were not supported by the technological resources of nation-states [6]. There is little dispute that biological weapons have the capacity to initiate epidemics on a scale and with a degree of lethality unparalleled in m ...
biological agents
... contact is required to spread smallpox from one person to another, it can also be spread through direct contact with infected bodily fluids or contaminated objects such as bedding or clothing. • Symptoms – The incubation period averages about 12-14 days. The 1st symptoms include fever, malaise, head ...
... contact is required to spread smallpox from one person to another, it can also be spread through direct contact with infected bodily fluids or contaminated objects such as bedding or clothing. • Symptoms – The incubation period averages about 12-14 days. The 1st symptoms include fever, malaise, head ...
