Welcome to Micro 22
... • Morbidity rate: Number of people affected in relation to the total population in a given time period. • Mortality rate: Number of deaths from a disease in relation to the population in a given time. ...
... • Morbidity rate: Number of people affected in relation to the total population in a given time period. • Mortality rate: Number of deaths from a disease in relation to the population in a given time. ...
Communicable Diseases and You
... • A Non-communicable disease I NOT spread by contact with others and may be caused by living conditions, genetics, or environmental hazards. ...
... • A Non-communicable disease I NOT spread by contact with others and may be caused by living conditions, genetics, or environmental hazards. ...
06_Agents_of_urinary_inf_2011 - IS MU
... 3. Use a sterile vessel 4. Pour urine into a sterile tube & stopper it promptly 5. If not possible to process it within 2 hours, place the specimen into 4 °C for 18 hours at most ...
... 3. Use a sterile vessel 4. Pour urine into a sterile tube & stopper it promptly 5. If not possible to process it within 2 hours, place the specimen into 4 °C for 18 hours at most ...
Antibiotics_and_vacc..
... “remembers” how to protect itself from the microbes it has encountered before. Collectively, the parts of your body that remember and repel microbes are called the immune system. Without the immune system, the simplest illness—even the common cold—could quickly turn deadly. On average, your immune s ...
... “remembers” how to protect itself from the microbes it has encountered before. Collectively, the parts of your body that remember and repel microbes are called the immune system. Without the immune system, the simplest illness—even the common cold—could quickly turn deadly. On average, your immune s ...
Diseases of the Respiratory System Notes
... a) Characterized by fits of 10-20 abrupt, hacking coughs followed by deep inspiration which gives off a “whoop” sound i) Can occur up to 15 times/day b) Usually lasts 1-6 weeks 3) Convalescence stage a) Coughing fits decrease in length and frequency b) Can last for months c) A secondary pneumonia in ...
... a) Characterized by fits of 10-20 abrupt, hacking coughs followed by deep inspiration which gives off a “whoop” sound i) Can occur up to 15 times/day b) Usually lasts 1-6 weeks 3) Convalescence stage a) Coughing fits decrease in length and frequency b) Can last for months c) A secondary pneumonia in ...
AMPLIFYING VACCINES AND THERAPIES
... a finite risk that these vaccines will actually cause the disease they aim to prevent. Vaccines advanced substantially when recombinant DNA technology met gene delivery. In a gene-based vaccine, genes from pathogens are used as vaccines instead of the pathogen itself. As scientists have sought to co ...
... a finite risk that these vaccines will actually cause the disease they aim to prevent. Vaccines advanced substantially when recombinant DNA technology met gene delivery. In a gene-based vaccine, genes from pathogens are used as vaccines instead of the pathogen itself. As scientists have sought to co ...
Typing and genome comparison of Neisseria
... strains and other ST-11 strains using whole genome microarray technology. Three genes encoding hypothetical proteins were identified to be present in all ET-15 strains but absent in other ST-11 strains. This finding together with unpublished observation from our group suggested that several genome a ...
... strains and other ST-11 strains using whole genome microarray technology. Three genes encoding hypothetical proteins were identified to be present in all ET-15 strains but absent in other ST-11 strains. This finding together with unpublished observation from our group suggested that several genome a ...
History of Microbiology and The Scientific Method
... • Remember that science does not deal with absolute truths and there are many factors that contribute to disease besides the agent • As we learn more about pathogens and hosts and the relationships between them from a scientific perspective, we are more likely to prevent and treat infectious disease ...
... • Remember that science does not deal with absolute truths and there are many factors that contribute to disease besides the agent • As we learn more about pathogens and hosts and the relationships between them from a scientific perspective, we are more likely to prevent and treat infectious disease ...
understanding immunization.indd
... vaccinated, people who are not vaccinated get some protection. This is because it is harder for a disease to spread if there are few people in the community who don’t have protection from the disease and who will get sick (PHAC, 2006, p. 31). This is called herd immunity (or community immunity or th ...
... vaccinated, people who are not vaccinated get some protection. This is because it is harder for a disease to spread if there are few people in the community who don’t have protection from the disease and who will get sick (PHAC, 2006, p. 31). This is called herd immunity (or community immunity or th ...
3. What is your Initial Impression and give your Differential Diagnosis.
... Infection of joints are followed by Penetrating ...
... Infection of joints are followed by Penetrating ...
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... Special precautions for use in animals Vaccinate only healthy animals. Special precautions to be taken by the person administering the veterinary medicinal product to animals To the user: This product contains mineral oil. Accidental injection/self injection may result in severe pain and swelling, p ...
... Special precautions for use in animals Vaccinate only healthy animals. Special precautions to be taken by the person administering the veterinary medicinal product to animals To the user: This product contains mineral oil. Accidental injection/self injection may result in severe pain and swelling, p ...
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... productive study was the first critical step. The strains from which the selection was made had been sent to Formal at Walter Reed from a variety of sources worldwide. The only available marker of the 15 strains we selected for study was serotype, although all but one (a control strain) had been iso ...
... productive study was the first critical step. The strains from which the selection was made had been sent to Formal at Walter Reed from a variety of sources worldwide. The only available marker of the 15 strains we selected for study was serotype, although all but one (a control strain) had been iso ...
Designated Officer Training - Middlesex
... • Health Unit will contact source patient if possible to determine: – if known to have blood borne infection – if has risk factors for blood borne infection – if willing to be tested for blood borne infection – if willing to have results released to exposed person ...
... • Health Unit will contact source patient if possible to determine: – if known to have blood borne infection – if has risk factors for blood borne infection – if willing to be tested for blood borne infection – if willing to have results released to exposed person ...
Quick Guide for Clinicians - Communicable Disease Control and
... including making PEP recommendations for antibiotic therapy, vaccination or both. *High risk close contacts for PEP are infants <1 year old, 3rd trimester pregnant women, and persons who may expose them, including health care workers. *Clinicians may be asked to provide PEP and/or vaccinations to hi ...
... including making PEP recommendations for antibiotic therapy, vaccination or both. *High risk close contacts for PEP are infants <1 year old, 3rd trimester pregnant women, and persons who may expose them, including health care workers. *Clinicians may be asked to provide PEP and/or vaccinations to hi ...
Helpful and Harmful Bacteria
... The Nitrogen Cycle • Atmospheric nitrogen can be fixed by lightning or certain nitrogen fixing bacteria called Rhizobium. • These Rhizobium live in a mutualistic relationship in the root nodules of leguminous plants such as lupins, gorse and clover. • Also some free-living soil bacteria “fix” ...
... The Nitrogen Cycle • Atmospheric nitrogen can be fixed by lightning or certain nitrogen fixing bacteria called Rhizobium. • These Rhizobium live in a mutualistic relationship in the root nodules of leguminous plants such as lupins, gorse and clover. • Also some free-living soil bacteria “fix” ...
Veterinary Bacteriology and Virology 101
... Bacteremia: this term simply refers to the presence of bacteria in the blood stream. Bacteremia’s effects can vary ...
... Bacteremia: this term simply refers to the presence of bacteria in the blood stream. Bacteremia’s effects can vary ...
Recognizing the Threat of Leptospirosis
... from domestic and wild animals to humans, who can become infected through contact with water, food, or soil contaminated with urine from infected animals. “The disease in humans can often be an acute infection,” says lead scientist Richard Zuerner, a former microbiologist with the Agricultural Resea ...
... from domestic and wild animals to humans, who can become infected through contact with water, food, or soil contaminated with urine from infected animals. “The disease in humans can often be an acute infection,” says lead scientist Richard Zuerner, a former microbiologist with the Agricultural Resea ...
II-Year Program of medical microbiology classes – 2016/2017 1
... Rectal infection, pharyngitis, ophtalmia neonatorum, disseminated infection. Laboratory identification: Smear of the urethral exudates – Gram-stain Selective media – Thayer-Martin medium (chocolate agar supplemented with several antibiotics) PCR Neisseria meningitidis is one of the most frequent cau ...
... Rectal infection, pharyngitis, ophtalmia neonatorum, disseminated infection. Laboratory identification: Smear of the urethral exudates – Gram-stain Selective media – Thayer-Martin medium (chocolate agar supplemented with several antibiotics) PCR Neisseria meningitidis is one of the most frequent cau ...
8 - BrainMass
... b. Takes place in the blood c. Relies on the activity of perforins and granzymes d. Does not require phagocytosis 26. The uniqueness of an individual is defined in part by the a. Type of antibodies produced by that individual b. Antigens to which the individual can respond c. Ability to produce T ce ...
... b. Takes place in the blood c. Relies on the activity of perforins and granzymes d. Does not require phagocytosis 26. The uniqueness of an individual is defined in part by the a. Type of antibodies produced by that individual b. Antigens to which the individual can respond c. Ability to produce T ce ...
The immune system project - Town of Mansfield, Connecticut
... • Symptoms – After an incubation period of 5-10 days, the onset of the disease is sudden and is marked by fever, chills, and headache. Around the fifth day after the onset of symptoms, a rash may occur. After that, Nausea, Vomiting, chest pain, a sore throat,abdominal pain, and diarrhea may then ...
... • Symptoms – After an incubation period of 5-10 days, the onset of the disease is sudden and is marked by fever, chills, and headache. Around the fifth day after the onset of symptoms, a rash may occur. After that, Nausea, Vomiting, chest pain, a sore throat,abdominal pain, and diarrhea may then ...
Legionnaires’ Disease Frequently Asked Questions
... No. Legionnaires’ disease is not spread from person to person. People only get sick by breathing in water vapor containing the bacteria (for example, by inhaling contaminated mist from faucets, showers, whirlpools or cooling towers). People who are sick cannot make others sick. ...
... No. Legionnaires’ disease is not spread from person to person. People only get sick by breathing in water vapor containing the bacteria (for example, by inhaling contaminated mist from faucets, showers, whirlpools or cooling towers). People who are sick cannot make others sick. ...
Institute for Microbiology, Medical Faculty of Masaryk
... 3. Use a sterile vessel 4. Pour urine into a sterile tube & stopper it promptly 5. If not possible to process it within 2 hours, place the specimen into 4 °C for 18 hours at most ...
... 3. Use a sterile vessel 4. Pour urine into a sterile tube & stopper it promptly 5. If not possible to process it within 2 hours, place the specimen into 4 °C for 18 hours at most ...
Tetanus (Lockjaw) Tetanus (lockjaw) is a serious disease that
... The need for tetanus vaccination after exposure to flood water depends on the presence of a wound, the condition of the wound and the likelihood that the injured person is susceptible to tetanus. The recommendations for use of tetanus-containing vaccine that apply during a flood are the same as thos ...
... The need for tetanus vaccination after exposure to flood water depends on the presence of a wound, the condition of the wound and the likelihood that the injured person is susceptible to tetanus. The recommendations for use of tetanus-containing vaccine that apply during a flood are the same as thos ...
Neisseria meningitidis
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Neisseria meningitidis, often referred to as meningococcus, is a gram negative bacterium that can cause meningitis and other forms of meningococcal disease such as meningococcemia, a life-threatening sepsis. The bacterium is referred to as a coccus because it is round, and more specifically, diplococcus because of its tendency to form pairs. About 10% of adults are carrier of the bacteria in their nasopharynx. As an exclusively human pathogen it is the main cause of bacterial meningitis in children and young adults, causing developmental impairment and death in about 10% of cases. It causes the only form of bacterial meningitis known to occur epidemically, mainly in Africa and Asia.N. meningitidis is spread through saliva and respiratory secretions during coughing, sneezing, kissing, and chewing on toys. It infects the cell by sticking to it with long thin extensions called pili and the surface-exposed proteins Opa and Opc and has several virulence factors.