Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease
... There has been a case of hand, foot and mouth disease within our child’s class and your child may have been exposed. What is hand, foot and mouth disease? This is a disease caused by a group of viruses which usually affects young children. It causes blisters on hands and feet, and mouth ulcers insid ...
... There has been a case of hand, foot and mouth disease within our child’s class and your child may have been exposed. What is hand, foot and mouth disease? This is a disease caused by a group of viruses which usually affects young children. It causes blisters on hands and feet, and mouth ulcers insid ...
Dengue fever - Farmasi Unand
... However, Aedes aegypti, a domestic, day-biting mosquito that prefers to feed on humans, is the most common Aedes species. Infections produce a spectrum of clinical illness ranging from a nonspecific viral syndrome to severe and fatal hemorrhagic disease. Important risk factors for DHF include th ...
... However, Aedes aegypti, a domestic, day-biting mosquito that prefers to feed on humans, is the most common Aedes species. Infections produce a spectrum of clinical illness ranging from a nonspecific viral syndrome to severe and fatal hemorrhagic disease. Important risk factors for DHF include th ...
Diagnosis and Management of TB - Croydon Health Services NHS
... • May be relatively mild • Any systemic symptoms – fever, weight loss, night sweats, malaise, anorexia – increase suspicion • Exposure history usually irrelevant if high risk ethnic background ...
... • May be relatively mild • Any systemic symptoms – fever, weight loss, night sweats, malaise, anorexia – increase suspicion • Exposure history usually irrelevant if high risk ethnic background ...
PLECONARIL – A NEW DRUG FOR ENTEROVIRAL INFECTIONS
... (The study of disease in defined populations) Any good clinical microbiologist such as Professor Rotbart, will have spent some time on this and on working out how diseases spread and cluster into groups and how they can be defeated. Testing the drugs now being researched includes using the common co ...
... (The study of disease in defined populations) Any good clinical microbiologist such as Professor Rotbart, will have spent some time on this and on working out how diseases spread and cluster into groups and how they can be defeated. Testing the drugs now being researched includes using the common co ...
Fire Blight of Ornamental Pear - University of Arkansas Division of
... affected leaves tend to cling to the branches. Twig tips may also develop ...
... affected leaves tend to cling to the branches. Twig tips may also develop ...
Clinical disease
... Person-to-person transmission in non-immune population Increased disease frequency in households where there is a primary case or an asymptomatic carrier. Primary risk factor for invasive disease = absence of anti-PRP antibody. Close contacts should be given chemoprophylaxis. ...
... Person-to-person transmission in non-immune population Increased disease frequency in households where there is a primary case or an asymptomatic carrier. Primary risk factor for invasive disease = absence of anti-PRP antibody. Close contacts should be given chemoprophylaxis. ...
Year 11 History GCSE Pop Quiz Essay Paper) Medicine and
... Essay Paper) Extension question on public health 1350 to present day (the last two questions on the paper, and the biggest question worth the most marks, will be on this area) ...
... Essay Paper) Extension question on public health 1350 to present day (the last two questions on the paper, and the biggest question worth the most marks, will be on this area) ...
Types of Pathogens
... Give examples of diseases caused by living organisms. Why do people in developing countries suffer more than in developed countries? List the four major groups of pathogens. Describe how bacteria play a beneficial role. Describe environmental factors influencing how bacteria grow. Explain how viruse ...
... Give examples of diseases caused by living organisms. Why do people in developing countries suffer more than in developed countries? List the four major groups of pathogens. Describe how bacteria play a beneficial role. Describe environmental factors influencing how bacteria grow. Explain how viruse ...
Mycoplasma gallisepticum
... necessary to isolate the organism if these results of other tests are not conclusive; however, animal inoculation has largely been superseded by PCR. Immunological tests to detect antigens are generally not used directly on clinical samples, due to the very small size of the organisms and the absenc ...
... necessary to isolate the organism if these results of other tests are not conclusive; however, animal inoculation has largely been superseded by PCR. Immunological tests to detect antigens are generally not used directly on clinical samples, due to the very small size of the organisms and the absenc ...
Foundations in Microbiology
... Early 1880’s - Discovered the causative agent of tuberculosis (consumption) (at the time ~1/7 of all reported human deaths attributed to this disease -1860s to 1940s)… also developed the precursor to the acid-fast stain Now… WHO reports that 30 million people could die from TB in the next decade… TB ...
... Early 1880’s - Discovered the causative agent of tuberculosis (consumption) (at the time ~1/7 of all reported human deaths attributed to this disease -1860s to 1940s)… also developed the precursor to the acid-fast stain Now… WHO reports that 30 million people could die from TB in the next decade… TB ...
Controversial topics in tuberculosis EDITORIAL J.A. Caminero*, A. Torres
... affected the poorest strata of society. Such a long time of common life with men has endowed Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causal agent, with the best adaptation among all known human pathogens. Therefore, it has remained in a quiescent state within a large number of individuals, generating neithe ...
... affected the poorest strata of society. Such a long time of common life with men has endowed Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causal agent, with the best adaptation among all known human pathogens. Therefore, it has remained in a quiescent state within a large number of individuals, generating neithe ...
Livestock - Johne's Disease
... • Response to treatment. Animals do not respond to treatment. • Fever. Animals may show fever from time to time. Secondary signs can include swelling below the mouth (bottle jaw) - which is similar to fluid accumulation seen with severe, chronic parasitism. What can be done to treat Johne’s disease? ...
... • Response to treatment. Animals do not respond to treatment. • Fever. Animals may show fever from time to time. Secondary signs can include swelling below the mouth (bottle jaw) - which is similar to fluid accumulation seen with severe, chronic parasitism. What can be done to treat Johne’s disease? ...
course of the disease
... • Broilers up to 30% in complicated cases. • Often the mortality rate may be low but the cull rate is high due to severe respiratory disease. METHOD OF SPREAD • MG is transmitted in some of the eggs (transovarian transmission) laid by in apparent carriers. • The shed rate of the bacterium is highest ...
... • Broilers up to 30% in complicated cases. • Often the mortality rate may be low but the cull rate is high due to severe respiratory disease. METHOD OF SPREAD • MG is transmitted in some of the eggs (transovarian transmission) laid by in apparent carriers. • The shed rate of the bacterium is highest ...
Infectious Diseases in Schools
... more vulnerable to some specific infectious diseases. Individuals with chronic illnesses that weaken their immune system, such as cancer and diabetes, may also be more susceptible to infectious diseases. Discuss your health status with your physician. 3. Minimize student contact with animals such a ...
... more vulnerable to some specific infectious diseases. Individuals with chronic illnesses that weaken their immune system, such as cancer and diabetes, may also be more susceptible to infectious diseases. Discuss your health status with your physician. 3. Minimize student contact with animals such a ...
Practice No - Hampshire County Council
... An outbreak of infection is defined as ‘more cases of an infection than would normally be expected of the same infection in the unit’. This applies to cases related to both service users and staff. Essentially, this applies if more than two cases, which are suspected or known to be infectious, occur ...
... An outbreak of infection is defined as ‘more cases of an infection than would normally be expected of the same infection in the unit’. This applies to cases related to both service users and staff. Essentially, this applies if more than two cases, which are suspected or known to be infectious, occur ...
Volume 26 - No 20: Bordetella holmesii
... was thought to have contributed to his symptoms. In the work-up of his unexplained fevers and hearing loss blood cultures were performed which grew Bordetella holmesii. The patient did not receive treatment for this organism as of 10/8/2007. Microbiology: Bordetella holmesii, formerly designated as ...
... was thought to have contributed to his symptoms. In the work-up of his unexplained fevers and hearing loss blood cultures were performed which grew Bordetella holmesii. The patient did not receive treatment for this organism as of 10/8/2007. Microbiology: Bordetella holmesii, formerly designated as ...
Infectious Diseases Cloze Worksheet
... Signs and Symptoms - e.g. fever, headache, nausea, vomiting, Pyrogens – Pyrogens cause fever by changing the set-point temperature of the brain’s ‘thermostat’ from the normal 37oC up to higher temperatures such as 40oC. A person with a fever will sweat more to try to body temperature. The sick perso ...
... Signs and Symptoms - e.g. fever, headache, nausea, vomiting, Pyrogens – Pyrogens cause fever by changing the set-point temperature of the brain’s ‘thermostat’ from the normal 37oC up to higher temperatures such as 40oC. A person with a fever will sweat more to try to body temperature. The sick perso ...
Schistosomiasis
Schistosomiasis, also known as bilharzia, snail fever, and Katayama fever, is a disease caused by parasitic worms of the Schistosoma type. It may infect the urinary tract or the intestines. Signs and symptoms may include abdominal pain, diarrhea, bloody stool, or blood in the urine. In those who have been infected for a long time, liver damage, kidney failure, infertility, or bladder cancer may occur. In children it may cause poor growth and learning difficulty.The disease is spread by contact with water contaminated with the parasites. These parasites are released from infected freshwater snails. The disease is especially common among children in developing countries as they are more likely to play in contaminated water. Other high risk groups include farmers, fishermen, and people using unclean water for their daily chores. It belongs to the group of helminth infections. Diagnosis is by finding the eggs of the parasite in a person's urine or stool. It can also be confirmed by finding antibodies against the disease in the blood.Methods to prevent the disease include improving access to clean water and reducing the number of snails. In areas where the disease is common entire groups may be treated all at once and yearly with the medication praziquantel. This is done to decrease the number of people infected and therefore decrease the spread of the disease. Praziquantel is also the treatment recommended by the World Health Organization for those who are known to be infected.Schistosomiasis affects almost 210 million people worldwide, and an estimated 12,000 to 200,000 people die from it a year. The disease is most commonly found in Africa, as well as Asia and South America. Around 700 million people, in more than 70 countries, live in areas where the disease is common. Schistosomiasis is second only to malaria, as a parasitic disease with the greatest economic impact. It is classified as a neglected tropical disease.