Liver and Biliary Tract Pathology
... Metabolic diseases: Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency • Autosomal recessive disease, causing low serum levels of alpha-1-antitrypsin (AAT), and leading to emphysema (80%) and liver disease • AAT is a small, 394 amino acid, plasma glycoprotein, synthesized predominantly by hepatocytes, encoded by a gen ...
... Metabolic diseases: Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency • Autosomal recessive disease, causing low serum levels of alpha-1-antitrypsin (AAT), and leading to emphysema (80%) and liver disease • AAT is a small, 394 amino acid, plasma glycoprotein, synthesized predominantly by hepatocytes, encoded by a gen ...
Mucormycosis in paediatric patients: demographics, risk factors and
... diabetes mellitus (17%), haematopoietic stem cell transplantation, soft tissue trauma and prematurity (8% each). While this study cannot yield conclusive information on incidence rates of invasive mucormycosis in different patient groups, frequency of registration may suggest epidemiological tendenc ...
... diabetes mellitus (17%), haematopoietic stem cell transplantation, soft tissue trauma and prematurity (8% each). While this study cannot yield conclusive information on incidence rates of invasive mucormycosis in different patient groups, frequency of registration may suggest epidemiological tendenc ...
Hantaviruses
... • Rodent hosts: genus (possibly species) specific • Rodents shed but are not symptomatic • Disease distribution follows rodent distribution • No person to person transmission in N. America • Virus in aerosolized urine, also feces, saliva • Horizontal transmission among mice by intraspecific aggressi ...
... • Rodent hosts: genus (possibly species) specific • Rodents shed but are not symptomatic • Disease distribution follows rodent distribution • No person to person transmission in N. America • Virus in aerosolized urine, also feces, saliva • Horizontal transmission among mice by intraspecific aggressi ...
Harvoni - UnitedHealthcareOnline.com
... -OR(2) SAMHSA-HRSA Center for Integrated Health Solutions – Drug & Alcohol Screening Tools - available at http://www.integration.samhsa.gov/clinicalpractice/screening-tools#drugs. Physician/provider must indicate the name of the SAMHSA-HRSA drug and alcohol screening tool used -ANDb. Physician/prov ...
... -OR(2) SAMHSA-HRSA Center for Integrated Health Solutions – Drug & Alcohol Screening Tools - available at http://www.integration.samhsa.gov/clinicalpractice/screening-tools#drugs. Physician/provider must indicate the name of the SAMHSA-HRSA drug and alcohol screening tool used -ANDb. Physician/prov ...
Pass It On! Disease Competition
... and breathing. Measles is highly contagious, and it is estimated that 90% of people without immunity who share a house with an infected person will catch it. The incubation period (the period between infection and the appearance of signs of a disease) usually lasts from 412 days, before symptoms de ...
... and breathing. Measles is highly contagious, and it is estimated that 90% of people without immunity who share a house with an infected person will catch it. The incubation period (the period between infection and the appearance of signs of a disease) usually lasts from 412 days, before symptoms de ...
Autoimmune Hepatitis
... years. 20% - improvement to normal tissue after cessation of treatment: 50% -improvement to portal hepatitis 100% - Progression to cirrhosis or persistence of interface hepatitis Lowest dose prednisone possible (usually 10 mg daily or less) to prevent symptoms and maintain serum aminotransferase bel ...
... years. 20% - improvement to normal tissue after cessation of treatment: 50% -improvement to portal hepatitis 100% - Progression to cirrhosis or persistence of interface hepatitis Lowest dose prednisone possible (usually 10 mg daily or less) to prevent symptoms and maintain serum aminotransferase bel ...
the great outdoors is no place for cats
... infected small mammals. The most frequent route of transmission to humans is via the bite of an infected flea. Alternatively, people can contract the illness by direct contact with the secretions of an infected animal or person, such as scratches, bites, or from inhalation of infective droplets rele ...
... infected small mammals. The most frequent route of transmission to humans is via the bite of an infected flea. Alternatively, people can contract the illness by direct contact with the secretions of an infected animal or person, such as scratches, bites, or from inhalation of infective droplets rele ...
Natural history of disease / Population screening
... treating patients? That is one of the questions posed in a provocative article this week in The New England Journal of Medicine that looks at the fallout last year after a government panel recommended that women start having mammograms later in life and less frequently.” ...
... treating patients? That is one of the questions posed in a provocative article this week in The New England Journal of Medicine that looks at the fallout last year after a government panel recommended that women start having mammograms later in life and less frequently.” ...
Granulomatous Infections: Etiology and
... disorder among travelers to areas of endemicity. Raw camel's and goat's milk, raw sheep's and goat's liver, and reindeer bone marrow have all been associated with transmission. Diagnosis, which may be difficult by means of culture, is usually based on clinical features and serological and histopatho ...
... disorder among travelers to areas of endemicity. Raw camel's and goat's milk, raw sheep's and goat's liver, and reindeer bone marrow have all been associated with transmission. Diagnosis, which may be difficult by means of culture, is usually based on clinical features and serological and histopatho ...
Examination of the respiratory system
... Examination of the lymphatic system: Examination of lymphatic system consist of inspection & palpation of the accessible lymph nodes & lymphatic's, The lymph nodes(L.N.) are palpable in the loose subcutaneous tissues, there size will vary with location & animal species. Examination of lymph nodes i ...
... Examination of the lymphatic system: Examination of lymphatic system consist of inspection & palpation of the accessible lymph nodes & lymphatic's, The lymph nodes(L.N.) are palpable in the loose subcutaneous tissues, there size will vary with location & animal species. Examination of lymph nodes i ...
Nurse Practitioner Clinical Protocol: Management of Cellulitis Cellulitis:
... Cellulitis often causes the person to feel generally unwell, causing symptoms that develop before, or in combination with, changes to your skin. These symptoms include: nausea, shivering ,fatigue, chills, general sense of feeling unwell and disorientation/confusion Systemic Presentation often includ ...
... Cellulitis often causes the person to feel generally unwell, causing symptoms that develop before, or in combination with, changes to your skin. These symptoms include: nausea, shivering ,fatigue, chills, general sense of feeling unwell and disorientation/confusion Systemic Presentation often includ ...
sections: what was accomplished at the workshop
... Research Center. His research on SIV in non-human primates has made significant contributions to our understanding of HIV transmissibility and pathogenesis. His seminal work demonstrating that early events in viral transmission and replication occur primarily in the intestinal and vaginal mucosa has ...
... Research Center. His research on SIV in non-human primates has made significant contributions to our understanding of HIV transmissibility and pathogenesis. His seminal work demonstrating that early events in viral transmission and replication occur primarily in the intestinal and vaginal mucosa has ...
Giardiasis
... children in day care or to institutionalized individuals, and active male homosexual practices should all increase the suspicion of giardiasis. Common source outbreaks can be either water- or food-borne. Historically giardiasis has been diagnosed by identification of the trophozoite and/or cyst in s ...
... children in day care or to institutionalized individuals, and active male homosexual practices should all increase the suspicion of giardiasis. Common source outbreaks can be either water- or food-borne. Historically giardiasis has been diagnosed by identification of the trophozoite and/or cyst in s ...
Scientific Committee on Vaccine Preventable Diseases and
... - Travellers to the sub-Saharan meningitis belt may be exposed to outbreaks of serogroup A disease with comparatively very high incidence rates during dry season (December–June). Long-term travellers living in close contact with the indigenous population may be at greater risk of infection - Pilgrim ...
... - Travellers to the sub-Saharan meningitis belt may be exposed to outbreaks of serogroup A disease with comparatively very high incidence rates during dry season (December–June). Long-term travellers living in close contact with the indigenous population may be at greater risk of infection - Pilgrim ...
The Battle between Leishmania and the Host Immune System at a
... Leishmania are examined as well as the link of immediate innate immune response with the late acquired immunity. ...
... Leishmania are examined as well as the link of immediate innate immune response with the late acquired immunity. ...
A high-resolution human contact network for infectious disease
... tion between degree and strength; Fig. S2, blue line). These results suggest that high-resolution sampling of network properties such as the degree of nodes might be highly misleading for prediction purposes if used in isolation (i.e., without the temporal information that allows for weighting). To ...
... tion between degree and strength; Fig. S2, blue line). These results suggest that high-resolution sampling of network properties such as the degree of nodes might be highly misleading for prediction purposes if used in isolation (i.e., without the temporal information that allows for weighting). To ...
PowerPoint Presentation - Cambridge Clinical Research Facility
... •The significant (common and potentially severe) complication of alemtuzumab treatment was autoimmunity. This was most frequently treatable hyper/hypo-thyroidism and less commonly immune thrombocytopaenic purpura (ITP). For one patient the ITP was fatal. ...
... •The significant (common and potentially severe) complication of alemtuzumab treatment was autoimmunity. This was most frequently treatable hyper/hypo-thyroidism and less commonly immune thrombocytopaenic purpura (ITP). For one patient the ITP was fatal. ...
IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (JDMS)
... genetic diseases, and diseases caused by too much or too little of some non infectious environmental constituent. At the end of the 19th century, the most rapid development was in the first of these categories; within three decades after the first cause-effect linkage of a bacterium to a disease, mo ...
... genetic diseases, and diseases caused by too much or too little of some non infectious environmental constituent. At the end of the 19th century, the most rapid development was in the first of these categories; within three decades after the first cause-effect linkage of a bacterium to a disease, mo ...
4.Göğüs Cerrahi Kliniği
... Infection (most common) Bronchial obstruction Middle lobe syndrome Scarring secondary to tuberculosis ...
... Infection (most common) Bronchial obstruction Middle lobe syndrome Scarring secondary to tuberculosis ...
Patients with Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Lung Disease Exhibit
... Prevalence of latent infection is high (e.g., foreign-born persons from regions in which tuberculosis is endemic) Risk of reactivated disease is high (e.g., HIV infection, diabetes, immunosuppressive therapy) Both factors (e.g., recent contacts of patients with tuberculosis) ...
... Prevalence of latent infection is high (e.g., foreign-born persons from regions in which tuberculosis is endemic) Risk of reactivated disease is high (e.g., HIV infection, diabetes, immunosuppressive therapy) Both factors (e.g., recent contacts of patients with tuberculosis) ...
Risk Assessment summ..
... It is important for all employees with direct exposure to a biohazard to have a solid understanding of the infectious agent involved. Key agent factors include the route of exposure and the signs and symptoms of infection. Knowledge of how an infectious agent can enter the body helps identify the ba ...
... It is important for all employees with direct exposure to a biohazard to have a solid understanding of the infectious agent involved. Key agent factors include the route of exposure and the signs and symptoms of infection. Knowledge of how an infectious agent can enter the body helps identify the ba ...
Human Health: Ecosystem Regulation of Infectious Diseases
... The magnitude and direction of altered disease incidence due to ecosystem changes depend on the particular ecosystems, type of land use change, disease-specific transmission dynamics, and the susceptibility of human populations. Anthropogenic drivers that especially affect infectious disease risk in ...
... The magnitude and direction of altered disease incidence due to ecosystem changes depend on the particular ecosystems, type of land use change, disease-specific transmission dynamics, and the susceptibility of human populations. Anthropogenic drivers that especially affect infectious disease risk in ...
Parasitology - National Open University of Nigeria
... and nutritional ends and hence often result in adverse effects on their host. The parasite-host interaction does not occur in isolation; rather it is affected by conditions known as risk factors. A risk factor which must occur for a disease situation to arise is known as the necessary risk while the ...
... and nutritional ends and hence often result in adverse effects on their host. The parasite-host interaction does not occur in isolation; rather it is affected by conditions known as risk factors. A risk factor which must occur for a disease situation to arise is known as the necessary risk while the ...
African trypanosomiasis
African trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness is a parasitic disease of humans and other animals. It is caused by protozoa of the species Trypanosoma brucei. There are two types that infect humans, Trypanosoma brucei gambiense (T.b.g) and Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense (T.b.r.). T.b.g causes over 98% of reported cases. Both are usually transmitted by the bite of an infected tsetse fly and are most common in rural areas.Initially, in the first stage of the disease, there are fevers, headaches, itchiness, and joint pains. This begins one to three weeks after the bite. Weeks to months later the second stage begins with confusion, poor coordination, numbness and trouble sleeping. Diagnosis is via finding the parasite in a blood smear or in the fluid of a lymph node. A lumbar puncture is often needed to tell the difference between first and second stage disease.Prevention of severe disease involves screening the population at risk with blood tests for T.b.g. Treatment is easier when the disease is detected early and before neurological symptoms occur. Treatment of the first stage is with the medications pentamidine or suramin. Treatment of the second stage involves: eflornithine or a combination of nifurtimox and eflornithine for T.b.g. While melarsoprol works for both it is typically only used for T.b.r. due to serious side effects.The disease occurs regularly in some regions of sub-Saharan Africa with the population at risk being about 70 million in 36 countries. As of 2010 it caused around 9,000 deaths per year, down from 34,000 in 1990. An estimated 30,000 people are currently infected with 7000 new infections in 2012. More than 80% of these cases are in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Three major outbreaks have occurred in recent history: one from 1896 to 1906 primarily in Uganda and the Congo Basin and two in 1920 and 1970 in several African countries. Other animals, such as cows, may carry the disease and become infected.