40-1 Infectious Disease
... Fighting Infectious Diseases Antibiotics are compounds that kill bacteria without harming the cells of the human or animal hosts. They work by interfering with cellular processes of microorganisms. Antibiotics have no effect on viruses. Antiviral drugs have been developed to fight certain viral dise ...
... Fighting Infectious Diseases Antibiotics are compounds that kill bacteria without harming the cells of the human or animal hosts. They work by interfering with cellular processes of microorganisms. Antibiotics have no effect on viruses. Antiviral drugs have been developed to fight certain viral dise ...
Infection and Infection Control
... Introduction- we are surrounded by a world of microorganisms (microbes) that cannot be seen. They are everywhere around, in and on us. The study of these microbes is known as MICROBIOLOGY. ...
... Introduction- we are surrounded by a world of microorganisms (microbes) that cannot be seen. They are everywhere around, in and on us. The study of these microbes is known as MICROBIOLOGY. ...
Influenza What is influenza? Influenza is an infection caused by a
... virus changes and different varieties occur each year. That means that vaccines need to be changed on a yearly basis. This ensures they are effective against the virus type most likely to affect the community in the coming season. All high risk persons should be vaccinated with a new vaccine each ye ...
... virus changes and different varieties occur each year. That means that vaccines need to be changed on a yearly basis. This ensures they are effective against the virus type most likely to affect the community in the coming season. All high risk persons should be vaccinated with a new vaccine each ye ...
WCG Biosafety™ Ebolavirus Disease (EVD) Preparedness Training
... Ebolavirus Disease (EVD) Preparedness Training In response to the incidence of Ebolavirus disease (EVD) in West Africa and around the world, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Emory University have issued new guidelines to minimize the risk of viral exposure and infection among ...
... Ebolavirus Disease (EVD) Preparedness Training In response to the incidence of Ebolavirus disease (EVD) in West Africa and around the world, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Emory University have issued new guidelines to minimize the risk of viral exposure and infection among ...
NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE Environmental Health and Safety
... •Other examples include malaria, syphilis, African sleeping sickness, leptospirosis, relapsing fever (Borrelia), and viral hemorrhagic fevers (including Ebola) ...
... •Other examples include malaria, syphilis, African sleeping sickness, leptospirosis, relapsing fever (Borrelia), and viral hemorrhagic fevers (including Ebola) ...
Megan Morris - Michigan Mosquito Control Association
... when the mosquito bites an animal or human. Most mammals act as dead end hosts because they never develop enough of the virus to transfer it. However, once in the host’s bloodstream, illness can occur. The virus can cross the blood-brain barrier and infect the brain and its linings causing an inflam ...
... when the mosquito bites an animal or human. Most mammals act as dead end hosts because they never develop enough of the virus to transfer it. However, once in the host’s bloodstream, illness can occur. The virus can cross the blood-brain barrier and infect the brain and its linings causing an inflam ...
CWD in Cervidae
... – Colorado research: scrapie?? Other?? – Then dispersed thru sale and transfer of animals ...
... – Colorado research: scrapie?? Other?? – Then dispersed thru sale and transfer of animals ...
HAEMATOPATHOLOGY
... Sickle cell disease and sickle cell trait dental aspects of sickle cell disease and s.c.trait: • Hb ≤ 10g/dl → v. s. homozygote • s.c. trait: gn anaesthesia with full oxygenation s.c. disease: • +/- oral mucosa pale or yellowish due to ...
... Sickle cell disease and sickle cell trait dental aspects of sickle cell disease and s.c.trait: • Hb ≤ 10g/dl → v. s. homozygote • s.c. trait: gn anaesthesia with full oxygenation s.c. disease: • +/- oral mucosa pale or yellowish due to ...
S. pneumoniae
... • Groups A and B are treated with penicillin • Long-term penicillin prophylaxis for people with a history of rheumatic fever or recurrent ...
... • Groups A and B are treated with penicillin • Long-term penicillin prophylaxis for people with a history of rheumatic fever or recurrent ...
IPOKRaTES Foundation
... IPOKRaTES seminars provide high quality postgraduate education, which enables professional to keep abreast of the most recent developments and offer participants the opportunity to discuss clinical problems or scientific issues personally with international experts. This seminar is designed to famil ...
... IPOKRaTES seminars provide high quality postgraduate education, which enables professional to keep abreast of the most recent developments and offer participants the opportunity to discuss clinical problems or scientific issues personally with international experts. This seminar is designed to famil ...
Things That Can Go Wrong With the Lungs and Respiratory System
... • It is the number-one reason that kids and teens chronically miss school • Asthma is a long-term, inflammatory lung disease • It causes airways to tighten and narrow when a person with the condition comes into contact with irritants such as cigarette smoke, dust, or ...
... • It is the number-one reason that kids and teens chronically miss school • Asthma is a long-term, inflammatory lung disease • It causes airways to tighten and narrow when a person with the condition comes into contact with irritants such as cigarette smoke, dust, or ...
INFECTIOUS DISEASE UNIT - Classie Syllabus Explorer
... Identify the causative agents for Lyme disease, ehrlichiosis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, babesiosis, West Nile, viral encephalitis, malaria, dengue fever, and yellow fever. Explain the vector of transmission and recognize the clinical manifestations for each. Recite the diagnostic workup and t ...
... Identify the causative agents for Lyme disease, ehrlichiosis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, babesiosis, West Nile, viral encephalitis, malaria, dengue fever, and yellow fever. Explain the vector of transmission and recognize the clinical manifestations for each. Recite the diagnostic workup and t ...
Anaerobes
... Clostridium perfringens • Epidemiology – GI tract of humans and animals – Type A responsible for most human infections, is widely distributed in soil and water contaminated with feces – Type B-E do not survive in soil but colonize the intestinal tracts of animals and occasionally humans ...
... Clostridium perfringens • Epidemiology – GI tract of humans and animals – Type A responsible for most human infections, is widely distributed in soil and water contaminated with feces – Type B-E do not survive in soil but colonize the intestinal tracts of animals and occasionally humans ...
Introductory Information for students
... today of about 589 million; this is expected to increase to 1.7 billion by the year 2050. In 1995, about 2.6 billion people - 45% of the global population - were living in urban areas. The proportion is expected to reach 60% by the year 2025. Twenty years from now, 33 of the world's biggest cities ...
... today of about 589 million; this is expected to increase to 1.7 billion by the year 2050. In 1995, about 2.6 billion people - 45% of the global population - were living in urban areas. The proportion is expected to reach 60% by the year 2025. Twenty years from now, 33 of the world's biggest cities ...
B: Abbreviations and Glossary
... deficiency of the immune system. The primary defect in AIDS is an acquired, persistent, quantitative functional depression within the T4 subset of lymphocytes. This depression often leads to infections caused by microorganisms that usually do not produce infections in individuals with normal immunit ...
... deficiency of the immune system. The primary defect in AIDS is an acquired, persistent, quantitative functional depression within the T4 subset of lymphocytes. This depression often leads to infections caused by microorganisms that usually do not produce infections in individuals with normal immunit ...
19–3 Diseases Caused by Bacteria and Viruses
... What are antibiotics? (Antibiotics are compounds that block the growth and reproduction of bacteria.) Explain that, although antibiotics have proved amazingly effective in combating bacterial diseases, many bacteria have become increasingly resistant to most antibiotics, worrying medical authorities ...
... What are antibiotics? (Antibiotics are compounds that block the growth and reproduction of bacteria.) Explain that, although antibiotics have proved amazingly effective in combating bacterial diseases, many bacteria have become increasingly resistant to most antibiotics, worrying medical authorities ...
A Review of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
... data that are useful in monitoring the impact of varicella vaccine (licensed in 1995) on age specific varicella incidence in Illinois (Figure 1). Varicella incidence in Illinois has declined 85 percent from 1995 (N=24,813) to 2003 (N=3,829). Currently, the highest rates of disease are among children ...
... data that are useful in monitoring the impact of varicella vaccine (licensed in 1995) on age specific varicella incidence in Illinois (Figure 1). Varicella incidence in Illinois has declined 85 percent from 1995 (N=24,813) to 2003 (N=3,829). Currently, the highest rates of disease are among children ...
Development of Point-of-Care Testing for Disaster
... is widespread throughout the tropics, with local variations in risk that are influenced by rainfall, temperature, and unplanned rapid urbanization. Severe dengue, also known as dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF), was first recognized in the 1950s during dengue epidemics in the Philippines and Thailand. ...
... is widespread throughout the tropics, with local variations in risk that are influenced by rainfall, temperature, and unplanned rapid urbanization. Severe dengue, also known as dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF), was first recognized in the 1950s during dengue epidemics in the Philippines and Thailand. ...
Nipah
... Transmission of virus from bats to swine has not been conclusively elucidated; various biologically plausible means for infected secretions of primary hosts to enter installations of pigs o swine enclosures in proximity of fruit trees where bats reside; direct contact with infected secretions, conta ...
... Transmission of virus from bats to swine has not been conclusively elucidated; various biologically plausible means for infected secretions of primary hosts to enter installations of pigs o swine enclosures in proximity of fruit trees where bats reside; direct contact with infected secretions, conta ...
Infection Control - Nicole
... Protect the hands of the wearer from contamination with organic matter and microorganisms Protect the hands of the wearer from exposure to chemicals that may damage your skin Reduce cross infection by preventing the transfer of organisms from person to person ...
... Protect the hands of the wearer from contamination with organic matter and microorganisms Protect the hands of the wearer from exposure to chemicals that may damage your skin Reduce cross infection by preventing the transfer of organisms from person to person ...
Vaccination and lung disease
... The flu vaccination is very important for people who are at risk of developing a serious infection. Having a lung disease increases the risk of serious infection, complications and hospitalisation from flu. There are many different strains of flu. Each year, the World Health Organization (WHO) asses ...
... The flu vaccination is very important for people who are at risk of developing a serious infection. Having a lung disease increases the risk of serious infection, complications and hospitalisation from flu. There are many different strains of flu. Each year, the World Health Organization (WHO) asses ...
Opexa Therapeutics, Inc. NASDAQ: OPXA Precision Immunotherapy October 2014
... our current expectations and involve assumptions that may never materialize or may prove to be incorrect. Actual results and the timing of events could differ materially from those anticipated as a result of various risks and uncertainties which include, without limitation, risks associated with the ...
... our current expectations and involve assumptions that may never materialize or may prove to be incorrect. Actual results and the timing of events could differ materially from those anticipated as a result of various risks and uncertainties which include, without limitation, risks associated with 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.