WILDLIFE DISEASES: An Overview
... environment and can’t be detected Are trying to develop live animal tests Herd/density reductions are generally used to control ...
... environment and can’t be detected Are trying to develop live animal tests Herd/density reductions are generally used to control ...
Communicable Diseases Manual
... obtained as soon as possible after onset of symptoms, and convalescent-phase serum specimens should be obtained at least 2 weeks after the first specimen. Microimmunofluorescence (MIF) and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays can be used to distinguish C. psittaci infection from infection with oth ...
... obtained as soon as possible after onset of symptoms, and convalescent-phase serum specimens should be obtained at least 2 weeks after the first specimen. Microimmunofluorescence (MIF) and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays can be used to distinguish C. psittaci infection from infection with oth ...
Autoimmune Endocrinopathies
... • Similarly to TPOAb, TG antibodies are measured mainly to They are only used to confirm a diagnosis of autoimmune thyroid diseases • In one exception, follow-up of differentiated thyroid cancer, the measurement of TG antibodies is clinically crucial. In patients with differentiated thyroid cancer ...
... • Similarly to TPOAb, TG antibodies are measured mainly to They are only used to confirm a diagnosis of autoimmune thyroid diseases • In one exception, follow-up of differentiated thyroid cancer, the measurement of TG antibodies is clinically crucial. In patients with differentiated thyroid cancer ...
Emerging Infectious Diseases (review series introduction)
... rare. The industrialization and urbanization of the 19th and 20th centuries led to improved sanitation, which interrupted the normal pattern of poliovirus transmission. Poliovirus infections were delayed until later in life, at which time the risk for developing paralytic disease is much greater. We ...
... rare. The industrialization and urbanization of the 19th and 20th centuries led to improved sanitation, which interrupted the normal pattern of poliovirus transmission. Poliovirus infections were delayed until later in life, at which time the risk for developing paralytic disease is much greater. We ...
Tuberculosis Epidemiology, Diagnosis and Infection Control
... health care settings to address an increased number of TB outbreaks, most of which involved multidrugresistant strains. As a result of the widespread implementation of these recommendations and reductions in community rates, reports of TB transmission among health care practitioners and patients dec ...
... health care settings to address an increased number of TB outbreaks, most of which involved multidrugresistant strains. As a result of the widespread implementation of these recommendations and reductions in community rates, reports of TB transmission among health care practitioners and patients dec ...
S. aureus
... • Prevalent cause of meningitis; sporadic or epidemic • Human reservoir – nasopharynx; 3-30% of adult population; higher in institutional settings • High risk individuals are those living in close quarters, children 6 months-3 years, children and young adults 10-20 years • Disease begins when bacter ...
... • Prevalent cause of meningitis; sporadic or epidemic • Human reservoir – nasopharynx; 3-30% of adult population; higher in institutional settings • High risk individuals are those living in close quarters, children 6 months-3 years, children and young adults 10-20 years • Disease begins when bacter ...
Swine flu - Mrs. Alfred
... influenza, or flu, virus. It can shorten the duration of the flu if taken as soon as symptoms start. Tamiflu is approved for adults and children over 12 months of ...
... influenza, or flu, virus. It can shorten the duration of the flu if taken as soon as symptoms start. Tamiflu is approved for adults and children over 12 months of ...
Bacteria Wanted Poster Project
... 5. Description of the Bacteria 6. How the bacteria attacks and spreads 7. Most common victims 8. Where it is most likely to be found when it infects a person 9. Most common injury done to victim 10. Is it considered dangerous? What kind of damage is caused? How severe is the disease? 11. Number of v ...
... 5. Description of the Bacteria 6. How the bacteria attacks and spreads 7. Most common victims 8. Where it is most likely to be found when it infects a person 9. Most common injury done to victim 10. Is it considered dangerous? What kind of damage is caused? How severe is the disease? 11. Number of v ...
4-25-12 Fire Blight of Pear
... In early April, many people began noticing dead twigs in their flowering pear trees. The twigs look like they have been scorched with a blow torch. The ends of tender new growth curls, looking like the crook of a shepherd's staff. The blackened leaves cling to the blighted twigs. These are the class ...
... In early April, many people began noticing dead twigs in their flowering pear trees. The twigs look like they have been scorched with a blow torch. The ends of tender new growth curls, looking like the crook of a shepherd's staff. The blackened leaves cling to the blighted twigs. These are the class ...
Bacteria Wanted Poster Project
... 5. Description of the Bacteria 6. How the bacteria attacks and spreads 7. Most common victims 8. Where it is most likely to be found when it infects a person 9. Most common injury done to victim 10. Is it considered dangerous? What kind of damage is caused? How severe is the disease? 11. Number of v ...
... 5. Description of the Bacteria 6. How the bacteria attacks and spreads 7. Most common victims 8. Where it is most likely to be found when it infects a person 9. Most common injury done to victim 10. Is it considered dangerous? What kind of damage is caused? How severe is the disease? 11. Number of v ...
Match the term with the correct definition
... What is does MRSA stand for? Why is MRSA considered a threat to public health? MRSA stands for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus and is a strain of bacteria that is resistant to the broad-spectrum antibiotics used to treat it. MRSA can be fatal and occurs mostly in hospital patients and nu ...
... What is does MRSA stand for? Why is MRSA considered a threat to public health? MRSA stands for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus and is a strain of bacteria that is resistant to the broad-spectrum antibiotics used to treat it. MRSA can be fatal and occurs mostly in hospital patients and nu ...
BacPath
... Not all bacteria have all the same virulence genes. Toxins, adherence/alteration of host, cell invasion are commonly used. You should also know how they are passed (fecal-oral, aerosols, touching) Are E. coli usually pathogenic? When it is pathogenic, what kinds of disease(s) can it cause? How is to ...
... Not all bacteria have all the same virulence genes. Toxins, adherence/alteration of host, cell invasion are commonly used. You should also know how they are passed (fecal-oral, aerosols, touching) Are E. coli usually pathogenic? When it is pathogenic, what kinds of disease(s) can it cause? How is to ...
Medicine through Time
... of the relationship between germs and disease. Many scientists believed in the theory of spontaneous generation, which stated that germs were the result of disease rather than the cause. Whilst conducting experiments for the French wine industry in 1857–61 Louis Pasteur, a research chemist, managed ...
... of the relationship between germs and disease. Many scientists believed in the theory of spontaneous generation, which stated that germs were the result of disease rather than the cause. Whilst conducting experiments for the French wine industry in 1857–61 Louis Pasteur, a research chemist, managed ...
Stomach and Peptic Ulcer Disease
... remission • Patients should be evaluated for latent TB prior to treatment (can also be associated with reactivation of HBV infection) • Possible association with rare lymphomas ...
... remission • Patients should be evaluated for latent TB prior to treatment (can also be associated with reactivation of HBV infection) • Possible association with rare lymphomas ...
微生物學教材2
... • Microbiological techniques refined • A better understanding of the role of immunity and ways to control and prevent infection by microbes ...
... • Microbiological techniques refined • A better understanding of the role of immunity and ways to control and prevent infection by microbes ...
Infectious haematopoietic necrosis - Department of Agriculture and
... • Transmission is generally horizontal, with the virus entering fish through the gills ...
... • Transmission is generally horizontal, with the virus entering fish through the gills ...
vocabulary terms
... A parasite that causes toxoplasmosis, a very severe disease that can cause central nervous system disorders, such as mental retardation and visual impairment in children. Anisakis A parasite which has a life cycle involving fish and marine animals. They are infective to humans and cause anisakiasis, ...
... A parasite that causes toxoplasmosis, a very severe disease that can cause central nervous system disorders, such as mental retardation and visual impairment in children. Anisakis A parasite which has a life cycle involving fish and marine animals. They are infective to humans and cause anisakiasis, ...
Lichen Planus
... • It is a self limiting disorder in which individual lesions lasts for months and the eruption as a whole tends to last for about a year. • As lesions resolve, they become flatter, darker and leave discrete brown macules. ...
... • It is a self limiting disorder in which individual lesions lasts for months and the eruption as a whole tends to last for about a year. • As lesions resolve, they become flatter, darker and leave discrete brown macules. ...
Spring 2015-Chapter 21
... A study trialing a new generation of broadly neutralizing antibodies in humans for the first time has shown promise as a treatment for HIV according to researchers. The results of the clinical trial, published in Nature, have been more successful than previous HIV antibody tests in humans, with the ...
... A study trialing a new generation of broadly neutralizing antibodies in humans for the first time has shown promise as a treatment for HIV according to researchers. The results of the clinical trial, published in Nature, have been more successful than previous HIV antibody tests in humans, with the ...
QUESTIONARY IN INFECTIOUS DISEASES, EPIDEMIOLOGY AND
... INFECTIOUS DISEASES, EPIDEMIOLOGY AND TROPICAL MEDICINE Final exam - X semester – V study year Infection, Infectious Process, Host – Pathogen Interactions. Infectious Disease – definitions, periods, clinical forms. Clinical Syndromes. Acutely Ill Infected Febrile Patient. Fever of Unknown Origin. In ...
... INFECTIOUS DISEASES, EPIDEMIOLOGY AND TROPICAL MEDICINE Final exam - X semester – V study year Infection, Infectious Process, Host – Pathogen Interactions. Infectious Disease – definitions, periods, clinical forms. Clinical Syndromes. Acutely Ill Infected Febrile Patient. Fever of Unknown Origin. In ...
Communicable_Diseases_8
... – Direct inoculation: intimate sexual contact, linked to mucosal trauma from rectal intercourse – Transfusion: contaminated blood or blood products, lessened by routine testing of all blood products – Sharing of contaminated injection needles – Transplacental or postpartum transmission via cervical ...
... – Direct inoculation: intimate sexual contact, linked to mucosal trauma from rectal intercourse – Transfusion: contaminated blood or blood products, lessened by routine testing of all blood products – Sharing of contaminated injection needles – Transplacental or postpartum transmission via cervical ...
(and all the CT Screening being done)?
... Background: Chlamydia trachomatis is a frequent cause of pelvic inflammatory disease. However, there is little information from clinical studies about whether screening women for cervical chlamydial infection can reduce the incidence of this serious illness. Methods: We conducted a randomized, contr ...
... Background: Chlamydia trachomatis is a frequent cause of pelvic inflammatory disease. However, there is little information from clinical studies about whether screening women for cervical chlamydial infection can reduce the incidence of this serious illness. Methods: We conducted a randomized, contr ...
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.