1 Measles is one of the most infectious diseases known. 2 It is
... If your child is unprotected, the chances are he or she will catch measles if they come into contact with an infectious child. Nearly everyone who catches measles will have a high fever, a rash and be unwell. A child infected with measles virus will not usually show any symptoms for about the first ...
... If your child is unprotected, the chances are he or she will catch measles if they come into contact with an infectious child. Nearly everyone who catches measles will have a high fever, a rash and be unwell. A child infected with measles virus will not usually show any symptoms for about the first ...
Definitions B
... Portal of Entry – a body opening of a person that allows harmful germs to enter into the body Portal of Exit – any way that harmful germs escape from reservoir Reservoir – place where harmful germs live, grow, and increase in numbers Sharps – items that have corners, edges, or projections that can c ...
... Portal of Entry – a body opening of a person that allows harmful germs to enter into the body Portal of Exit – any way that harmful germs escape from reservoir Reservoir – place where harmful germs live, grow, and increase in numbers Sharps – items that have corners, edges, or projections that can c ...
Chapter 19
... • HAV and HBV are both serious. HBV is considered potentially life threatening. • HAV is transmitted via feces, which is a problem for food handlers who do not wash their hands. • HBV transmitted through blood and sexual fluids. • IV drug users can also become infected through contaminated needles. ...
... • HAV and HBV are both serious. HBV is considered potentially life threatening. • HAV is transmitted via feces, which is a problem for food handlers who do not wash their hands. • HBV transmitted through blood and sexual fluids. • IV drug users can also become infected through contaminated needles. ...
Standard Precautions/OSHA
... object such as a bedpan. 3. Droplet contact, such as coughing or sneezing. Droplets may travel up to 3 feet. 4. Air contact includes both droplets and dust 5. Vehicles mean transfer through contaminated objects such as liquids (including water), drugs or other solutions, blood and food. 6. Vectors a ...
... object such as a bedpan. 3. Droplet contact, such as coughing or sneezing. Droplets may travel up to 3 feet. 4. Air contact includes both droplets and dust 5. Vehicles mean transfer through contaminated objects such as liquids (including water), drugs or other solutions, blood and food. 6. Vectors a ...
Week 3 assignment
... belief that MMR vaccination causes autism. It was challenging and still is educating this community about the importance of getting their children vaccinated especially MMR and that there is no link between MMR and autism. Haemophilus Influenzae type B (Hib) is a very serious bacteria, if not vaccin ...
... belief that MMR vaccination causes autism. It was challenging and still is educating this community about the importance of getting their children vaccinated especially MMR and that there is no link between MMR and autism. Haemophilus Influenzae type B (Hib) is a very serious bacteria, if not vaccin ...
Universal Health Precautions - Satellite Family Child Care
... exposure to any and all body fluids, secretions, and excretions, except sweat. The practical rule of thumb is if it is wet and human, use barriers. The body fluids of all persons should be considered to contain potentially infectious agents. The term “body fluids” includes: blood, semen, drainage fr ...
... exposure to any and all body fluids, secretions, and excretions, except sweat. The practical rule of thumb is if it is wet and human, use barriers. The body fluids of all persons should be considered to contain potentially infectious agents. The term “body fluids” includes: blood, semen, drainage fr ...
A1981LT86500001
... Diseases, Natl. Cancer Inst., Bethesda, MD] A relatively simple method for separation of gamma globulin from serum has been presented. The procedure has been applied to a number of antisera, and it has been shown, with them at least, to give reasonably good localization of antibody in the gamma glob ...
... Diseases, Natl. Cancer Inst., Bethesda, MD] A relatively simple method for separation of gamma globulin from serum has been presented. The procedure has been applied to a number of antisera, and it has been shown, with them at least, to give reasonably good localization of antibody in the gamma glob ...
Dallas ACIM June 2013
... Reactivation of human b-herpesviruses (cytomegalovirus [CMV], human herpesvirus [HHV]–6, and HHV-7) in nonimmunocompromised hosts is rare. ...
... Reactivation of human b-herpesviruses (cytomegalovirus [CMV], human herpesvirus [HHV]–6, and HHV-7) in nonimmunocompromised hosts is rare. ...
Toxoplasmosis
... shedding of eggs in the faeces, and therefore cats are essential to the life-cycle of the organism. While cats are usually infected by preying on infected rodents (or more rarely by ingestion of oocysts from the environment), humans are most commonly infected through the food chain. Sheep, pigs and ...
... shedding of eggs in the faeces, and therefore cats are essential to the life-cycle of the organism. While cats are usually infected by preying on infected rodents (or more rarely by ingestion of oocysts from the environment), humans are most commonly infected through the food chain. Sheep, pigs and ...
Viral Meningitis (non-bacterial meningitis)
... relatively mild and unlike bacterial meningitis is rarely fatal. In babies, the symptoms include fever, fussiness, crying, swelling of the soft spot on the babies head, refusing to eat and difficulty waking up. Symptoms typically last 7-10 days. How soon do symptoms appear? Symptoms appear 1-10 days ...
... relatively mild and unlike bacterial meningitis is rarely fatal. In babies, the symptoms include fever, fussiness, crying, swelling of the soft spot on the babies head, refusing to eat and difficulty waking up. Symptoms typically last 7-10 days. How soon do symptoms appear? Symptoms appear 1-10 days ...
Chapter 23: Cardiovascular, Lymphatic, and Systemic Infectious
... • They are also called arboviruses because they are arthropodborne • Yellow fever was the first human disease associated with a virus • It is passed from person to person via blood-sucking mosquitoes, Stegomyia aegypti • Primary symptoms of yellow fever are • abrupt headache • fever • muscle pain ...
... • They are also called arboviruses because they are arthropodborne • Yellow fever was the first human disease associated with a virus • It is passed from person to person via blood-sucking mosquitoes, Stegomyia aegypti • Primary symptoms of yellow fever are • abrupt headache • fever • muscle pain ...
Clinical Presentation
... • Prolonged, close contact is usually required for infection – Close contacts: sleeping in the same house, kissing/sexual contacts, health-care workers who have given mouth-to-mouth resuscitation ...
... • Prolonged, close contact is usually required for infection – Close contacts: sleeping in the same house, kissing/sexual contacts, health-care workers who have given mouth-to-mouth resuscitation ...
Infectious Disease
... diagnose cases, recognize outbreaks, report these to public health authorities and work with authorities to limit the spread of the outbreak. A common example includes physicians working in nursing homes and being asked to assist in the control of an outbreak of influenza or diarrhea. ...
... diagnose cases, recognize outbreaks, report these to public health authorities and work with authorities to limit the spread of the outbreak. A common example includes physicians working in nursing homes and being asked to assist in the control of an outbreak of influenza or diarrhea. ...
FAST FACTS ABOUT HIV What is HIV? HIV stands for human
... sex with an infected person; transfusion of contaminated blood; and the sharing of contaminated needles, syringes or other sharp instruments. It may also be transmitted between a mother and her infant during pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding. How quickly does a person infected with HIV develop ...
... sex with an infected person; transfusion of contaminated blood; and the sharing of contaminated needles, syringes or other sharp instruments. It may also be transmitted between a mother and her infant during pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding. How quickly does a person infected with HIV develop ...
Zika Virus Travel Advisory for Pregnant Women (black and white)
... ZIKA VIRUS Pregnant women should not travel to Zika areas. Here’s what you need to know if you must travel. ...
... ZIKA VIRUS Pregnant women should not travel to Zika areas. Here’s what you need to know if you must travel. ...
Document
... 387 human cases, 245 deaths to date Wide geographical spread, from S.E.Asia (inc. Indonesia, Viet Nam) to Africa (Nigeria, Egypt) However, H7N7 and N9N2 are also pandemic candidates ...
... 387 human cases, 245 deaths to date Wide geographical spread, from S.E.Asia (inc. Indonesia, Viet Nam) to Africa (Nigeria, Egypt) However, H7N7 and N9N2 are also pandemic candidates ...
Sheet no.: Last year slides, Medical Virology
... encoding and replication within the infected cell, it will be outside the cell, it will not manage to enter the cell and this is the most important, but, these surface antigens (glycoproteins) should be known in our memory cells, which means that we might have been exposed in the past with some sub- ...
... encoding and replication within the infected cell, it will be outside the cell, it will not manage to enter the cell and this is the most important, but, these surface antigens (glycoproteins) should be known in our memory cells, which means that we might have been exposed in the past with some sub- ...
INFECTIONS IN TRANSPLANTATION
... • Seroprevalence almost universal by age 2-3 • Post-transplant: implicated as a cause of febrile illness, hepatitis, pneumonitis and other infections. • Rates of reactivation estimated from 14 - 82 % • Its main effect post-transplant may be immunomodulatory including an interaction with CMV ...
... • Seroprevalence almost universal by age 2-3 • Post-transplant: implicated as a cause of febrile illness, hepatitis, pneumonitis and other infections. • Rates of reactivation estimated from 14 - 82 % • Its main effect post-transplant may be immunomodulatory including an interaction with CMV ...
NSW Health testing denominator data – uses for public health
... Pathogen - known, emerging, re-emerging Direct detection – microscopy, isolation, antigen, nucleic acid ...
... Pathogen - known, emerging, re-emerging Direct detection – microscopy, isolation, antigen, nucleic acid ...
osce_feverinareturnedtraveller - OSCE-Aid
... There are a huge number of weird and wonderful infectious diseases that could be causing the fever but don’t forget about the COMMON causes of a fever, e.g. pneumonia, UTI, influenza. The list of differentials for infectious causes are listed below. Many of them have a wide incubation period, but th ...
... There are a huge number of weird and wonderful infectious diseases that could be causing the fever but don’t forget about the COMMON causes of a fever, e.g. pneumonia, UTI, influenza. The list of differentials for infectious causes are listed below. Many of them have a wide incubation period, but th ...
ABO AND RH SYSTEM (Blood Grouping) • LEARNING OBJECTIVE
... • Inherited as mendelian allelomorphs • Two genes- one on each of two paired chromosomes • Phenotype B- Genotype BB (homozygous) or BO (heterozygous) • When blood type of parents known possible genotypes can be predicted • Blood type of child matching with father is used for proving the parental fat ...
... • Inherited as mendelian allelomorphs • Two genes- one on each of two paired chromosomes • Phenotype B- Genotype BB (homozygous) or BO (heterozygous) • When blood type of parents known possible genotypes can be predicted • Blood type of child matching with father is used for proving the parental fat ...
Infectious Diseases Assignment Sheet - Musco-Hurley
... For our final project, you must answer the following question (in a final project): How does our understanding of the causes of disease allow us to prevent its proliferation in crisis situations? Section I: Level Maximum 65 points 1. Listen to the lecture and take notes each day. (5 pts/day) ...
... For our final project, you must answer the following question (in a final project): How does our understanding of the causes of disease allow us to prevent its proliferation in crisis situations? Section I: Level Maximum 65 points 1. Listen to the lecture and take notes each day. (5 pts/day) ...
Hepatitis B Vaccination Program
... Hepatitis B is an infectious disease of the liver caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV). About 50% of adults and 10% of children develop symptoms after HBV infection, which can be acute (short-term) or chronic (long-term). What is acute hepatitis B? About 20 to 50 acute cases of HBV infection are re ...
... Hepatitis B is an infectious disease of the liver caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV). About 50% of adults and 10% of children develop symptoms after HBV infection, which can be acute (short-term) or chronic (long-term). What is acute hepatitis B? About 20 to 50 acute cases of HBV infection are re ...
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis B is an infectious disease caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV) which affects the liver. It can cause both acute and chronic infections. Many people have no symptoms during the initial infection. Some develop a rapid onset of sickness with vomiting, yellowish skin, feeling tired, dark urine and abdominal pain. Often these symptoms last a few weeks and rarely does the initial infection result in death. It may take 30 to 180 days for symptoms to begin. In those who get infected around the time of birth 90% develop chronic hepatitis B while less than 10% of those infected after the age of five do. Most of those with chronic disease have no symptoms; however, cirrhosis and liver cancer may eventually develop. These complications results in the death of 15 to 25% of those with chronic disease.The virus is transmitted by exposure to infectious blood or body fluids. Infection around the time of birth or from contact with other people's blood during childhood is the most frequent method by which hepatitis B is acquired in areas where the disease is common. In areas where the disease is rare, intravenous drug use and sexual intercourse are the most frequent routes of infection. Other risk factors include working in healthcare, blood transfusions, dialysis, living with an infected person, travel in countries where the infection rate is high, and living in an institution. Tattooing and acupuncture led to a significant number of cases in the 1980s; however, this has become less common with improved sterility. The hepatitis B viruses cannot be spread by holding hands, sharing eating utensils, kissing, hugging, coughing, sneezing, or breastfeeding. The infection can be diagnosed 30 to 60 days after exposure. Diagnosis is typically by testing the blood for parts of the virus and for antibodies against the virus. It is one of five known hepatitis viruses: A, B, C, D, and E.The infection has been preventable by vaccination since 1982. Vaccination is recommended by the World Health Organization in the first day of life if possible. Two or three more doses are required at a later time for full effect. This vaccine works about 95% of the time. About 180 countries gave the vaccine as part of national programs as of 2006. It is also recommended that all blood be tested for hepatitis B before transfusion and condoms be used to prevent infection. During an initial infection, care is based on the symptoms that a person has. In those who develop chronic disease antiviral medication such as tenofovir or interferon maybe useful, however these drugs are expensive. Liver transplantation is sometimes used for cirrhosis.About a third of the world population has been infected at one point in their lives, including 240 million to 350 million who have chronic infections. Over 750,000 people die of hepatitis B each year. About 300,000 of these are due to liver cancer. The disease is now only common in East Asia and sub-Saharan Africa where between 5 and 10% of adults have chronic disease. Rates in Europe and North America are less than 1%. It was originally known as serum hepatitis. Research is looking to create foods that contain HBV vaccine. The disease may affect other great apes as well.