PDF - Microbiology Society
... are trying to develop a vaccine, but it is not possible to grow norovirus in the laboratory and there are so many strains that no one vaccine could protect against them all. ...
... are trying to develop a vaccine, but it is not possible to grow norovirus in the laboratory and there are so many strains that no one vaccine could protect against them all. ...
infection control - Women`s and Children`s Hospital
... their families the community Surveillance of nosocomial infections Policy development, implementation and assessment ...
... their families the community Surveillance of nosocomial infections Policy development, implementation and assessment ...
New Emerging Infectious Diseases
... •Re-emerging infectious diseases re-appearance of, or increase in number of, infections from a disease previously known ...
... •Re-emerging infectious diseases re-appearance of, or increase in number of, infections from a disease previously known ...
PHE_Factsheet_Ebola_for_humanitarian_workers
... bats, monkeys, forest antelope and porcupines found ill or dead or in the rainforest. It is important to reduce contact with high-risk animals (ie fruit bats, monkeys or apes) including not picking up dead animals found lying in the forest or handling their raw meat. Once a person comes into contact ...
... bats, monkeys, forest antelope and porcupines found ill or dead or in the rainforest. It is important to reduce contact with high-risk animals (ie fruit bats, monkeys or apes) including not picking up dead animals found lying in the forest or handling their raw meat. Once a person comes into contact ...
Viruses*
... Nonliving: no cells, don’t use energy, reproduce on its own Nucleic acid wrapped in protein Obligate endoparasites: only reproduces inside host cells Called bacteriophages or Phage* if it infects bacteria Structure o Genome: DNA or RNA; double or single stranded, contains info to make a vi ...
... Nonliving: no cells, don’t use energy, reproduce on its own Nucleic acid wrapped in protein Obligate endoparasites: only reproduces inside host cells Called bacteriophages or Phage* if it infects bacteria Structure o Genome: DNA or RNA; double or single stranded, contains info to make a vi ...
Science Media Centre Fact Sheet Schmallenberg virus
... low. So insect transmission is regarded as the primary route, although it can also be transmitted across the placenta. - It is possible that the seasonality of the infection cycle would not entail a second epidemic next year o However, newborns infected with the virus may provide a source of infecti ...
... low. So insect transmission is regarded as the primary route, although it can also be transmitted across the placenta. - It is possible that the seasonality of the infection cycle would not entail a second epidemic next year o However, newborns infected with the virus may provide a source of infecti ...
Comparing Microbes
... Noninfectious Disease - diseases that are not spread from one organism to another (such as inherited traits that cause diseases). Pathogen – any microbe that causes a disease or diseases. Infectious Disease - any disease that is caused by a pathogen. Contagion – an infectious disease or infectious d ...
... Noninfectious Disease - diseases that are not spread from one organism to another (such as inherited traits that cause diseases). Pathogen – any microbe that causes a disease or diseases. Infectious Disease - any disease that is caused by a pathogen. Contagion – an infectious disease or infectious d ...
Symptoms of Ebola virus disease
... • People infected with Ebola can only spread the virus to other people once they have developed symptoms. In the early stages these include fever, headache, joint and muscle pain, sore throat, and intense muscle weakness. • Ebola virus is not spread through routine, social contact (such as shaking h ...
... • People infected with Ebola can only spread the virus to other people once they have developed symptoms. In the early stages these include fever, headache, joint and muscle pain, sore throat, and intense muscle weakness. • Ebola virus is not spread through routine, social contact (such as shaking h ...
The importance of reemerging infectious diseases and migration
... with T. cruzi and 17,390 may develop Chagas disease. Further, it was estimated that 24–92 newborns delivered by South American T. cruzi infected mothers in Spain may have been congenitally infected with T. cruzi in 2007. In the USA we estimated that 1.9% of approximately 13 million Latin American im ...
... with T. cruzi and 17,390 may develop Chagas disease. Further, it was estimated that 24–92 newborns delivered by South American T. cruzi infected mothers in Spain may have been congenitally infected with T. cruzi in 2007. In the USA we estimated that 1.9% of approximately 13 million Latin American im ...
dengue fever - WordPress.com
... The mosquito also called Aedes Aegypti. It also known as breakbone fever bone-crusher disease. The disease occurs in both epidemic and sporadic form in ...
... The mosquito also called Aedes Aegypti. It also known as breakbone fever bone-crusher disease. The disease occurs in both epidemic and sporadic form in ...
Epizootic haemorrhagic disease
... moose, and bighorn sheep may seroconvert Until recently, only rare outbreaks were reported in cattle, although infection is common and they may serve as temporary reservoir hosts. True persistent infection of ruminants does not occur Ibaraki disease is seen in cattle Sheep can be infected experiment ...
... moose, and bighorn sheep may seroconvert Until recently, only rare outbreaks were reported in cattle, although infection is common and they may serve as temporary reservoir hosts. True persistent infection of ruminants does not occur Ibaraki disease is seen in cattle Sheep can be infected experiment ...
Why Now…….Why Here June 25, 2007
... Smallpox - by international convention smallpox can only be studied in the U.S. at the CDC BSL-4 laboratory in Atlanta, Georgia Monkey B virus - there is only one laboratory that has been contracted by the NIH to study Monkey B virus – Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia ...
... Smallpox - by international convention smallpox can only be studied in the U.S. at the CDC BSL-4 laboratory in Atlanta, Georgia Monkey B virus - there is only one laboratory that has been contracted by the NIH to study Monkey B virus – Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia ...
Protective Measures For Prevention Of SARS Infection
... with a patient (eg. family members, doctors and nurses). • There are no recorded instances, where the disease was transmitted via casual contact, traveling in public transport etc. • A person can only pass on the infection after symptoms appear. • Only a very small percentage of the population have ...
... with a patient (eg. family members, doctors and nurses). • There are no recorded instances, where the disease was transmitted via casual contact, traveling in public transport etc. • A person can only pass on the infection after symptoms appear. • Only a very small percentage of the population have ...
DISEASES GERMS STDS PP
... HPV- Virus, may show no symptoms, warts on the genital area, possible abnormal Pap smear test, may cause cervical cancer. ...
... HPV- Virus, may show no symptoms, warts on the genital area, possible abnormal Pap smear test, may cause cervical cancer. ...
Population PPT Part 7 Epidemiological Control
... ETM-within the past 200 years, virtually every country has experienced an epidemiological transition-a long-term shift in health and disease patterns. This transition from a high level of death for young people (communicable/infectious diseases) to low levels of death with death concentrated among t ...
... ETM-within the past 200 years, virtually every country has experienced an epidemiological transition-a long-term shift in health and disease patterns. This transition from a high level of death for young people (communicable/infectious diseases) to low levels of death with death concentrated among t ...
drivers_of_e_and_rd_06_recent_pandemics
... as mentioned above, a highly pathogenic form (about 25% mortality rate) of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) that affected about 2 million pigs in China, Vietnam and Myanmar in 2006/7 (http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/11/1774.htm), expansion of the distribution of peste des petit ...
... as mentioned above, a highly pathogenic form (about 25% mortality rate) of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) that affected about 2 million pigs in China, Vietnam and Myanmar in 2006/7 (http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/11/1774.htm), expansion of the distribution of peste des petit ...
Infections Now More Widespread Animals Passing Them to Humans
... proclivity to mutate and spread easily. Many say it is just a matter of time before the next Spanish flu, which killed approximately 50 million people in 1918 and 1919. Other times viruses jump from animals to people because of what humans eat. The leading theory for the origin of AIDS is that the v ...
... proclivity to mutate and spread easily. Many say it is just a matter of time before the next Spanish flu, which killed approximately 50 million people in 1918 and 1919. Other times viruses jump from animals to people because of what humans eat. The leading theory for the origin of AIDS is that the v ...
Ebola
... disease, but quite fascinatingly Thucydides tells us that it arose out of Africa. It has many of the features of a deadly viral hemorrhagic fever, perhaps it was the first recorded instance of smallpox. One lesson we do learn from Thucydides, whatever the exact nature of the plague - was the complet ...
... disease, but quite fascinatingly Thucydides tells us that it arose out of Africa. It has many of the features of a deadly viral hemorrhagic fever, perhaps it was the first recorded instance of smallpox. One lesson we do learn from Thucydides, whatever the exact nature of the plague - was the complet ...
Prokaryotes - Stark home page
... There were seemingly esoteric cases Kuru disease in New Guinea cannibals. D. Carleton Gadjusek (1976 Nobel Prize) thought it was a slow virus. • Scrapie in sheep so named because they roll around with intense itching. ...
... There were seemingly esoteric cases Kuru disease in New Guinea cannibals. D. Carleton Gadjusek (1976 Nobel Prize) thought it was a slow virus. • Scrapie in sheep so named because they roll around with intense itching. ...
Prion
... diagnosis formulated on the basis of the symptoms described? What other diseases? 2. What key features of the postmortem findings were characteristic of the disease caused by unconventional slow virus agents (spongiform encephalopathies, prions)? 3. What key features distinguish the unconventional s ...
... diagnosis formulated on the basis of the symptoms described? What other diseases? 2. What key features of the postmortem findings were characteristic of the disease caused by unconventional slow virus agents (spongiform encephalopathies, prions)? 3. What key features distinguish the unconventional s ...
Lecture 1
... movements and salivation for a few seconds. o In some cases full blown epileptiform fits consisting of falling over, violent mouth champing spasm with profuse salivation. The limbs make purposeless movements. o There also chorea, paralysis and incoordination clonic encephalitis and cranial nerve inv ...
... movements and salivation for a few seconds. o In some cases full blown epileptiform fits consisting of falling over, violent mouth champing spasm with profuse salivation. The limbs make purposeless movements. o There also chorea, paralysis and incoordination clonic encephalitis and cranial nerve inv ...
Marburg virus disease
Marburg virus disease (MVD; formerly Marburg hemorrhagic fever) is a severe illness of humans and non-human primates caused by either of the two marburgviruses, Marburg virus (MARV) and Ravn virus (RAVV). MVD is a viral hemorrhagic fever (VHF), and the clinical symptoms are indistinguishable from Ebola virus disease (EVD).