Anthrax
... Although inhalation anthrax is often cited as a potential biological weapon, there are limitations to its use. Firstly, it is difficult to find strains of the bacteria that will cause serious disease. Once such a strain is found, it is dangerous to handle and sending the bacteria in letters does not ...
... Although inhalation anthrax is often cited as a potential biological weapon, there are limitations to its use. Firstly, it is difficult to find strains of the bacteria that will cause serious disease. Once such a strain is found, it is dangerous to handle and sending the bacteria in letters does not ...
Cutaneous Anthrax - UNC School of Medicine
... Transfer to laboratory for isolation of serum & subsequent storage at –70°C- label tube: “Anthrax serology. Store serum at –70°C for special pick-up.” Draw 5 mL of blood into a purple-topped tube ...
... Transfer to laboratory for isolation of serum & subsequent storage at –70°C- label tube: “Anthrax serology. Store serum at –70°C for special pick-up.” Draw 5 mL of blood into a purple-topped tube ...
How To Weaponize Anthrax? - Eastern Journal of Medicine
... Historical aspect of use of anthrax weapon: Research on anthrax as a biological weapon began more than 80 years ago (7). At least 13 nations are believed to have offensive biological weapons programs. In 1995, Iraq has acknowledged producing and weaponizing B. anthracis to the United Nations Special ...
... Historical aspect of use of anthrax weapon: Research on anthrax as a biological weapon began more than 80 years ago (7). At least 13 nations are believed to have offensive biological weapons programs. In 1995, Iraq has acknowledged producing and weaponizing B. anthracis to the United Nations Special ...
Title of SMI goes here - Public Health England
... All outbreak samples should be discussed with a microbiologist and the outbreak response lead (infection control team (hospital) or public health team (community)) to agree appropriate tests based on the clinical and epidemiological information available. ...
... All outbreak samples should be discussed with a microbiologist and the outbreak response lead (infection control team (hospital) or public health team (community)) to agree appropriate tests based on the clinical and epidemiological information available. ...
Full Article - PDF
... leaf and fruit parts of the plant Averrhoa bilimbi (Oxalidaceae). Methanol was used as solvent and antibacterial effect was measured using disc diffusion test. The susceptibility of the microorganisms to the extracts of this plant was compared with standard antibiotic kanamycin. Fruit extract exhibi ...
... leaf and fruit parts of the plant Averrhoa bilimbi (Oxalidaceae). Methanol was used as solvent and antibacterial effect was measured using disc diffusion test. The susceptibility of the microorganisms to the extracts of this plant was compared with standard antibiotic kanamycin. Fruit extract exhibi ...
IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS)
... bacterial infections & multiplications [22].Although malaria and typhoid are said to be endemic in Nigeria, this study shows that Malaria is far more likely to cause fever than typhoid fever. [23] observed the malaria high prevalence and reliability of cultural isolation of salmonella especially in ...
... bacterial infections & multiplications [22].Although malaria and typhoid are said to be endemic in Nigeria, this study shows that Malaria is far more likely to cause fever than typhoid fever. [23] observed the malaria high prevalence and reliability of cultural isolation of salmonella especially in ...
Curriculum Vitae - University of Maryland School of Medicine
... 10. Tennant SM*, Tauschek M*, Azzopardi K, Bigham A, Bennett-Wood V, Hartland EL, Qi W, Whittam TS, Robins-Browne RM. 2009. Characterisation of atypical enteropathogenic E. coli strains of clinical origin. BMC Microbiol. 9:117. (* co-first authors) 11. Galen JE, Pasetti MF, Tennant SM, Olveira-Ruiz ...
... 10. Tennant SM*, Tauschek M*, Azzopardi K, Bigham A, Bennett-Wood V, Hartland EL, Qi W, Whittam TS, Robins-Browne RM. 2009. Characterisation of atypical enteropathogenic E. coli strains of clinical origin. BMC Microbiol. 9:117. (* co-first authors) 11. Galen JE, Pasetti MF, Tennant SM, Olveira-Ruiz ...
Laboratory Investigation - National Environmental Health Association
... Twenty people became ill after attending a banquet. Onset of illness occurred (on average) about 4 hours after eating at the banquet (range 18 hours). All cases reported nausea and vomiting. Two reported diarrhea and none reported fever. No ill persons sought health care. All were well within 48 hou ...
... Twenty people became ill after attending a banquet. Onset of illness occurred (on average) about 4 hours after eating at the banquet (range 18 hours). All cases reported nausea and vomiting. Two reported diarrhea and none reported fever. No ill persons sought health care. All were well within 48 hou ...
Bioterrorism - GEOCITIES.ws
... Plot revealed when the cult collapsed after 751 people were poisoned (no fatalities) ...
... Plot revealed when the cult collapsed after 751 people were poisoned (no fatalities) ...
EQUINE SALMONELLOSIS H. C. McKenzie III and T. S. Mair*
... horses have been fed feed contaminated with Salmonella spp. Hot weather, increasing numbers of horses and foals on a farm, and wet flooring in barns or hospitals all seem to increase infection rates. Disease transmission is faecal-oral in nature and the severity of exposure is directly related to th ...
... horses have been fed feed contaminated with Salmonella spp. Hot weather, increasing numbers of horses and foals on a farm, and wet flooring in barns or hospitals all seem to increase infection rates. Disease transmission is faecal-oral in nature and the severity of exposure is directly related to th ...
Literature Review of Laboratory Acquired Infections in Canada and
... • Material was believed to be Live Vaccine Strain (LVS) of F. tularensis • The LVS stock was contaminated with F. tularensis wild type virulent Type A • Inconsistent laboratory practices ...
... • Material was believed to be Live Vaccine Strain (LVS) of F. tularensis • The LVS stock was contaminated with F. tularensis wild type virulent Type A • Inconsistent laboratory practices ...
2 Non-typhoidal Salmonella in Children: Microbiology, Epidemiology and Treatment
... severe illness. Five studies were in infants and children ( n = 258), with only one study including infants less than 4 weeks [59–63]. The review did not identify significant differences in length of illness, diarrhoea or fever between any antibiotic regimen and placebo. Furthermore, although antibi ...
... severe illness. Five studies were in infants and children ( n = 258), with only one study including infants less than 4 weeks [59–63]. The review did not identify significant differences in length of illness, diarrhoea or fever between any antibiotic regimen and placebo. Furthermore, although antibi ...
Genotyping of Salmonella with lineage
... 2.3. Lineage-specific genes Genes present only in all analyzed strains (Supplementary Material Table S1) of one particular Salmonella lineage but absent in all the other lineages were considered lineage-specific. For further confirmation, all identified lineage-specific genes were searched against the NC ...
... 2.3. Lineage-specific genes Genes present only in all analyzed strains (Supplementary Material Table S1) of one particular Salmonella lineage but absent in all the other lineages were considered lineage-specific. For further confirmation, all identified lineage-specific genes were searched against the NC ...
Survey of the microbiological safety of ready-to-eat, pre
... Salad leaves are usually eaten raw; and while fresh herbs are sometimes cooked, they are often consumed without cooking or added to food after or near the end of cooking, so that they don’t receive sufficient heat treatment to kill pathogens. A cryptosporidiosis outbreak involving 23 guests at a wed ...
... Salad leaves are usually eaten raw; and while fresh herbs are sometimes cooked, they are often consumed without cooking or added to food after or near the end of cooking, so that they don’t receive sufficient heat treatment to kill pathogens. A cryptosporidiosis outbreak involving 23 guests at a wed ...
Enteric Gram-Negative Rods (Enterobacteriaceae)
... enteric bacteria are the terms used in this chapter, but these bacteria may also be called coliforms. ...
... enteric bacteria are the terms used in this chapter, but these bacteria may also be called coliforms. ...
- International Journal of Molecular and Clinical
... threat to the health care system and economy. Typhoidal serovars include S. typhi and S. paratyphi A, which are adapted to humans and do not occur in other animals (McClelland et al., 2004). The World Health Organization (WHO) in 2006 estimated that between 15 and 33 million typhoid fever occur annu ...
... threat to the health care system and economy. Typhoidal serovars include S. typhi and S. paratyphi A, which are adapted to humans and do not occur in other animals (McClelland et al., 2004). The World Health Organization (WHO) in 2006 estimated that between 15 and 33 million typhoid fever occur annu ...
Communicable Diseases Report, NSW, January–March 2013
... Immunisation against meningococcal C disease is recommended for all children at the age of 12 months, as well as people at high risk of disease. Measles One case of measles was notified in NSW in the first quarter of 2013 (February). The case was an infant from South Western Sydney Local Health Dist ...
... Immunisation against meningococcal C disease is recommended for all children at the age of 12 months, as well as people at high risk of disease. Measles One case of measles was notified in NSW in the first quarter of 2013 (February). The case was an infant from South Western Sydney Local Health Dist ...
enterobacteria isolation in broiler carcasses from commercial
... microbiota, favoring growth of Salmonella (BUSSE, 1995; RHODES et al., 1985). Selenite-Cystine broth and MacConkey agar combination showed the best results, due to two factors: the aminoacid cystine establishes oxidereduction potential that favors the enrichment and recovery of the enterobacteria in ...
... microbiota, favoring growth of Salmonella (BUSSE, 1995; RHODES et al., 1985). Selenite-Cystine broth and MacConkey agar combination showed the best results, due to two factors: the aminoacid cystine establishes oxidereduction potential that favors the enrichment and recovery of the enterobacteria in ...
OzFoodNet 2016, 1st quarterly report (Word 1.3 MB)
... *Percentage change in the number of notifications in the current quarter compared to the historical four-year mean for the same quarter. Positive values indicate an increase when compared to the historical four-year mean of the same quarter. Negative values indicate a decrease when compared to the h ...
... *Percentage change in the number of notifications in the current quarter compared to the historical four-year mean for the same quarter. Positive values indicate an increase when compared to the historical four-year mean of the same quarter. Negative values indicate a decrease when compared to the h ...
Poisoning, Toxicity, Intoxication and Adverse Drug Reactions
... Definition: A poisoning is an event by which an animal is exposed (internally or externally) to a toxic substance. The effects of the poison may, or may not be manifest. Introduction: The approach taken to coding a case of poisoning depends on the amount of information that is available about the ci ...
... Definition: A poisoning is an event by which an animal is exposed (internally or externally) to a toxic substance. The effects of the poison may, or may not be manifest. Introduction: The approach taken to coding a case of poisoning depends on the amount of information that is available about the ci ...
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... from being costlier than the agglutination tests.(Ley et al, 2010) In actual practice, most of the infections by Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi are diagnosed clinically without proper laboratory evidence and consequently treated presumptively with antibiotics. (Olsen, 2004). The real concern is ...
... from being costlier than the agglutination tests.(Ley et al, 2010) In actual practice, most of the infections by Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi are diagnosed clinically without proper laboratory evidence and consequently treated presumptively with antibiotics. (Olsen, 2004). The real concern is ...
Introduction and LAI`s
... worker developed typhoid; mother ate her lunch in the lab after working with S. typhi cultures, then brought her half eaten sandwich home for her son to finish ...
... worker developed typhoid; mother ate her lunch in the lab after working with S. typhi cultures, then brought her half eaten sandwich home for her son to finish ...
Foodborne illness - Intersection between Clinical and Public Health
... Epidemiological and laboratory investigations of foodborne diseases 19. Ongoing surveillance on foodborne diseases can track the trend and epidemiology of enteric diseases. More importantly, early reporting of notifiable diseases assists rapid detection and control of outbreaks. Several diseases are ...
... Epidemiological and laboratory investigations of foodborne diseases 19. Ongoing surveillance on foodborne diseases can track the trend and epidemiology of enteric diseases. More importantly, early reporting of notifiable diseases assists rapid detection and control of outbreaks. Several diseases are ...
1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack
The 1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack was the food poisoning of 751 individuals in The Dalles, Oregon, United States, through the deliberate contamination of salad bars at ten local restaurants with salmonella. A leading group of followers of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (later known as Osho) had hoped to incapacitate the voting population of the city so that their own candidates would win the 1984 Wasco County elections. The incident was the first and single largest bioterrorist attack in United States history. The attack is one of only two confirmed terrorist uses of biological weapons to harm humans since 1945.Having previously gained political control of Antelope, Oregon, Rajneesh's followers based in nearby Rajneeshpuram, Oregon, sought election to two of the three seats on the Wasco County Circuit Court that were up for election in November 1984. Fearing they would not gain enough votes, Rajneeshpuram officials decided to incapacitate voters in The Dalles, the largest population center in Wasco County. The chosen biological agent was Salmonella enterica Typhimurium, which was first delivered through glasses of water to two County Commissioners and then, on a larger scale, at salad bars and in salad dressing.751 people contracted salmonellosis as a result of the attack; 45 of them were hospitalized. There were no fatalities. Although an initial investigation by the Oregon Public Health Division and the Centers for Disease Control did not rule out deliberate contamination, the agents and fact of contamination were only discovered a year later. On February 28, 1985, Congressman James H. Weaver gave a speech in the United States House of Representatives in which he ""accused the Rajneeshees of sprinkling salmonella culture on salad bar ingredients in eight restaurants"". At a press conference in September 1985, Rajneesh accused several of his followers of participation in this and other crimes, including an aborted plan in 1985 to assassinate a United States Attorney, and he asked State and Federal authorities to investigate. Oregon Attorney General David B. Frohnmayer set up an Interagency Task Force, composed of Oregon State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and executed search warrants in Rajneeshpuram. A sample of bacteria matching the contaminant that had sickened the town residents was found in a Rajneeshpuram medical laboratory. Two leading Rajneeshpuram officials were convicted on charges of attempted murder and served 29 months of 20-year sentences in a minimum-security federal prison.