Microbiological Classification of Infectious Diseases
... Infectious period – interval during which host can transmit infection Reproductive rate – ability of an agent to spread in populations Virulence Pathogenicity Immunogenicity Outbreak – limited spread Endemic – usually present; steady prevalence Epidemic – rapid spread Pandemic – occurring across cou ...
... Infectious period – interval during which host can transmit infection Reproductive rate – ability of an agent to spread in populations Virulence Pathogenicity Immunogenicity Outbreak – limited spread Endemic – usually present; steady prevalence Epidemic – rapid spread Pandemic – occurring across cou ...
Brucella
... variety of warm-blooded animals • Some species, such as rats, chickens, and dogs, are quite resistant to the disease • Others (notably herbivores such as cattle, sheep, and horses) are very susceptible ...
... variety of warm-blooded animals • Some species, such as rats, chickens, and dogs, are quite resistant to the disease • Others (notably herbivores such as cattle, sheep, and horses) are very susceptible ...
Powerpoint
... Infectious period – interval during which host can transmit infection Reproductive rate – ability of an agent to spread in populations Virulence Pathogenicity Immunogenicity Outbreak – limited spread Endemic – usually present; steady prevalence Epidemic – rapid spread Pandemic – occurring across cou ...
... Infectious period – interval during which host can transmit infection Reproductive rate – ability of an agent to spread in populations Virulence Pathogenicity Immunogenicity Outbreak – limited spread Endemic – usually present; steady prevalence Epidemic – rapid spread Pandemic – occurring across cou ...
Lessons from the 2006–2007 Rift Valley fever outbreak in East
... enhance awareness and preparedness for emerging diseases. For example, microarray methods can be applied to specimens collected from animals and vectors during routine surveillance, making it possible to detect potential human pathogens circulating in animal and vector populations or in the environm ...
... enhance awareness and preparedness for emerging diseases. For example, microarray methods can be applied to specimens collected from animals and vectors during routine surveillance, making it possible to detect potential human pathogens circulating in animal and vector populations or in the environm ...
10 Surveillance, Information and Data Management
... features of systems such as e-SARS, MIIDSS and SARS-CCIS now need to be incorporated as permanent features in an enhanced information management system, to support communicable disease surveillance and control in Hong Kong. 10.11 The challenge is to build on the collaboration that was established be ...
... features of systems such as e-SARS, MIIDSS and SARS-CCIS now need to be incorporated as permanent features in an enhanced information management system, to support communicable disease surveillance and control in Hong Kong. 10.11 The challenge is to build on the collaboration that was established be ...
2 Diseases and infections of food animals
... 2) Infection of people via contact with an infected animal is impossible. 3) Salmonella can influence mortality of poultry embryos. 4) Via vertical transmission the bacterium gets into the egg. 5) Salmonella might be eradicated if all precautions were followed strictly. Salmonella in poultry product ...
... 2) Infection of people via contact with an infected animal is impossible. 3) Salmonella can influence mortality of poultry embryos. 4) Via vertical transmission the bacterium gets into the egg. 5) Salmonella might be eradicated if all precautions were followed strictly. Salmonella in poultry product ...
Infectious agents - IARC Publications
... This is especially the case for the investigation of outbreaks caused by noroviruses. There are several limitations to these direct techniques. Although rapid and easy to perform, they are often insensitive and non-specific. Electron microscopy is a costly procedure ...
... This is especially the case for the investigation of outbreaks caused by noroviruses. There are several limitations to these direct techniques. Although rapid and easy to perform, they are often insensitive and non-specific. Electron microscopy is a costly procedure ...
Hudson - Buffalo Ontology Site
... 1. Systematically ID all relevant particulars that must exist for scenario to be true (Even if not mentioned, or only implied) 2. Assign each particular an instance unique identifier 3. ID each particular for the type it instantiates and the temporal interval in which it exists 4. ID the relationshi ...
... 1. Systematically ID all relevant particulars that must exist for scenario to be true (Even if not mentioned, or only implied) 2. Assign each particular an instance unique identifier 3. ID each particular for the type it instantiates and the temporal interval in which it exists 4. ID the relationshi ...
Bacillus anthracis (Anthrax)
... world. • B. anthracis is widely available naturally in endemic areas. • There is evidence that techniques for mass production and aerosol dissemination of anthrax have been developed. • The hardiness of anthrax spores in the environment may make anthrax aerosol dissemination more effective than m ...
... world. • B. anthracis is widely available naturally in endemic areas. • There is evidence that techniques for mass production and aerosol dissemination of anthrax have been developed. • The hardiness of anthrax spores in the environment may make anthrax aerosol dissemination more effective than m ...
The Medical-Dental Connection
... What happens in your mouth doesn’t just stay in your mouth • Infection and inflammation in the mouth have been linked to a variety of systemic conditions ...
... What happens in your mouth doesn’t just stay in your mouth • Infection and inflammation in the mouth have been linked to a variety of systemic conditions ...
Viruses
... Phew! There were cursings, there were holdings of noses. But they went on opening those boxes, and out of them Cooke and Folk and Jernegan took pillows, soiled with the black vomit of men dead of yellow fever; out of them they took sheets and blankets, dirty with the discharges of dying men past hel ...
... Phew! There were cursings, there were holdings of noses. But they went on opening those boxes, and out of them Cooke and Folk and Jernegan took pillows, soiled with the black vomit of men dead of yellow fever; out of them they took sheets and blankets, dirty with the discharges of dying men past hel ...
chapter 13 why do we fall ill
... general ways and specific ways. i) General ways of prevention :Public hygiene is most important for prevention of infectious diseases. Proper and sufficient food for every one will make people healthy to resist infection. Air borne diseases can be prevented by living in conditions that are not crowd ...
... general ways and specific ways. i) General ways of prevention :Public hygiene is most important for prevention of infectious diseases. Proper and sufficient food for every one will make people healthy to resist infection. Air borne diseases can be prevented by living in conditions that are not crowd ...
PowerPoint
... pneumoniae, Haemophilus infleunzae, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Corynebacterium diphtheriae. • This lecture will discuss bacterial zoonotic pathogens causing severe and frequently lethal infectious diseases in humans: anthrax, plague, tularemia and brucellosis. • The pathogens Bacillus anthracis, Ye ...
... pneumoniae, Haemophilus infleunzae, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Corynebacterium diphtheriae. • This lecture will discuss bacterial zoonotic pathogens causing severe and frequently lethal infectious diseases in humans: anthrax, plague, tularemia and brucellosis. • The pathogens Bacillus anthracis, Ye ...
Guns Bambi Disad
... avid rock climber and cyclist. Her auburn hair, she told me cheerily, came from a bottle. It approximates the original colour, but the original is gone. In 2008, her hair started falling out; the rest went grey "pretty much overnight". This was among the lesser effects of a mystery illness that had ...
... avid rock climber and cyclist. Her auburn hair, she told me cheerily, came from a bottle. It approximates the original colour, but the original is gone. In 2008, her hair started falling out; the rest went grey "pretty much overnight". This was among the lesser effects of a mystery illness that had ...
Document
... AN AGENT OF BIOTERRORISM. • U.S. GOVERNMENT IS TAKING PRECAUTIONS FOR DEALING WITH A A SMALLPOX OUTBREAK. CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL (HTTP://WWW.BT.CDC.GOV/AGENT/SMALLPOX/OVERVIEW/DISEASE-FACTS.ASP) ...
... AN AGENT OF BIOTERRORISM. • U.S. GOVERNMENT IS TAKING PRECAUTIONS FOR DEALING WITH A A SMALLPOX OUTBREAK. CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL (HTTP://WWW.BT.CDC.GOV/AGENT/SMALLPOX/OVERVIEW/DISEASE-FACTS.ASP) ...
Epidemiologic Investigations - Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of
... The disease agent is restricted to a single-host species within which transmission occurs − For example, smallpox in human; no reservoir There is relatively direct transmission from one member of the host species to another (direct contact only) Infections must induce solid immunity (also from immun ...
... The disease agent is restricted to a single-host species within which transmission occurs − For example, smallpox in human; no reservoir There is relatively direct transmission from one member of the host species to another (direct contact only) Infections must induce solid immunity (also from immun ...
Introduction to Bacteria and Viruses
... A virus transmitted from one infected patient to another organism, usually from an animal bite Symptoms include a change in behavior, loss of appetite, desire to be alone, fever, seizures Once symptoms begin in humans, there is no treatment; a vaccination exists for those who are more likely to come ...
... A virus transmitted from one infected patient to another organism, usually from an animal bite Symptoms include a change in behavior, loss of appetite, desire to be alone, fever, seizures Once symptoms begin in humans, there is no treatment; a vaccination exists for those who are more likely to come ...
List of books in the library about Bacteria File
... Ben-Barak, Idan. The invisible kingdom : from the tips of our fingers to the tops of our trash, inside the curious world of microbes. New York : Basic Books, 2009. Bugs on display -- Bugs on the map -- Bugs on the move -- Bugs on the sly -- Bugs on us -- Bugs on the job -- Bugs on reflection -- Bugs ...
... Ben-Barak, Idan. The invisible kingdom : from the tips of our fingers to the tops of our trash, inside the curious world of microbes. New York : Basic Books, 2009. Bugs on display -- Bugs on the map -- Bugs on the move -- Bugs on the sly -- Bugs on us -- Bugs on the job -- Bugs on reflection -- Bugs ...
Ebola Vaccine Is the First to Block Infection
... Since the outbreak of the most recent Ebola epidemic in West Africa, more than 11,000 people have died and more than 15,000 people have been infected with the virus. While some drug treatments have been marginally effective, no vaccine to protect against infection has yet been developed, although a ...
... Since the outbreak of the most recent Ebola epidemic in West Africa, more than 11,000 people have died and more than 15,000 people have been infected with the virus. While some drug treatments have been marginally effective, no vaccine to protect against infection has yet been developed, although a ...
insight Nature 430, 242-249 (8 July 2004) | doi:10.1038
... prions, it readily infects multiple species in addition to humans. This suggests the possibility of further emerging diseases associated with prions with currently unknown transmissibility to humans40. The recent reports of variant strains of the BSE prion42 suggest that the BSE agent could be a mor ...
... prions, it readily infects multiple species in addition to humans. This suggests the possibility of further emerging diseases associated with prions with currently unknown transmissibility to humans40. The recent reports of variant strains of the BSE prion42 suggest that the BSE agent could be a mor ...
Infectious Disease Reading
... Pathogens often pass from one person to another through direct physical contact, such as kissing and shaking hands. For example, if you kiss someone who has an open cold sore, cold-sore viruses may get into your body. Diseases are also spread through indirect contact with an infected person. For exa ...
... Pathogens often pass from one person to another through direct physical contact, such as kissing and shaking hands. For example, if you kiss someone who has an open cold sore, cold-sore viruses may get into your body. Diseases are also spread through indirect contact with an infected person. For exa ...
Modeling dynamics of Babesiosis disease in bovines and
... The prevalence of Babesiosis has increased in northern Antioquia (Colombia). Despite congenital Babesiosis is not a disease of epidemic proportions, an important amount of bovines die or have serious effects on the milk and meat production. Discussion of the basic concepts of the Babesiosis transmis ...
... The prevalence of Babesiosis has increased in northern Antioquia (Colombia). Despite congenital Babesiosis is not a disease of epidemic proportions, an important amount of bovines die or have serious effects on the milk and meat production. Discussion of the basic concepts of the Babesiosis transmis ...
BACTERIA
... • Komodo Dragon – Bacteria on it’s tongue http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/weirdest-komodo-dragon?source=searchvideo ...
... • Komodo Dragon – Bacteria on it’s tongue http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/weirdest-komodo-dragon?source=searchvideo ...
Introduction to Microbiology
... infectious diseases are caused by germs, known as the "germ theory of disease," is one of the most important in medical history. Introduced sterilization Tyndalization (Tyndal-1877) Studied Silkworm disease, anthrax, chicken cholera, hydrophobia. ...
... infectious diseases are caused by germs, known as the "germ theory of disease," is one of the most important in medical history. Introduced sterilization Tyndalization (Tyndal-1877) Studied Silkworm disease, anthrax, chicken cholera, hydrophobia. ...
Bioterrorism
Bioterrorism is terrorism involving the intentional release or dissemination of biological agents. These agents are bacteria, viruses, or toxins, and may be in a naturally occurring or a human-modified form. For the use of this method in warfare, see biological warfare.