Infection Control Policy
... can be due to a virus, bacteria, or tuberculosis, and involves an inflammation of the cover linings of the brain. Signs and symptoms can be fever, headache, stiff neck, and/or altered mental status. Most forms of meningitis are not contagious; however meningitis is highly contagious and can be letha ...
... can be due to a virus, bacteria, or tuberculosis, and involves an inflammation of the cover linings of the brain. Signs and symptoms can be fever, headache, stiff neck, and/or altered mental status. Most forms of meningitis are not contagious; however meningitis is highly contagious and can be letha ...
Epidemiology
... Affects government, public health agency and medical organization policy decisions ...
... Affects government, public health agency and medical organization policy decisions ...
Lymes Disease
... rash has been reported in about 60 to 80 percent of adults and 50 percent of children ...
... rash has been reported in about 60 to 80 percent of adults and 50 percent of children ...
Evaluation and Treatment of Immunocompetent Tuberculosis (TB) Contacts and TB Contacts 5 Years of Age (PDF: 21KB/1 page)
... Evaluate with medical and exposure history ...
... Evaluate with medical and exposure history ...
BeefIQ12
... • Extra Label: The VETERINARIAN prescribes a drug to be used in a manner other than what’s on the label. This is legal and is used when a good veterinarian-client-patient relationship exists. ...
... • Extra Label: The VETERINARIAN prescribes a drug to be used in a manner other than what’s on the label. This is legal and is used when a good veterinarian-client-patient relationship exists. ...
Analysis of the Movie “Contagion” Homework Assignment
... 2. What type of infectious agent was this, and what was its specific name? ...
... 2. What type of infectious agent was this, and what was its specific name? ...
Community Immunity The role of vaccines in keeping our communities healthy
... — Seniors (flu can be deadly) — Anyone allergic to a vaccine About 80% to 94% community of people in your community need to be vaccinated to shield people most at risk. California’s overall vaccination rate is high—but not everywhere. Some schools have as many as 40% to 80% unvaccinated kids. Your ...
... — Seniors (flu can be deadly) — Anyone allergic to a vaccine About 80% to 94% community of people in your community need to be vaccinated to shield people most at risk. California’s overall vaccination rate is high—but not everywhere. Some schools have as many as 40% to 80% unvaccinated kids. Your ...
A List of Notifiable Scheduled Infectious Diseases (as
... Acute poliomyelitis Amoebic dysentery Anthrax Bacillary dysentery Botulism Chickenpox Chikungunya fever Cholera Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease Dengue fever Diphtheria Enterovirus 71 infection Food poisoning Haemophilus influenzae ...
... Acute poliomyelitis Amoebic dysentery Anthrax Bacillary dysentery Botulism Chickenpox Chikungunya fever Cholera Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease Dengue fever Diphtheria Enterovirus 71 infection Food poisoning Haemophilus influenzae ...
Lecture 1 Bacterial meningitis
... Risk factors • Age . • Most cases of viral meningitis occur in children younger than age 5. • In the past, bacterial meningitis also usually affected young children. • But since the mid-1980s, as a result of the protection offered by current childhood vaccines, the median age at which bacterial men ...
... Risk factors • Age . • Most cases of viral meningitis occur in children younger than age 5. • In the past, bacterial meningitis also usually affected young children. • But since the mid-1980s, as a result of the protection offered by current childhood vaccines, the median age at which bacterial men ...
Topic: Infection L1: Communicable Diseases
... (Put the pathogens in order from smallest to largest) ...
... (Put the pathogens in order from smallest to largest) ...
Fifth disease Fifth disease (Slapped cheek syndrome)
... are infectious to others. The symptoms generally develop 4-20 days after the person is infected. Unlike children the majority of affected adults will also experience joint aches and pains, which can last for days to months. ...
... are infectious to others. The symptoms generally develop 4-20 days after the person is infected. Unlike children the majority of affected adults will also experience joint aches and pains, which can last for days to months. ...
Diseases - TWO Academies
... than the normal range. • It is caused by a person’s inability to either produce or use properly a natural chemical produced in the body called insulin. • The higher level of blood sugar results in many disorders of the body, for example an increase in problems with circulation of blood. • Diabetes c ...
... than the normal range. • It is caused by a person’s inability to either produce or use properly a natural chemical produced in the body called insulin. • The higher level of blood sugar results in many disorders of the body, for example an increase in problems with circulation of blood. • Diabetes c ...
Vaccines at My Age? - Aimee Armour
... Tetanus (Td): This one vaccine protects us from 3 bacteria. Tetanus is a bacterium that is usually found in the soil, on old nails, and in dusty areas. It affects the nerves and muscles in the body and can cause the commonly known term “lockjaw”. Pertussis causes the condition commonly known as “who ...
... Tetanus (Td): This one vaccine protects us from 3 bacteria. Tetanus is a bacterium that is usually found in the soil, on old nails, and in dusty areas. It affects the nerves and muscles in the body and can cause the commonly known term “lockjaw”. Pertussis causes the condition commonly known as “who ...
Unit 5: Pathology Name: Notes Date: ____3/27/2017__________
... ______ A microscopic organism that can cause a disease. ______Disease that is not contagious, so it can’t spread from one organism to another. _______ The only microbe that is not considered a living thing. ______ Any disease that is caused by a pathogen (a microbe that causes disease). ______ Anoth ...
... ______ A microscopic organism that can cause a disease. ______Disease that is not contagious, so it can’t spread from one organism to another. _______ The only microbe that is not considered a living thing. ______ Any disease that is caused by a pathogen (a microbe that causes disease). ______ Anoth ...
Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
... glands, headache, muscle pain, weakness and decreased appetite. Complications of mumps are rare, but can include meningitis, hearing loss, encephalitis and inflammation of the testicles that can lead to sterility. ...
... glands, headache, muscle pain, weakness and decreased appetite. Complications of mumps are rare, but can include meningitis, hearing loss, encephalitis and inflammation of the testicles that can lead to sterility. ...
Extension Activity - Right To Play
... tetanus, and polio). Immunization works so well, we rarely hear of these diseases. In most countries like Mali, West Africa, polio and measles are still a leading cause of vaccine-preventable death amongst children. ...
... tetanus, and polio). Immunization works so well, we rarely hear of these diseases. In most countries like Mali, West Africa, polio and measles are still a leading cause of vaccine-preventable death amongst children. ...
CHILDHOOD IMMUNIZATION 2
... • All vaccines: if there is severe allergic reaction (e.g., anaphylaxis) after a previous vaccine dose or to a vaccine component ...
... • All vaccines: if there is severe allergic reaction (e.g., anaphylaxis) after a previous vaccine dose or to a vaccine component ...
Fifth Disease
... patients with chronic B19 infection. These patients should be considered infectious and placed on isolation precautions for the duration of their illness or until the infection has cleared. Nosocomial transmission of B19 has been associated with one case of TAC. Transmission of B19 has occurred in m ...
... patients with chronic B19 infection. These patients should be considered infectious and placed on isolation precautions for the duration of their illness or until the infection has cleared. Nosocomial transmission of B19 has been associated with one case of TAC. Transmission of B19 has occurred in m ...
News Release
... would replace the practice of mass inoculation over a prolonged period. The physicists developed their theory using a technique borrowed from quantum mechanics. How does it work? The program is based on accelerating the natural extinction of the disease through selective vaccination. Prof. Baruch Me ...
... would replace the practice of mass inoculation over a prolonged period. The physicists developed their theory using a technique borrowed from quantum mechanics. How does it work? The program is based on accelerating the natural extinction of the disease through selective vaccination. Prof. Baruch Me ...
Hemorrhagic Disease of White
... • One of the most significant infectious diseases of WTD in North America • Caused by two closely related orbiviruses – Epizootic hemorrhagic disease viruses (EHDV) – Bluetongue viruses (BTV) ...
... • One of the most significant infectious diseases of WTD in North America • Caused by two closely related orbiviruses – Epizootic hemorrhagic disease viruses (EHDV) – Bluetongue viruses (BTV) ...
Freeman 1e: How we got there
... West Nile Virus • West Nile fever is an emerging mosquitoborne viral disease (Figure 27.13). ...
... West Nile Virus • West Nile fever is an emerging mosquitoborne viral disease (Figure 27.13). ...
Fundamentals of Microbiology: Disease transmission
... • Attack rate Number of new infections Person-time at risk of infection • Attack rate is usually used during an epidemic • Incidence during a limited period of time • Example: people who ate at a certain restaurant ...
... • Attack rate Number of new infections Person-time at risk of infection • Attack rate is usually used during an epidemic • Incidence during a limited period of time • Example: people who ate at a certain restaurant ...
August is National Immunization Awareness Month
... they got from their mothers. However, this immunity lasts only 5-6 months. ...
... they got from their mothers. However, this immunity lasts only 5-6 months. ...
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... Vaccines help the body respond faster to an invading pathogen because of the creation of what types of ...
... Vaccines help the body respond faster to an invading pathogen because of the creation of what types of ...
Meningococcal disease
Meningococcal disease describes infections caused by the bacterium Neisseria meningitidis (also termed meningococcus). It carries a high mortality rate if untreated but is a vaccine-preventable disease. While best known as a cause of meningitis, widespread blood infection can result in sepsis, which is a more damaging and dangerous condition. Meningitis and meningococcemia are major causes of illness, death, and disability in both developed and under-developed countries.There are approximately 2,600 cases of bacterial meningitis per year in the United States, and on average 333,000 cases in developing countries. The case fatality rate ranges between 10 and 20 percent. The incidence of endemic meningococcal disease during the last 13 years ranges from 1 to 5 per 100,000 in developed countries, and from 10 to 25 per 100,000 in developing countries. During epidemics the incidence of meningococcal disease approaches 100 per 100,000. Meningococcal vaccines have sharply reduced the incidence of the disease in developed countries.The disease's pathogenesis is not fully understood. The pathogen colonises a large number of the general population harmlessly, but in some very small percentage of individuals it can invade the blood stream, and the entire body but notably limbs and brain, causing serious illness. Over the past few years, experts have made an intensive effort to understand specific aspects of meningococcal biology and host interactions, however the development of improved treatments and effective vaccines is expected to depend on novel efforts by workers in many different fields.While meningococcal disease is not as contagious as the common cold (which is spread through casual contact), it can be transmitted through saliva and occasionally through close, prolonged general contact with an infected person.