412 Search Results for Diseases and Pathogens
Role of Autoimmunity in Three Endocrine Disorders
A number of endocrine illnesses are immune mediated and can now be reliably predicted. Autoimmune disorders can occur in a person and people related to them. Families with history of autoimmunity, a Continue Reading...
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disorder that affects the lungs and other organs, characterized by the production of abnormally thick and sticky mucus that can clog the airways and obstruct the pancreas and other organs. This life-shortening diseas Continue Reading...
Article Summary: The Influence of the Human Microbiome and Probiotics on Cardiovascular Health
Introduction
One of the world’s leading causes of death is cardiovascular disease (CVD). Some of the risk factors that have been associated with CVD Continue Reading...
evolution of plant viruses. All five peer-reviewed articles are related because they all delve into the evolution of plant viruses.
Plant feeding by insect vectors can affect life cycle, population genetics and evolution of plan viruses, Gutierrez, Continue Reading...
This indicates that transmission signs should be identified from a combination of symptoms and living scenario.
Symptoms:
The symptoms of Hantavirus will undergo a set of phases with the increase in severity of the condition. Both in cases where t Continue Reading...
The current protocols of T cell transduction involve in vitro activation to achieve T cell proliferation that is required for effective retroviral infection. Adoptive transfer of such minimally stimulated cells will reveal whether in vivo transfer Continue Reading...
As of May 2, 2009, CNN has reported there are 160 confirmed cases of swine flu across the United States of America and about 108 cases throughout the rest of the world.
Although the swine flu (H1N1) strain's discovery in the 1930s has shown not so Continue Reading...
Physical Hazards of Slaughterhouse Workers
The Nature of Slaughterhouse Work
Musculoskeletal Disorders
Diseases
Trauma
Burns
Hearing
Safeguards
Ergonomics
Dangerous Equipment
Reporting and Organizational Culture
Slaughterhouses are among t Continue Reading...
Antibiotic Resistant Streptococci
There are more than thirty different species of streptococcal bacteria. The infections that strep causes in humans range from "strep throat," which is caused by Group A strep and relatively easily treatable, to dise Continue Reading...
classroom, regardless of the age of the learner, we realize that there are multiple learning styles and responses to divergent stimuli. The modern pedagogical environment is faced with a number of challenges that are directly related to learning. In Continue Reading...
visual cues come from students developing knowledge of letter/sound relationships and of how letters are formed what letters and words look like often identified as sounding out words
Example 2- Phoneme Awareness -- Recognizing Rhyme Assessment (Kl Continue Reading...
Tracking Dengue Fever in China
Dengue Fever
Dengue is a viral disease transmitted from host to host by mosquitoes (Shepherd, 2012, Background). Many tropical and subtropical regions of the world are currently combating this disease, including 112 c Continue Reading...
Psuedomonas Aeruginosa
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Epidemiology
The Gram-negative, motile, rod-shaped bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic killer that takes advantage of people suffering from medical problems (Van Delden and Iglewski, 1 Continue Reading...
Environmental Hazards
What are toxicants and how do they affect living organisms?
According to Dr. Celine Godard, toxicants and toxins both reference substances that are toxic; however, toxins are made in nature (like in poisonous mushrooms or in t Continue Reading...
Treatment to Patients
The main objective of providing treatment to patients is to relieve symptoms along with decreasing the progression of the disease as well as the mortality or morbidity. However, in some cases, this objective is not fully achie Continue Reading...
Meningitis
Select one bacterial, one fungal, and one viral pathogen capable of producing meningitis in humans.
Bacterial: Neisseria meningitidis
Fungal: Cryptococcus neoformans
Viral: Epstein-Barr virus
Describe the general characteristics and s Continue Reading...
The response by the United States to biorisk management at the national level provides a useful example of what can be accomplished with the right resources and vision. For instance, in December 2009, the U.S. government published its "National Str Continue Reading...
Tuberculosis
Causative agent
Tuberculosis is an infectious disease of animals and humans. The most common causative agent of the disease is a bacterium a mycobacteria known as Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This bacterium was first discovered by Rober Continue Reading...
These efforts include: expansion of international efforts to prevent terrorist acquisition of biological agents, initiated BioWatch program to detect initial releases of biological weapons within the environment, launched food programs to carefully Continue Reading...
Tuberculosis: Causes, Effects, Symptoms and Prevention Measures
Bacterial infections range from mild skin infections to more complicated diseases such as tuberculosis and bubonic plague. Advanced antibiotics, vaccines, and improved sanitation have o Continue Reading...
Abnormal Uterine Bleeding and Issues
Reproductive Tract Diseases for human females are typically focused in the upper reproductive tract or the lower reproductive tract. The upper tract includes the fallopian tubes, ovary and uterus, while the lower Continue Reading...
Microbiome can be defined as the sum of microbes, their genetic genomes and their environmental interactions in a particular environment. The word Microbiome was inverted by Joshua Lederberg, one of the giants of molecular biology to designate all mi Continue Reading...
Immunology - Toll-Like receptors
The family of Toll-like Receptors has gained in importance since the discovery that they could be potential regulators and controllers of the immune response system in the human body as they are capable of recognizin Continue Reading...
Management of Immunocompromised Patients
In beginning I writer specific nursing assignment. The Question: 2000 Words While clinical placement asked prepare a single room an admission. The patient requiring admission isolation room immunocompromised. Continue Reading...
Antibodies
List the five different kinds of antibodies and describe each of their functions.
An antibody is a protein used by the immune system to identify and neutralize invaders, such as bacteria and viruses. The term immunogloben is often used i Continue Reading...
The morphological properties of the virion are non-enveloped, with isometric Necleocapsids 27 nm in diameter. The symmetry is icosahedral, with the Nucleocapsids round in shape. Further, there are 12 capsomers per neucleocapsid (ICTV). Additionally, Continue Reading...
Cryptosporidium Case Study
Cryptosporidium is reported as a "coccidian protozoan parasite" and one that has received a great deal of attention over the past two decades as a "clinically important human pathogen." (Hannahs, nd, p.1) The discovery of Continue Reading...
One agent often used to help treat the symptoms and invasion of malaria currently is "quinine" and is effective when used early in the disease process (Kiple 682).
IV. Proposed Development of Vaccine Against Causative Agent
Development of a vaccin Continue Reading...
Campylobacter jejuni is a helical shaped, non-spore forming, curved, Gram-negative bacteria which is most often found in animal feces. This bacteria comes from the intestinal tracks of animals where is exists as a mixed surface-associated community, Continue Reading...
Naegleria Fowleri in Florida: Pathways and Consequences
Life Cycle
Pathways
Effects on Humans
N. Fowleri in Florida
Naegleria fowleri in Florida: Pathways and Consequences
Complex Life Cycle
This section describes the life cycle of N. fowleri Continue Reading...
hospitals is the spread of MRSA (staphylococcus aureus). This pathogen remains a leading cause of hospital-acquired infection. Current 'typing' methods for the genome to identify the pathogen include "phage typing, multi-locus sequence typing (MLST) Continue Reading...
Chlorhexidine Gluconate Use in Ventilator Assisted Patients Prevent Ventilator Associated Pneumonia
Chlorahexidine Gluconate
Ventilator associated pneumonia is a common and fatal complicated issue for patients in ventilator care within the intensi Continue Reading...
Given a mosquito's vastly shorter life span, preventing the spread of the infection to more human hosts greatly reduces the number of viable parasites in existence (CDC 2009).
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There are several reasons that viral infections are more difficult Continue Reading...
Epidemiological Issues in Windshield Survey
Epidemiological Triangle Emphasis
The two most important parts of the epidemiological triangle in relation to sexually transmitted disease would be the host element and the environment element and the lea Continue Reading...
Nursing Case Study
Managing a possible Case of Gastroenteritis: A Nursing Case Study
The effective delivery of optimal nursing care requires a comprehensive treatment plan that addresses both the patient's symptoms and the security of the immediate Continue Reading...
Cholera Vectors
Cholera is an acute diarrheal infection caused by a bacterium called Vibrio cholerae that infects the intestines of human and causes massive dehydration. Most estimates believe that there are 3-5 million cases of cholera globally eac Continue Reading...
Corynebacterium diphtheria. The answered . The pdf file attached referenced. The paper written format a scientific paper a microbiology . These textbooks great sources reference: Willey, J.
Corynebacterium diphtheriae is a bacterium that is pathoge Continue Reading...
Microbiology
Microbes
Microbial metabolism is referred to as the manner in which microbes find their nutrients and energy that makes them live and reproduce. The paper will describe metabolic requirement for Staphylococcus aureus and Clostridium bo Continue Reading...
Homelessness in Orange County California
Homelessness in Orange County - II
The natural history of disease refers to the progress of the disease process in an individual over time and in the absence of intervention (Figure 1.1). Knowledge of the na Continue Reading...