In more severe cases, intravenous administration of fluids may be required. Additionally, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states that antibiotics may shorten the course and diminish the severity of the illness. Immediate treatment is Continue Reading...
"However, some baceteria -- including the one that causes cholera -- regularly pass through this gauntlet (stomach acid) to wreak havoc in the intestines" (Seppa, 2002, p. 357). Seppa's study continues by asserting that, "the result is severe diarrh Continue Reading...
Bacterial Toxins & Damage to Neurons Which bacterial toxins have negative impacts on the human body? This paper reviews those toxins and their effects on human functions. Clinical Diseases Professor F.H. Kayser explains that "Exotoxins" are pa Continue Reading...
Women's Biology Review and critique of a current article relating to women's biology How Emergency Contraception Works to Prevent Pregnancy Emergency contraceptives are drugs used to prevent pregnancy after women indulges in unprotected sex. There Continue Reading...
The role of community in achieving proper water and sanitation standards in times of disaster It is important to note that whenever a natural or manmade disaster hits a particular region, the entire community is put at risk since it is them who su Continue Reading...
The virus genome covered by the capsid penetrates the host cell. Once inside, the virus is uncoated as the envelope and capsid are removed. Free of its covering, the viral genome (DNA or RNA) proceeds with biosynthesis. Newly assembled viral particl Continue Reading...
It so happened that Russian doctor Karlov was trying to find patients for another clinical trial for an experimental drug, and Ershov fit the requirements to enter the study. "They told me the treatment was safe," says Ershov. "I trust my doctor com Continue Reading...
prokaryotes consist of millions of genetically distinct unicellular organisms. A procaryotic cell has five essential structural components: a genome (DNA), ribosomes, cell membrane, cell wall, and some sort of surface layer which may or may not be a Continue Reading...
Animal Production: Biotechnology Biotechnology has achieved some dramatic advances in recent years in both crop and livestock production. Food production results from the interaction of humans, animals, land and water; to help speed up this process, Continue Reading...
air traffic has continued to increase and it now constitutes a considerable proportion of the travelling public. The amount of long-hour flights has increased significantly. Based on the International Civil Aviation authority, air traffic can be anti Continue Reading...
Diseases and Pathogens Pathogens Pathogens are disease-causing or infectious microorganisms (EPA 2011, Kennedy 2012). Some of them are often found in water from sewage discharges, leaking septic tanks, or runoff from feedlots. They enter the body a Continue Reading...
precautions an individual could take to ensure that he or she remained safe during an outbreak of cholera. There are basic sanitary precautions that individuals should implement to ensure that they remain healthy during such an outbreak that largely Continue Reading...
Applying Epidemiology The case study centers mainly on analyzing the symptoms of an unknown disease experienced by students at one of the universities in Central South Texas. The students were suffering from nausea, diarrhea and vomiting. The two st Continue Reading...
g., maggots in rotting matter. Pasteur believed that germs, just as those that caused fermentation, could also be causing disease. With the support of other scientists and collaborators, he was able to isolate several disease causing bacteria, chole Continue Reading...
Micro-Organism: Syghella dysenteriae Genus: Shigella (Castellani and Chalmers 1919) Type species: Shigella dysenteriae (Shiga 1897) Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980) Gammaproteobacteria, from the family of enterobacteriaceae (GBI Continue Reading...
What might have otherwise been individual illness, limited to one or two cases of Ebola, was magnified in a hospital setting in which unsterile equipment and needles were used repeatedly on numerous patients." (Garrett 220). Even with the significa Continue Reading...
Chemo Penicillins are antibiotics derived from the Penicillium mold. They are classified as beta-lactam antibiotics because of their fused beta-lactam structure. They also have a free carboxyl acid group, and one or more substituted amino acid side Continue Reading...
Correspondingly, it's cooler than normal in the Southeast and Southwest United States (Climate Prediction Center Internet Team, 2005). Because the upper westerly winds are more vertical, the tropical North Atlantic has fewer hurricanes, while the ea Continue Reading...
Protection and preservation of the environment through increased yields and reduced use of chemical pesticides and herbicides. This is because genetically modified foods grow at a faster rate and in bigger quantities which means less forest land is Continue Reading...
Antibiotics Penicillin Mechanism of Action Penicillin G, when injected into the patient, will act against actively proliferating penicillin-sensitive strains of bacteria (Drugs.com, 2011). This does not include several strains of staphylococci pro Continue Reading...
Dream Job Turned Nightmare: Valley Fever Executive Summary According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, 2018a), coccidioidomycosis, also known as Valley fever, is an infection caused by the fungus Coccidioides. The fungus is Continue Reading...
