Make sure you label both plates on the bottom, with your name, date and name of pathogen you have chosen (listed above under materials) Then label numbers 1-5 on one plate and 6-10 on the other as there are 10 disks that need to be placed. Spread out in a circle formation like pictured below…
In Lab 8, we had analyzed remains found at a wooded area near Jonesburg and tried to determine if the bones belonged to a 28-year-old woman who had been reported missing from a city within the vicinity. Upon analysis, it was determined that they did belong to a female. However, it was not possible to determine if the bones did belong to the missing women. Lab 12 presented the opportunity to genetically analyze the remains found. DNA profiling, also referred to as typing and fingerprinting, uses genetic material to show relatedness and uncover the identity of organisms. Most commonly associated with forensics, it can be used in an array of scientific fields such as anthropology. One method that can be used, when a large sample present, is restriction…
Blackout by Seanan McGuire under the pseudonym of Mira Grant is the last book in a sci-fi trilogy set in the post-apocalyptic United States after a massive zombie outbreak caused by the spread of a virus called the Kellis-Amberlee virus. In the first book, Feed, a reporter, Georgia Mason dies while covering the 2040 election. Her brother Shaun Mason continues reporting, uncovering the truth about Kellis-Amberlee and trying to cope with the loss of his sister in the second book, Deadline. In Blackout, Shaun Mason and his crew continue to fight against the CDC (an evil government organization not preventing diseases but attempting to spread it without the control of the government) The CDC creates a clone of Georgia Mason attempting to stop Shaun…
The Nipah Virus causes severe illness. A person with this infection will get a respiratory disease, a term that includes extreme conditions affecting the organs and tissues that make gaseous exchange possible in organisms, and includes conditions of the upper respiratory tract, trachea, bronchi, alveoli, pleura and the nerves and muscles of breathing. (Source c)…
A virus is a small infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of other organisms. A virus is a small parasite that cannot reproduce by itself. Once it infects a susceptible cell, however, a virus can direct the cell to produce many more viruses. Viruses can infect all types of life forms, such as animals and plants to microorganisms, including bacteria and archaea.…
A virus may not kill a host cell but may become inactive for a period…
The shingle virus is not as contagious as the chicken pox but is composed of the same virus called the varicella zoster virus. In saying that, only people who have had the chicken pox are the only people that can get the shingles; this is because when a person gets chickenpox, the virus varicella hids and then develops into the zoster herpes virus. If you have shingles, however, you can spread the virus varicella and give another person the chickenpox. The shingles can be spread by the vesicular fluids that come out of the blisters caused by the herpes rash. In other words, “person-to-person transmission occurs via direct contact with vesicular fluids” (Madison LK 2015) if you have not had the chicken pox or have a weak immune system.…
One bright spot for the citizens of Miami Dade County regarding their health care is the Miami Dade Action Network. “The Miami-Dade Health Action Network is a multi-sector cross collaborative, which includes over 2,000 interested Community Partners, guided by a Steering Committee, serving as the neutral convening platform to address issues regarding the promotion of an integrated safety-net system and access to health care in Miami-Dade County. (Miami Health Communities Institute)”…
The West Nile Virus is transmitted to humans and animals trough the bit of an infected mosquito. The mosquito's biological name is Flavivirus. Not that many people get sick from West Nile Virus but there are still people that end up in the hospital. To treat West Nile you usually have to go to the hospital. To confirm that a person has West Nile Virus a blood sample has to get tested. People can help prevent West Nile by doing simple things around the yard.…
References: Cleveland, J. (2008). Heightened national rsponse to the HIV/AIDS crisis among African Americans. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from:http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/aa/resources/slidesets/pdf/HPLS_Cleveland_1.pdf…
At age 18 Ryan White passed away after 5 years of fighting AIDS. After he passed he still touched people's hearts. After he passed the Ryan White Program was formed to help educate people about the disease AIDS. The Ryan White Program that provides care that includes primary medical care and essential support services for people living with HIV who are uninsured or underinsured. This program is in cities, states, and local community-based organizations to provide HIV treatment and care to more than half a million people each year. The Program helps 52% of all people who have AIDS in the United States.…
We as Americans, are facing the most life changing illness since smallpox. The gay virus! People containing the gay virus are unaware of their illness. As an American I am disgusted at their acts of “freedom.” Homosexual actions are inhumane and barbaric. We must put a stop to them! This is the most un-american thing I have ever heard of. They are trying to ruin everything our founding fathers have established. Our fathers came over to new land in hopes of creating a new, but just as restricting, government. Now, I understand that we cannot execute them as that would be barbaric on our behalf, and there are far too many of those savage people to put to rest. Although, we as a majority should take a stand and help cure all of…
Fernandez, M. I., Jacobs, R., Warren, Jacob C, Sanchez , J., & Bowen , S. G. (2009, October). Drug Use and Hispanic Men who have sex with Men in South Florida: Implications for Intervention Development. AIDS Education and Prevetion, 21, 45-60.…
The Influenza virus kills about 36,000 people each year in the United States, and also causes 200,000 people to be hospitalized. 20 to 30 % of the people that have the virus don't have any symptoms. The influenza virus infects a few of the body systems in the human body. If the virus were to infect the cell then it would cause many malfunctions.…
The African American population contributes to over twelve percent of the entire United States population (U.S. Census Bureau, 2007). Within this population stems poverty, lower socioeconomic status and health issues (Edelman & Mandle, 2002). The health issues among African Americans have become an ongoing debate. Why is it that African Americans have a higher mortality rate than the average Americans? According to statistics in 1999, Americans could expect to live 77.8 years while the life expectancy of an African American was approximately 73.1 (CDC, 2007). African Americans have become susceptible to many diseases and health problems throughout the last number of years. The male and female citizens of the African American population have been struggling with high rates of cardiovascular disease, hypertension, cancer rates, stroke, diabetes, asthma and HIV/AIDS just to name a few. The African American woman is more likely to be a single mother and more…