Rebecca Natalus 6th Period Whooping Cough (Pertussis) Pertussis is a respiratory tract infection that is very contagious. It got its name because of the sharp high-pitched intake of air that makes a “whooping” sound that follows a fit of coughs. It was originally considered a childhood disease but now it affects those children that are too young to have completed vaccination and those who have slowly lost the immunity to it. This can cause death in infants‚ which is why pregnant women should be
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What causes viral diseases? Viral infections occur when a virus enters the body and invades the inside of the body’s cells in order to reproduce. If the body’s immune system is unable to fight off the virus‚ it multiplies and spreads to other cells‚ repeating the process and leading to a widespread infection. Signs & Symptoms of rabies One of the most distinctive signs of a rabies infection is a tingling or twitching sensation around the area of the animal bite. In people‚ symptoms of rabies include
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Discussion Questions – Urine 1. The results obtained for this urine sample (U19) shows that the patient is infected with urinary tract infection. This is identified by the high amount of colonies observed on Horse Blood Agar (>108/L)‚ mild amount of protein (30 mg/mL) and very high amount of red blood cells (Large+++) found in the urine. The bacterium identified in this specimen is Pseudomonas aeruginosa. This is confirmed by involving many tests and observation‚ such as Gram stain‚ oxidase test
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infected individuals to that of elephants. Elephantiasis translates to “a disease caused by elephants” which absolutly not the case. Wuchereria bancrofti was named after physician Otto Wucherer and parasitologist Joseph Bancroft who studied filarial infections in the late 1800’s. Bancroft was one of the first to suggest it was transmitted by mosquitoes. Mode of Transmission Parasites are transmitted through the bite of an infected mosquito and develop into adult worms in the lymphatic vessels
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viral culturing. Primary indications for punch biopsy are suspicious skin growths and inflammatory or bullous eruptions. Whereas‚ active infections and a known history of bleeding disorders are contraindications. Results Acquisition of results largely depends on the institution where the procedure was conducted.
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Hand‚ Foot and Mouth Disease GE 1092 English Composition IA Abstract Hand‚ foot and mouth disease is a viral infection‚ usually caused by Coxsackievirus A. It’s highly contagious and spreads through coughing‚ sneezing‚ sneezes‚ and even contact with infected stools. Hand‚ foot and mouth disease is common in children but rare in healthy adults. Most adults are immune to the virus because they had contact with it as a child. Early symptoms of hand‚ foot and mouth disease include a fever
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Parasitism is a symbiotic relationship in which one organism‚ the parasite‚ benefits at the expense of the other‚ the host. Soil-transmitted helminthiasis is a human infection of the intestinal tract caused by different species of parasitic worms acquired through contact with contaminated soil (Bethony et al. 2006). Light helminth infections are well endured by human hosts and usually have no symptoms‚ but some serious cases cause morbidity and mortality (CDC‚ 2013; Parasitology‚ 2010). These parasitic
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patient is admitted into the hospital with a medical diagnosis that they are hoping to be treated for and contract the infection of pneumonia through the spread of germs. “Nosocomial pneumonia (NP) clinically presents more than seven days after hospitalization with new fever‚ pulmonary infiltrates‚ and leukocytosis. Nosocomial pneumonia is a common nosocomial bacterial infection and is most prevalent in medical and surgical intensive care units. The most common pathogens associated with NP are: P
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there are at least twenty-five different strains if norovirus that affect humans. Norovirus infection is the most common cause of what some people call the “stomach flu‚” although norovirus is not related to the influenza virus. According to statistics from the CDC‚ there are twenty-one million cases of norovirus infections annually in the U.S.‚ of which one-quarter are related to food-borne out brakes. Infection occurs when people ingest material contaminated with small amounts of fluids or feces from
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reducing infections in wounds and to initiate healing in slow healing wounds‚ speed up the healing process of large wounds‚ and reduce wound infections (p. 23). The definition of a wound from Merriam-Webster Dictionary (2011) states “an injury to the body (as from violence‚ accident‚ or surgery) that typically involves laceration or breaking of a membrane (as the skin) and usually damage to underlying tissues”. Explanation of the Problem According to Stannard et al. (2009)‚ the infection rate for
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