caused by a highly contagious virus that attacks the respiratory‚ gastrointestinal‚ and nervous systems of dogs. The virus also infects foxes‚ wolves‚ coyotes‚ raccoons and other wild animals in the canine family. Juvenile dogs are most prone to infection. Older dogs can also be infected although with much less frequency. More than 50% of dogs that acquire the disease die from canine distemper. An even lower 20% survival rate is present for puppies. And even if the dog survives the disease‚ it is
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Also known as Valley fever is an infection that is caused by the fungi Coccidioides. The fungus grows in soil found in the southwestern part of the United States as well as Mexico and Central/South America. Those living in these designated areas can contract this disease by inhaling the fungal spores in the air. This is considered a self limiting respiratory infection so most individuals that are infected present with mild to no symptoms at all. A patient with this disease can present with the following
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viruses that cause Viral Gastronenteritis namely: Rotavirus- leading cause of gastroenteritis among infants and children. This infections are most common in infants 3-15 months old. It causes vomiting and watery diarrhea for 3-7 days‚ along with fever and abdominal pain. Also infect adults in close contact with infected children‚ but milder. Caliciviruses-cause infection to people of all ages. Norovirus is the most common calicivirus and the most common cause of viral gastroenteritis in adults. It’s
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difficile is immune to nearly all antibiotics. Second is Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae‚ it’s a gram-negative blood infection and is resistant to carbapenem‚ a class of last resort drugs. And third of the urgent threat list is Drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae‚ a gram-negative sexually
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D17C 10/14/11 Infectious Disease (Extra credit paper) Infectious Disease - A disease caused by a microorganism or other agent‚ such as a bacterium‚ fungus‚ or virus‚ which enters the body of an organism. Chickenpox (Varicella Zoster infection) The cause of chickenpox is caused by a virus called Varicella Zoster. Varicella Zoster is one of 8 herpes viruses knows to infect people it’s common for kids but more dangerous for adults. It is known to spread mostly to kids at the age of 3-10
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of the virus and are obvious in the blood from between 4 to 12 weeks after initial infection (Seeff 92). Hepatitis C was only revealed in the 1980s so it is still a somewhat new disease; some aspects of this disease are still
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Infectious Disease Case Study Assignment After reviewing this case study‚ address these questions: 1. West Nile fever is caused by the West Nile virus. Describe the emergence of novel disease in the Western hemisphere. Provide some examples of sources of infection for novel diseases‚ including the mode of transmission for WNV. Why is this a concern? In late August of 1999‚ an unusual cluster of encephalitis cases was reported to NYC’s Department of Health. Laboratory sequencing of virus isolated from brain tissue of birds
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Kumar et al. (1986). Dey et al. (1988) also reported mass mortality of C. catla due to Myxobolus infection. Seenappa and Devaraj (1990) described Myxobolus infection in fry and fingerlings of C. catla from Karnataka. Ramakrishna (2005) recorded seven myxosporean parasites from the gills‚ fins‚ and scales of C. catla and L. rohita in fish ponds of Kolleru area of Andhra Pradesh. He observed severe infection of myxosporeans in fish less than 250 g in weight‚ especially during the winter season‚ when the
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pregnant women‚ infants and adolescents and adults‚ have a hard time fighting the infection. Due to the extreme contagious nature of the disease patient may need to limit contact with the community. Children may need to stay home from school and adults from work‚ until the sores have crusted over. After the disease has run its course‚ the virus lays dominant in the nervous system‚ and reappear as another viral infection called shingles. Shingles‚ is a red rash that turns into painful blisters‚ forming
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immunocompromised‚ and children. However‚ studies should be conducted and made public on people who were not vaccinated and their ability to fight viruses more effectively. HVP Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most commonly sexually transmitted infection in the U.S. and there are more than 100 known HPV types‚ the majority of which are not harmful. About 75% of HPVs have been associated with non-cancerous warts (papillomas) on the hands‚ chest‚ arms and feet‚ such as low-risk HPV types 6 and 11.
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