Research Topic: Listeria monocytogenes‚ Haemophilus influenzae‚ and Mycobacterium ulcerans Part 1: Listeria monocytogenes Listeria monocytogenes is a bacterium that is originated in food and can cause the serious illness of Listeriosis. Listeriosis is a serious disease for humans; the overt form of the disease has a mortality rate greater than 25 percent1. This is a Gram-positive bacterium‚ and is mobile by means of flagella. Listeria monocytogenes can be found in nature in soil‚ water and animal
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Haemophilus influenza By Crystal Wade BL 202 A Dr. Kokan 11/10/2012 Haemophilus influenza is a gram negative rod shaped bacterium; it is a member of the pasteurellaceae family. It is aerobic but it can grow as a facultative anaerobe. From 1852 to 1933 H. influenza was thought to be the cause of influenza until its etiology was done and they discovered that it was really bacterial influenza that caused it. H. influenza does cause many other diseases. It states on Wikipedia that “H. influenza
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CCLD 307: PROMOTE THE HEALTH AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN K3D287 How you adapt your practice to meet the health and physical development needs of children‚ taking into account age‚ gender‚ ethnicities‚ individual needs and abilities In my setting I help to promote children’s health and physical development through daily routines and activities. In all my activities I have in mind that children are individual. I also make use the term “one size fits all” approach to do my planning
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Department of BIO-TECHNOLOGY‚ JAIPUR NATIONAL UNIVERSITY‚ JAIPUR DECLARATION I hereby declare that the thesis entitled as “ Developing a convenient analytical technique for the quantitative estimation of Residual CTAB present in Haemophilus influenzae type b polysaccharide ” submitted to JAIPUR NATIONAL UNIVERSITY‚ JAIPUR for the degree of Bachelor of Technology (Biotechnology) has not been submitted to this or any university for a degree or diploma. Sarthak Ranka
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voice‚ and difficulty of swallowing. The most common cause of it is Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib)‚ which is also the same bacterium that causes pneumonia‚ meningitis‚ and infections in the bloodstream. This disease is more common in children than adults but it still occurs in adults. The reason for this is because children have a weaker immune system so they are more likely to get the bacterium infection Haemophilus influenzae type b. In today’s day‚ majority of children get a three to four dose
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in the next larger city for investigation. Introduction The air is a complex mixture of dust‚ sediment‚ and airborne pathogens. Case study 49 dealt with the identification of unknown harmful pathogens that inhabit the upper respiratory tract. Haemophilus species‚ Bordetella species‚ and Corynebacteria diphtheria are common causative agents of upper respiratory illness and served as a lead for this investigation. Corynebacterium diphtheriae is a Gram (+)‚ non-sporing‚ non-motile thin bacilli that
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Dealing with childhood pneumonia in developing countries: how can we make a difference? The past few years have seen renewed attention focused on the persistent burden of childhood mortality globally. Of the 10.6 million deaths of children under 5 every year‚ the vast majority occur in a mere 42 countries of the developing world. It is also apparent that despite advances in understanding the pathophysiology and significance of the major causes of child death‚ most of the known killers such as diarrhoeal
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WAHAB ( 06 – 6 – 091 ) | | : | B : - MUHAMAD ARIFF BIN MOHD RANDZAN ( 06 – 6 – 109 ) | INTRODUCTION Hib (Haemophilus influenzae type b) is a bacterial infection that can cause a number of serious illnesses such as pneumonia or meningitis‚ especially in young children. Hib infections are preventable by vaccination. SEROTYPES In 1930‚ two major categories of H. influenzae were defined: the unencapsulated strains and the encapsulated strains. Encapsulated strains were classified on the
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organism I chose is Haemophilus Influenzae‚ and the disease that comes from this organism is Influenza. Transmission of this disease is very simple. There are many different diseases that can come with complications of Influenza. The treatments are simple and do not cost much. The prognosis is pretty good for most people. Influenza is a disease that can either be a okay disease to deal with or one that can be very brutal. There are many things to know about Haemophilus Influenzae. One thing is that
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abstain from sex play. If you do have sex‚ you can reduce your risk of getting HIV and other STDs by using latex or female condoms. Causes[edit source] Chancroid is a bacterial infection caused by the fastidious Gram-negative streptobacillus Haemophilus ducreyi. It is a disease found primarily in developing countries‚ most prevalent in low socioeconomic groups‚ associated with commercial sex workers. Infection levels are very low in the Western world‚ typically around one case per two million
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