Bacillus anthracis This article came from the New England Journal of Medicine and was written after‚ the Anthrax scare so that Physicians would have a better understanding of the origin‚ signs/symptoms and treatment of the bacterial infection B. anthracis. This is a gram positive bacteria which is found in soil and/or water where it can lie dormant until contact with host. Portal of entry can be from a cut‚ inhaled‚ ingested or a biological vector. An open wound is always susceptible to infection
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The Koch Snowflake The snowflake model was created in 1904 by Helen von Koch. This snowflake appeared to be one of the earliest fractal curves. The fractal is built by starting with an equilateral triangle. One must remove the inner third of each side and replace it with another equilateral triangle. The process is repeated indefinitely. The length of each side is one which will help you determine the perimeter of each triangle. With having the perimeter of each triangle‚ the height can be determined so the area can be
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What is Viral Marketing? Viral Marketing refers to “the marketing phenomenon that facilitates and encourages people to pass along a marketing message voluntarily” via e-mail‚ blog‚ websites or other Internet space‚ in the form of video clips‚ interactive Flash games‚ advergames‚ e-books‚ brandable software‚ images‚ or even text messages. Like viruses‚ such strategies take advantage of rapid multiplication to explode the message to thousands‚ to millions of people. With low marketing cost‚ it could
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Ruth Koch v. George Koch FACTS: The parties were married on March 1‚ 1959. Plaintiff had a 15 year old daughter by a previous marriage. It was planned that she would live with them‚ as well as agreed upon that after marriage the defendant’s mother from Hungary would be moved in with them (September 11‚ 1964). Defendant testified that he would not have married plaintiff if his mother could not live with them. Within a very short time after the arrival of the mother-in-law‚ the incompatibility
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Silent Stalker 2 A Silent Stalker From the shadows‚ he lurks silently and patiently awaiting his next victim. He does not discriminate based on race‚ sex‚ or age‚ however; the youngest and eldest usually pay a higher price. This perpetrator who remains faceless is known as the influenza virus. The influenza virus commonly known as the flu is a contagious viral infection that invades its victim’s body via the nose and mouth affecting the respiratory system of the individual.
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Expository Essay - Influenza Vaccine Wendy G. Hill COM150 May 15‚ 2011 Susan Dietrich Expository Essay - Influenza Vaccine The Influenza virus can infect any age group of people. The influenza infection rate is the highest among children between the ages of one and three. According to the CDC from October‚ 2010 to the present there have been 91 deaths among pediatrics in the United States. The yearly influenza vaccine may have a few minor side effects for some individuals‚ but it still
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Biological weapons are living organisms‚ whatever their nature‚ or the materials that are created because of their use. Biological weapons can cause disease or death in living organisms‚ and are depended upon for their further ability to multiply inside the organism that it attacks. Chemical weapons are defined as chemical substances of gas‚ liquid‚ or solid which are used because of a directly toxic effect upon humans‚ animals‚ or plants. Even though the two weapons are closely related‚ chemical
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Equine influenza is a common respiratory infection of horses caused by an orthomyxovirus of the genus Influenza A. Influenza A viruses can be divided into sub-types on the basis of the antigenic reactivity of the surface glycoproteins‚ the haemagglutinin (H1-H16) and the neuraminidase (N1-N9) molecules (Fouchier et al.‚ 2005). Equine influenza (EI) is caused by two subtypes H7N7 and H3N8. Outbreaks due to H7N7 are limited as the isolation of the virus has not been reported since last two decades
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Anthrax Pathogen Info: • Rod-shaped‚ spore-forming bacteria with square ends • Spores are inactive until they enter a live host; can survive for decades prior to infection. • Pathogenicity: • Forms a protective protein capsule to avoid phagocytosis • Anthrax toxin (all from RCSB source‚ Anthrax toxin.‚ other journals that are bookmarked) • Three parts (EF and LF attack signaling parts of cell) • Edema factor (EF) is an adenyl cyclase enzyme. It attacks ATP‚ turns it into cyclic AMP‚ and creates
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Avian influenza‚ also known as the bird flu‚ is a viral infection that spreads through birds. There is currently a certain strain of the bird flu called H5N1 that is spreading in poultry in Egypt and Asia. The virus is deadly to birds‚ as well as any mammal or human who come in contact with the birds. The first case of H5N1 in humans was reported to be in Hong Kong in 1997‚ and the virus has reemerged in 2003/2004 in Asia‚ Europe and Africa. Nearly 60 percent of the people with the virus has died
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