illnesses to complete this assignment: • Salmonella Write a 125- to 150-word response to each of the following questions: • What is the infectious agent (pathogen) that causes this infectious disease? For example‚ the name of the bacteria‚ virus‚ or parasite. Salmonellosis is the infectious agent that causes the infectious disease Salmonella and has been known to cause illness for over 100 years. Despite its name‚ Salmonella has nothing to with salmon the bacteria is actually named
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the U.S. Army Medical research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) at Fort Detrick‚ Maryland. Below is a description of each level. As one progresses from level to level‚ describe the differences shown and the procedures and safety methods observed. Biosafety Level 1 (BS1) - Minimum biohazard; study of low risk infectious agents: Pneumococcus‚ and Salmonella. Biosafety Level 2 (BS2) - Moderate biohazard; infectious agents: hepatitis‚ Lyme Disease‚ and Influenza. Biosafety Level 3 (BS3) -
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from a disease that was once almost completely eradicated from the United States and many parts of the world‚ all because parents stop vaccinating their children. This has happened in England and can and will happen here in the United States and around the world if the trend of parents choosing to not have their children vaccinated against infectious diseases continues. Children should be vaccinated for the continued safety of the general population‚ as it helps prevent near extinct diseases from resurfacing
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2015 OVERVIEW Infectious diseases remain a major cause of illness‚ disability‚ and death. Immunization recommendations in the United States currently target 17 vaccine-preventable diseases across the lifespan (Health People‚ 2015). Healthy People 2020 goals for immunization and infectious diseases are rooted in evidence-based clinical and community activities and services for the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases. DEFENSES AGAINST INFECTIOUS DISEASE Proper use
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system helps to protect the body against infection and disease. It consists of a network of tubular channels (lymph vessels) that drain a thin watery fluid known as lymph from different areas of the body into the bloodstream. Obstruction of these vessels results in the massive swelling and gross enlargement characteristic of elephantiasis. In areas where filariasis is endemic‚ the most common cause of elephantiasis is a parasitic disease known as lymphatic filariasis and‚ in the medical literature
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Richard Preston is an intriguing book that discusses the anthrax terrorist attacks after 9/11 and how smallpox might become a future bioterrorist threat to the world. The book provides a brief history of the smallpox disease including details of an outbreak in Germany in 1970. The disease was eradicated in 1979 due to the World Health Organization’s aggressive vaccine program. After the virus was no longer a treat the World Health Organization discontinued recommending the smallpox vaccination. In
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Presentation Disease Stages‚ Transmission of Pathogens‚ and Epidemiology COS Headings: Microbial Growth and Microbes in the Environment Microbiology Demystified: chapter 13 • • • • • • • • • Disease terminology Types of Microbiota Disease classification Host involvement of diseases Stages of disease Modes of transmission and reservoirs of diseases Portals of entry and exit Nosocomial infections and emerging diseases Epidemiology Course Mentor: Kim Shahi‚ PhD Vocabulary • Pathology: Study of disease • Pathogenesis:
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EPIDEMOLOGY Chicken pox (varicella) is a communicable disease where the patients presents with itchy red spots and or blisters that form over the body. This disease is common in children‚ but not uncommon for adults to contact the disease. The populations with compromised immune systems‚ like 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
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contagious disease‚ it cannot be contracted by touching someone‚ or by sitting next to them. Mrs. Q. has gotten a test done for tuberculin‚ and it has come back positive. Since this is a very contagious disease‚ she has chosen to share the results of this test with her office manager because of the risks that she could cause for the other co-workers or customers. Tuberculosis is an infectious disease that affects mainly the lungs‚ but can still affect all areas of the body. If this disease‚ Mycobacterium
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The principles of infection Prevention and Control ICO1 1.1 My roles and responsibilities in relation to the prevention and control of infection are firstly to myself then my colleagues then my employer‚ to my clients and then to any visitors. Iam responsible for taking action to prevent the spread of infection in accordance withlegislation and local and organisational policies and procedures I also have a personalmoral responsibility as a member of a caring society in profession there
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