culture on solid media * Cholera * Tuberculosis ANTHRAX: Koch is widely known for his work on this disease. He discovered the causative agent for this disease as Bacillus anthracis. Koch discovered spore-formation in the anthrax bacteria‚ which could remain dormant under specific conditions. However‚ under optimal conditions‚ he found that the spores were activated and caused disease. To determine this causative agent‚ he dry-fixed bacterial cultures onto glass slides‚ used dyes to stain
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precautions designed to prevent transmission of HIV‚ hepatitis B virus (HBV)‚ and other blood borne pathogens when providing first aid or health care. Under universal precautions‚ blood and certain body fluids of all patients are considered potentially infectious for HIV‚ HBV and other blood borne pathogens" Universal precautions apply to: * blood * bodily fluids containing visible blood * semen * vaginal fluid * cerebrospinal * synovial‚ pleural‚ peritoneal‚ pericardial‚ and
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prevent death from infectious diseases‚ i.e. polio. Since the 18th century‚ fear have arisen every time a new vaccine has been introduced. The Anti-Vaccination Movement was truly started in the late 19th century‚ when most developed countries started to make mandatory vaccination laws. Thinking of anti-vaccine was not important in the mid and late 20th century because of three trends: a successful in vaccine science‚ discovery‚ and manufacture; awareness of outbreaks of infectious diseases‚ and the desire
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Crohns Disease What is it? * Crohns disease ‚ causes inflammation‚ swelling ‚ and irritation of any part of the digestive system Symptoms * Related to Inflammation * Persistent Diarrhea * Rectal bleeding * Abdominal cramps and pain * General symptoms that may also be * Fever * Loss of appetite * Weight Loss * Night sweats * Loss of normal menstrual cycle Causes of Crohns Disease * Crohn’s disease may affect as many as 700
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Philadelphia yellow fever epidemic originated on July of 1793 and was one of the most significant American diseases in history. Yellow fever is known to be a contagious disease and at times transpired in mild provinces. Even though the first eruptions commenced along the coast and central of South America. It is proclaimed that Western Africa was the place where this disease primarily affected the people living there and later on spread to other regions. Not only does yellow fever contaminate humans
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Biological weapons are intended to deliberately disseminate disease producing organisms or killing toxins in food‚ water by aerosol. Bacillus anthracis‚ the organism that causes anthrax‚ has been bandied about the media and the American public has been intrigued by stories and cases and fatalities and the next story. One agent not often discussed but every bit as horrifying as anthrax is smallpox. Smallpox is an acute‚ highly contagious virus disease characterized by prolonged fever‚ vomiting‚ and pustule
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Today we present our paper on a phenomenon called “Dutch Disease‚” that tries to explain changes in growth of an economy in the presence of a favorable shock. While it most often refers to natural resource discovery‚ it can also be extended to include "any development that results in a large inflow of foreign currency‚ including a sharp surge in natural resource prices‚ foreign assistance‚ and foreign direct investment."[1] The term was coined in 1977 by The Economist to describe the decline of
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The Wilson’s Disease The Wilson’s disease is a genetic disorder of the thirteenth chromosome. This disease is an inherited disease and it is mostly likely to be in all of the offspring if a parent had it. It is the unnecessary increase of copper in the liver and brain. This is cause by a defect in the transport of copper. Wilson’s disease is a rare autosomal recessive disorder of the copper transport resulting in the copper buildup. It is also known as Hepatolenticular Degeneration as the
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Scenario N.J. is a 70-year-old man with a 4-year history of Parkinson’s disease (PD). He is a retired engineer‚ is married‚ and lives with his wife in a small farming community. He has three adult children who live close by. Since his last visit to the clinic 6 months ago‚ N.J. reports that his tremors are “about the same” as they were; however‚ further questioning reveals that he feels his gait is perhaps a little more unsteady‚ and his fatigue is slightly more noticeable. N.J. is also concerned
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behaviors. This community teaching experience was created to do exactly that. Utilizing research regarding the epidemiological triangle‚ a presentation was designed using primary prevention to educate a target audience regarding the prevalence of infectious bacteria’s in their environment. An analysis of infection causing behaviors in a community setting reveals the need for a teaching plan of hospital acquired infections in a assisted community living environment. For an appropriate community
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