contribute to clinical treatment when the patients suffer from severe illness. Therefore‚ the study of the interaction between pathogen and host immune response is needed. The Hannover Medical School has outstanding researches in innate immunity and infectious disease. With the high-profile research environment and proper advice from the faculty‚ I will accomplish my studies to solve the puzzle of the viral pathology. Acute
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communicable diseases. We don’t often see it this way‚ but we are a very privileged country. The USA is fortunate enough to be a country that is rich in medical supplies. The other‚ not-so-developed countries‚ however‚ aren’t so fortunate. Diseases such as polio‚ hepatitis B‚ and measles devastate many populations around the world to this day. I completely agree with what CDC (Centers for Disease Control & Prevention) has to say about the importance of vaccines and immunizations – certain diseases are becoming
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campylobacter‚ listeria‚ clostridium perfringens. These are also linked with viruses too. Also most sexual transmitted diseases are a bacterial infection i.e. syphilis‚ gonorrhea. Also Lyme disease‚ this is spread by the bite of a deer ticks most common around wooded‚ rural areas. If untreated it causes an arthritis-like condition that can last for months. Viruses: This is a disease producing agents which are far smaller than bacteria. They are enclosed in a protein coating which makes them more difficult
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What is the infectious agent for Bubonic Plague? Yersinia pestis 4. By how much was the world population reduced during the Plague pandemic? About 450 million to between 350 and 375 million. 5. What year (within the past 100 years) did the world experience a flu pandemic? 1918 6. What are 3 symptoms of chikungunya fever? Fever‚ vomiting‚ nausea‚ head ache‚ and joint pain. 7. What bacterium causes Lyme’s disease?
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Bacterial Meningitis is a horribly life shacking disease. Bacterial Meningitis can be a very destructive disease it can leave people with horrible and lasting aftermath if survived but if not it could destroy the brain leaving it black and rotting. Bacterial Meningitis has many symptoms‚ ways of spreading‚ treatments and prevention for this horrible disease‚ and it’s very interesting history and how things about it changed. The History of Bacterial meningitis is full of breakthroughs and outbreaks
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Ng Teng Fong Hospital to detect if any visitors or patients are running abnormally high fevers. They are also used to detect any infectious diseases which is especially crucial if there were to be a common infectious disease spreading about globally such as Mers‚ Zika and more. By having such procedures in place‚ it will aid in preventing the further spread of disease and readily divert the person to help and stop them from interaction with other patients and visitors. This ties in closely to their
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Preventing Infection INFECTION The invasion or colonization of the body by pathogenic microorganisms The presence of a particular type of microorganism in a part of a body where it is not normally found and may lead to a disease Microorganism A small (micro) living plant or animal that cannot be seen without the aid of a microscope A microbe Contributions TYPES of Microorganism Bacteria Fungi Protozoa Algae Viruses Multicellular Animal Parasites BACTERIA Very small‚ simple‚ unicellular
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affecting many. Surrounding this on-going controversy are many parents weighing the risks and benefits of vaccinating their children. Imposingly‚ many parents still fear the effects of preventable and deadly childhood diseases. For example‚ a study recently performed by The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that America’s current population has seen the most measles cases since 1996‚ and the majority of these
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discovered and made by a french biologist‚ Louis Pasteur in Marnes-la-Coquette‚ France. -This vaccine came about after biologists created the smallpox vaccine through artificially generating a weaker version of the disease. This inspired Louis to do the same with the rabies disease and began to infect rabbits. -The Rabies vaccine was developed to prevent people from dying after being attacked by a rabies infected animal. All cases of rabies before the vaccine resulted
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bone marrow cells from a baboon into his body to bolster his immune system (baboons are immune to the AIDS virus). The loss of the donor baboon was tolerable because scientists and doctors should use all methods at hand when combating deadly human diseases. Like the many other treatments and medicines that have contributed to improved human health‚ the cure for AIDS will undoubtedly come through animal experimentation. (Editor’s
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