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    Vibrio Cholera Outbreak

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    members of the genus Vibrio are Gram-negative‚ motile and most of the members have a single polar flagellum‚ when grown in liquid medium (Kaysner & DePaola‚ 2004). Vibrio cholerae lives naturally in riverine and is the causative agent of cholera outbreaks and epidemics. Vibrio cholerae is comma-shaped. Initial isolates are slightly curved‚ whereas they can appear as straight rods upon laboratory culturing. Vibrio cholerae is a facultative anaerobe and can undergo respiratory and fermentative metabolism

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    The Sars Outbreak of 2003

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    The SARS Outbreak of 2003 Western Governors University January 15‚ 2013 The SARS Outbreak of 2003 Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a viral respiratory caused by a coronavirus. Coronavirus is in the same virus family as the common cold. Most commonly spread through person to person contact and droplets when a person coughs or sneezes. It can also be spread when a person touches a surface or object contaminated with the virus then touch their nose‚ mouth or eyes. Characterized

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    Life of Escherichia Coli Escherichia Coli 0157:H7 bacterium can live in the intestines of cattle‚ therefore meat can become infected during slaughtering. You can contract this bacterium by eating undercooked meat‚ especially ground beef. Escherichia Coli 0157:H7 can also be contracted by eating contaminated fruits or vegetables‚ as well by drinking raw fruit juices or milk‚ or sewage contaminated water. Infection can also be spread via person to person. Escherichia Coli 0157:H7 can also be

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    Transformation Of Escherichia Coli With pGLO Plasmid April 24‚ 2013 ABSTRACT: This experiment focuses on genetic engineering and transformation of bacteria. The characteristics of bacteria are altered from an external source to allow them to express a new trait‚ in this case antibiotic resistance. In is experiment foreign DNA is inserted into Escherichia coli in order to alter its phenotype. The goal of the experiment is to transform E. coli with pGLO plasmid‚ which carries a gene for ampicillin

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    Abstract The purpose of this experiment was to study the transfer of genetic information on plasmid F’lac by using Escherichia coli. Plasmid transfer was measured by using two different methods. The first one was by using selection and contraselection with three antibiotics: streptomycin(which was replaced by naladixic acid for the second part of the experiment)‚ampicillin and kanamycin and the second one by using a colour indicator ( X-gal). As significant results‚ the percentage of transfer for

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    Managing Outbreaks of an Infection M1: Explain how to manage an outbreak of infection in health or social care setting NICE and Department of Health Guidelines NICEandDepartment of Health guidelines set the standards for high quality healthcare. It encourages a healthy lifestyle for people. The NICE and Department of Health guidelines are also used by the NHS‚ Local Authorities‚ employers‚ voluntary groups and anyone else involved in delivering care and promoting wellbeing. The recommendations that

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    Zika Outbreaks In Brazil

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    best way to estimate how threatening and common this virus can be. Epidemiological studies have reported a total of 44 countries which had Zika outbreaks from 2007 to 5 February 2016. This includes 33 countries that reported transmission in between 2015 and 2016. The most affected countries are Brazil with up to 1‚482‚701 cases reported since the outbreak began and Colombia with 20‚297 cases reported (up to 23 January 2016). Since the country’s first cases were detected in October 2015‚ there has

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    chose to learn more about was Oklahoma NW Oklahoma Wildfire Outbreak. My family’s home burned down when I was a junior in high school so I can readily relate to fire disasters. Our home fire‚ however‚ was electrical and not a natural disaster. Our house had to be completely redone and we were out of our home for six months. I cannot imagine having the stress of knowing that your house was in the path of the fire. The Oklahoma Wildfire Outbreak occurred on March 6‚ 2017 and was declared on the disaster

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    London Cholera Outbreak

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    How does an individual get cholera? "A person can get cholera by drinking water or eating food contaminated with the cholera bacterium". With further research into the mapping of the 1854 London Cholera Outbreak

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    Ebola Outbreak Timeline

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    Ebola Outbreak Timeline     http://www.newsday.com/news/world/the­ebola­crisis­15­important­moments­in­2014­1. 9454173    December 6th‚ 2013: A two­year­old child died in Meliandou in southern Guinea and was  later identified as "patient zero". The virus remained localized until February 2014‚ when a  healthcare worker in a neighboring province died. First ebola patient ‚ the outbreak started  with patient zero contaminated two more people which caught the attention of the general  public once r

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