F.tularensis‚ the causative agent of tularemia‚ is a small‚ aerobic nonmotile‚ gram-negative cocco-bacillus. Tularemia also known as rabbit fever and deer fly fever is a zoonotic disease that humans typically acquire after skin or mucous membrane contact with tissues or body fluids of infected animals‚ or from bites of infected ticks (Pal‚2007). Tularemia was recognized in Japan in the early 1800’s and in Russia in 1926. Tularemia as a biological weapon is the difficulty in culturing and growing
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Tularemia is caused by the bacteria Francisella tularensis. It infects both animals and humans. According to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC‚ 2011)‚ transmission can be caused by the following: Bites from Deer flies and ticks‚ Skin contact with animals that are infected‚ Consuming contaminated water and meats‚ Inhaling contaminated aerosols or dust‚ Exposure in laboratories‚ and Bioterrorism Person to person transmission has not been reported. The disease is highly infectious
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Tularemia (Rabbit Fever‚ Deer-fly Fever) Tularemia is an infective disease caused by the gram negative bacteria Francisella tularensi (F. tularensis)‚ which is found in habitats limited to the Northern division. (misc.medscape.com)The disease got the name description in 1911 of a plague like illness found in ground squirrels in Tulare County‚ California‚ by Dr. Edward Francis. This bacteria is usually found in rabbits‚ and can also found in other small animals like rodents‚ muskrats‚ beavers‚ squirrels
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areas. It is now known that there is a life-threatening biological agent in the water system called tularemia. It is still unknown how it got into the water systems but together we will be able to work as a team to resolve the issue and protect the lives of the residents in this area. Many will ask what tularemia is because it is not a common life-threatening agent that many know about. Tularemia is an infectious
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Warfare in the United States With the rise of tension between countries such as North Korea and the United States‚ not only is the nuclear threat higher than ever but also a biological warfare threat. With lethal bacteria such as Anthrax or Tularemia being used as a primary threat in today’s century‚ what shall the United States do to prepare for the possibility of a biological attack? In order for the United States to be prepared for a terrorists attack with biological usage‚ they shall take
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A DOCUMENTORY REPORT AND PRESENTATION ON Bioterrorism and Its Impacts Seminar on Contemporary Issues in Management Module: - 3 Submitted to INDUKAKA IPCOWALA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT (I2IM) M.B.A PROGRAMME Constituent of Charotar University of Science and Technology Presented by SWETANG PANCHAL ROLL. NO. 09/ MBA/22 DECLARATION I‚ SWETANG R PANCHAL hereby declare that the DOCUMENTARY REPORT OF ‘SEMINAR ON CONTEMPORY ISSUES IN MANAGEMENT’ titled “BIOTERRORISM”
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Fever‚ Vomiting‚ nausea‚ head ache and joint pain 7. What bacterium causes Lyme’s disease? Borrelia 8. What is ‘erythema migrans?’ A rash seen in early stage of Lyme disease. 9. Find a disease transmitted by rabbits and list 2 symptoms. Tularemia and the two symptoms are sweats and fever 10. What are symptoms of guinea worm disease? Fever‚ swelling‚ pain in the area 11. How long can a guinea worm grow? 2-3 feet 12. Describe lymphocytic filariasis. A parasitic disease caused by the African
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bioactive substances and infection materials. Insects (mosquitos‚ flies‚ fleas‚ chiggers‚ ticks‚ lice‚ etc.) have always been the vectors of infections: plague‚ malaria‚ filariasis‚ leishmaniasis‚ trypanosomiasis‚ spotted fever‚ borreliosis‚ tularemia‚ babesiosis‚ viral encephalitis and many others. They introduce the bacterial‚ viral and protozoan pathogens to human skin – the cover of extravascular compartment. The history of vaccination also is the history of inoculating infectious materials
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What bacterium causes Lyme’s disease? Borrelia 8. What is ‘erythema migrans?’ A rash often seen in the early stage of Lyme disease 9. Find a disease transmitted by rabbits and list 2 symptoms. Tularemia it gives you sweats and fever. 10. What are symptoms of guinea worm disease? There are usually no symptoms until about a year after infection. Before the worm comes out the person may develop a fever‚ swelling‚ and pain in the
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It’s an actual skin infection with Borrelia burgdorferi. It is also the only manifestation of Lymes disease that allows clinical diagnosis in the absence of laboratory confirmation. 9. Find a disease transmitted by rabbits and list 2 symptoms. Tularemia is a disease transmitted by rabbits and its symptoms are fever and diarrhea. 10. What are symptoms of guinea worm disease? fever‚ swelling and pain in the area that the worm is about to come out of. 11. How long can a guinea worm grow? 2-3 feet
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