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    March 7, 2016. It is a current article, so the research is up-to-date. The website referenced twelve organizations. The website referenced National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the Federal Railroad Administration, and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. The references are current, and the information is…

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    This shows that Mary Mallon was a healthy carrier of typhoid, revealing to scientists just how dangerous asymptomatic carriers can be. This discovery is important, because it shows how some people may spread a disease without explicit symptoms, showing why everyone should always stay hygienic to avoid subconsciously spreading a disease. In Coronavirus, healthy carriers also spread disease without symptoms. But thanks to the discovery of asymptomatic carriers in typhoid, the general public was…

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    According to Mckeown’s perspective what governor Christ Christie did was the right response to an uncertainty. Even if the nurse was asymptomatic at the moment that she arrived to the airport this does not change the fact that she could have developed the disease in a future and spread the virus. There is also the possibility that the nurse could have become an asymptomatic carrier for the virus. Also, I do believe that scientists were too careless when the director of the CDC spoke about the…

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    determine if either partner is a carrier of a genetic disease. Preconception genetic screening can identify asymptomatic carriers of genetic disorders…

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    My current bf is my second sexual partner, so I'm not promiscuous; I know exactly who was the possible carrier (my idiot exbf, haha, I'll forgive him, since he would never know if he had HPV). Even though it's a very minor problem to me, I'm going to tell my BF as I don't want to hide anything from him. I'll give him all the following information and give…

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    Cytomegalovirus (CMV)

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    pathogen called human herpes virus 5 (HHV5)[5]. It can infect many organs and is commonly asymptomatic[1]. Once infected with CMV, patients will carry the infection for life, as the virus could remain latent in white blood cells of our body with and without the demonstration of symptoms[1]. The virus can be reactivated during other illness or stress, this may occur with or without symptoms[1]. CMV carriers shed the virus through body secretions, such as breast milk, saliva, semen etc[1]. So CMV…

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    The health officials in New York were aware of other typhoid carriers, but did not quarantine all of them. Many of these typhoid carriers were out in the communities while Mary Mallon was quarantined on an island. (site article here). The health department did not show any empathy, compassionate or respect towards Mary Mallon’s situation. No one bother to communicate with Mary what it meant to be a carrier of this disease, in lieu she was offered to have her gallbladder removed. She…

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    Seasonal Influenza Essay

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    attention has been directed toward whether bacterial physiology and gene regulation change during influenza infection. Approximately 30% of the population in developed countries are persistent asymptomatic carriers of S. aureus within the nares and an additional 16% are classified as intermittent carriers (Nouwen et al., 2004). Furthermore, advances in culture-independent techniques have dispelled the historic notion that the lung is a sterile environment and have provided evidence that…

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    Bacterial infections have plagued man for centuries. Some of the oldest pathogens, Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi.is known as Salmonella Typhi and students could confuse them with any other of the many many forms of Salmonella enterica at first glance. We know this bacterium as the cause of Typhoid. In the world of microbiology, it is known to be gram negative, it does not hold the violet dye in testing. It is both aerobic and anaerobic. In other words, it is a facultative anaerobe. It…

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    Equine Research Paper

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    breeding, but can also be transmitted by aerosol, venereal, congenital routes or indirect contact from fomites. In addition, stallions can be carriers of EVA and will continue to shed the virus in their semen. EVA is not a zoonotic or reportable disease. Clinical signs of EVA may often be difficult to detect due to the fact that in many cases the host is asymptomatic. When symptoms are noticeable, the following may be observed: fever, leukopenia, depression, anorexia, limb edema, and edema of…

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