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Bordetella Pertussis Just like the flu, pertussis is one of the many communicable disease that has recently broke out, causing numerous amounts of deaths and infections of the American people. “ Annually, more than 50 million cases of pertussis, including 600,000 deaths are reported worldwide”(Center for Biotechnology, Anna University). Pertussis is very contagious, the bacterial disease is also known as “whooping cough”. Whooping Cough is a upper respiratory infection…

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 TUBERCULOSIS Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium tuberculosis. TB is a major global health problem and it ranks alongside Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) as a leading cause of death worldwide. According to the estimates of WHO global tuberculosis report of 2015, there were 9.6 million people who developed TB and 1.5 million who died from the disease in 2014. 1.2 TRANSMISSION AND PATHOGENESIS OF TB TB infection occurs when…

HIV Infection Stages HIV infection can be transmitted through few ways such as sexual contact and blood transfusion. Once a person gets infected, he will normally interact with three stages of infection which are known as acute, chronic (the latent or asymptomatic) and finally AIDS (1). When there is no treatment, HIV infection will progress from one stage to another and weaken the immune system during this process until it finally reaches AIDS. However, HIV medicines and antiretroviral therapy…

Rabies Virus Rabies is a virus that causes many problems with the central nervous system and everything else in the body (Rabies, Eden). It is a bullet shaped cell with a tail that causes many symptoms. The only way to live from rabies is a vaccine and the only way to be less likely to get it is a pre-exposure vaccine (Rabies, Eden). The Rabies Virus affects the central nervous system, which is the brain, spinal cord, and the nerves that attach to the spinal cord. The central nervous system…

Lupus affects each individual patient with wide variety of complaints. Some patients have only a few mild symptoms; some have severe symptoms. Symptoms as with other autoimmune disease may vary. They may have a period of remission wherein there are no symptoms or very limited symptoms. But, at times patient may go through excessive symptoms – known as “Flare-ups” 1. Fatigue: All patient with Lupus experience some amount of fatigue. Patient may report taking afternoon naps. Even some doctors may…

A disease for canines is Parvovirus, which is an oral, contagious disease of canines that strikes at the body’s reproducing cells. The blood carries the disease to the digestive tract where it sheds the virus in the feces. Canines at any age can contract this disease, especially unvaccinated adults or puppies. The infection can be transmitted between canines, or on any object that comes in contact with infected canine’s feces. In any area where the canine sleeps, eats, or plays can be an…

virus. As the film first starts off, Dr. Francis whose working for the CDC heads over to Africa to study the Ebola Fever. The Ebola outbreak was controlled before it reached further distance of the outside world, but it was a warning for worse to come. HIV, also known as Human Immunodeficiency Virus is a virus that attacks the immune system. After time, when the immune system becomes much weaker it turns into AIDS, also known as Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. Our immune system is one of our…

Did you know that The Zika virus is only is not deadly to all people? It’s only deadly to babies when the mother is pregnant and she is infected with the virus. Zika only causes small side effects. Zika is a disease that is injected through a mosquito bite or is passed on through connection through the body. The Zika Virus was created in Uganda, it’s not very dangerous, and there are ways to avoid catching it. Furthermore, the Zika virus was discovered about 50 years ago. Zika was founded in…

Based upon your comprehensive understanding of course readings and videos, choose a specific agent (CBRN) that you learned about in the course. Discuss the technical aspects of the specific agent, discuss your opinion (supported by course material) on the future threats using such an agent, and discuss possible prevention methods to diminish the risk or threat of an attack. Over the last eight weeks there was a lot of information in regards to the realm of all things CBRN. Walking in with…

injected into another person's body, so many diseases are potentially being spread that can lead to an increase of deaths in the area. Some of these diseases include; Necrotising Fasciitis, Septic Thrombophlebitis, Thrombophlebitis, Cellulitis, Tetanus, HIV (human immunodeficiency virus), and Hepatitis. All of these diseases have a negative impact on the life of the person who is infected and some can even affect those who are close to the user.…