Infection control

Did you know about fifty-one percent of people die of anthrax a year? Anthrax is a serious infectious illness caused by a microbe called Bacillus anthracis that lives in soil. The good thing about anthrax that it is hard to get in the United States. Anthrax history has been widely more common in 2001. It was first discovered from ancient origins in 1250 BC. Anthrax is known as one of the worst biological attacks in the country. So far anthrax has attacked resulted in five deaths and 17 illness…

According to the World Health Organization, Ebola first appeared in 1976 in two simultaneous outbreaks, in Nzara, Sudan, and in Yambuku, Democratic Republic of Congo. The latter was in a village situated near the Ebola River, from which the disease takes its name. Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a severe, often fatal illness in humans, and disease outbreaks have a fatality rate of up to 90 per cent (Leroy, 2004). The infectious disease is transmitted to people as a result of direct contact with…

Reflective Learning and Writing, Assessment 2 Step 1 In this reflective learning task it will discuss why poor countries have a predominance of infectious diseases as opposed to the lifestyle-related diseases of wealthy countries. Such as obesity, diabetes, lung cancer, alcohol and drug use. This reflective learning task will also include my opinion of the global health inequalities that exist currently and how we can resolve them. For examples poverty, hygiene, access, wealth, resources,…

kidney, brain, heart and lungs. There are multiple forms and types of lupus, no two cases are the same. Studies show that lupus results from a mixture of your genetics, hormones, and climate. There are certain potential triggers such as sunlight, infections, and medications. However, the cause for lupus is still unknown. Symptoms and signs may develop thought a life span or very rapidly. The severity and length of the symptoms fluctuates as well. The most distinctive sign of lupus is a…

hypothesized that the increase in transmission is because of tourists traveling to sporting events in South America. Information was collected and observed and the findings supported the fact that climate change was to blame for the increase in infections and transmission of the Zika virus around the world. It is important that scientists take this virus serious and try to take action against it. There is always going to be a problem with bacteria and viruses…

Introduction: Viral infections can affect many things, including bacteria. When bacteria undergo infections from a virus that virus is called a bacteriophage. After a bacteriophage infects a bacteria it can create two different phases, the lytic or lysogenic cycles. During a lytic stage the bacteriophage causes death to the bacteria. When this happens on an agar plate covered in bacteria it creates a clear spot known as a plaque. Each plaque is created by one virus so from the number of plaques…

noses always use gloves, wash hands often, do not share food, drink, disinfect mouthed toys, teach children to cover mouth when sneezing or coughing, throw away used tissues in a covered trash can etc. Disease: Whooping cough – serious respiratory infection caused by pertussis bacteria that causes violent coughing. This is a Life threatening and highly contagious disease for younger kids. Spread through air and fluids by sneezing, coughing and droplet spread and when children are less immune…

Should the use of antibiotics be restricted? Antibiotics are a drug that is prescribed from a doctor to a patient to provide faster fighting in a bacterial infection (2). Bacteria can grow and reproduce fast, thus creating a challenge for your immune system to be able to fight them off. Bacteria are classified as prokaryotes and can survive in extreme conditions (3). Bacteria are more commonly know as “germs” (3). There are many advantages and disadvantages if our government decides to restrict…

This mosquito carries the virus without being affected and transmits it while feeding. About 80% of people infected with Zika virus have no symptoms. The events that take place after infection are generally mild and evolve for about 2-5 days. A rash appears later on and it is sometimes accompanied by fever and headaches or retro-orbital pain. Other symptoms include joint or muscle pain and hyperemia conjunctival in which the sclera of…

Bacteroides fragilis by preventing the turnover of elongation factor G (EF-G) from the ribosome. It is inactive on most gram-negative bacteria. Fucidin is generally prescribed to treat common skin infections as impetigo contagiosa, angular cheilitis, infected dermatitis and erythrasma and secondary skin infections such as infected wounds and infected burns. The Fucidin ointment has the same effectiveness as the the cream however it contains sodium fusidate, which is the sodium salt of Fusidic…