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multifocalleukoencephalopathy (PML) HIV-related encephalopathy Chronic intestinal cryptosporidiosis (>1 month in duration) Chronic intestinal isosporiasis, (>1 month in duration) Pulmonary or extrapulmonary Mycobacterium tuberculosis Recurrent (nontyphoid) Salmonella septicemia HIV wasting syndrome (involuntary…

(not quantity) of a baby’s nutrition before birth that lays the foundation for good health in later life” (2015). Therefore, it is considered that during pregnancy, women should have a balanced diet and should avoid any food that have the risk of salmonella for example, soft or blue cheese and raw meat. If they do, this can cause a miscarriage, premature labour or illness to the mother and the baby. Doctors recommend for the mother to take folic acid tablets because this helps the development of…

Bacteria! They're everywhere, and they are usually harmful. But did you know that some bacteria are actually good for you?.. Good bacteria, called Probiotics, are friendly to the human body, and actually are very important to have inside of us. While many of us have heard of probiotics some people are still unsure or even confused as to exactly what they are and what they do. I have been asked number of times to provide some clarity on this subject. The following is a Q & A of the most common…

Before you check out the benefits of Taste of the Wild Dry Dog Food, please know that it is a very popular brand because of its all natural grain-free ingredients, and one of the top selling dog food brands online. Why choose Taste of the Wild Dry Dog Food, Hi Prairie Canine Formula with Roasted Bison & Venison? This dog food offers so many health benefits for your pet. It comes with all natural components, which means that there is no artificial flavoring, making it ideal for daily use. In…

CEE 467 – ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY NAME: ERICK PEREIRA DANTAS DATE: SEPTEMBER 4th, 2014 PROFESSOR: DR. MORTEZA ABBASZADEGAN TA: LAUREN MCBURNETT LABORATORY #2 – BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF WATER: MOST PROBABLE NUMBER TEST AND MEMBRANE FILTRATION METHOD ABSTRACT: The most probable number (MPN) test and the membrane filter (MF) method have as goal to detect and estimate the presence of coliforms in a sample. Their importance in the field of environmental engineering is to support…

In 2014, one of the most talked about subject was the deadly disease, Ebola. As Ebola became more contained, a new disease broke out, causing panic this past summer. The Zika virus has no cure and is spread to humans through the bite of infected mosquitoes, mainly affecting pregnant women and their unborn child. Though Ebola and the Zika virus are very different from one another in who they affect and how, they share one common factor in that they are both zoonotic diseases (Zoonotic, 2006).…

We are bombarded with commercials from the dairy industry telling us that milk is one of the best sources of nutrition and is essential for good health. One popular advertising slogan with various pictures: a baby, a muscular man and even Uncle Sam. We have been told cow’s milk is a “perfect food” that helps build healthy bodies and strong bones. Commercials and nutritional guidelines have long us that we should all consume dairy products daily, beginning at birth, as the advertisement in Fig. 1…

Due to the small, congested space where the animals live in industrial meat factories, it is easy for various diseases and bacteria to spread, such as bovine spongiform encephalopathy, also known as mad cow disease, E.Coli, and salmonella. For example, the Angell Animal Medical center website states that chicken sheds called “grower houses” confine up to “20000 chickens at a density of approximately 130 square inches per bird. To reduce the effects of confinement, breeder chickens…

I. Introduction From World War I to shortly after World War II, the Western world created numerous significant treaties and agreements including the Treaty of Versailles, the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, and The Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare, otherwise known as the Geneva Protocol. However, the Geneva Protocol is one of the most comprehensive and arguably successful agreements to come from the time…

Man has used biological weapons such as poisons for assassinating enemies for hundreds of years. Since the beginning of time, biological warfare has been a preferred method to annihilate populations at a time. Biological warfare, also known as germ warfare, is described as using biological agents like bacteria, viruses and fungi as biological weapons on a large scale to defeat the enemy. The main intention of such is to cause casualties by the medium of air, water, cattle or crops. The history…