What are the characteristics that distinguish pandemic disease from epidemic disease? Name some examples of notorious pandemics that occurred in history. Why did the "Spanish Flu" of 1918 qualify as a pandemic? List at least five...
DPneumonia pathogen infects alveoli whereas the common cold affects nose and respiratory passage but not the lungs (a) Name the causative agent of typhoid in humans. (b) Name the test administered to confirm the disease. (c) How does the pathogen gain entry into the human body ? Write the...
The antifungal activity of Jatropha curcas leaves used by traditional medicine practitioners against the three major Dermatophytes - Trichophyton, Microsporum, Epidermophyton together with Malassezia furfur [the causative agent of Pityriasis versicolor (Eczema)], was studied by well-in-agar diffusion ...
syringae and a non-fluorescent Pseudomonas, are associated with the common leaf blight disease. However, the causative agent, X. campestris pv. dieffenbachiae, was found to be host specific producing symptoms of common leaf blight disease infection on dasheens and cocoyams and a hypersensitive ...
The causative agent, Candida albicans, is fungal in origin and Nystatin, given at a dose of 5000 IU/kg 3 times a day by mouth, is recommended as the treatment of choice.1 Wombats have developed their own unique adaption to an herbivorous diet. They maintain a single pair of upper and ...
Watery eyes (epiphora) is a common symptom associated with allergic and infectious rhinitis.38, 39 In children aged 7 years, 70% of cases of epiphora are related to allergic disease or URTIs.40 The nasolacrimal duct may be obstructed at its opening into the nose by inflammation and congestio...
Thus the first was measles; second, scarlet fever; third, rubella; forth, so-called Filatov-Dukes disease (no longer recognized as an entity); fifth, erythema infectiosum; and sixth, exanthema subitum. As more exanthems were described, numerical assignment became impractical....
This becomes further problematic as an association between antibiotic use in early life, dysbiosis of the neonatal intestinal microbiota and an increased risk of adverse short term- (e.g. NEC and LOS) and long term outcomes (e.g. asthma, inflammatory bowel disease and allergy) has been ...
Of note, animal M17058 presented with shallow breathing, unkempt coat, and a hunched posture for 2 days starting on day 14 post inoculation. This animal recovered but maintained shallow breathing until the end of the study (day 21). Disease severity was more pronounced in marmosets inoculated ...
Cutaneous and mucosal complications eventually occur in nearly all individu- als with HIV infection, and can be debilitating, disfiguring, and life-threatening. Their incidence increases with deteriorating immune function. Familiarity with cutaneous disease patterns in this population enables early diagnosis...