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Infectious Disease Essays and Term Papers
Antibiotic Resistance 2During 1997, an event doctors had been fearing finally occurred. In three geographically separate patients, an often deadly bacterium, Staphylococcus aureus, responded poorly to a once reliable antidote--the antibiotic vancomycin. Fortunately, in those patients, the bacteria remained susceptible ...
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AIDS(acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) is a disease caused by a
virus- HIV (human immunodiciency virus). The first cases in this country came to
light in the early eighties. Although the origins of remains uncertain it
is thought to have emerged decades ago in sub-Saharan Africa. There is ...
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Mononucleosis 3Infectious mononucleosis -- known popularly as "mono" or "the kissing disease" -- has been recognized for more than a century. An estimated 90 percent of mononucleosis cases are caused by the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a member of the herpes virus group. Most of the remaining cases are caused by ...
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MononucleosisInfectious -- known popularly as "mono" or "the kissing disease" -- has been recognized for more than a century. An estimated 90 percent of cases are caused by the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a member of the herpes virus group. Most of the remaining cases are caused by certain other herpes ...
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Bubonic PlaguePlague, was a term that was used in the Middle Ages to describe all fatal epidemic diseases, but now it is only applied to an infectious, contagious disease of rodents and humans. In humans, plague occurs in three forms: , pneumonic plague, and septicemic plague. The best known form is the and it ...
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The Promises Of DNA VaccinesDNA Vaccines
One of the most important health advances of the 20th Century has been immunization, and except for safe drinking water, vaccinology has more effectively reduced mortality than any other modality and reducing many infectious diseases to rare occurrences (Simmerman pg). For ...
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PoliovirusPoliovirus infects human cells by binding to an immunoglobulin-like receptor, CD155, (also known as the poliovirus receptor (PVR))[9][10] on the cell surface.[11] Interaction of poliovirus and CD155 facilitates an irreversible conformational change of the viral particle necessary for viral ...
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Animal ResearchFor the past 20 years, there has a been an on going heated
debate on whether experiments on animals for the benefit of medical and scientific research is ethical.
Whether it is or isn't, most people believe that some form of cost-benefit test should be performed
to determine if the action is ...
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Creating The Safest Classroom And Lab AtmosphereThe Findings of the Legal/Safety Group After being dubbed the legal
group, Chris, John, Jen, Jens, and Spencer began thinking about what this
title meant. After talking about the meaning of our group, both to each
other and to professor Sidebotham, it was concluded that the semantics
behind legal ...
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AIDS And YouIntroduction:
AIDS is a life and death issue. To have the AIDS disease is at present a
sentence of slow but inevitable death. I've already lost one friend to
AIDS. I may soon lose others. My own sexual behavior and that of many of
my friends has been profoundly altered by it. ...
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Genetically Engineered FoodsThe use of genetically engineering in agriculture and food production has an impact, not only on the environment and biodiversity, but also on human health. Therefore, thorough biosafety assessment requires, not only an evaluation of environmental impacts of genetically engineered organisms, but ...
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AIDS And YOU(May 1987)
(this essay is in the public domain)
Introduction:
AIDS is a life and death issue. To have the AIDS disease is at
present a sentence of slow but inevitable death. I've already lost one
friend to AIDS. I may soon lose others. My own sexual behavior and that of
many of my friends has ...
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Genetically Engineered FoodsIntroduction
The use of genetically engineering in agriculture and food production has an impact, not only on the environment and biodiversity, but also on human health. Therefore, thorough biosafety assessment requires, not only an evaluation of environmental impacts of genetically engineered ...
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Aids 4AIDS stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Disease. It is caused by a virus.
The disease originated somewhere in Africa about 30 years ago. There it first appeared as a mysterious ailment afflicting primarily heterosexuals of both sexes. It probably was spread primarily by female prostitutes ...
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All You Need To Know About AIDSIntroduction:
AIDS is a life and death issue. To have the AIDS disease is at
present a senten,ce of slow but inevitable death. I've already lost
one friend to AIDS. I may soon lose others. My own sexual behavior and
that of many of my friends has been profoundly altered by it. ...
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Cirrhosis Of The LiverThe Three categories of disease are very different from one another. Communicable, Chronic and Degenerative and Hereditary and Genetic Disorders all have their own types of treatments and or cures and are all spread differently.
Communicable diseases are diseases caused by pathogens that can be ...
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Sickle Cell AnemiaThe problem is that affects about 72,000 Americans in the United States. is an inherited disease in which the body is unable to produce normal hemoglobin, an iron-containing protein. Abnormal hemoglobin can morph cells that can become lodged in narrow blood vessels, blocking oxygen from ...
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Drinking Water ContaminationDue to the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), America's drinking water is safer than it has been in decades, and of better quality than that of many other countries. Accordingly, many Americans believe that while people elsewhere may have reason to be concerned about getting sick from contaminated ...
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Gene TherapyMore than 4,000 diseases are thought to be related to mutated genes that are inherited from one or both parents. But whether a gene actually triggers a disease can be dependent on a variety of factors, including lifestyle and the environment.
Genetic testing can determine if a person has a ...
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