Arthropods Lab Report

Introduction: Papular pruritic eruption (PPE) is the most common cutaneous manifestation of HIV, and is recognized as a WHO Clinical Stage 2 disease of HIV. PPE has a reported prevalence of 11-46% depending on geographic region, and is most commonly reported in African countries, Haiti, Brazil, and Thailand, and is less common in European and North American countries. PPE is characterized by multiple discrete skin-colored or erythematous urticarial papules symmetrically distributed on the body

of public health importance (1). Aedes albopictus is known to have both field and laboratory proven vector competence for a number of emerging and re-emerging viruses including chikungunya virus (CHIKV) and dengue virus (DENV). CHIKV and DENV are arthropod-borne (arboviruses) viruses transmitted by the Aedes genus (4). Dengue is considered the most important arboviral disease in the world affecting 390 million people every year (5, 6), and CHIKV has continued to conquer new territories; charting an

Prevention (Heather)………………………………………………………………….................8-9 Vaccine (Heather)………………………………………………………………………………...10 Conclusion(Heather)……………………………………………………………………………...11 Dengue Fever, a tropical arbovirus infection (viruses transmitted by arthropods to humans), is an emerging viral disease infecting approximately 100 million individuals globally (52% at risk) per year living in dengue-risk areas, primarily tropical urban areas and subtropical ones.1 Most cases are commonly distributed and

This paper explores how M.R.Carey exaggerates the evolution and real biological details of the “Zombie Ant” fungus, Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, in order to create an exciting, horrifying story, The Girl with All the Gifts. In Carey’s zombie apocalypse novel, biologist Dr. Caldwell explains that the fungus has taken a leap from ant hosts to humans, turning them into “hungries” (54). The next stretch Carey makes is how the fungus affects its host. Infected ants bite leaves and hang on, but hungries

isolated in a group of primates that had been imported from the Philippines to a research laboratory in Reston, Virginia. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, within weeks, the same virus was isolated during similar outbreaks in labs in Pennsylvania, Texas and Siena, Italy. In each case, the affected animals had been imported from a facility in the Philippines. (CDC, 2008) The four species that are pathogenic to humans are Zaire, Sudan, Tai Forest and Bundibugyo.

single human, dog, and cow on the face of the earth? When I found that out, I thought it was very interesting, so I decided to do a report on it. If you keep reading, you'll find out what I've found out. Who funds the making of chemical or biological weapons? The answer is many people. However… the government is the main source of money. For example, they make labs built to find defenses against new chemical or biological weapons. The catch is

1. Literature Review Capacity of a soil to function in supporting important ecosystems without producing a negative interaction with the environment is referred to as soil quality (Larson and Pierce, 1991). This concept integrates physical, chemical and biological properties of the soil (Idowu et al, 2009). As there is an increased awareness regarding the impact of soil management on environmental quality and production of agriculture (Doran and Parkin, 1994), this concept of soil quality has gained