Quarantine Synthesis

Today in medicine doctors are rapidly isolating and distinguishing the many pathogenic microbes encountered daily within the environment. Public health has been affected from the faster identification of microorganisms by delivering an accurate analysis to patients in order to receive treatment of the disease in a timely manner. Due to the growing understanding of these organisms more have been easier to indicate to improve water quality. Also more methods have been developed for better treatment options from fecal bacteria in public water systems. Scientist has developed such specific methods of identifying the unknown organism to tell if the contamination has come from either a human, bird, or mammal. (Achtman et al., 2008)

This particular bacterium is not one that inhabits a specific geographical region as it colonizes within the human body. The disease is

Information to get you started is located in the case study section in the back of the book on page 134. Answer the three questions listed on page 135. (The first question begins with 1: Do you think that an infected …).

Maintaining healthy cultures is essential in achieving the proper outcome expected for this lab. Before preparation of vials, or observation of flies, the workbenches and equipment, such as brushes, pipets, and measuring tools were wiped down with 70% ethanol ,and fly pads, as well as Co2 guns, were thoroughly disinfected with kim wipes. Hands were required to be thoroughly washed with anti-bacterial soap and completely dry, especially before preparation of food. Distilled water and other required sources were regularly changed in order to maintain

They examine the dirty needle hypothesis. Name two other infectious diseases spread through dirty needles?

The pathogen in the NPR story was called Klebsiella pneumoniae, which is a Gram-negative coccobacilli, relatively small, (0.5-0.8/ 1-2um), does not form spores, and is easily fixed. ("Klebsiella Pneumoniae Morphology") This pathogen is arranged either singly or in pairs and clusters, and can be cultivated on ordinary media. On agar media, the bacteria forms grayish-white colonies which

In the world of microbiology it is vitally important to be able to discern the identities of microorganisms. Not only is it important in a lab setting but as well as in healthcare in general. Properly identify what strain of bacteria a person has will aid in the proper medicine and dose given. Throughout the semester we have learned about different types of bacteria and certain test that can clearly identify them. The purpose of this lab report is to identify a Gram-positive or Gram-negative bacterium. Using all the knowledge of procedures and lab techniques identify the unknown and discuss all the tests you performed.

After putting the CH2Cl2 to a beaker containing the drying agent anhydrous sodium sulfate, a sticky white solid was recovered.

In Shopping Our Way to Safety, Andrew Szasz argues against the actions of people that are only intended to take care of themselves and their loved ones. He claim that this type of behavior, although not intended to have larger impact on the world, actually does. The buying of inverted quarantine products creates a false sense of security against environmental hazards within consumers and generally leads to less urgency when it comes to actually fixing problems in a broader more political approach. He contends that as more individuals purchase inverted quarantine products, what ends up happening is the mass practice leading to the unintended consequence of political anesthesia.

After an incidence of an infectious disease has been ‘turned in to’ the Nebraska DHHS Public Health, Communicable Disease Division, as they obtain reports of it throughout the county, an investigation is performed and the report is filed. The investigation process typically encompasses educating the individual and their family members and action is taken to prevent further spread of the infection are part of their public health management. The individual’s physician is also notified of the diagnosis of the infectious virus, in which they physician will then notify the individual of the test

Bacteria are ubiquitous and ever changing, making the ability to identify unknown bacteria extremely important. Knowing a bacterium and its characteristics gives insight to how it responds to its environment and how it affects humans, which can affect the medical and pharmaceutical fields. The purpose of this lab was to determine an unknown bacterium through the use of varied approaches, to ultimately obtain more comprehensive results than a singular approach would. Approaches used in this lab include classical approaches, such as biochemical tests, staining and Bergey’s Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, as well as genomic approaches like isolation sequencing, polymerase chain reaction, electrophoresis, and a BLAST sequence database. It

Draw and label diagram on how this organism is transmitted. Make sure you include the reservoirs of infection, and vectors in involved in transmission, the type of transmission and the portals of entry and

French microbiologist, Louis Pasteur was the first person to invent a form of a vaccine for anthrax in the 19th century for individuals who worked with cattle. At that time, individuals were injected with a very small amount of the bacteria, so as to not cause them to become sick and therefore they would develop an immunity to the disease. The vaccine used today which is approved by the FDA was formulated in the 1960’s and is very controversial. In 1988 U.S. Military personnel received the vaccine on the onset of the Persian Gulf War. There were many side effects reported by the military as a result of giving this vaccine. Side effects including fevers, nausea and vomiting. The vaccine is not commercially available in the US. Only people who either work in a lab with the anthrax bacteria, workers who import animal hides and products where anthrax is common and military personnel can receive the anthrax vaccine. I hope the Center for Disease is taking into account that

This lab and its procedures are all about finding out the unknown identification of a given bacteria. The lab consists of specific techniques, tests, chemicals, and vocabulary that are necessary for the finding of the bacterial identity. A bacterium is randomly assigned and it is a group effort to find the bacteria name through many of its specialties and characteristics. An example of classifying it would be to determine whether the bacteria is catalase negative or positive, or if the species is gram negative or positive. This lab is of huge significance because of its medical microbiology connections. Scientists Gurtler and Stanisich explained the connections more eloquently. They stated, in their medical article, that, “Medical microbiology

Diagnosis and treatment; Even diagnosis of the disease causing microbe is taught so as to give right drug and combat infection effectively. The identification of