INTRODUCTION
The center for disease control (CDC) dates EHEC O157:H7 transmission to 1982.9 Its spread started with person to person contact and waterborne infection. Worldwide, incident rate ranges from 1 – 30 per 100,000 person with an increasing number of cases. About 73,000 persons are affected every year in the United States with about 67 death yearly 6. In Canada, in the town of Walkerton with 5000 people, an outbreak was reported with an estimated 2500 people affected 16. Germany has the highest fatality from all outbreaks worldwide with an estimated 4000 people affected and 71 deaths between 2010 and 201115.
With the high number of cases per year, preventive measures against the disease should be considered. This includes sanitary
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EHEC is an infection of public health importance globally and curbing its emergence will reduce incidence rate and decrease morbidity and consequent mortality of especially the under-five infants.
Escherichia coli (E.coli) is a bacterium mostly found in the gastrointestinal tracts of humans and animals, and one of the most important causes of diarrhea worldwide. Its pathogenicity depends largely on the strain causing the infection. Although several strains of E.coli have been isolated over the years, the E coli 0157:H7 remains unarguably the strain with the most significant public health problems in the United State after its outbreak in 1982 (most other strains are harmless) 5. The EHEC O157:H7 can survive in unfavorable acidic environment (pH 4.4) and usually grows and withstand temperatures up to 50 degree Celsius, hence it is usually destroyed by a much higher temperature, as high as 70degree Celsius.
DESCRIPTION
General Information
Escherichia coli from the genus of Escherichia is a rod shaped bacterium with a size of about 2.0 micrometers long and 0.25–1.0 micrometer in diameter, having a cell volume of 0.6–0.7 μm3. E.coli is a gram negative bacterium (does not retain its primary
1. Understanding epidemiologic concepts of the chain of transmission of organisms from host to victim, describe how EH could have been infected.
The Great Plague or “Black Death” was the second pandemic, originating in China in 1334. It spread along trade routes to Constantinople then to Europe where it wiped out 60% of the population. It was reported at one point there wasn’t enough survivors to bury those who had
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This plague was more recent than the others. It occurred in 1855 to the 1950s, only in China and India it killed more than 12 million people (Frater). The Third Pandemic was still considered active until 1959 when worldwide fatalities fell to 200 deaths per year (“The History”).
E. coli or Escherichia coli are a kind of bacteria that affects the intestinal or the digestive system of a human being, which can even lead to death. It is one of the subgroup of fecal coliform bacteria. E. coli O157:H7 is that toxic microorganism or bacteria which causes the intestinal disease in the human beings which is most likely to last about a week. The common symptoms of these diseases are that the patient will have diarrhea with blood (Clermont, Bonacorsi and Bingen 2000). However, the serve cases of this disease may lead to kidney problems, which can lead to death especially when the patient is a child or an elderly person. That is, it can act severely in those patients who have does not have a strong immune system. Some types of E. coli are normally found in the intestines of people and animals
Escherichia coli, or E. coli, is a common bacterium that can be found in diverse environments all over the planet, including the gastrointestinal tracts of animals and humans. Many of these strains of E. Coli are essential mechanisms in the digestive tract, while others are pathogens that can cause complications in urinary and intestinal tracts. (Payne & Sparks) In research, E. Coli is commonly used as a model organism, meaning they are widely studied by scientists for a variety of purposes due to their experimental advantages. E. Coli is comparatively simple, and there are many advantages to studying these prokaryotic cells in the fields of biochemistry and molecular biology. E. Coli has this simplicity and is relatively easy to propagate in a lab environment. Their genome has been completely sequenced and many things we know about DNA, protein synthesis, and gene linkage have been derived from studies regarding this particular organism. (Cooper)
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2. List what it is caused by (specific scientific and common names of the organism: Escherichia coli
A Center for Disease Control Director (CDC) role is well defined. Thus far, the director of the CDC primary purpose is to nurture the public through an epidemic or a pandemic. It is essential for the director of the CDC to contribute to communication as much as possible. Furthermore, resources are vital when health threats are imminent and demonstrator threats. An essential point as a director of the CDC is national and state security. Nevertheless, a CDC director uses innovative security to control and confront all possible threats or attacks.
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What’s more, the last known case occurred in the United States in 1949 and due to global vaccination, this disease has been completely
the past 30 years, even in populations of people who have been vaccinated against the
The world has experienced a total of four pandemics within the twentieth century. These pandemics, as horrific and deadly as they are, have brought so much more positive advances to our health care system and how we prepare for biological threats. Although we are in the twenty-first century and we have advanced so far in healthcare, there is still the possibility of a deadly pandemic.