Q Fever is an infection caused by Coxiella burnetii. This infection commonly infects livestock such as sheep, goats and cattle. Infection can be transmitted to human from animal waste, infected animals’ birth products or direct contact with an infected animal. Infection in humans usually occurs via inhalation of infected droplets or infected barnyard dust. Hypothesis: The Q Fever outbreak was caused by the use of contaminated fertilizer by A B C Landscaping Company. The fertilizer was acquired from a local factory farm. ABC Landscaping clients include the premier country clubs/Golf course on the west coast as well as many of estates in the surrounding area. The members of the country club are predominately white males between the ages
‘Spillover’ by David Quammen is most definitely one of the more unique, yet applicable novels I have read in quite some time. As someone who is interested in attending pharmacy school and ultimately dealing with disease and sickness for the rest of my life, I found it very mesmerizing to learn about how certain zoonotic diseases came to be. With that said, I’ll go right into the first chapter: “Pale Horse”. This chapter focuses on the virus now known as Hendra. It started in a place known as Brisbane, Australia (more specifically a northern suburb known as Hendra) in 1994 where some horses began experiencing the disease. This also ultimately led to some human infections, some of which causes fatalities. Vic Rail, a horse trainer, was the first human to fatally experience Hendra
Rocky Mountain spotted fever is caused by a type of bacteria called Rickettsia rickettsii. This type of bacteria is carried by American dog ticks and Rocky Mountain wood ticks. People get infected through a bite from a tick that is infected with the bacteria. The bite is painless and frequently goes unnoticed.
contributor to the disease’s spread. Some have linked the outbreak to the anti-vaccination movement – a
Public health is an essential aspect of every community. Public health’s goal is to promote health and safety in the community (Nies & McEwen, 2015). There are many members of the public health team. According to the Outbreak at Watersedge activity public health team members consist of epidemiologists, health planners, lab technicians, health educators, public health nurses and doctors, environmental health specialists, and public health information officers (University of Minnesota, 2007). A public health nurse’s main goal is protecting the health in his or her community (Bekemeier, Linderman, Kneipp, Zahner, 2014). The activity discussed that during a disease outbreak, it is important for the nurse in a public
Christensen AM, Pietralzyck E, Brooks C, et al. An interstate outbreak of tick-borne relapsing fever among vacationers at a Rocky Mountain cabin. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1998:58(6):743-7. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.58.743
Because of the rapid circulation of this “virus”, it was inevitable that Valley High School’s own students would become exposed to such an ailment.
A typical day here includes large pickup trucks roaming around town picking up and dropping off infected corpses. The CDC (The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) has provided the indigenous people with treatment facilities, medication and staff to help diminish the severity of the outbreak. The townspeople have took it
One of our bucket calves this year caught pink eye. Pinkeye is a very painful virus any type of animal can catch, including humans. Pinkeye is caused by a bacteria that infects the surface of the eye. A problem with M. Bovis is that it can spread easily and rapidly. It is difficult to control the pink eye virus because of face flies. Face Flies are flies that spread M. Bovis. The flies are attracted to the tearing that is produced by the infected eye. The fly then picks up the virus and can transfer it to other animals. The flies can infect a whole herd of cattle in a day, so it is best to treat the virus as quickly as possible. Because we have two calves in one barn, we had to treat the virus immediately.
This is a contagious bacterial disease that is transmitted through the air(respiratory) or by person-to-person contact, and is often accompanied by fever and delirium, headache, weakness, and cough. If not treated early enough, the recipient may go into septic shock and die. Antibiotics are effective in the treatment of this type of disease.
A study of Hong Kong cases revealed that several factors contributed to the spread and treatment of this virus. These included weather, quarantine, personal protective gear, and possibly animal transmission (Lin, Yee-Tak Fong, Zhu, & Karlberg, 2005).
Hospital records were examined, and those with diagnosed RS with the precedent viral illness were selected as cases. In these studies, school classmates were matched as controls based upon age, sex, and antecedent of illness. Second, an additional study conducted in Michigan examined the relationship between juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and RS. Cases were selected via medical records from the Division of Diseases Surveillance at the Michigan Department of Public Health between 1982 and 1983. Those with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, long-term aspirin therapy, and RS were compared to cases ex RS. In 1982, an animal study examined RS symptoms in ferrets, aspirin ingestion, and an arginine deficient diet. This experimental study was divided into eight groups, differing between a control, influenza, aspirin, and arginine diet and the combination of exposures. Another study examined medical records from the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children in Sydney, Australia for cases of RS. The population was examined for detailed medical records and the Centers for Disease Control case definition of RS. Lastly, an additional study in Australia compared cases of RS to controls matched for age, date seen at the hospital, and symptoms. Noted there are countless other studies, commentaries, and reviews regarding RS and aspirin, these are just a
There has been a large outbreaks of yellow fever and everyone in a warm climate is at risk. There has been ample
n those who are not vaccinated, symptoms would be fever and not feeling well for a day or two before pox begin to appear, usually on the torso, head or neck first. The pox will then develop into blisters that will eventually scab & heal. In vaccinated children who are susceptible, there may or may not be fever. When the pox appear, they will likely not ever develop blisters, so they don't look like the typical chicken pox, but the body distribution is the
A number of studies have supported the theory that the virus had originally occurred in animals previous to human infections.5 The MERs-CoV virus is a type of coronavirus that has been known for infecting both birds and many species of mammals. These types of infections are commonly referred to as zoonotic diseases because the pathogens are able to be transferred from animals to humans. Zoonosis can happen with or without a vector in order to spread the infection. Although the exact origin of the MERs-CoV infections is unknown, there has been convincing research performed that has found related types of coronaviruses in bats and camels. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the coronavirus is found in multiple species and can cause respiratory illness and gastrointestinal upset.