Microbiology with Diseases by Body System (4th Edition)
Microbiology with Diseases by Body System (4th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780321918550
Author: Robert W. Bauman Ph.D.
Publisher: PEARSON
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Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

Chapter 1, Problem 1EDCS, Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Ellen screamed obscenities as she staggered from the room and , example  1

Ellen screamed obscenities as she staggered from the room and collapsed in the hallway, jerking uncontrollably and unable to stand. Her parents were shocked that their kind, considerate, and lovable daughter had changed so drastically during the past year. Sadly, she couldn't even remember her siblings’ names.

Ellen had joined the nearly 200 people afflicted with variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD; what the media call “mad cow disease” because most humans with the condition acquired the pathogen from eating infected beef). Because vCJD affects the brain by slowly eroding nervous tissue and leaving the brain full of spongelike holes, the signs and symptoms of vCJD are neurological. Ellen's disease started with insomnia, depression, and confusion, but eventually it led to uncontrollable emotional and verbal outbursts, inability to coordinate movements, coma, and death. Typically, the disease lasts about a year, and there is no treatment.

Chapter 1, Problem 1EDCS, Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Ellen screamed obscenities as she staggered from the room and , example  2

Variant CJD resembles the rare genetic disorder Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (named for its discoverers), which is caused by a mutation and occurs in the elderly. The difference is that the variant form of CJD results from an acquired infection and often strikes and kills college-aged people, like Ellen in our story. For more about vCJD, see pp. 621-623.

  1. 1. The vCJD pathogen is primarily transmitted when a person or animal consumes nervous tissue (brains). How could cattle become infected?
  2. 2. Why is vCJD called variant?
  3. 3. What effect does this pathogen have on cattle?
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Microbiology with Diseases by Body System (4th Edition)

Ch. 1 - Prob. 6MCCh. 1 - Prob. 7MCCh. 1 - Prob. 8MCCh. 1 - A scientist who studies the role of microorganisms...Ch. 1 - The laboratory of Robert Koch contributed which of...Ch. 1 - Fill in the Blanks 1. Environmental microbiology...Ch. 1 - Prob. 2FIBCh. 1 - Fill in the Blanks 3. Chemotherapy _______________Ch. 1 - Fill in the Blanks 4. Immunology _______________Ch. 1 - Fill in the Blanks 5. Infection control...Ch. 1 - Fill in the Blanks 6. Etiology _______________Ch. 1 - Fill in the Blanks 7. Epidemiology _______________Ch. 1 - Fill in the Blanks 8. Biotechnology...Ch. 1 - Fill in the Blanks 9. Food microbiology...Ch. 1 - Why was the theory of spontaneous generation a...Ch. 1 - Discuss the significant difference between the...Ch. 1 - List six types of microorganisms.Ch. 1 - Defend this statement: The investigations of...Ch. 1 - Why would a macroscopic tapeworm be studied in...Ch. 1 - Describe what has been called the Golden Age of...Ch. 1 - List four major questions that drive...Ch. 1 - Refer to the four steps in the scientific method...Ch. 1 - Prob. 9SACh. 1 - What does the term HAI (nosocomial infection) have...Ch. 1 - Match each of the following descriptions with the...Ch. 1 - Prob. 1VICh. 1 - Show where microbes ended up in Pasteurs...Ch. 1 - If Robert Koch had become interested in a viral...Ch. 1 - In 1911, the Polish scientist Casimir Funk...Ch. 1 - Haemophilus influenzae does not cause flu, but it...Ch. 1 - Just before winter break in early December, your...Ch. 1 - Design an experiment to prove that microbes do not...Ch. 1 - Prob. 6CTCh. 1 - Compare and contrast the investigations of Redi,...Ch. 1 - If you were a career counselor directing a student...Ch. 1 - A few bacteria produce disease because they derive...Ch. 1 - How might the debate over spontaneous generation...Ch. 1 - French microbiologists, led by Pasteur, tried to...Ch. 1 - Why arent Kochs postulates always useful in...Ch. 1 - Albert Kluyver said, From elephant to ......Ch. 1 - The ability of farmers around the world to produce...Ch. 1 - Prob. 1CM
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