Vibrio cholerae

Vibrio cholerae, the Human Immune System, and Vaccines Cholera remains a drastically severe disease, killing hundreds of people each outbreak. When ingested, it attaches to the mucosal lining of the intestines and disrupts the normal flow of ions so that there is more sodium, chloride, and water in the intestinal lumen than normal and results in massive diarrhea. Cholera has made a global impact and been endemic in almost all parts of the world. Cholera control strongly emphasizes sanitation

who suffer severe symptoms. Such symptoms may occur as a result of late treatment, or as a result of inappropriate treatment modules. If the persons with severe symptoms tend to be treated appropriately, less than 1% of them would die from it. Vibrio Cholerae is the primary agent

in present times is estimated to affect anywhere from 1.4 to 4.3 million children and adults every year.1 The disease is especially rampant during the rainy season, when the climate is wet and the bacteria spread easily.2 The bacteria strain Vibrio cholerae can culture itself in water, thus contaminating it and making the water dangerous to anyone who

returned to the Americas with on-going transmission in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. New, more virulent and drug-resistant strains of Vibrio cholerae continue to emerge, and the frequency of large protracted outbreaks with high case fatality ratios has increased, reflecting the lack of early detection, prevention and access to timely health care. Vibrio cholerae, a member of the family Vibrionaceae, is a facultatively anaerobic, Gram-negative, non-spore-forming curved rod, about 1.4–2.6mm long

Human infectious diseases are diseases caused by pathogens, disease causing microorganisms. These diseases can range from mild to fatal and have different modes of transmission and modes of action. It is the potential negative implications of such diseases that has made many of them among the main targets for the World Health Organization. Since the human body does not have B-cells that produce antibodies specific to all types of antigenic pathogens, the body can't fight all types of infectious

Karla Obasi HEA 341 Disease Research Report December 9, 2010 CHOLERA Disease Defined Cholera is an infection of the small intestine that causes a large amount of watery diarrhea. Cholera is a bacterial disease (caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae) usually spread through contaminated water. The bacteria, which are found in fecal-contaminated food and water and in raw or undercooked seafood, produce a toxin that affects the intestines causing diarrhea, vomiting, and severe fluid and electrolyte

"Aim, load, fire: the type VI secretion system, a bacterial nanoweapon." – a Summary – -Maria Mitchell T6SS, Type VI Secretion System, is a specialized protein secretion system used by bacteria for survival. This system acts as a “gun” firing proteins into the target cell. It is one of 6 found in Gram negative bacteria and has been known to target eukaryotic cells, as well as competing bacteria. T6SS serves as a virulence factor towards its host while also effectively killing its competitors, responding

Hypothesis: We hypothesize that reagent Malonate will inhibit Succinate Dehydrogenase (SDH) activity. Background: Malonate, also known as propanedioate, is a classic example of a competitive inhibitor. Malonate has a molecular structure that is similar to succinate, so it has the ability to bind to the active site of succinate dehydrogenase and inhibit enzyme activity. However, malonate is sufficiently different from succinate that it cannot be dehydrogenated. [1] Malonate working as an inhibitor

microbial life, supplied with nutrition from debris, allows for growth and transmission of multi-drug resistant pathogens (2). Microorganisms most commonly found on banknotes belong to the families Enterobacteriacea, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Vibrio cholerae, Bacillus spp., Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus

production of toxins is responsible for the diseases brought by the bacteria. The different types of pathogenic bacteria are Clostridium botulinum, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Vibrio cholerae. The virus always targets specific organs or tissues of the body. Some pathogenic viruses are Ebola virus, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Influenza virus, Norovirus, Varicella-zoster virus (VZV), Zika