Vibrio cholerae

of this harsh disease and this stemmed from Nightingale’s theories of nursing practices including, providing safe drinking water, personal cleanliness, and cleanliness of the environment. Cholera is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium, vibrio cholera, and is found in the feces of an individual who was contaminated. It affects countless individuals and it is affecting individuals of Ethiopia. It is one of the largest national cholera outbreaks. Currently, the Médecins Sans Frontières is

CASE STUDY . Case #1 You are an emergency medical technician and are called to the home of Kevin, a 13 week-old boy who has become listless and is having trouble breathing. The parents report that Kevin used to smile, but lately he has not smiled, nor has he had other noticeable facial expressions in the last two days. Kevin’s eyes are open when you arrive, but he does not seem to be focusing. You place your outstretched finger under his fingers and he fails to grasp it. You lift his foot and it

The purpose of this experiment is to observe the natural process of osmosis using drops of sheep’s blood in various saline solutions. Since the cell membrane is a selective membrane, the water goes in and out freely but a solute such as NaCl it cannot freely move in or out. Osmosis is a passive process that doesn’t require the input of energy to transport water molecules across a membrane. The channels that allow water to enter or leave a cell are known as aquaporin. Using aquaporin, water moves

The 19th century in the United States is marked as one of the most revolutionary periods in medical history. This is due to the fact that science and statistical analysis were integrated in proving the cause of urban plagues such as typhus, yellow fever, and cholera. Louis-René Villermé and other hygienists came onto the scene in the 1830-1840’s to investigate the epidemiology of the 19th century diseases, and concluded that there was a significant correlation between disease and poverty; epidemics

Dr. Zemer Gitai received his bachelor’s degree from the MIT, and after this he completed his graduate endeavors from the UCSF. During this time, he concentrated in working on axon guidance in Caeorhabditis elegalns because he wanted to find out where the worm’s neurons came from and how they worked. This was the start of his interest in how small molecules such as proteins worked together as a complex system, and how spatial cues were being controlled. Dr. Gitai later joined Princeton University’s

The purpose of the article ‘Quorum-sensing regulation in staphylococci—an overview’ is to provide a better understanding of quorum-sensing regulation among staphylococci. Quorum sensing is one of the regulatory mechanism by which staphylococci regulates the gene expression in accordance with its population density and surrounding environment through the use of signal molecules during cell-to- cell communication. Such mechanism is important for the staphylococci pathogenesis, as it provides coordination

What is Cholera? The Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention describes Cholera as “an acute, diarrheal illness caused by an infection of the intestine with the bacterium Vibrio cholerae”. PubMed Health list symptoms include: profuse watery diarrhea, vomiting, dry skin, lack tears, dry mucus membranes, or mouth, nausea, unusual sleepiness or tiredness, low urine output, and leg cramps. These symptoms vary from person to person and can be very mild. The American Society of Tropical Medicine

The first discussion topic for this course, PHLT: 319 Epidemiology for Health Educators, centered on the definition of epidemiology. Quickly, students became aware that epidemiology was not only the study of disease, rather the “study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states or events in human populations and the application of this study to the prevention and control of health problems”(2013, Merrill, 2). In an effort to reduce major public health events, the bacterial disease

Geophagia denotes the habit of deliberately ingesting earth, soil or clay. Based on different viewpoints geophagia has been regarded as a psychiatric disease, a culturally sanctioned practice or a sequel to poverty and famine. The standard reference guide for psychiatrists—the fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM-IV)—classifies geophagia as a form of pica –the Latin word for magpie, a bird known for its large and indiscriminate appetite. In other terms

Cholera is an infectious bacterial disease of the small intestine. This bacterium has spread through the world covering about 50 countries that came about through 7 pandemics. This disease is a worldwide public health concern affecting 3-5 million people each year, killing 120,000. Before, it was thought that cholera spread through a sort of fog known as a miasma however now we know the whole mechanism for the cholera toxin. It was discovered that cholera is transmitted through fecal-oral transmission