Although human cowpox virus infection is in general characterized by mild and self-limiting lesions, cowpox may also lead to fatal outcome, especially in immune-compromised individuals including those suffering from atopic skin diseases (110, 141). The normal course of infection in humans was reconstructed by Baxby et al in an overview of 54 cases (140). It was shown, that in contrast to smallpox, CPXV infection in humans is spread through direct inoculation of CPXV into skin and/or oral mucous membranes
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Listeriosis is a foodborne disease, also known as food poisoning. Listeria is a bacterium that is mostly found in raw food, water, and animals (Rowland and Frey, 2015). You can get listeriosis by eating/drinking food or water that is contaminated with the bacteria. This disease is important because we need food and water to live, and we also have so many different varieties of how to eat it. Knowing about Listeria is highly beneficial because you never know how your food has been processed. Listeria is dangerous
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Upon entering the rDNA sequence of unknown 23 in the BLAST search database. It was found that the identity of the unknown was actually Bacillus pumilus. Through my lab tests and data interpretation I found the unknown to be Pseudomonos gladioli. The reason was behind this mismatch was due to the gram stain that I performed at the very beginning. I must have left it in the dye for too long or used to much alcohol causing the purple dye to become obsolete. The pinkish color observed during the oil
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Inflammation is the response of vascular tissue to injury, which results from an immune response to infectious microorganisms. Acute inflammation is the immediate response to vascular changes where the widespread effects of inflammatory mediators produce pain, heat and swelling, usually of short duration. Chronic inflammation is self-perpetuating and may last for weeks, months, or even years. It may develop as the result of a recurrent or progressive acute inflammatory process or from low-grade,
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The main purpose of the digestive system through the alimentary canal is characterized by its nature to absorb nutrients from the food that we eat. The body in turn uses these nutrients to allow the body to function properly. Some examples of nutrients include vitamins, proteins, calcium, iron, fats, carbohydrates, e.t.c. However, there can be a change in the natural functioning of the digestive system due to various reasons thus causing a digestive problem. Digestive problems are an extremely common
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Phosgene was first used in combination with chlorine gas when Germany dropped 88 tons of the gas on British troops during World War One. It was used as a choking agent, and it was the cause of 80 percent of all chemical fatalities. Phosgene is a chemical that is used to make plastics and pesticides. It was used vastly in the war because it was the easiest chemical to make, you could make it at home. Phosgene is colorless and has a “grassy” odor. It is not found naturally in the environment so people
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Four cecally-cannulated horses were utilized in a 4 x 4 Latin square to evaluate dosage levels of LIPC on the same opportunistic bacteria stated in experiment 1 and to evaluate cecal characteristics. Horses were randomly assigned to one of four treatments: 1) no LIPC, (0); 2) 15 g of 500 mg/g of LIPC, recommended level (15); 3) 25 g of 500 mg/g of LIPC (25); or 4) 35 g of 500 mg/g of LIPC (35). Horses were fed 2-3 lbs of Strategy® (Purina Mills, St. Louis, MO), once a day at 0600 and treatment was
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Staphylococcus aureus is an opportunistic pathogen widely distributed in nature and responsible for causing variety of hospital as well as community acquired infections in humans within all age groups. S. aureus can cause superficial skin infections and life-compromising diseases such as endocarditis, meningitis, pneumonia, myocarditis, respiratory tract, sepsis and soft tissue, and blood stream infections (Henrique et al. 2009, Chakraborty et al. 2011). It is also one of the major causative agents
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The gut microbiome consists of over a hundred trillion bacteria. Kochhar & Martin (2015) explained that apart from digestion, the pathogenesis of various metabolic diseases implicates the involvement of certain changes in the composition of the gut microbiome, one of which is diabetes. Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder in which patients are unable to regulate their blood glucose levels. It is usually of two types. Type 1 diabetes mellitus, caused by lack of insulin secretion in the body,
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Tetanus, or otherwise known as lockjaw1, is an infection caused by the bacterium, Clostridium tetani. This bacterium is a Gram-positive, obligate anaerobic bacillus that is capable of forming spores that are very durable and resistant to heat or common disinfectants. 2,3 These spores are found in soil, as well as in animal feces and despite it being located everywhere, tetanus is mainly reported in underdeveloped and overcrowded regions. 3 C. tetani usually penetrates the human body through wound
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