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Associate Level Material Name Sci/162 Week 7 Foodborne Illness Date [pic]Hepatitis A ? What is the infectious agent (pathogen) that causes this infectious disease? For example, the name of the bacteria, virus, or parasite.[pic] There are several types of Hepatitis. Infectious hepatitis, which is commonly referred to as Hepatitis A, infects the liver via the virus of the same name. This is commonly spread through contamination from feces. The virus is transmitted among people through direct contact
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Student Name Public Health Biology Midterm: 2012 1. Disease pattern changes, or the “emergence of diseases” is generally due to changes in what four elements? For each element, name a specific disease and discuss the change associated with its outbreak, change or emergence as a public health phenomenon. Answer: There are four elements including (1)human population (2)pathogen (3)reservoir and (4)vectors. The dynamics of diseases depends on the overlap of niches
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Salmonella 1 What is the infectious agent (pathogen) that causes this infectious disease? For example, the name of the bacteria, virus, or parasite. Salmonella is a motile, non-spore-forming, gram-negative, rod- shaped bacterium in the family Enterobacteriaceae and the tribe Salmonellae. The genus Salmonella is divided into two species - S. enterica and S. bongori; both of which are pathogenic to humans. However, S. enterica is a greater public health concern and is further divided into 6 subspecies
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What is the infectious agent (pathogen) that causes this infectious disease? For example, the name of the bacteria, virus, or parasite. The foodborne illness I choose was Salmonella. Salmonella is a bacteria that causes an infection known as Salmonellosis. A person that is infected with Salmonella gets diarrhea, fever, and abdominal cramps 12 to 72 hours after being infected. Salmonella usually last four to seven days and most people recover without treatment. People with severe diarrhea must be
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SCI/165 Food borne illness short answer questions 1. What is the infectious agent (pathogen) that causes this infectious disease? For example, the name of the bacteria, virus or parasite. Salmonella is an infection with salmonella bacteria. 2. How is this infectious agent transmitted through food or water? Salmonella can definitely be transmitted through food products, mostly raw foods. It can definitely be transmitted on food that has been prepared on
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Bad Bug Book, published by the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, provides current information about the major known agents that cause foodborne illness. The information provided in this handbook is abbreviated and general in nature, and is intended for practical use. It is not intended to be a comprehensive scientific or clinical reference. Under the laws administered by FDA, a food is adulterated if
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370BC. The “Father or Medicine” was one of the names this Greek physician was considered as in history. Pneumonia descriptions was most accurately given from a Jewish philosopher and physician, who goes by the name Moses ben-Maimom. Even though they were the most accurate, doesn’t mean they are the most current. He lived from 1135AD – 1240AD. Edwin Klebs discovered that bacteria was the cause of pneumonia in 1875. He found this out while studying bacteria in airways of pneumonia patients who died. Klebs
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2012 Write a 125- to 150-word response to each of the following questions: • What is the infectious agent (pathogen) that causes this infectious disease? For example, the name of the bacteria, virus, or parasite. Salmonella is a type of food poisoning caused by eating foods that are contaminated with Salmonella. Salmonellosis is caused by the Salmonella bacterium. There are a few different types of this bacterium, but the two different types most commonly found in the US are Salmonella serotype
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Sexually transmitted infections (STI), also referred to as sexually transmitted diseases (STD) and venereal diseases (VD), are infections that are commonly spread by sex, especially vaginal intercourse, anal sex and oral sex. Most STIs initially do not cause symptoms.[1] This results in a greater risk of passing the disease on to others.[2][3] Symptoms and signs of disease may include vaginal discharge, penile discharge, ulcers on or around the genitals, and pelvic pain. STIs acquired before or during
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