PDF-[BOOK]-Pandemic: Tracking Contagions, from Cholera to Ebola and Beyond

A thrilling glimpse into the next likely global contagionand how to stop it Over the past fifty years more than three hundred infectious diseases have emerged or reemerged in new territory Experts around the world are bracing for a deadly disruptive pandemicIn Pandemic Tracking Contagions from Cholera to Ebola and Beyond prizewinning journalist Sonia Shah reveals how that could happen by drawing parallels between choleraone of historys most deadly and disruptive pandemiccausing pathogensand the new diseases that stalk us today As Shah traces each stage of choleras dramatic journey from harmless microbe to worldchanging pandemic she reports on the pathogens that have followed choleras footstepsfrom the MRSA bacterium that besieges her own family to the neverbeforeseen killers emerging from Chinas wet markets the surgical wards of New Delhi the slums of PortauPrince and the suburban backyards of the East Coast A true story that is both gripping and alarming Pandemic delves deep into the convoluted science strange politics and the checkered history of one of the worlds deadliest diseases offering a prelude to the future thats impossible to ignore. Ebola can cause disease in humans and nonhuman primates monkeys gorillas and chimpanzees Ebola is a rare disease caused by infection with a virus of the family Filoviridae g enus Ebolavirus There are five identified Ebola virus strains Four of the 573845744257452574555745557444573885737657462574555745357449574605738857376574565744557445573885737657456574555745557456573885737657459574635744557441574605738857376 VHPHQ5735957347VSLW5735957347RWKHU5734757536XLGV57356 Objects contaminated with the The bacteria is typically found in water environments such as freshwater lakes and rivers Cholera is usually transmitted to people or animals through contaminated water sourc es Contamination comes from fecal material from infected individuals Chole BioQUEST. 2012. Case Study Format. Learning Objectives. Resources. Data Analysis & Visualization. Tools. Statistics. Assessment. Module Design. In this module, students will:. (1) investigate the natural history of . Cholera is a Bacterial Disease. Cholera. About 75% of infected never develop symptoms.. Diarrhea. Dehydration. Symptoms. Cholera. Two kinds or oral vaccines. Whole-cell killed vaccines. Oral rehydration salts. Carime. Gordon. Alexandria Henry. Andrew Hendrix . Jordon Garman. Cholera Overview. Acute. , diarrheal illness caused by infection of the intestine with the bacterium Vibrio . cholera.. Usually . found in . Source: Country reports. Legend: Y = yes, N = no, C = case based, · = no report, ASR: age-standardised rate. Suggested citation: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Annual epidemiological report 2015. . Dr. Ravi Kant . Assistant Professor,. Department of . medicine . Definition. Cholera is an acute diarrheal disease that can, in a matter of hours, result in profound, rapidly progressive dehydration and death.. Cholera is an acute infection of the small intestine. Cholera is an acute infection of the small intestine. Extreme dehydration. Cholera is an acute infection of the small intestine. Extreme dehydration. Dr . Sam Kanyili . Mathiu. Chief . Medical . Officer. UN Joint Medical Services UNIPSIL, Sierra . Leone. What is Cholera?. Acute intestinal infection caused by . a bacterium called . Vibrio cholerae. The Basics. Infection Cause . Cholera is an acute epidemic infectious disease caused by the bacterium Vibrio . cholerae. . A soluble toxin elaborated in the intestinal tract by the bacterium activates the . Cholera is a serious disease affecting both children and adults. . It is caused by eating or drinking food or water that is contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio cholerae.. It . is an acute secretory diarrheal illness caused . Three major outbreaks reported between 1992 and 1997. Worst hit then was Northern Nigeria. CFR was 5.3-13% across all age groups . In the last quarter of 2009, it was speculated that more than 260 people died of cholera in four Northern states with over 96 people in Maiduguri, . Surveill ance – Laboratory Working Group For more information please contact the GTFCC Secretariat: GTFCCsecretariat@who.int 1 Interim Technical Note Introduction of DNA - based identification an