PPT-PLAGUE Dr. Reshma Reghu

Assistant Professor Dept of Community medicine INTRODUCTION Plague is primarily and basically a zoonoses caused by Yersinia pestis It exists in natural foci and is transmitted by infected flea bites to humans . Samantha Villasana. The Start. The plague did. not spread once, but many times over centuries. .. The plague also referred to as . as. the Black Death is said to have started in . China.. Cause. Cause. Exodus 6: 1-8. Then the LORD said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh: Because of my mighty hand he will let them go; because of my mighty hand he will drive them out of his country.”. From 1347 to 1351, The Black Death (The “Plague”) originated in Central Asia. The Plague swept through Asia, Europe and Africa by way of Mediterranean Trade Routes. . . The Plague was at its worst between 1347 and 1351.. 11 What is Plague -Plague is a disease caused by Yersinia pestis a bacterium found in rodents and their fleas in many areas around the world 2 Why are we concerned Plague as a bioweapon If Y pestis is disease. caused by . Yersinia. . pestis. involving rodents and . fleas. First recorded in China in 224 BCE. Black death. : 14. th. century in Europe; 50 million deaths. Transmitted by infected flea bites to humans. type I). Also K/as. Mad rat disease. Black death. Mahamari. Pestilential fever. Buboes. Pest. "Black death" inspired one of the most enduring nursery rhymes in the English language, “Ring a Ring . Assistant Professor. AIDS. , the . a. cquired . i. mmuno. -. d. eficiency . s. yndrome (sometimes . called "slim disease") . It is . a fatal illness caused by . a retrovirus . known as the . h. uman . DEPT OF COMMUNITY MEDICINE. HOST OF INFECTION. AGENT FACTORS. Echinococcus. species are small tapeworms, rarely . more than . 7 mm in length. The . scolex. bears four suckers, . and there . are two rows of hooks, one small and one large on . The “Black Plague”, also known as the bubonic plague, reached Italy, from the east, in the spring of 1348 and spread through Europe over the next three years, killing between 25 and 50% of t that. Blood . pressure should be recorded in the sitting position of the . patient.. Only . one arm (either right or left) to be used consistently. . The . reading at which ‘. Korotkoff. sound’ is first heard is considered as systolic pressure and at which the K-sound disappears, as diastolic pressure. . Assistant Professor. Dept of Community medicine. INTRODUCTION. Occasionally . transmitted to man . by direct . or indirect contact with infected animals. . Caused. . by . different species of the . brucella. Assistant Professor. Dept. of Community medicine. MUMPS. An acute infectious disease caused by an RNA . virus classified . as genus . Rubulavirus. . of the . family . paramyxoviridae. . which has a predilection for glandular . an . infectious disease caused by the bacteria . Yersinia. . pestis. , a . zoonotic. bacteria, usually found in small mammals and their fleas. It is transmitted between animals through fleas. . . Assistant Professor. Dept. of Community medicine. Introduction. Rubella or . german. measles . It is . an acute childhood . infection, usually . mild, of short duration (approximately 3 . days) and .