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Infection

Infection . Learning objectives. The life of an infection. (Try to explain the graph). The main Pathogens (germs). Bacteria contd. Other bacterial disease. Viruses. Viruses. Viral life cycle. http://www.wisc-online.com/Objects/ViewObject.aspx?ID=SCE404. Viral diseases.

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Infection

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  1. Infection

  2. Learning objectives

  3. The life of an infection. (Try to explain the graph)

  4. The main Pathogens (germs)

  5. Bacteria contd.

  6. Other bacterial disease

  7. Viruses

  8. Viruses

  9. Viral life cycle http://www.wisc-online.com/Objects/ViewObject.aspx?ID=SCE404

  10. Viral diseases

  11. Wide a variety of different classes of viruses Depends on whether they have RNA and DNA Depends on life cycle and how they reproduce inside the cell Example of viral classification, the chicken pox virus, varicella zoster (VZV), belongs to the order Herpesvirales, family Herpesviridae, subfamily Alphaherpesvirinae, and genus Varicellovirus. VZV is in Group I of the Baltimore Classification because it is a dsDNA virus that does not use reverse transcriptase.

  12. Prions

  13. Protozoans

  14. Flagellates • The diarrhoea causing Giardialamblia; Sleeping sickness Trypanosoma

  15. Sporozoans: • Malaria caused by Plasmodium

  16. Toxoplasmosis • Which can cause severe foetal deformities if it infects pregnant women.

  17. Fungi

  18. Multicellular parasites • Helminthic diseases (caused by types of worms) • Tapeworms: Pork or beef Pork tapeworm in brain Scolex of tapeworm that attaches to gut wall

  19. Flukes: Schistosomiasis (liver flukes and blood flukes)

  20. Nematodes: Various species affect the gastro-intestinal tract notably AscarisLumbricoides (Large Intestinal Roundworms)

  21. Also cause Guinea worm

  22. And Elephantiasis

  23. Answer these questions

  24. Homework • Find out about a disease causing organism and write about it. Your report must contain the following: • A description of the disease causing organism (include a picture). (5 points) • A description of the symptoms of the disease – include information on potential morbidity. (3 points) • Methods of treatment and prevention. (3 points) • Methods of transmission of the disease. (2 points) • Discovery of the disease causing organism. (1 point) • Regions of the globe and or sections of society most affected by it. (2 points) • You must not copy and paste! You must include references! • (English 3 points, refs 1 point) • Total 20 points

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