HSS 3106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Barbiturate, Viral Neuraminidase, Clindamycin
25 Feb 2017
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Most common cause of death in many people with: Improving host"s immune system can also block infection transmission. Frequent hand-washing with soap, friction, and warm running water is one of the most effective ways to reduce pathogenic transmission. Pathogenic organism must live in a reservoir (such as a human being, an animal, or soil) Influenza virus is example of an organism that reproduces in a human being. Fungi: nonphotosynthetic creatures of single- or multi-cell structure found in environment. Major types of microorganisms include bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites. Bacteria: single-celled organisms that can live independently in environment. Viruses: tiny genetic parasites that require host cell to duplicate and spread. Transmission of disease requires an unbroken chain of events. Control of infectious disease depends on breaking chain of transmission in one or more places. Antibiotic resistance is major threat to success of management of bacterial infections. Destroying mosquitoes with insecticides can control spread of malaria and west nile virus.
