Microbiology and Immunology 2500A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Parasitoid Wasp, Martinus Beijerinck, Rhinovirus
11 Apr 2016
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Unvaccinated goes from indiana, usa to eastern europe and back. She attended a large school gathering with 500 individuals because of her presence, there were then 34 confirmed cases of measles. Measles virus = transmitted in aerosols via cough and sneezes; most contagious virus. Vaccination has made the disease less prevalent in canada but it is still a problem in south. 94% of infected individuals were unvaccinated (in this case study) but because of counties around this area that were largely vaccinated, this did not spread further. It cost the state 168,000 dollars to contain the outbreak and it is the largest us measles outbreak since 1996. Because of fear of adverse events from vaccine. H1n1 influenza outbreak in alberta, canada (2013) Ebola virus outbreak 2014: killed thousands of people in africa last year. Everybody probably has had a virus infection i. e. rhinovirus = flu.
