Rabies: RHABDOVIRUS Poliomyelitis: LEGIO DEBILITANS (Type I Brunhilde); (Type II Lansing); (Type III Leon) Dengue Fever: ARBOVIRUSES (Chikunggunya); (Onyong-nyong); (West Nile); (Flaviviruses) (Common in the Phil.) Malaria: PLASMODIUM (protozoa) P. Falciparum (most fatal); P. Vivax P. Malariae; P. Ovale Filariasis: WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI; BRUGIA MALAYI Leprosy: MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE Measles: PARAMYXO VIRUS German measles: TOGA VIRUS Chicken pox: VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS Herpes zoster: HERPES ZOSTER VIRUS
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------------------------------------------------- Isolation and Culture of Zoosporic Fungi using Baiting Technique ------------------------------------------------- Rillera DP ‚ Talibsao K ‚ Talucod AC and Tan P Department of Biological Sciences‚ College of Science‚ University of Santo Tomas‚ España Street‚ Manila 108 ------------------------------------------------- Zoosporic fungi belonging to class Oomycetes of Kingdom Chromista and Phylum Chytridiomycota of Kingdom Eumycota‚ were
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Illness and death from infectious diseases are particularly tragic because they are preventable and treatable. Not surprisingly‚ the poorest and most vulnerable are the most severely affected by infectious disease. Infectious diseases are a major cause of death‚ disability and social and economic turmoil for millions around the world. Poverty stricken countries lack access to health care. Reports show that in nations with the lowest economic status the causes of death are primarily infectious and
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Introduction Malaria is one of the leading causes of mortality rates in most parts of Sub-Saharan Africa. Caused by Plasmodium Falciparum‚ the disease serves as one of the leading threats to human population across the continent. Theoretical concepts tend to front mosquitoes and hence the parasite it carries as the main reason behind the high impacts of Malaria. However‚ research indicates that the spread of the effects of malaria has majorly been caused other health factors‚ for instance‚ decline
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Belonging to the B-complex vitamin family‚ an optimal amount of vitamin B5 should be included in a healthy diet to ensure good health and proper functioning of all the organ systems. This vitamin serves a wide range of functions in the body‚ from the production neurotransmitters in the brain‚ the fabrication of steroids‚ enhancing the immune system to the extraction of fats‚ proteins and other important nutrients from food. Vitamin B5 is also found in blood plasma and is sometimes called panthenoic
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Lab Summary Diversity One Diversity Two Diversity Three Dylan Palacio Bio 102 Introduction- Throughout the history of man kind one question has been constantly ASKED and never seems to get a definite answer. The question is who are we? And where do we come from? Rather then spark a religious verse science debate and draw a very emotional line in society we let everyone believe what they want to believe. However regardless of what you want to believe facts are facts and science is science. After
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Protist Protist Temporal range: Neoproterozoic – Recent | | Scientific classification | Domain: | Eukarya | Excluded groups * Fungi * Plantae * Animalia Many others; classification varies | * Chromalveolata * Heterokontophyta * Haptophyta * Cryptophyta (cryptomonads) * Alveolata * Dinoflagellata * Apicomplexa * Ciliophora (ciliates) * Excavata * Euglenozoa * Percolozoa * Metamonada * Rhizaria * Radiolaria
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WHAT IS A HEREDITARY DISEASE? A hereditary disease is caused by an abnormality in a person’s genetic material .It is a disease passed down through several generations within the same family and is transmitted from parent to child. WHAT IS A PHYSIOLOGICAL DISEASE? A physiological disease occurs when the normal working person’s body is being affected due to the malfunctioning of organs or structural changes of cells changing overtime causing illness. CHRONIC DISEASES Asthma-Physiological
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If the proper drugs are used‚ people who have malaria can be cured and the parasites can be cleared from their body. According to an article on Drugs.com‚ the drugs that are available for treating people with malaria are: chloroquine‚ quinine‚ hydroxychloroquine‚ artemether and lumefantrine (coartem)‚ atovaquane and proguanil (malarone)‚ mefloquine‚ clindamycin (cleocin) and doxycycline. The four most common anti-malarial medications prescribed in the United States for foreign travel are: chloroquine
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1. Distinguish between viruses‚ bacteria‚ rickettsia‚ fungi‚ parasites‚ and prions. 2. Viruses: RNA or DNA‚ obligate intracellular parasites. Seek “permissive cells to infect. Some strains have shown periodic changes by have mutations and forming new strands; Require a tissue culture in order to grow; Consist of RNA or DNA in a protective glycoprotein coat; Influenza – Dengue Fever – carried by mosquitos St. Louis encephalitis virus – carried by mosquitos HIV Hepatitis – Makes skin a yellow
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