that the source of the developing outbreak was the On the Border restaurant in Vancouver‚ Washington. On October 9‚ On the Border temporarily ceased operation. Dr. Alan Melnick‚ Clark County Health Officer‚ stated that the closure was “a further precaution to reduce the risk of Salmonella spreading to others.” Meanwhile‚ health department staff continued to interview employees and patrons of the restaurant to learn more about the precise cause of the outbreak. The health department also continued
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Haiti Jessica Ganzalez LHHS MUN 2011 WHO Cholera Outbreak Position Paper Background: Cholera is a disease that starts in the intestines‚ caused by the consumption of impure food or water with the bacteria Vibrio Cholera. The two most common indication of Cholera are diarrhea and excessive vomiting. Cholera is an extremely virulent disease and affects both children and adults and can kill within hours‚ if left untreated. During the 19th century‚ cholera spread across the world from its original
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over time it should increase more rapidly throughout what is called the log phase. This predictable pattern of growth can be called the organism’s biotic potation. Procedure During this exercise the population growth of the bacteria Escherichia coli (E.coli) will be measured. If the conditions are right‚ the E.coli population will grow more rapidly the longer it stays in that area. Turbidity‚ meaning cloudiness‚ will be how the tubes are measured to give the results of bacterial growth. The more
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August 1st 2013 Healthcare Administration Organizational Crisis: Anthrax Outbreak in a Hospital Tuesday morning‚ the United States Hospitals‚ day to day operations began just like any other. By 10:00am‚ during the administration’s morning meeting‚ the sound of the code red alarm rang throughout the facility. Dr. Inspection‚ an epidemiologist‚ informs the team that he has positive test results identifying anthrax in the system of 10 patients. Shock crosses all faces in the board room‚ but
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For this assignment‚ I choose to watch the movie Outbreak‚ which is a movie about a hemorrhagic virus called “Mutoba”. In the movie‚ the host of the virus was a monkey. The descriptive epidemiology of the disease is as follows the virus was first discovered in 1967 in a small village in Zaire that was only a spread by contact. The virus was brought to the camp by a couple of men that sent out to build roads in the jungle then they came back to the village and drank from the well‚ from there all the
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Outbreak The virologists determined the identity of the virus causing the disease by taking blood samples from the people who were sick or who were getting sick‚ the n they put them under the microscope and studied them. They tracked the epidemic down by following where people were getting sick; the virologists finally followed the virus back to the ship that was carrying all the animals and the monkey. They conquered the virus by taking the serum from the host after they caught it and injecting
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Hand Soap Effectiveness on Escherichia Coli Abstract: Bacteria are an essential part of many different living organisms and ecosystems across the globe. Without bacteria there would have never had been life in the first place. But some bacteria have evolved to cause to humans‚ resulting in the need to eliminate them through such methods as soap. Hand soap is a crucial part of human health‚ especially in such places as schools and hospitals. In this experiment I wanted to determine the effectiveness
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and common colds go around but they’re not that serious because they have vaccines. Over the next 2 weeks more and more cases started popping up and were confirmed by doctors. Salmonella doesn’t have a vaccine‚ so the city of new york declared an outbreak. When things started to get progressively worse the CDC and scientists started to get involved. By a month‚ 30 cases and 5 deaths. At this point people started to get worried and
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nuclear or gas powered ships. Some ships that were commissioned before 1900 were destroyers‚ and cruisers. The USS Farragut (TB-11) was a destroyer that was commissioned in1899‚ and used as a U.S. Navy torpedo boat to patrol the Panama Canal after the outbreak of the Spanish American war. This ship was a coal powered
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Emily Hax Alan Cumings English 3200.8 September 30‚ 2014 ABC vs. The Guardian on Ebola Outbreak The ebola outbreak in West Africa is the largest outbreak of ebola ever recorded. The first documented infected area started in Guinea and now has spread from “Guinea to Sierra Leone‚ Liberia‚ Nigeria and Senegal and killed more than 2‚000 people” (ABC) This is a strikingly scary topic in the news today due to the virus’s rapid infection rate and lack of a cure. “ABC World News‚” and “The Guardian”
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