2012 What is the infections agent (pathogen) that causes this infectious disease, the name of the bacteria, virus, or parasite? Staphylococcus Aureus is the infectious pathogen that can cause a variety of illnesses from minor skin infections like boils, carbunkles, cellulitis, impetigo, abcesses and of course staph infection. This pathogen can also lead to life-threatening diseases such as pnuemonia, menengitis, toxic shock syndrome, bacteremia, and sepsis. How is this infectious agent transmitted
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* What is the infectious agent (pathogen) that causes this infectious disease? For example, the name of the bacteria, virus, or parasite, the type of pathogen, and any other pertinent information on the pathogen. Salmonellosis is an infection with the bacteria called Salmonella. There are many different kinds of Salmonella bacteria. Salmonella serotype Typhimurium and Salmonella serotype Enteritidis are the most common cases in the United States. * How is this infectious agent transmitted
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• What is the infectious agent (pathogen) that causes this infectious disease? For example, the name of the bacteria, virus, or parasite. The infectious agent I choose is the Norovirus. The Norovirus is a small virus that is highly contagious. The Norovirus is also the most common cause of gastroenteritis. Gastroenteritis is often referred to as the stomach flu. Gastroenteritis is the inflammation of gastrointestinal tract. This includes the stomach and intestines. The inflammation usually
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Salmonella (Food Bourne Illness) * What is the infectious agent (pathogen) that causes this infectious disease? For example, the name of the bacteria, virus, or parasite. The infectious agent (pathogen) that causes Salmonella is called Salmonella Enteriditis. Salmonella is a non-motile, rod-shaped, and gram-negative, that doesn’t form spores. Bacterium within the Enterobacteriaceae and tribe Salmonellae. Salmonella is divided between two species; S. Enterica and S. Bongori. The three main serovars
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|Choose one of the following foodborne illnesses to complete this assignment: | | | |Salmonella | |Staphylococcus
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Week 7 Assignment 1. What is the infectious agent (pathogen) that causes this infectious disease? For example, the name of the bacteria, virus, or parasite. The infectious agent is Staphylococcus and it is a form of bacteria. 2. How is this infectious agent transmitted through food or water? Staphylococcus is transmitted through food is by food handlers. This happens all over where you have people that work around food, but not practicing good hygiene. Workers come in sick instead
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Hepatitis A * What is the infectious agent (pathogen) that causes this infectious disease? For example, the name of the bacteria, virus, or parasite? The nick names for the infectious agent that causes infectious disease names are; hepatitis Immunization, Havrix, VAQTA. Hepatitis is an acute infectious disease that can harm the liver. Several diseases of the liver, collectively known as hepatitis, are caused by viruses. The viruses involved, five of which have been reasonably well characterized
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STAPHYLOCOCCUS 1. What is the infectious agent (pathogen) that causes this infectious disease? For example, describe the name of the bacteria, virus, or parasite. Staphylococcus is a group of bacteria that can cause a number of diseases as a result of infection of various tissues of the body. Staphylococcus is also known as staph, which is pronounced “staff”. Its illness can range from mild and requiring no treatment to severe and fatal. The bacteria look like a bunch of grapes or little red
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Salmonella What is the infectious agent (pathogen) that causes this infectious disease? For example, the name of the bacteria, virus, or parasite. Salmonellosis is an infection with bacteria called Salmonella. The Salmonella consist of a range of very closely related bacteria, many of which cause disease in humans and animals. There are many different kinds of these bacteria. Salmonella serotype Typhimurium and Salmonella serotype Enteritidis are the most common types in the United States
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What is the infectious agent (pathogen) that causes this infectious disease? For example, the name of the bacteria, virus, or parasite. Gram-negative bacteria. Typhoid fever is cause by salmonella. Salmonella infections are zoonotic and can be transferred between humans and animals. This infection can survive outside a living body for weeks. A distinction is made between enteritis salmonella and horny/paratyphoid salmonella where the latter, because of a special virulence factor and a capsule protein
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