Lecture 12 - Newfound Diseases, Microbia Contamination

Question 1

Causes of Newfound Diseases

Answer 1

1. Human Habits
2. Environmental Changes
3. Inappropriate use of broad spect antibiotics

Question 2

Bio terrorism Classification

Answer 2

1. ease of transmission
2. rate of proliferation
3. diffusion
4. host defense
5. community panic rate
   A: most dangerous, easy transmission, high mortality, uncontrollable pandemics
   B: easier transmission, medium morbidity and low mortality, lower panic rate –> enterobacteriacae, ricketssia (typhus fever)
   C: easy transmission, high morbidity, possible death, no effective treatment –> nipah virus, hantavirus, bird influenza

Question 3

Microbe Entrance

Answer 3

1. Skin
2. GI tract
3. Lungs
4. Urogenital System

Question 4

Smallpox

Answer 4

fever, headache, backache, rash (moucal, pharynx, skin, terminal limbs) (vesicular then pustular)

Question 5

Skin Protection

Answer 5

1. Stratum corneum
2. acid pH
3. skin natural flora

Question 6

Skin Microbia Entrance

Answer 6

• needle stick –> HIV, HCV, HBV
• burned –> psudomonas
• diabetic wounds –> psudomonas
• venous catheter
• bug bite –> rocky fever, pestis, lyme
• nothing –> schistosoma larva