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Sexually Transmitted Diseases Mucous Membranes
1,169 wordsS. T. D. , what does it mean? It stands for Sexually Transmitted Disease. STDs used to be called venereal diseases. Sexually transmitted diseases have been around for a long time. There were references to gonorrhea in the Old Testament and descriptions of syphilis at the time of Columbus. Sexually transmitted diseases cross all boundaries. They are not restricted to people of one sexual orientation, race, cultural group or socioeconomic class. When most people think about infectious diseases, th...
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Barr Virus Incubation Period
503 wordsCause Infectious mononucleosis is caused by the Ebstein-Barr virus, which is a member of the herpes family. This family also includes the viruses that cause cold sores, chicken pox, genital herpes, and birth defects. The Ebstein-Barr virus has a lengthy incubation period and symptoms usually take about 4 - 10 weeks to develop. Once a person is infected with a herpes virus, it never really goes away. The viruses are able to lie dormant in our bodies and become active at any time. The only way mon...
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Internal And External Ebola Virus
814 wordsOne of the deadliest viruses known to man could quite possibly be the virus that lies dormant in Africa called Ebola. The Ebola virus is a member of a family of RNA viruses known as filo viruses. Ebola made its first human contact in 1976, which during this outbreak caused the death of 340 people. Because the outbreak was in Zaire, This particular strain was called Ebola Zaire. Since there isnt a cure for Ebola, people were left to die, without hope for survival. After this major outbreak, resea...
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Embryonic Stem Cells Petri Dishes
1,229 words... 2 day as compared with uh ES. No significant difference in insulin concentration was observed when incubation's were carried out at 5. 5 -mmol / l medium glucose concentration (15816 gU/ml, gU/ml, n = 6) or at a 25 -mmol / l ambient medium glucose concentration (146. 2 bn 22. 1 gU/ml, n = 6). (Assay et. al. , 2001) Method 2: As a result of their ability to differentiate into many different cell types, one can dissect the complex network of transcription factor genes regulating tissue-specifi...
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Genital Herpes Urinary Tract
2,295 wordsSexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) There are now more than twenty disorders recognized as being transmitted primarily by sexual means. The more familiar STDs are AIDS, gonorrhea, syphilis, chlamydia-related infections, genital herpes, candidiasis, nonspecific vaginitis, trichomoniasis, pediculosis, scabies, and urinary tract infections. GONORRHEA One of the most frequently encountered communicable diseases in the U. S. It is caused by the bacterium Neisseria Gonorrihoeae, which is common all ov...
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Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
1,964 wordsIn the world today, there are many known deadly viruses, but few present as great a threat as Ebola, the virus that causes Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever. Key factors in understanding Ebola HF include: Its history, plan of attack, and the diagnosis and treatment of the disease. The Ebola virus can, and usually does cause a disease called Ebola hemorrhagic fever, which is a Viral hemorrhagic fever. According to the proceedings of the 4 th National Symposium on Biosafety, the clinical definition for Vira...
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Chicken Pox Viral Infection
1,069 wordsChicken Pox Media CHICKEN POX Chicken Pox is a viral infection caused by the varicella-zoster virus, a type of herpes virus. It is contracted by contact with actual lesions or by respiratory secretions and there is a 10 - 21 day incubation period during which your child is developing the illness but does not show any symptoms and is not contagious (until the very last 1 or 2 days before the pox appear. ). Once the vesicles show up there are likely to be many more on the way for between 3 and 7 m...
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Mad Cow Disease Incubation Period
2,101 wordsBovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), better know as Mad cow disease is a relatively new disease. Most sources state that BSE first showed up in Great Britain in 1986 [Dealler p. 5 ] but some say it popped up in 1985 [Greger p. 1 ]. However the official notification was not until 21 June, 1988 [Dealler stats. p. 1 ]. Spongiform encephalopathies are invariable fatal neurodegenerative diseases and there is no treatment nor is there a cure for this disease [Greger p. 1 ]. The recent scare of BSE ...
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Nucleic Acid Disease Causing
1,453 wordsThe smallest livingMononucleus Bacteria The smallest living things on earth are the prokaryotic cells. Bacteria fall into the Monera Kingdom. They have a single DNA molecule in the cytoplasm. Almost all minerals have a cell wall that protects the cell and gives it its shape. Some minerals have a layer outside the cell wall called the capsule. This helps the cell cling to surfaces. A typical bacterium is about 2 micrometers long. Inside the cell, there are nucleic acids, enzymes, and other substa...
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