BIOS 10106 Study Guide - Final Guide: Syphilis, Hepatocyte, Perineum

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Cdc. gov and webmd. com for items about the current outbreak. Heymann (see under warts, and/or cancer asscociated with infectious agents) Aspects of the current outbreak(s) discussed at length during many of the lectures. #1 killer: often is secondary to other diseases. An eid or emerging type of pneumonia from a ubiquitous bacteria. An often hidden global burden from a very successful pathogen, mdr tb. Cytokine storm, the great influenza and bird flu (there is a . pdf handout in sakai resources/readings) The current outbreaks feature some cases of severe and even fatal polio-like paralysis. Crazy theory associated 20th century outbreaks with use of ddt. A new hepatitis; pcr as a direct measure of pathogen in the body (vs. antibody assays which are indirect). Defective virus particle says something about virus evolution. Scientists ridiculed for idea that bacteria live in the stomach won the nobel prize.