Microbiology and Immunology 2500A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Tulip Breaking Virus, Measles Virus, Endogenous Retrovirus

• School: Western University
• Department: Microbiology and Immunology
• Course: Microbiology and Immunology 2500A/B
• Professor: Dimitrios J Dikeakos, John Mc Cormick, Kelly Lynn Summers

Document Summary

Travelled from indiana, usa to eastern europe and back. Measles virus is one of the most infectious viruses around. Transmitted in aerosols through cough & sneezes. Vaccination made disease less prevalent in canada (almost non-existent) Still major problem in certain parts of south america & africa. Cost of state of indiana to contain outbreak. Largest us measles virus outbreak since 1996. Patie(cid:374)ts (cid:449)e(cid:396)e(cid:374)"t (cid:448)a(cid:272)(cid:272)i(cid:374)ated due to fea(cid:396) of ad(cid:448)e(cid:396)se e(cid:448)e(cid:374)ts f(cid:396)o(cid:373) (cid:448)a(cid:272)(cid:272)i(cid:374)e. Thanks to vaccination, huge drop in infected #s, though it is slowly coming back. 2 h1n1 influenza outbreak in alberta canada (christmas 2013) % infections of h(cid:1005)n(cid:1005) do(cid:374)"t just affe(cid:272)t old and young, still lots who are regular (aged 20-44) There are h1n1 vaccines get vaccinated. Ebola virus: outbreak in 2014 in guinea, liberia, sierra leone resulting in many deaths (largest ebola outbreak) If it"s t(cid:396)ue, fi(cid:396)st w/ in hereditary effects. Everyone in this room has had (or has) virus infection (past or current)