BIOMEDICAL DISEASE RESEARCH

INFECTIOUS AGENT

• The infectious agent for lyme disease -
• Is a deer because the ticks are on them which
• Produce the disease/illness also
• Almost any other animal found in the woods that could
• Possibly carry any of these ticks

~ LYME DIEASE ~

• Symptoms :
• Flu like symptoms -
• Fever, chills, swollen lymph nodes ,headaches, fatigue, stiff neck
• Signs and symptoms can occur within a month after you've been affected
• Rash – which is a small and red ; bump may appear

BASIC TREATMENT FOR LYME DISEASE

• Early stages = antibiotics
• (such as doxycycline or annoxicillian)
• Possible prolong antibiotics if serious side effects occur

LYME DISEASE TRANSMISSION

• Transmitted through the bite of a specific type of tick known as "deer ticks "
• And animals like deer, raccoons, opossums, etc.
• Lyme disease is commonly found in New York, New Jersey, Maryland

PREVENTION FOR LYME DISEASE

• lymerix vaccine
• Wear long sleeves/tightly woven clothing outside
• Tuck in shirts and walk in the Center of trials
• Keep grass trimmed and apply tick repellent
• Check for ticks while outside

HISTORY OF LYME DISEASE

• First recognized in 1975, then went into investigation
• when A large sum of children were being diagnosed with
• Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis in Lyme , Cann. And two near by towns
• Later discovered that the children live near wooded areas likely to have ticks
• Then said their symptoms were around tick season in the summer

MORE HISTORY OF LYME DIEASE

• Next they said patients had a weird skin rash
• Then said they can recall being bitten by a tick ; near the rash
• After that Doctors said that deer ticks were likely to be infected with
• Borrelia burgdorferi which live on deer
• when the deer pop. Increased Repeat cases of this disease have been seen in the US

NEXT DISEASE ....

INTRO TO MALARIA

SYMPTOMS

• Anemic ,fever , jaundice
• sweating, vomiting
• muscle pain, nausea

TREATMENT

• Varies medication and antibiotics
• Such as ... (Quinine , and doxycycline)
• May also need to be hospitalized if it's a Really serious case

TRANSMISSION

• Transmitted through mosquito bites
• Malaria is a mosquito borne disease
• Caused by parasitic pathogens
• * Bite of an infected female mosquito

INFECTIOUS AGENT

• Parasitic pathogens
• * Female mosquito bite *

PREVENTION

• Medication or even vaccines before going to foreign countries
• Example : abxycline , cheouquine
• Anti-marial meds.

HISTORY

• Been around ever since 2700 BC described as an
• Ancient disease the symptoms later on were described in
• Nei Chang ; it is also said that this disease was around way before humans were alive
• The prevention/treatment for the disease has been investigated for years but
• Since no effective malaria vaccine has been developed it still remains as a big health risk

ANOTHER DIEASE

INFECTIOUS AGENT OF TUBERCULOSIS

• Agent = mycobacterium
• Tuberculosis(Mtb) - rod shaped bacteria
• Bacterium a.k.a Roch's postulates

~SYMPTOMS FOR TUBERCULOSIS~

• fever
• weight loss
• chest pain
• wheezing, etc.

TREATMENT FOR TUBERCULOSIS

• Medication such as...
• Ex. Lamzid,rifampin,etc.
• Other pills
• Take meds. As directed.

HOW TUBERCULOSIS CAN BE TRANSMITTED

• Around people with Tb, poor nutrition
• Through contaminated air
• Ex. Sneezing, speaking, or laughing
• * Only people with active Tb can transmit it *

PREVENTION FOR TUBERCULOSIS

• Some prevention is the tb vaccine that can protect you
• Wear a face mask around people with tuberculosis

HISTORY OF TUBERCULOSIS

• Genetic studies have shown that TB has been around for at least 15,000 years
• evidence of TB in humans date back to 2400–3400 BC ; where even mummies
• Have seen evidence of this disease in their spines ; Tb cases have decreased in yrs.
• But is still one of the known infectious disease killers around the world ...
• Scientist are still trying to make resistant med. for it and prevent it from occurring