Microbiology with Diseases by Taxonomy (5th Edition)
Microbiology with Diseases by Taxonomy (5th Edition)
5th Edition
ISBN: 9780134019192
Author: Robert W. Bauman Ph.D.
Publisher: PEARSON
bartleby

Concept explainers

bartleby

Videos

Textbook Question
Book Icon
Chapter 1, Problem 1EDCS

Emerging Disease Case Study Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

Chapter 1, Problem 1EDCS, Emerging Disease Case Study Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Ellen screamed obscenities as she , example  1

Ellen screamed obscenities as she staggered from the room and collapsed in the hallway, jerking uncontrollably and unable to stand. Her parents were shocked that their kind, considerate, and lovable daughter had changed so drastically during the past year. Sadly, she couldn’t even remember her siblings· names.

Ellen had joined the nearly 200 Europeans and one Canadian afflicted with variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD; what the media call “mad cow disease” because most humans with the condition acquired the pathogen from eating infected beef). Because vCJD affects the brain by slowly eroding nervous tissue and leaving the brain full of spongelike holes. the signs and symptoms of vCJD are neurological. Ellen’s disease started with insomnia. depression. and confusion. but eventually it led to uncontrollable emotional and verbal outbursts, inability to coordinate movements, coma, and death. Typically, the disease lasts about a year, and there is no treatment.

Chapter 1, Problem 1EDCS, Emerging Disease Case Study Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Ellen screamed obscenities as she , example  2

Variant CJD resembles the rare genetic disorder Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (named for its discoverers), which is caused by a mutation and occurs in the elderly. The difference is that the variant form of CJD results from an acquired infection and often strikes and kills college-aged people, like Ellen in our story. For more about vCJD, see pp. 398-400.

  1. 1. The vCJD pathogen is primarily transmitted when a person or animal consumes nervous tissue (brains). How could cattle become infected?
  2. 2. Why is vCJD called variant?
  3. 3. What effect does this pathogen have on cattle?
Blurred answer
Students have asked these similar questions
Clinical Case Study Four generations of the DOE family live in the southeastern United States:  72 -year old grandmother Nancy, 44-year old father Chad, Chad's oldest daughter, Gina, 23 years old, and Gina's 18 month-old son Joseph.  As a whole, the family has had no previous significant medical history, yet interfaces with their primary care physician and medical specialists throughout their lifespan for various conditions. While laboratory analysis often involved the collection of routine blood and urine specimens, the cases in this chapter will highlight times when they needed other body fluids collected for diagnostic purposes. 1)  Besides blood and urine, what are other body fluids that can be collected for diagnostic purposes? 2) Do you believe that there are body fluids that are only clinically relevant at certain time points in life?  Or, instead, are the diagnostic utility of these fluids equal across the lifespan?
Coronavirus background and origin
Lyme disease or zika virus   https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5729143/   https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/zika-virus/what-is-zika-virus.html   Which virus are you more concerned about? Some questions to think about for your answers: Are there available treatments? Be a health care provider: What would you recommend for your patients to avoid these viruses? Do your recommendations change in the mists of the Covid pandemic?

Chapter 1 Solutions

Microbiology with Diseases by Taxonomy (5th Edition)

Ch. 1 - Prob. 1FIBCh. 1 - Prob. 2FIBCh. 1 - Chemotherapy _______________Ch. 1 - Prob. 4FIBCh. 1 - Infection control _______________Ch. 1 - Prob. 6FIBCh. 1 - Epidemiology _______________Ch. 1 - Biotechnology _______________Ch. 1 - Prob. 9FIBCh. 1 - Why was the theory of spontaneous generation a...Ch. 1 - Discuss the significant difference between the...Ch. 1 - List six types of microorganisms.Ch. 1 - Defend this statement: The investigations of...Ch. 1 - Why would a macroscopic tapeworm be studied in...Ch. 1 - Describe what has been called the Golden Age of...Ch. 1 - List four major questions that drive...Ch. 1 - Prob. 8SACh. 1 - Prob. 9SACh. 1 - What does the term HAI (nosocomial infection) have...Ch. 1 - Prob. 1VICh. 1 - Prob. 2VICh. 1 - Match each of the following descriptions with the...Ch. 1 - If Robert Koch had become interested in a viral...Ch. 1 - In 1911, the Polish scientist Casimir Funk...Ch. 1 - Haemophilus influenzae does not cause flu, but it...Ch. 1 - Just before winter break in early December, your...Ch. 1 - Design an experiment to prove that microbes do not...Ch. 1 - Prob. 6CTCh. 1 - Compare and contrast the investigations of Redi,...Ch. 1 - If you were a career counselor directing a student...Ch. 1 - A few bacteria produce disease because they derive...Ch. 1 - How might the debate over spontaneous generation...Ch. 1 - French microbiologists, led by Pasteur, tried to...Ch. 1 - Why arent Kochs postulates always useful in...Ch. 1 - Albert Kluyver said, From elephant to ......Ch. 1 - The ability of farmers around the world to produce...Ch. 1 - Using the following terms, fill in the following...Ch. 1 - Some people consider Leeuwenhoek the Father of...Ch. 1 - Some people consider Pasteur or Koch to be the...Ch. 1 - Prob. 3TMWCh. 1 - In the late 18th century, Philadelphia was one of...Ch. 1 - Ramona is a young mom who takes care of her two...Ch. 1 - Emerging Disease Case Study Variant...
Knowledge Booster
Background pattern image
Biology
Learn more about
Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, biology and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.
Similar questions
SEE MORE QUESTIONS
Recommended textbooks for you
Text book image
Medical Terminology for Health Professions, Spira...
Health & Nutrition
ISBN:9781305634350
Author:Ann Ehrlich, Carol L. Schroeder, Laura Ehrlich, Katrina A. Schroeder
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Text book image
Essentials of Pharmacology for Health Professions
Nursing
ISBN:9781305441620
Author:WOODROW
Publisher:Cengage
What Is A Virus ? ; Author: Peekaboo Kidz;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YS7vsBgWszI;License: Standard YouTube License, CC-BY