Anthrax: Poor Man's Atomic Bomb? Ever since the nationwide anthrax scare following the tragic events of September 11th, the biological agent's name has become another taboo word in the English language. Paranoia swept the nation to the point where a cloud of baby powder would cause peop...

Outbreak Essay " The single biggest threat to man's continues dominance is the virus." In the movie Outbreak a hemorrhagic virus took the lives of many people in a matter of days. This deadly virus was called the Motaba virus. Even though the virus is so small compared to us i...

Necrotizing fasciitis is a bacterial infection that attacks the soft tissue of the body, usually in an extremity following a minor trauma. There are also cases of it occurring after surgery, most often abdominal surgery. Necrotizing fasciitis (nek-roe-tie-zing fah-shee-eye-tis) is more commonly know...

West Nile virus is a mosquito-borne flavivirus virus that can cause encephalitis (inflammation of the brain) or meningitis (inflammation of the lining of the brain and spinal cord).1You're probably wondering "what is a flavivirus?" A flavivirus is a positive-stranded RNA which can be ...

Typhoid Fever essay: Introduction: Typhoid fever is a bacterial infection of the intestinal tract and occasionally the bloodstream, and is from the Salmonella species. Risk of infection is greatest for travellers to developing countries who will have prolonged exposure to potentially contaminated f...

VIRAL INFECTIONS: THE TRUE WHYS AND WHAT NOWS It all started with a little tickling in my throat. I forged ahead, knowing all too well what that feeling meant, I was getting sick. I convinced myself to just not think about it and it would just go away. This whole time there...

Antrhax, Bacilus anthracis, is a bacterial pathogen. This rod-shaped microbe is commonly found in soil and is ingested by sheep, cows, horses, and goats; thus, it is labeled as a vetrinary disease. Anthrax is what's called a "gram positive" bacterium. This means it has the type of cell walls which...

Diseases E. coli are germs that normally live the intestines of people and animals. The most common symptoms are severe stomach cramps and diarrhea. E. coli lives in the intestines of healthy cattle and can get into the meat when cattle are slaughtered. The germs are killed whe...

The tobacco mosaic virus, or as it is usually referred to, TMV, is a common pathogen of many crops including bean, tobacco, and tomato. The virus is known to produce systematic infections in its hosts by spreading throughout the organism from the initial site of entry (usually an injury) via the va...

OUTBREAK and the IMMUNE SYSTEM essay The movie OUTBREAK starring Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo, and Cuba Gooding jr. incorporates many of the biological concepts discussed in class this year. OUTBREAK involves concepts we have learned such as: Viruses and Bacteria, Human Genetics, Evolution and ...

Since the day when war and technology mixed together during these last centuries, each human being has been facing attacks with different kinds of weapons. One of the biggest threats of mass destructors in the world are biological weapons or also known as bio-weapons. According to dictionaries, a bi...

Bio 162 Bacteria Microrganism Assignment Morphology: N.gonorrohoeae is a gram negative cocci organism. The colonies are usually pinkish brown but after a 48-hour incubation period they turn clear brown. They span anywhere from .6 to 1.0 micrometers in diameter. They are usually seen in pairs ...

The human body is built with its own immunity system. It provides defenses against foreign objects in the body and prevents disease. Specific diseases have a specific reaction- the immune system has a mechanism of response for each particular foreign substances. A foreign molecule that draws spec...

Bacterial meningitis is an acute inflammation of the central nervous system that is caused by bacteria, viruses, or rarely fungi (Behrman et al. 382). The signs and symptoms of bacterial meningitis vary from medically routine symptoms to serious, life-threatening problems. Treatment may include int...

Escherichia coli (E. coli) is a member of the family Enterobacteriaceae along with Shigella, Yersenia, Klebsiella, Salmonella, and Proteus spp. These are microbes that are normally seen worldwide in soil, water, vegetation, and even as normal flora of the gastrointestinal tract (Cohen, Powderly, Op...