An uninoculated phenylethyl alcohol (PEA) agar plate with 5% sheep blood. (Naowarat Cheeptham and Carolynne Fardy, Thompson Rivers University, Kam…
Segment from the program The Immunological System: Recognition, Attack, and Memory. DVD Description Our Immune System DVD starts by looking at exte…
Segment from the program The Immunological System: Recognition, Attack, and Memory. DVD Description Our Immune System DVD starts by looking at exte…
Lecture about the Immune system for a High School Biology Class ---------------------------------------------------------
Natural Killer Cells are the most aggressive white cells in the immune system. They make up about 5% to 15% of the total lymphocyte circulating po…
An image was taken every five minutes for approximately 87 hours, at room temperature. You can see each morning the heating kicked on and caused…
Salmonella typhimurium and Campylobacter jejuni are gram-negative pathogens responsible for many food-poisoning outbreaks across the U…
Introduction This figure shows an agarose gel image of PCR products to differentiate bacterial species based on variation in the genome content.…
Aims and Objectives To understand how the body prevents entry of micro-organisms. To understand the difference between innate and ac…
Aims and Objectives To know the different types of micro-organisms. To understand their structural differences. To understand that not all micr…
A wide variety of other bacteria, viruses, fungi and protozoa could potentially be transmitted by endoscopy. Relatively little investigation h…
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a blood borne retrovirus that was first recognised in 1981. Disease Between two weeks and seve…
The hepatitis C virus (HCV) is an RNA virus closely related to the Flavivirus group. Disease most cases of acute hepatitis C are asymptomati…
The hepatitis B virus (HBV) which causes hepatitis B is a DNA virus from the Hepadnavirus family. Disease HBV is a hepatotrophic virus a…
The human enterovirus group includes the polioviruses, coxsackieviruses, echoviruses as well as enteroviruses. They are ubiquitous and cause a…
This is a Gram negative rod that thrives in moist environments. It frequently contaminates solutions and hospital equipment and the human rese…
This is a Gram negative bacillus that can be found in the gut of humans and almost all animals throughout the world. Disease Gastroenterit…
Gram negative bacilli that live in water and are capable of prolonged survival in moist and dry environments. The species most commonly encou…
These are rod-shaped organisms which don't stain well with the Gram stain because of their thick waxy coat. An acid-fast stain such as the …
The main issue in relation to resistant organisms such as MRSA, VRE and MDRTB in connection with endoscopy is the potential risk for conta…