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Appendix C: Glossary
Pages 270-280

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... Antimicrobials: Class of substances that can destroy or inhibit the growth of pathogenic groups of microorganisms, including bacteria, viruses, parasites, and fungi. Arboviral Diseases: Shortened form of arthropod-borne virus.
From page 271...
... Symptoms of botulism include double vision, blurred vision, drooping eyelids, slurred speech, difficulty swallowing, dry mouth, and muscle weakness. The illness can cause paralysis, respiratory failure, and death (http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Fact_Sheets/ Frozen_Fully_Cooked_Products_&_Botulism/index.asp)
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... Drug-resistant organisms could also be included as the cause of emerging infections since they exist because of human influence. Some recent examples of agents responsible for emerging infections include human immunodeficiency virus, Ebola virus, and multidrugresistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and H1N1 influenza A
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... . Foodborne Diseases: Disease caused by consuming contaminated foods or beverages.
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... Hantaviruses are transmitted to humans by contact direct or indirectly with the saliva and excreta of rodents such as deer mice, field mice, and ground voles. Heparin: A b lood-thinning drug (http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/ PostmarketDrugSafetyInformationforPatientsandProviders/UCM112597)
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... The IHR, which entered into force on June 15, 2007, require countries to report certain disease outbreaks and public health events to WHO. Building on the unique experience of WHO in global disease surveillance, alert and response, the IHR define the rights and obligations of countries to report public health events, and establish a number of procedures that WHO must follow in its work to uphold global public health security (http://www.who.
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... . Paleolithic Period: Ancient cultural stage, or level, of human development, characterized by the use of rudimentary chipped stone tools (http://www.britannica.
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... . In this report, Paramyxoviridae is used to refer to the Nipah virus, a newly emerging zoonosis that causes severe disease in both animals and humans.
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... . Public Health: The art and science of dealing with the protection and improvement of community health by organized community effort and including preventive medicine and sanitary and social health.
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... Most persons infected with Salmonella develop diarrhea, fever, and abdominal cramps 12 to 72 hours after infection. The illness usually lasts 4 to 7 days, and most persons recover without treatment (http://www.cdc.gov/nczved/dfbmd/disease_listing/ salmonellosis_gi.html)
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... live cells, tissues, or organs from a nonhuman animal source, or (b) human body fluids, cells, tissues or organs that have had ex vivo contact with live nonhuman animal cells, tissues or organs (synonym: xenogeneic transplantation)


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