EBOLA VIRUS & MRSA

By Ashley Harris
ID# 1024868
BIOL 41-04
7/31/2015
 -GRAM NEGATIVE RNA
VIRUS (FILOVIRIDAE
FAMILY)

- USES ITS GLYCOPROTEIN

OR “SPIKY SURFACE” TO
ATTACH TO THE OUTER
LAYSER OF HUMAN
AND/OR ANIMAL CELLS.

- THE VIRAL MEMBRANE IS

MADE UP OF PROTEINS
AND FATS STOLEN FROM
THE HUMAN CELL

- NUCLEOPROTEIN IS USED
TO WRAP RNA INTO A
HELICAL SHAPE

- THE RNA IS ITS GENETIC

WHAT IS THE EBOLA VIRUS? MATERIAL AND ONLY
HAS 7 GENES
PATHOLOGY OF EBOLA VIRUS
IS THERE TREATMENT OF EBOLA VIRUS
DISEASE?

 LUCKILY, THE ANSWER IS YES!

 STANDARD TREATMENT INCLUDES:
 - QUARANTINE
 - PROVIDE FLUIDS, PAIN RELIEVER, & NAUSEA
MEDICATION
 - REST AND PATIENT “SUPPORT”
 EXPERIMENTAL TREATMENT of Zmapp:
 -ANTIVIRUS MEDICATION CREATED WHILE WORKING ON
GENE THERAPY FOR CYSTICFIBROSIS
 -WORKS BY ENTERING CELLS USING THE SPIKES FROM
EBOLA ITSELF (FUN FACT: MONKEYS CREATED SPECIFIC
Ab FOR EBOLA SPIKES)
 Zmapp = 3 ANTIBODY ATTACK ON EBOLA ASPIKES AND
HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN SAVING INFECTED PATIENTS.
 EBOLA VIRUS WORKS CITED

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 WHAT IS MRSA?
“Staphylococcus aureus (also known as staph) is a common
type of bacteria. It's often carried on the skin and inside the
nostrils and throat, and can cause mild infections of the skin,
such as boils and impetigo.
If the bacteria get into a break in the skin, they can cause life-
threatening infections, such as blood poisoning or
endocarditis.”
MRSA =Methicillin-Resistant-Staphylococcus-Auerus
-Gram POSITIVE cocci bacteria
-Resistant to MANY antibiotic drugs
-VERY COMMON, aka “SuperBug”
- TWO TYPES OF MRSA= HA and CA
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HA
AND CA MRSA?
 PATHOLOGY OF MRSA

“UP TO 1 IN EVERY 30 PEOPLE ARE COLONISED BY MRSA BACTERIA. LIKE OTHER TYPES
OF STAPH BACTERIA, IT'S USUALLY HARMLESS AND NOT A CAUSE FOR CONCERN FOR
MOST HEALTHY PEOPLE. HOWEVER, IT CAN CAUSE PROBLEMS IF IT'S ABLE TO ENTER THE
BODY OR IT INFECTS SOMEONE IN POOR HEALTH”
 JUST SAY NO TO MRSA!
SINCE MOST OF US ARE GOING INTO THE HEALTHCARE FIELD, HERE ARE SOME TIPS TO
STAY MRSA-FREE:

-STAFF SHOULD THOROUGHLY WASH THEIR HANDS BEFORE AND AFTER CARING
FOR A PATIENT, BEFORE AND AFTER TOUCHING ANY POTENTIALLY
CONTAMINATED EQUIPMENT OR DRESSINGS, AFTER BED MAKING AND BEFORE
HANDLING FOOD.

-HANDS CAN BE WASHED WITH SOAP AND WATER OR, IF THEY ARE NOT VISIBLY
DIRTY, A FAST-ACTING ANTISEPTIC SOLUTION LIKE A HAND WIPE OR HAND GEL.

-DISPOSABLE GLOVES SHOULD BE WORN WHEN STAFF HAVE PHYSICAL CONTACT

WITH OPEN WOUNDS – FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN CHANGING DRESSINGS, HANDLING
NEEDLES OR INSERTING AN INTRAVENOUS DRIP.

-HANDS SHOULD BE WASHED AFTER GLOVES ARE REMOVED.

-THE HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT, INCLUDING FLOORS, TOILETS AND BEDS, SHOULD

BE KEPT AS CLEAN AND DRY AS POSSIBLE.

PATIENTS WITH A KNOWN OR SUSPECTED MRSA INFECTION SHOULD BE ISOLATED.

PATIENTS SHOULD ONLY BE TRANSFERRED BETWEEN WARDS WHEN IT IS STRICTLY
NECESSARY.
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