Leprosy: transmission, pathogenesis and clinical features
Leprosy: Hansen’s disease (leprosy) is a chronic granulomatous disease of humans primarily involving the skin, peripheral nerves and nasal mucosa but capable of affecting any […]
Leprosy: Hansen’s disease (leprosy) is a chronic granulomatous disease of humans primarily involving the skin, peripheral nerves and nasal mucosa but capable of affecting any […]
Mycobacterium leprae Mycobacterium leprae is the only pathogenic bacteria of man that has not yet been cultivated in vitro and thus fails to fulfill the […]
Yersinia pestis The name Yersinia is given after the French bacteriologist Alexander Yersinia who discovered the organism causing plague in 1894. At present 11 species […]
Transmission of plague: Plague is a zoonotic infection transmitted to human by the bite of an infected rat flea. Infection may also be transferred by […]
Cytomegalovirus: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a genus of viruses belonging to the order Herpesvirales, in the family Herpesviridae. CMV is the largest member of the human […]
Molecular marker: Molecular marker is identified as genetic marker. Molecular marker is a DNA or gene sequence within a recognized location on a chromosome which […]
Marfan syndrome: Marfan syndrome is one of the genetic disorders i.e. the child inherits from their parents. It is a condition that affects the connective […]
Listeria species The genus Listeria are cocobacillary to bacillus shaped gram positive bacteria. They are non-sporing, non-capsulated and non-acid fast They are aerobic and microaerophilic […]
Hepatitis B virus Hepatitis B is the most widespread and most important type of viral hepatitis. Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infects the liver and to […]
Cystic fibrosis: Cystic fibrosis (CF) is one of the genetic diseases i.e. it can be inherited to offspring. It is the condition where the mucus […]
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