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Bacteria vs Viruses

Bacterias

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  1. 1-cell
  2. Good or Bad
  3. Reproduce
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Bacteria vs Viruses

Viruses

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  1. Microscopic
  2. Can’t survive without host cell
  3. Can trigger immune response
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Lines of Defense

1st LoD

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  • Physical: skin
  • Chemistry: ↓ pH, antimicrobial
  • Biology: Microbiome
  • Nonspecific/ innate
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Lines of Defense

2nd LoD

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order:
1. Macrophage
2. Leukocytes
3. Neutrophils
* Complement Sys: HAve proteins that kill infected cells
* Causes Histamine release ➠ Inflammation ➠ more WBCs
* Nonspecific/ innate

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Lines of Defense

Interferons

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Signal to other cells to increase antiviral protection

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Lines of Defense

3rd LoD

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  • Kill and Remember antigen ⟹ causes response in B and T cells
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Lines of Defense

B cells

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  • Bone Marrow Cells
  • Sit in lymphatic system and wait until needed
  • Tons of them but when matched, mitosis of proper one occurs
    1. Plasma cells are created to make tons of antibodies
    2. Memory cells are created
  • Resistance increases in waves based on number of exposures
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Lines of Defense

T cells

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  • Immature B cells in Thymus
  • Sit in lymphatic system and wait until needed
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Lines of Defense

Process of Activating Immune Cells

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  1. Antigen attaches to self protein on macrophage
    1. now = macrophage to antigen presenting cells
  2. Runs into T cells until proper one is found
  3. Binds to proper helper T cell
  4. That helper T cell divides further
  5. B cells and cytotoxic T cells are activated
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Lines of Defense

Cytotoxic T cells

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  • Bind with an infected cell
  • Uses perforin to poke holes in a cell and kill it
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Lines of Defense

Antibodies

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They:
1. Neutralize: Stop bacteria from working
2. Agglutinize: make them stick together
3. Precipitate dissolved antigens: Make antigens less useful and easier to destroy
4. Activate complement system which causes cell lysis
* First 3 enhance phagocytosis
* Last causes cell lysis

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Immune System - EdPuzzle

Lymphatic System

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Connects tissues with immune system using lymph nodes

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Immune System - EdPuzzle

Macrophages

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  • Attack invading bacteria with “arms”
  • can eat up 100s of bacteria
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Immune System - EdPuzzle

Neutrophils

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  • 2nd LoD
  • Suicide warriors that use deadily chemicals that damage heathy and non-healthy cells
  • Will kill themselves after a while to not hurt healthy cells
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Immune System - EdPuzzle

Inflammation

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Swelling as fluid enters the damaged area to deliver complement proteins

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Immune System - EdPuzzle

Dendritic Cell

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  • Immune System Intelligence Officer
  • reports parst of bacteria to proper helper T cell
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Immune System - EdPuzzle

Memory cells

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  • Remember antigens of bacteria and continues producing low amount of antibodies to provide resistance to future infection
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Organ Transplants

Problem with Organ Transplants

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Rejection

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Organ Transplants

Tests for Transplant

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  1. Blood Types: A, B, O, AB + Rh factors(+/-)
  2. HLA(MHC) Antigens: Tissue Matching
    1. 6 varieties of self proteins
    2. Must match most for success
    3. Sibs share more often than strangers
    4. Not as large of an issue because of immunosuppresant drugs
  3. Cross Matching Test
    1. Antibodies against donor
  4. Living donor is better than dead: Immediately decomposes after death
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Organ Transplants

Transplant Rejection

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  1. Hyperacute; Immediate rejection; Blood Type mismatch
  2. Acute; Weeks/ Months; Inflammation and Leukocyte infiltration: Most common
  3. Chronic; Months/ Years; Thickening and Fibrosis of vessels
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Organ Transplants

Transplant Criteria

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  • Kidney: Time on List = Largest Waitlist
  • Liver = MELD Score
    1. Creatinine = How well Liver is working
    2. Bilirubin = How well liver is cleaning bile
    3. INR-h = How well making clotting factors
    4. Serum Sodium level
  • ☝︎ MELD = Worse state
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Organ Transplants

Alternate Treatments

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  • Xenotransplants with Pigs
    • Have to have huge pig farms
  • Bioprinting
    • Hard to replicate complex organs
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Organ Transplant Talk : Will Chapman

Problems with Transplants

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  • Need»_space;> Amount
  • 20% die every year on waiting list
  • Organ allocation not equal and not considering all factors
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Organ Transplant Talk : Will Chapman

Cadaver Donors

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  • Brain Death
    • No cortical brainstem function
  • Non-Heartbeating donors
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# Organ Transplant Talk : Will Chapman Procurement Logistics
* Multiple teams * Differnt cold ischemia times: heart → kidney * Drop temp and use preservation fluid used
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# Organ Transplant Talk : Will Chapman Prisoners = Donors?
1. Yes: need more and dont need anymore for death row 2. No: Coercion, viral transmission, become a high risk donor, security requirements for hospitals
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# Organ Transplant Talk : Coach Kinney Emotional Toll of Donation
* ALA-60 * 5-14 years to live * too many choices and long nights deciding 1. Drug Study 2. Transplant 3. Nothing * Had to grapple with thinking about others dying for his benefit
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# Viruses What are Viruses?
1. Core: Nucleic Acid with 4-1000 genes 2. DNA or RNA 3. Protein Coated 4. Capsomeres 5. Have envelope sometimes to hide within body proteins
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# Viruses Viral Reproduction
* Bind to protein on Host
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# Viral Reproduction Covid Receptor
ACE-2 * Different types vary risk in animals
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# Viral Reproduction Theory of Covid evolution
* labs * Bats to pangolins to humans eating them
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# Viral Reproduction Lytic Cycle
* Reproduction of virus in host cell then burst
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# Viral Reproduction HIV
* Retroviruses = Uses RNA(less stable but quicker mutator) * Chimps got SIV from monkeys and Humans got HIV from Chimps(after eating them) * Have proteins to reverse transcription: reverse transcriptase and integrase * Use lysogenic cycle * Attack Helper T cells * Bind to **CCR5 & CD4** receptors
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# HIV AIDS
* Autoimmune deficiency syndrome * when Helper T cells with CD4 too low and makes immune system very suceptible to infections by opportunisitic diseases
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# Viral Reproduction opportunisitic diseases
* Thrush * Fungal Lung Infection * Kaposis Sarcoma; Skin Cancer * TB
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# Vaccines Vaccines goal
* ☝︎ immune system strength by ☝︎memory cells
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# Types of Vaccines Live Attenuated
* put in chick embryos to change virus then reinject into humans and trigger immune response * best at illiciting immune responce * Bad because: * Revert and cause disease * Possible harm to immunocompromised * less safe than inactivated vaccine * less safe for immuno compromised
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# Types of Vaccines Inactivated Vaccine
* Not good at infecting but good at triggering immune system * Many need more than one dose * Safer and more stable * can give to immunocompromised
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# Types of Vaccines Replicating & Non-Replicating Viral Vector Vaccine
* give virus with ☟spike proteins and ☟ outside * If Replicating, can give less because will produce more, but more dangerous * Non-rep, need to give more but less dangerous
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# Types of Vaccines Subunit Vaccines and Biotechnology
* Make spike protein which triggers immune system * grown in bacteria and yeast and only 1 subunit * need to make multiple because the virus will mutate multiple times
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# Types of Vaccines RNA vaccines
* Trick cells to make immune cells by creating spike protein to respond to * Faster to dev
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# Types of Vaccines Boosters
* Enhance immune system * Covers mutations
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# Vaccines Herd Immunity
* Reduces spread among non vax ppl with more herd immunity * Without can lead to old diseases reappearing with force: Measles
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# Vaccines Testing
* Phases 1. Safety 2. Safety & Immune System Activated 3. Safe and Effective * Caused fear in ppl when sped up for COVID vax(new tech that was safe and didn't need to sep stage 1 and 2)
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# Vaccines Refusal Reasons
* Religion * Personal * Misinformed
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# Diseases Sporatic
* Infrequently or irregularly gotten
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# Diseases Cluster
* Concentrated in geological region * occurs in larger numbers even though the actual number or cause is uncertain
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# Diseases Endemic
* Contant presence / usual prevalence of a disease in a geographic population * Africa for Malaria
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# Diseases Hyperendemic
* Persistent _High_ levels of disease
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# Diseases Epidemic
* *Sudden* unexpected increase in the number of cases * suggests *out of control* disease * *actively spreading*
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# Diseases Pandemic
* Epidemic spread *over several countries*
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# Diseases Spanish Flu
* 1918 * Got in war then spread at home * Started in africa
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# Epidemiology What is it?
Who and How diseases spread
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# Epidemiology Incidence
How much added to community
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# Epidemiology Prevalence
Fraction of cases in population
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# Epidemiology Case Control
People with disease
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# Epidemiology Cohort Studies
Suceptible populations
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# Epidemiology SIR Model
1. Suceptible 2. Infectious 3. Removed
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# Vaccinations- Smith Best case for
* Public health * Removing Deadly disease * Herd Immunity * Cost Effective * Economic and want good workers for govt
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# Vaccinations - Smith Best Case Against
* Infringe on Autonomy and Religious beliefs * animal testing * lowering trust in medical system and govt * medical problems
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# Public Health What is it?
The mental and physical wellbeing of a population
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# Public Health Govt Implementation
* Mix of prevention and treatment * Freedom / Bodily Autonomy * Socrates: Can't follow laws when it pleases you
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# Public Health Americans with Disabilities Act
* 1990 * 43 mil Am disabled with subtantial discrim or prejud * Make resonable accomodations for those facing major life activity effects
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# Public Health Bragdon v. Abbott
* 1998 * HIV Abbott informs dentist Bragdon abt HIV status and needs to fill cavity * Wants to do procedure at hospital and makes her pay more for it * Sues based in ADA and wins because descrim against major life ability(sex)
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# Public Health AIDS and Crime
* Nushawn Williams, Darnell McGee, Angela Harris * having sex while knowing you have HIV = attempted murder? or reckless endangerment?
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# Public Health Ebola
* Bleed from every pore * Kaci Hickox worked in Af as nurse and forced to stay on NJ runway for 21 days as quarantine * Sued and won
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# Public Health Corona
* Cruise ship * Quarantine and mask mandates
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