Pathogens Quotes

With the recent HRSA funding coming from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, many hospitals have been able to prepare for outbreaks caused by airborne pathogens, such as the SARS problem we saw in Asia recently. The same preparation allows hospitals to be ready in the case of biological attack or some other need for 'surge capacity' like natural disasters, epidemic, etc. The HRSA guidelines have some very specific requirements that hospitals need to do in order to qualify for funding. - Brad Miller

Wildlife populations can act as buffers against the spread of disease as well as sources for its emergence. Through providing a better understanding of how pathogens move among species, the field of Conservation Medicine gives us the tools we need to maintain healthy ecosystems that protect people and wildlife. - Mary Pearl

We still believe that dairy products sold should be pasteurized. We believe that to be the safest way to go. However, if the General Assembly seeks to add an exemption, we believe that, number one, the farm should be inspected for safety and cleanliness, and two, the product should be tested to ensure that it is free of pathogens. - Andrew Smith

We most likely will get it from an animal and it will probably be the result of changes in human ecology --humans moving into new areas of the world and coming in contact with unknown pathogens. - Mark Woolhouse

Under those same conditions, one-minute exposure could kill 99.99% of other waterborne pathogens that do not exist as spores. - Jon Calomiris

Their purpose in life is to capture the enemy, bring it to the lymph node -- the command center -- and present it to the general, the T cell, to activate a battle plan. It's a very efficient system that has allowed us to survive many insults, pathogens and viruses. - Derya Unutmaz

The second major problem is cross contamination... just reintroduces whatever pathogens were in the uncooked food. - Michael Pariza

The purpose of this study was to determine the fate of anthrax spores in a drinking water system that uses chlorine as a disinfectant. Though researchers have some knowledge of how other waterborne pathogens may survive or die in drinking water systems, little is understood about the fate of anthrax spores in chlorinated water systems. - Jon Calomiris

The pathogens that cause disease have conditions in which they live, just like we do. We have to combine the physical data with what we know in the medical world. - Conrad Lautenbacher