Viruses

Also in this section Download: high-resolution pdf Classification of medically important viruses Virus map by system Ā  Respiratory GI-Liver CNS Skin Systemic ssRNA Influenza A/B Enteroviruses (Coxsackie, Echo)   Rubeola (Measles) Parainfluenza Poliovirus Rabies   Rubella RSV Norovirus Arboviruses: Zika, West Nile, St. Louis Encephalitis,Ā  Japanese Encephalitis,Ā    Mumps Rhinovirus Yellow FeverĀ    Coxsackie Coronavirus […]

Population and Community Health

Population and Community Health represents one of the most expansive and interconnected domains in healthcare, examining health patterns, determinants, and interventions at the collective level rather than focusing solely on individual patient care. This thread forms a critical foundation for understanding how health is shaped by social, environmental, economic, and political forces that operate across […]

Development of digestive organs

Optional reading The Developing Human: Clinically Oriented Embryology, 12th ed., chapter 11. Introduction As always, understanding the development of the body’s organ systems and parts illuminates their gross anatomy. The definitive anatomy of digestive organs in the abdomen is a perfect example. The embryo starts out with a simple straight tube in the 4th week, […]

Head and neck development

Optional reading Langman’s Medical Embryology: Chapter 17, Head and Neck. The relevant sections are: Introduction, Pharyngeal Apparatus, Thyroid Gland, and Face. Most of the events that produce the definitive anatomy of the head and neck are covered in this chapter. The pharyngeal apparatus (the source of the primordial tissues) is discussed first, followed by detailed […]

Anaerobic bacteria

Medically Relevant This is a list of medically relevant bacteria. See the associated entry within the Microbiology and Infectious Disease thread compendiumĀ for gram-positive and gram-negative for details. Clostridia Actinomyces Bacteroides Propionibacterium/Cutibacterium acnes Lactobacillus See also in the Micro-ID session guide