E. coli
E. coli is…
See Escherichia coli.
Ebola
definitionEbola is…
Haemorrhagic (i.e. triggering bleeding) and frequently lethal fever triggered by the highly contagious Ebola virus. To date, there is no vaccine against ebola and no specific treatment.
eHealth
definitioneHealth is ...
eHealth describes the application of electronic information and communication technologies for health. eHealth is an abbrevation for “electronic health” and a general term for a broad spectrum of IT applications.
EHEC
definitionEHEC stands for...
Enterohaemorrhagic (i.e. causing intestinal bleeding) Escherichia coli, the pathogenic variant of the usually harmless intestinal inhabitant, Escherichia coli. These bacteria produce a cellular toxin that causes inflammatory-like reactions inside intestinal cells that seriously damage the body. Around ten percent of patients develop haemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) which destroys red blood cells and can lead to acute renal failure.
endemic
definitionEndemic means…
Local but not temporal high incidence of a given infectious disease in a particular region or population.
epidemic
definitionEpidemic means…
The locally and temporally limited occurrence of an infectious disease.
epitope
definitionAn epitope is…
Specific region of an antigen that attaches to antigen receptors on T and B cells and to antibodies.
erythrocyte
definitionAn erythrocyte is…
Small red blood cell involved in the transport of oxygen to the tissues and of carbon dioxide away from the tissues. Its color is due to the reddish oxygen-carrying protein haemoglobin. Erythrocytes do not contain a nucleus.
Escherichia coli
definitionEscherichia coli is…
Escherichia coli (E. coli) is a rod-shaped bacterium that is naturally found in the intestine. E. coli is a popular model organism used in the lab. In addition to harmless intestinal inhabitant there do exist pathogenic variants like EHEC.
eukaryotes
definitionEukaryotes are…
Unicellular or multicellular organisms that contain a nucleus. Humans, animals, plants, and protozoa are eukaryotes. In contrast, prokaryotes lack a nucleus.
ecology
definitionEcology refers to…
Field of biology concerned with the study of the interactions between organisms and between them and their environment.