Port Security in a Competitive Environment Increasingly in our security conscious world, ports considered insecure may be at a competitivedisadvantage to those demonstrating the ability to prevent imports of threatening cargos. Thus,Canadian ports ignore enhanced security at their peril.
Strep is short for Streptococcus, a type of bacteria. There are two types: group A and group B. Group A strep causes. 1  Strep throat - a sore, red throat, sometimes with white spots on the tonsils.  Scarlet fever - an illness that follows strep throat. It causes a red rash on the body.
âSuperbugâ Streptococcus pneumoniae causes several different types of infection, including ear infections and pneumonia. The bacteria Streptococcus pneumoniae, or pneumococcus, is the leading cause of vaccine-preventable illness and death in the United States, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). It primarily spreads through the air in the form of aerosol droplets from coughing and sneezing.