HIV/AIDS a Communicable Disease Jennifer Hudson August 20‚ 2010 A communicable disease is an illness that is spread through contact of germs and bacteria. Humans‚ animals and foods are all transporters of germs and bacteria that can deliver a contagious illness from one host to another. An effortless touch or swapping of fluids is all that germs and bacteria need to spread. There are several pertinent communicable diseases in the World today. For the purposes of this paper‚ we will focus on
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| [?] Subscribe To This Site | List Of Phobias And Their Meanings List Of Phobias And Their Meanings From Ablutophobia To Zoophobia Social Bookmark this page NOW Complete Phobia List and their meanings: A Ablutophobia - Fear of washing or bathing. Acarophobia - Fear of itching or of the insects that cause itching. Acerophobia - Fear of sourness. Achluophobia - Fear of darkness. Acousticophobia - Fear of noise. Aeroacrophobia - Fear of open high places. Aeronausiphobia
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25 TERMS Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)- is a lentivirus ( a member of the retrovirus family) that causes required immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)‚ a conditions in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers. Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)- is a disease of human immune system caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Sex- is a process of combining and mixing of genetic traits‚ often in resulting in
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with Lowest HIV/AIDS Infection Rates When the first incidences of what is now known as the AIDS virus was reported back in the early 1980’s‚ not much was known about the illness. With even health care professionals baffled at the sudden appearance of this mystery disease‚ naturally‚ hysteria ensued. As such‚ many misconceptions surrounding the nature and origins of the virus spread. By the mid-80’s‚ the disease had been identified as AIDS or acquired immune deficiency syndrome‚ and HIV or human immunodeficiency
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movies is Schindlers List which reveals the story of a Nazi who risked his life in attempting to save thousands of lives by allowing them to work in his factory. Oskar Schindler‚ the Nazi goes through plenty of trouble and witnesses the cruelty that the Jews have been facing by his own comrades. This movie expresses that not all Nazis and Germans were “evil”‚ some actually tried to save the lives of Jews‚ the Chinese and others even tried to otherthrow Adolf Hitler. Schindlers List reveals that not all
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Was HIV Man Made? Before we get into this topic‚ I’d like to give you all a brief understanding of HIV. HIV - the Human Immunodeficiency Virus - is a virus that attacks the immune system‚ resulting in a chronic‚ progressive illness that leaves people vulnerable to opportunistic infections and cancers. When the body can no longer fight infection‚ the disease is known as AIDS‚ which stands for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. So this brings us to‚ is HIV a man made disease to control the population
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TOPIC: RISK MINIMISATION – In the last 5 years by RBI LITERATURE REVIEW: Amidst an adverse external environment‚ the Indian economy during 2011-12 traversed a difficult terrain characterised by inflationary pressures‚ growth slowdown and deteriorating fiscal and external sector balances. Against the backdrop of a difficult macroeconomic setting‚ monetary policy had the difficult task of reining in inflation‚ arresting the growth slowdown‚ providing adequate liquidity in the system to ensure non-disruptive
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Stephen Spielberg’s Schindler’s List has had a profound effect in my understanding of an important historical event. It also illustrated for me the triumph of the human spirit in one of the darkest moments of the human journey. In his portraits of both the powerful and the powerless and is his transcendent final scene‚ Spielberg defines for us a very personal vision of the Holocaust. Oscar Schindler appears for the first time in the film as an opportunistic entrepreneur mingling with the Nazi
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important factors in determining the relative emphasis placed by policy-makers‚ in S.A. on prevention as opposed to treatment of HIV. ’ One of the major problems affecting the South African country is the spread of HIV. The country is believed to have the most number of HIV victims than any other country. As seen on the diagram‚ South Africa has the highest adult HIV prevalence. (GRAPH) Only 10% of the children who need treatment are able to have the benefit of undergoing treatment; this causes
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