Communicable Disease Paper The Dengue virus is known to be a mosquito-borne viral infection and is a major threat to health worldwide. It is a mosquito-borne infection that causes a severe flu-like illness and is also known as break bone fever. Fifty to one hundred million people are infected each year mostly in tropical and sub-tropical climates of the world. In the U.S‚ cases seen affected with the Dengue virus are mostly from Americans who traveled out of the country. Infection of the dengue
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having a side effect. While some experts say that vaccinations are safe‚ others say that vaccinations are deadly. Approximately 100 years ago children received 1 vaccine‚ smallpox. About 40 years ago children received 5 vaccines‚ diphtheria‚ pertussis‚ tetanus‚ smallpox and polio. Today a child receives 52 vaccines‚ 15 of these shots are by the age of 16 months (http://tuberose.com). By the time another 100 years go by it is possible that our children will receive double the
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going around but nobody really took it serious because medical professionals never confirmed it. Everyone knows that around fall time the seasonal flu and common colds go around but they’re not that serious because they have vaccines. Over the next 2 weeks more and more cases started popping up and were confirmed by doctors. Salmonella doesn’t have a vaccine‚ so the city of new york declared an outbreak. When things started to get progressively worse the CDC and scientists started to get involved. By
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What is the infectious agent for Bubonic Plague? Bacterium Yersinia Pestis 4. By how much was the world population reduced during the Plague pandemic? Estimate of 450 million 5. What year (within the past 100 years) did the world experience a flu pandemic? 1918 6. What are 3 symptoms of chikungunya fever? Fever‚ Vomiting‚ nausea‚ head ache and joint pain 7. What bacterium causes Lyme’s disease? Borrelia 8. What is ‘erythema migrans?’ A rash seen in early stage of Lyme disease. 9. Find
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and here is why. Vaccines cause your immune system to produce disease-fighting antibodies without causing the disease itself. Today‚ more than 20 serious human diseases can be prevented by vaccination. For some diseases‚ you need to be vaccinated only once in your life. For other diseases‚ such as measles‚ tetanus‚ and influenza‚ you may need to be vaccinated at regular intervals. Well‚ in the past‚ smallpox killed hundreds of millions of people. Today‚ thanks to the smallpox vaccine‚ the disease has
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their motion. At the same time‚ through this reading I have gotten a better understanding about the jumping DNA‚ which is a small sequence of DNA that move itself within the genome of the cell. Also‚ I found very interesting the creation of the first vaccine by Edward Jenner‚ theories like the Weismann Barrier and other concepts that helped scientists to have a better understanding of antibodies‚ genes and viruses. According to this chapter‚ it is said that all human cells are like a soup made of mammal
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Guinea and Merck’s Gift to World: A Vaccine for Ebola Christmas may have come early to the West African nation of Guinea; a vaccine developed by Merck and tested on 4‚000 people in Guinea proved 100% effective. Sakoba Keita‚ Ebola response coordinator in Guinea called it Guinea’s gift to the world and it very well might be. Conditions of Testing There are certain medical concerns on the testing methodology. Due to the epidemic nature of the disease and the urgent need for a solution‚ no placebos
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Unit 8: Worldwide destinations M2: Explain how different factors might affect travel to India. Monsoon season Monsoon season in India The death toll from this year’s monsoon has already climbed past 800‚ and now some 1.2 million people have been marooned‚ and about 2 million more affected in the impoverished state of Bihar‚ where the Koshi River has burst its banks‚ breached safety embankments and submerged all roads leading to the region. Indian villagers wade through flood water in
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don’t know what type of vaccination your four-legged friend needs‚ Kapolei Pet Hospital in Kapolei‚ HI invites you into their office for a check-up. Generally speaking‚ there are two different types of pet vaccinations – core vaccines and non-core vaccines. Core vaccines‚ on one hand‚ include shots for rabies and distemper‚ which should be given to every single dog. They protect pups from acquiring the rabies virus‚ a very dangerous illness for humans‚
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cannot possibility have the same insight into an individual’s habits as she herself. 1. Don’t miss these Health stories 1. US races to make bird flu vaccine – just in case Less than two weeks after Chinese officials released the genetic sequence of a new type of bird flu‚ U.S. vaccine experts are well on the way to making a vaccine to protect people against it. 2. 1 in 4 skin cancer survivors skips sunscreen‚ study finds 3. A few see music all around them (literally)
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