IV V INTRODUCTION. Dengue fever is an infectious disease caused by a virus. It is infected by mosquito bites. It is common in warm‚ wet areas of the world. Outbreaks happen during the rainy season. Most people with dengue recover within 2 weeks. However some people with dengue infectious are severe and causes bleeding from nose‚ gums and under the
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INTRODUCTION Dengue fever Dengue fever (UK /ˈdɛŋɡeɪ/ or US /ˈdɛŋɡiː/)‚ also known as breakbone fever‚ is an infectious tropical diseasecaused by the dengue virus. Symptoms include fever‚headache‚ muscle and joint pains‚ and a characteristicskin rash that is similar to measles. In a small proportion of cases the disease develops into the life-threateningdengue hemorrhagic fever‚ resulting in bleeding‚ low levels of blood platelets and blood plasma leakage‚ or into dengue shock syndrome‚ where
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1. If the movement of people‚ food‚ and manufactured goods can have such a negative impact on public health‚ should steps be taken to reduce these flows? What other options are there for lowering the spread of global diseases? Yes‚ steps should be taken to minimize the negative impacts of movement of people‚ food and manufactured goods on human health. Globalization is not something which will vanish or will get slower after some time. It will stay here for long. Currently‚ we can see the increase
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other times and places other than there currently situation. The Speaker‚ describes everything the men in the company carried and why all the importance of possessions. They are described as actual physical objects chewing gum‚ marijuana‚ and mosquito repellent and chewing gum. The objects the men carried depended on many different factors‚ some possessed objects based from there constitutions and others on their priorities. Lieutenant Jimmy Cross carried several objects such as letters in ruck sack
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Contents Introduction General Precautions Wildlife Diseases of Public Health Concern Directly Transmitted Diseases Rabies Hantavirus Trichinosis Mosquito-borne Diseases Protozoa Helminthiasis Virus Tick-borne Diseases Colorado Tick Fever Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (Tick-borne Typhus) Lyme Disease Tularemia Relapsing Fever Other Tick-borne Diseases Flea-borne Diseases Plague Murine Typhus Fever Commensal Rodent-borne Diseases Rat-bite Fever Leptospirosis (Weil’s
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causative organisms of malaria. Plasmodium‚ which infects red blood cells in mammals (including humans)‚ birds‚ and reptiles‚ occurs worldwide‚ especially in tropical and temperate zones. The organism is transmitted by the bite of the female Anopheles mosquito. Other insects and some mites may also transmit forms of malaria to animals. Five species of Plasmodium are known to cause human malaria: P. vivax (producing the most widespread form)‚ P. ovale (relatively uncommon)‚ P. falciparum (producing the
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Activity 1.4.3: Life of an Epidemiologist Epidemiology defined: The basic science of public health in which the causing factor‚ population‚ frequency‚ and relevant intervention is found in the case of an outbreak. Epidemiology: Education: Master’s degree is required Training: no on the job training is required‚ but is recommended to observe Typical salary: $63‚010 per year Other: Epidemiologists work in health departments‚ offices‚ universities‚ and laboratories. Some do fieldwork to conduct
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with other stakeholder groups wherever we can so as to further sustained change in behaviour and development. Our community based health programs involve education in nutrition‚ hygiene‚ healthy environments‚ and disease prevention - including mosquito net distribution. In response to an unfortunately frequent need‚ we have built an award winning capacity in Emergency Preparedness and have delivered practical‚ locally-based Emergency Responses. SurfAid follows the organisational values of accountability
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A2: Stopped Malaria in US 13 Frontline - Solvency: Mosquito Resistance 14 Frontline - Solvency: DDT is a pain to store and transport 15 Frontline - DA: DDT is poorly regulated 16 Frontline - DA: Human Health Crisis 17 Frontline - DA: Environmental Damage 18 Frontline - CP Links: Legalize under Stockholm Protection 19 ***Extension*** 20 Extension - DDT Allowed for Developing Countries 21 Extension - Solvency: Mosquito Resistance 22 Extension - CP: Legalize under Stockholm
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What is Malaria? (Knowing more on how to deal with Malaria) A. History of Malaria Although the parasite responsible for P. falciparum malaria has been in existence for 50‚000–100‚000 years‚ the population size of the parasite did not increase until about 10‚000 years ago‚ concurrently with advances in agriculture and the development of human settlements. Close relatives of the human malaria parasites remain common in chimpanzees. Some evidence suggests that the P. falciparum malaria may have originated
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