Influenza‚ also called the flu‚ is an extremely contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza A‚ B or C viruses. Type A and B are the reason behind the annual influenza epidemics that have close to 20% of the world’s population sick. Type C flu symptoms are less severe and less common. What causes the flu? The flu is caused by RNA viruses that infects the respiratory tract of many humans‚ birds and animals. People catch bird flu by close contact with bird droppings or the birds themselves
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Communicable Disease: Communicable diseases‚ also known as infectious diseases or transmissible diseases‚ are illnesses that result from the infection‚ presence and growth of pathogenic (capable of causing disease) biologic agents in an individual human or other animal host. Infections may range in severity from asymptomatic (without symptoms) to severe and fatal. The term infection does not have the same meaning as infectious disease because some infections do not cause illness in a host. Disease
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respiratory worsening in the clinical course with the need for intubation. Influenza A was positively detected. During the intubation a temporary resuscitation was needed. Continuously increasing of catecholamine and ventilation requirements post intubation (PIP = 40 cmH2O‚ PEEP = 15 cmH2O‚ FiO2 = 100%). For an escalation of treatment due to the clinical presentation of fulminant septic shock due to the basis of an influenza infection (CrP 354 mg/l‚ Procalcitonin 3855 µg/l‚ Leukocytes 6‚600/µl)‚ the
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every year? Well‚ it’s flu season for dogs‚ too. Most people are warned that coughing‚ sneezing‚ and a high fever are signs of the flu. Dogs are the same. Their symptoms also include loss of appetite and achy muscles. This dog flu is called canine influenza and there are two types: H3N2 and H3N8. During flu season‚ you probably wash your hands a lot because the flu can spread through touch‚ sneezing‚ or coughing. The dog flu spreads the same way. Dogs in dog daycares‚ dog parks‚ and pet groomers are
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Influenza virus is one of the well-explored the pathogens and development of flu vaccine is considered as the most efficient strategy to defense the outbreak. However‚ the variability of the antigen and rapid reassortant of the genetic segments weakens flu vaccine effectiveness. And the protection of flu vaccine could not contribute to clinical treatment when the patients suffer from severe illness. Therefore‚ the study of the interaction between pathogen and host immune response is needed. The Hannover
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com/article.cfm?id=cold-flu-difference Nooe‚ R Pappas‚ D. E.‚ & Hendley‚ J. O. (2009). Transmission of colds. In R. Eccles‚ & O. Weber (Eds.)‚ Common cold (pp. 197-210) Birkhäuser Basel. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (2011). Seasonal influenza. Retrieved 11/30/2011‚ 2011‚ from http://www.cdc.gov/flu/index.htm Taylor‚ K UniversityLeichester. A complete guide to hand washing. (2009‚ October 6). Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWe51EKbewk&feature=related. Wilkinson‚ J.M
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Introduction PEST Analysis is the Political‚ Economic‚ Social culture and Technology analysis that a company does to determine the overall business environment. A PEST analysis is a look at the external environment of a company or a business that plays an important role in managing and decision making of a company. It is crucial for a company to consider its environment before relating with the public or customers. The PEST analysis examines the impact of each of the factor on the company. Thus
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Coughing‚ sneezing‚ and runny noses seem to be the norm this time of the year. But if you or someone in your family gets sick‚ how do you determine if it’s merely a cold or a more serious case of influenza? Knowing that there is nothing doctors can do to treat the common cold‚ most of us resist spending the time and money on an office visit. For the flu‚ however‚ prompt treatment with antiviral medications is recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to deter complications that
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Watson’s Theory of Human Caring Tammy L. Holman University of Phoenix Theories and Models of Nursing Practice NUR 403 Caroline Etland July 1‚ 2010 Watson’s Theory of Human Caring With many changes in our health care systems today I believe nurses and our patients are suffering as a result of all the financial restructuring. Despite the hardships of administrative numbers‚ hospital nurses continue to provide care‚ practice the core of nursing‚ and maintain the caring model. To assist us
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Descriptions Influenza Virus (Bird-Human) transmission Influenza viruses have viral envelopes covering their protein capsids. The virus envelopes are derived from host cell membrane and viral glycoprotein. Functionally‚ viral envelopes are essential for entry into host cells. lipids are involve in attachment ‚signaling‚ replication and budding processes. During transmission even if the virus transmit from eukaryotic to eukaryotes cells the attachment of virus to the host cell may be different
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