Word Count: 839 words Character count: 5‚264 characters On this scorching hot summer day‚ I climbed exhausted through the bumpy‚ mosquito-infested path to the run-down Tanzanian orphanage‚ anxious and unsure of what to expect. My mind was pacing with questions and scenarios: Will I be capable of helping the orphanage distribute malaria vaccines? Will handing out mosquito nets be hard? What if the children don’t like me? What if I get fired? What if I hand out the wrong vaccine? What if somebody accidently
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those diseases‚ experienced nearly 90% population drops‚ forever changing the landscape and course of history. One aspect of this epidemic I do not quite understand however‚ is why‚ given random mutation and other methods of spreading disease‚ did mosquito-carrying disease not make their presence known to the native Americans earlier. As the book mentions‚ the Caribbean and tropics were perfect breeding grounds for the Aedes aegypti‚ which carried yellow fever. Why then‚ did this disease not emerge
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Abstract In English ‚it is known as ginger lily ‚and in tagalog ‚it is called by many names such as kalamias ‚iba ‚kolonawas or kolonana but it is well-known by its name called kamias with a scientific name hedychium coronarium. This experiment aims to determine that kamias (hedychium coronarium) can be used as an alternative stain remover.using the materials and procedures needed. After the experiment done ‚the group concluded that ginger lily (hedychium coronaarium) is a good alternative
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fever‚ falciparum malaria‚ plasmodium‚ Quartan malaria‚ and tertian malaria) is one of the most infectious and most common diseases in the world. This serious‚ sometimes-fatal disease is caused by a parasite that is carried by a certain species of mosquito called the Anopheles. It claims more lives every year than any other transmissible disease except tuberculosis. Every year‚ five hundred million adults and children (around nine percent of the world’s population) contract the disease and of these
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Dengue fever‚ also known as breakbone fever‚ is a mosquito-borne infection that causes a severe flu-like illness. There are four different viruses that can cause denguefever‚ all of which spread by a certain type of mosquito. Dengue can vary from mild to severe; the more severe forms include dengue shock syndrome and dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF). Patients who develop the more serious forms of dengue fever usually need to be hospitalized. There are currently no vaccines for Dengue fever. The
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“I told you so” is the phrase everyone loves to say when their advice or warning they give is ignored and ends up being the thing people should have listened to. We all have those triumphant moments of “I told you so” and in my case my “I told you so” moment was extremely funny to watch unfold. This past Christmas break my entire family and I took a vacation down to the beach house in Florida. On the first night all my cousins and I decided to walk along the beach while the sun was setting. Knowing
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or microorganism) that carries and transmits an infectious pathogen into another living organism. Malaria‚ and also know as Plasmodium Falciparum is a mosquito-borne infectious disease of humans and other animals caused by protists (a type of microorganism) of the genus Plasmodium. It begins with a bite from an infected female Anopheles mosquito‚ which introduces the protists through saliva into the circulatory system. In the blood‚ the protists travel to the liver to mature and reproduce. Malaria
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its important use. The team sees its possible use in order for us to make another useful thing just like our product‚ a mosquito coil (katol). As we all know‚ a katol is always used as a mosquito repellant. Hence‚ the committee aims to prove that Lanzones pelings are also capable of being used as an ingredient to create an effective mosquito repellant. Irritated with mosquito outbreaks during the rainy season? Our group is here to show you that there’s another way to drive away these pests‚ in
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May it be for his necessity or passion he may carry the weight voluntarily or mandatory.Literally‚ the things the soldiers carried are‚ may be tangible or intangible.Tangible things such as P- 38 can openers‚ pocket knives‚heat tabs‚ dog tags‚ mosquito repellent‚wrist watches‚ chewing gum‚ candy‚cigarettes‚salt tablets‚ packets of Kool Aid‚lighters‚matches‚ sewing kits‚Military payment certificates‚ C rations and two or three canteens of water.Individual has its own necessity such as Dave Jensen‚ who
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Indian FMCG Sector Trends - 2008 In this post i have covered multiple trends happening in the Indian FMCG sector. 1. Focus on Health Companies are widening their health food portfolio to cash in on the rich‚ urban‚ health conscious Indian. In recent we have seen flurry of products in this segment. Have a look of some of them: 1.1) Sugar free Chywanprash 1.2) Organic spices/ pulses 1.3) Multi grain pastas/ Biscuits 1.4) Processed foods particularly juices 1.5) Probiotic Ice Creams 1.6)
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