moist storage containers‚ rather than relying on the seasonal patterns of rainfall. Another species‚ Aedes albopictus (the "Tiger mosquito")‚ is widespread throughout Asia. Both mosquitoes are now well established in urban centers. Accordingly‚ dengue fever is now a disease of urbanized‚ developed areas‚ rather than rural‚ unpopulated regions. The dengue virus is passed to humans exclusively by the bite of mosquito in search of a blood meal. This mode of transmission makes the dengue virus an arbovirus
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DENGUE Dengue is an acute fever caused by a virus. It occurs in two forms: (a) Dengue Fever (b) Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever The high fever continues for five to six days. It comes down on the third or the fourth day but rises again. The patient feels much discomfort and is very weak after the illness. Dengue spreads rapidly and may affect large number of people during an epidemic resulting in reduced work productivity‚ but most importantly causing the loss of lives. Causes Dengue is spread
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dengue hemorrhagic fever‚ a rare complication characterized by high fever‚ damage to lymph and blood vessels‚ bleeding from the nose and gums‚ enlargement of the liver‚ and failure of the circulatory system. The symptoms may progress to massive bleeding‚ shock‚ and death. This is called dengue shock syndrome (DSS). People with weakened immune systems as well as those with a second or subsequent dengue infection are believed to be at greater risk for developing dengue hemorrhagic fever. Diagnosing Dengue
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FEVER DEFINITION An increase in the body temperature above normal (36.5–37.5 °C) is generally referred to as fever. There is an increase in the rate of metabolic activities during fever. Fever is generally the result of an imbalance between the heat produced and the heat eliminated in the body. It is not a disease in itself but an indication of some disease. Infections and malnutrition are the main causes of fever. FACTORS AFFECTING NUTRITION Factors affecting nutrition during fever are as
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Letter writing: An analysis of a communication method A letter between man and wife has the capacity to be powerful‚ intimate and beautiful. However‚ in the case of Arthur’s letter to Lauchlin in the opening pages of Andrea Barrett’s Ship Fever‚ the language Arthur uses when addressing his wife Susanna is cold and removed. Due to the circumstances of Arthur overseas and Susanna at home in Quebec‚ letter writing proved to be the only possible form of communication between them at the time. While
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10/14/13 Journalism I Bieber Fever 15 year old Valeria Salcido from Sioux City‚ Iowa is not only a hard working student‚ but a big fan of the one and only‚ Justin Bieber. When asked where she first heard about Justin Bieber‚ she said on the radio in 2009. Valeria‚ who is now 15‚ was only the age of 11 at the time she first heard about Bieber. After a while she became a huge fan of Justin Bieber‚ who is famous‚ international pop
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fictional novels; and by doing so‚ she became very successful. Chopin frequently used feminism in her writing; she was known as a feminist author. (Clark‚ 2016). She has written many short stories that are well known in the world of literature today. Throughout “The Story of an Hour‚” Kate Chopin uses both irony and
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Scarlet fever is one of the predominantly a childhood disease occurring to children age of 2 until 10 years old. There are several factors that cause scarlet fever in children. Firstly‚ children who get scarlet fever because of an infection from a bacterium called exotoxin-producing group A beta-hemolytic streptococci (GABHS)‚ notably Streptococcus pyogenic. This bacterium will release of a particular toxin that responsible for the characteristics scarlet-coloured rash seen with scarlet fever. In 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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Psittacosis (parrot fever): Have you ever heard of the animal disease Parrot fever? Parrot fever is caused by bacteria‚ but it also has the characteristics of a virus. The disease is caused by airborne illness and something in the infected animals waste. Some of the symptoms of this disease in animals are discharge from their nose‚ weight loss‚ loss of balance and weakness. In humans they can get this disease by inhaling the infected waste or digesting the particles. One way to test for this
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