The Roman and Abbasid Empires were similar yet different in many aspects. Religion helped achieve loyal subjects within the empires and provided citizens with a background of beliefs and goals to follow throughout their lives. With a strong foundation of beliefs‚ a great empire is formed and sustained. The Roman Empire practiced Christianity. Christianity was based on the teachings of Jesus who was born in Judea‚ a Roman province. He taught that there was only one God and that people should
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AMAZING GRACE Author: Tara FT Sering I:BACKGROUND OF THE AUTHOR: Tara FT Sering is the author of five books published in the Philippines.She is currently editing an art magazine Contemporary Art Philippines in Manila and is working on a new book.(Amazing Grace pp.194)Almost Married:A novel about Love‚ Longing‚and last Hurrahs‚ Between Dinner and the Morning After‚ Amazing Grace‚ Reconnaissance‚ and Getting Better. II:SUMMARY OF THE STORY: The story starts when Grace met
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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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Dengue Fever Kimberly A. Bitanga Microbiology Professor J. Gray Dengue Fever Abstract Dengue fever is a debilitating tropical disease caused by one of five types of the dengue virus.(1) It is transmitted by mosquitos throughout the tropics and subtropics of not only Southeast Asia‚ but has now spread to Central and South America‚ and countries in the Pacific Ocean and America as well. Usually‚ most people who are infected with the virus are asymptomatic‚ with mild symptoms‚ whereas others develop
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Its Prevention Dengue fever is a disease caused by a family of viruses that are transmitted by mosquitoes. It is an acute illness of sudden onset that usually follows a benign course with symptoms such as headache‚ fever‚ exhaustion‚ severe muscle and joint pain‚ swollen glands (lymphadenopathy)‚ and rash. The presence (the "dengue triad") of fever‚ rash‚ and headache (and other pains) is particularly characteristic of dengue. Other signs of dengue fever include bleeding gums‚ severe pain
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Rheumatic Fever Treatment: Antibiotics such as penicillin‚ or other another antibiotic to eliminate any remaining strep bacteria that may exist. There is also an anti- inflammatory treatment‚ which you have to aspirin or naproxen to reduce inflammation‚ fever and pain. The last treatment could be Anticonvulsant medications. Prevention: The only known prevention would be to treat strep throat or scarlet fever with the appropriate antibiotics. Mode of Rheumatic Fever: The bacteria can enter through
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Dengue fever Dengue fever is a virus-based disease spread by mosquitoes. Dengue fever is caused by one of four different but related viruses. It is spread by the bite of mosquitoes‚ most commonly the mosquito Aedesaegypti‚ which is found in tropic and subtropic regions. This includes parts of: * Indonesian archipelago into northeastern Australia * South and Central America * Southeast Asia * Sub-Saharan Africa Dengue fever is being seen more in world travelers. Dengue fever should
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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 best
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