Vaccines: To Be or Not To Be? Ryleigh Grace—this is the name of my beautiful 8-month-old cousin. Looking at her‚ one would never be able to tell that she was born with a serious‚ life-threatening condition called meningitis. As a result‚ Ryleigh’s home for the first month of her life became the Cooper hospitals ICU. However‚ this scare was not enough to convince her parents to allow Ryleigh to receive her routine child-hood vaccinations‚ which would prevent other dangerous ailments she may encounter
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Ebola Outbreak in West Africa The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is the world’s deadliest to date and the World Health Organization has declared an international health emergency as more than 2‚100 people have died of the virus in Guinea‚ Liberia‚ Sierra Leone and Nigeria this year. Ebola is a viral illness of which the initial symptoms can include a sudden fever‚ intense weakness‚ muscle pain and a sore throat‚ according to the World Health Organization (WHO). And that is just the beginning:
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Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever (7th grade report) Ebola is a severe and often fatal disease in humans‚ and non-human primates‚ such as monkeys‚ gorillas‚ and chimpanzees. Scientists don’t know exactly where the virus was first originated. However they do believe that the virus is zoonotic‚ or animal born. They believe an animal host that is native to the African continent maintains it. A similar host would be monkeys associated with Ebola-Reston. Cases of Ebola Virus have been found in Congo
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Thesis The Ebola virus is one of the quickest killing viruses. The infection spreads rapidly throughout the body and is deadly to its victim. Therefore‚ it is crucial that more funds are allotted for research‚ treatments‚ and controlling Ebola outbreaks. Introduction Ebola is an illness caused by the Ebola virus. It is incredibly infectious‚ a quick killer with a ninety percent fatality rate. Sadly most of Ebola victims’ results in death that could have been prevented. The virus is spread by coming
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Although people say it’s not a big deal‚ the Zika virus is a major problem in the world today‚ it is damaging the lives and will have an affect on the summer olympics because there isn’t a vaccine and it can be spread quickly through mosquitoes in the warm Rio climate. In 1947‚ in the Zika forest‚ a rhesus monkey was found with a fever. Scientist at the time decided it was best to cage the animal to see if the fever diminished‚ after two days symptoms still remained. The worried scientist rushed
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Ebola? Where is it from and where is it now? Think‚ if I said that there is a virus that can kill every 9 out of 10 people‚ has been around for exactly 40 years‚ and has had two major outbreaks.Would it be true? This disease does exist‚ and it is very lethal. This epidemic is known by many names but mostly known as Ebola. What is Ebola? Ebola is a rare and deadly disease caused by an infection with one of the Ebola virus species. Discovered in 1976 named after the river from where the disease was
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and deadly virus called Ebola. PREVIEW: First‚ I will give you information about the virus itself. Secondly‚ I will talk about why Americans have every right to live in fear‚ and finally I will tell you how to prevent the spread of this deadly disease. **1st Transition**Now that I have outlined my discussion‚ lets discuss how Ebola was discovered. BODY FIRST POINT: Ebola first appeared in Central Africa in 1976. In this first outbreak‚ 280 of 318 people who contracted Ebola‚ died. That’s
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The ebola virus is a very complex level four virus. Level four viruses are extremely lethal‚ and there is no cure for them yet‚ not does there seem to be a cure for them or ebola in the near future. To give you an example of just how lethal level four viruses like ebola are‚ AIDS is only a level three virus‚ and requires minimal protection when working with it. The protection required for working with the ebola virus consists of wearing three layers of gloves‚ and giant space suits. Only people with
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Dawn Giordano English 101 Professor Crutchfield Argumentative Essay Autism and Vaccines There has been controversy recently over whether or not vaccines‚ in particular the MMR (measles mumps and rubella)‚ cause autism. Your child is at the doctor‚ the doc says “it’s time for those shots tough guy”. Your bouncy baby boy is 18 months old and very happy even after the doctor administers the MMR‚ he doesn’t cry‚ just giggles. Later that night he develops a fever and has trouble sleeping
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Ebola is the name of a group of viruses belonging to the genus Ebolavirus‚ family Filoviridae‚ and for the disease that these viruses cause‚ Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever. Ebola‚ and its close relative Marburg are unique in the microbiological world in that they are the only viruses that are long and stretched‚ resembling pieces of string or as "spaghetti that had spilled onto the floor‚" as stated by author Richard Preston of the non-fictional book "The Hot Zone." that a sample of Ebolavirus and Marburgvirus
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