Typhoid Fever is a life-threatening illness caused by the bacterium Salmonella Typhi. Annually in the united states 5700 cases are reported. In the majority of the cases reported‚ the infected were traveling internationally. Typhoid Fever is still very common throughout the world where it is estimated to infect 21.5 million people per year. Even with advanced prevention and treatment Typhoid Fever is still easily contracted and is a threat to all military members while deployed or in a field environment
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Case study Dengue Fever Submitted by: Barola‚ Venessa B. Cabrera‚ Rose Anne O. BSN 2Y2-3A Sir‚ Wilfred Rivera RN‚ MAN Introduction Patient’s profile History of Present Illness Physical Examination Anatomy and Physiology Pathophysiology Laboratoty Examination Result Course in the Ward Drug Study Nursing Care Plan Discharge Planning Nursing Procedure INTRODUCTION Dengue Fever is caused by one of the four closely related‚ but antigenically distinct‚ virus serotypes
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continuous guidance of our Lord‚ our greatest praise to him. B. Statement of the Problem This study tries to find out the potency of the combined extracts of the Chili Pepper and Kamias as a mosquito repellent‚ thus the prevention of Dengue Fever. 1.) Can the extracts of Chili Pepper and Kamias prevent from having mosquito bite especially that of the Aedes aegypti‚ a Dengue - causing mosquito? 2.) What are the natural repellent substances contained in these two plants? 3.) Are these effective
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The harrowing accounts of people that suffered through the yellow fever epidemic of 1885 presented the devastation caused by communicable diseases to an uninformed society. It is disheartening to read about the chain of events that lead to the death of thousands of people who were victims of both the disease and their time period. They were fighting a disease with an unknown etiology‚ unknown mode of transmission‚ and no clear treatment. They fought a losing battle with winter as their only saving
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DOST hoists online dengue alert Thursday‚ 28 February 2013 Written by Luisa S. Lumioan‚ S&T Media Service‚ DOST-STII Before the onset of the rainy season‚ the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) intensifies its dengue preventive measures by providing online information on dengue cases per community to serve as alert mechanism to concerned government offices and personnel. In the pipeline is a dengue alert website that will enable public health practitioners to check out high-risk areas
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I have recently finished the book "Fever 1789" by Laurie Halse Anderson. It was filled with a roller coaster of emotion leaving the reader on the edge before every chapter. The description in the book fills my mind of how it was back in the 1700’s. This book demostrats a good understanding of the environment and tone in the book. At the end of the book it shows real life sections of how Anderson used history into a fictional story. The other book i’m reading is "Night" by Ellie Wiesel. It shows a
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DENGUE FEVER / DENGUE HEMORRHAGIC FEVER Aedes What is Dengue? • a mosquito-borne viral disease • transmitted by the bite of an infected female Aedes mosquito • caused by 4 serotypes of Dengue virus: Den-1‚ Den-2‚ Den-3 and Den-4 • Dengue Virus common during rainy season. Aedes mosquito Where is Dengue found? • • • reported from over 100 countries worldwide approx. 2.5M people at risk the most important mosquito-borne viral disease in the world
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Introduction: Yellow fever is an acute viral hemorrhagic disease transmitted to humans and other vertebrate hosts by the bite of infected mosquitoes. The name “Yellow” is explained by jaundice that affect some patients with symptoms’ like yellow skin and yellow eyes(http://www.who.int/csr/disease/yellowfev/en/) The YF virus is the causative agent for Yellow fever and it belongs to the virus family Flaviviridae. Single stranded RNA (11kb) present in Flavi viruses .YF virus responsible for number
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The Effectiveness of using Garlic (Allium sativum linn) as a safe and efficient liquid mosquito repellent Proponents: Camba‚ John Joel D. Concha‚ Christopher Bryan A. De Guzman‚ John Adrian F. Mrs. Arlen Gatpo September 2011 Chapter One The Research and it’s Study | Introduction: Urban places were visualized in a modernized and civilized setting. At present‚ urban places are populated because people from rural places migrate to
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Chikungunya Fact sheet N°327 March 2008 ________________________________________ Key facts • Chikungunya is a viral disease that is spread by mosquitoes. It causes fever and severe joint pain. Other symptoms include muscle pain‚ headache‚ nausea‚ fatigue and rash. • The disease shares some clinical signs with dengue‚ and can be misdiagnosed in areas where dengue is common. • There is no cure for the disease. Treatment is focused on relieving the symptoms. • The proximity of mosquito breeding
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