Introduction Hepatitis B infection is one of the major and common liver infectious diseases worldwide‚ and caused by a small enveloped DNA virus‚ the hepatitis B virus (HBV). (Tong 2005Int J med Sci) Importantly‚ over 20 million people are infected annually with HBV and there are globally 350-400 million chronic carrier of HBV. (McMahon 2005.) Routes of infection include vertical transmission (through childbirth)‚ early life horizontal transmission (bites‚ lesions‚ and sanitary habits)‚ and adult
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Hepatitis B Vaccine Medical Assistant Gladys Maria Shafer February 19‚ 2013 Hepatitis refers to an inflammation of the liver‚ which is swelling that occurs when the tissues of the body become injured or infected. “Hepa” means liver and “itis” refers to inflammation. The Hepatitis B virus spreads through blood or direct contact with any body fluids from someone who already has a Hepatitis B infection and the virus enters the body unnoticed
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Epidemiology Paper Hepatitis B Aaliyah Dorsey Hepatitis B (HBV) is a virus that causes liver disease‚ both acute and chronic. The disease can progress requiring the need for liver transplant. The rate of disease has seen a decline in the United States since the 1970’s due to routine vaccination’s‚ advances in aseptic techniques used in health care environments and public awareness. The public health nurses role is important in the communication and implementation of health initiatives
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Hepatitis B the Silent Killer M. D. Leslie Grand Canyon University: NRS-427V-0101 August 30‚ 2014 Hepatitis B the Silent Killer Hepatitis B is one of the most serious communicable diseases. This disease attacks the liver one of our major organs of the body.” The virus‚ which is called hepatitis B virus (HBV)‚ can cause lifelong infection‚ cirrhosis (scarring) of the liver‚ liver cancer‚ liver failure‚ and death.” (Hepatitis B Vaccination‚ 2014)Hepatitis means inflammation of the liver. The
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Hepatitis B Vaccine Summary The hepatitis B virus is a serious infection that affects the liver. Hepatitis B can cause acute (short-term) illness‚ more common among adults‚ which can lead to symptoms such as; loss of appetite‚ tiredness‚ diarrhea‚ vomiting‚ jaundice (yellowing of the skin and eyes)‚ or pain in muscles‚ joints‚ and stomach (CDC‚ 2012). Some people go on to develop chronic (long-term) infection leading to liver damage (cirrhosis)‚ liver cancer‚ and death. Hepatitis B is spread through
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Epidemiology of Hepatitis B Sara Sarraf Grand Canyon University Epidemiology and Communicable Diseases NRS-427V Sandra White July 3‚ 2014 Epidemiology Hepatitis B We have come far in healthcare and everyday we get closer to solutions and can succeed in the understanding of disease processes unknown and foreign to us. We have been challenged many times by the illnesses that have taken so many lives but never in vain as when this unfortunate event has happened we have been able to get closer
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What is hepatitis B? Hepatitis means the inflammation of the liver and hepatitis B is a specific type of this infectious disease caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV). The symptoms of HBV infection vary from person to person. Many people with HBV infection don’t develop any symptoms‚ especially when they are young‚ and most patients with chronic HBV infection don’t develop any symptoms until late stage. However‚ HBV can damage the hepatocyte (liver cell) and cause liver damage and cirrhosis (scarring
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Ellen. "Gertrude B. Elion." 1999. May 1‚ 2007. Elion‚ Gertrude B." Encyclopæ?dia Britannica." 2007. Encyclopæ?dia Britannica Online. 3 May 2007 . "Elion‚ Gertrude." Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientific Biography. 2002-2003. c Helicon Publishing Ltd.‚ All Rights Reserved‚ AccessScience@McGraw-Hill‚ c The McGraw-Hill Companies. April 28‚ 2007. Elion‚ Gertrude. "Les Prix Nobel". The Nobel Prizes 1988‚ Editor Tore Frangsmyr‚ (Nobel Foundation)‚ Stockholm‚ 1989 . Gerber‚ Judith B. "Elion‚ Gertrude
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Transaction Cost Economics and Resource Based View theories in terms of their usefulness in explaining firms’ internationalization strategies. Two Nobel Prize winners have extensively contributed to one of the theories that will be discussed in this essay. It is very exciting to access Transaction Cost Economics and Resource Based View theories in terms of their usefulness in explaining firms’ internationalisation strategies. This assessment will be based on two American companies: Harley Davidson-motorcycle
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Junie B. First Grader Jingle Bells Batman Smells Author: Barbara Park Illustrator: Denise Brunkus Summary: This book is about a girl names Junie B. Jones who always write in her journal when she’s lonely or mad or sad. Every time she misbehave she always get in trouble because may always tattle on Junie B. Jones. The class is doing a lot of happy things to celebrate things for Christmas. There going to wear elf costumes because they have to sing jingle bells in the auditorium. Junie B. Jones
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