EPIDEMOLOGY Chicken pox (varicella) is a communicable disease where the patients presents with itchy red spots and or blisters that form over the body. This disease is common in children‚ but not uncommon for adults to contact the disease. The populations with compromised immune systems‚ like pregnant women‚ infants and adolescents and adults‚ have a hard time fighting the infection. Due to the extreme contagious nature of the disease patient may need to limit contact with the community. Children
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September‚ 13 2012 Center for Disease Control‚ As a lab assistant for this organization‚ I have worked on the SCHOOLPOX case intensely for the last week and a half. This case was a mock trial of a terrorist attack of disease or more recently the swine flu scare. It was feared that an attack would release infectious bugs into our communities and cause illness. To catch you up to date with what this SCHOOLPOX trial is‚ I can explain exactly what this sickness is. SCHOOLPOX has a three day
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Smallpox was a major health concern‚ not only for North American but the entire world. The eradication of smallpox was eventually accomplished. The threat of infection from the smallpox virus was finally vanquished thanks to the collective formation of vaccines. This historical event represents the importance of vaccines and that eradication of the dangerous disease is possible. The Smallpox virus was an infectious disease that was spread through the air in close proximity. Due to its contagious
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the book Pox Americana‚ Elizabeth A. Fenn writes about the encounter with the deadly disease in the 1770’s to the 1780’s. Her book was first published in 2001 in New York City‚ where she originally wrote it. Her book contains just under 400 words that explain the disease‚ some of the first encounters with it‚ who and where it affected people‚ and how they got the epidemic under control. Pox Americana is a very informative book that teaches the reader various things. The tendency of Pox Americana
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contagious diseases (5). Ninety to ninety-five percent of the people exposed to the virus will develop it within twenty-one days (5). The term chickenpox came from chickpea‚ which is a member of the bean family and resembles the look of the swollen pox‚ or from the Old English gican‚ meaning "to itch" (7). Before chickenpox was classified as a disease it was confused with other similar diseases such as smallpox‚ measles‚ German measles‚ and scarlet fever. They all had a typical rash‚ and they were
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The Chicken Pox Virus: Knowledge and Manners of Control 1 Chicken Pox Virus and the Essential Logistics Tamika Murray Grand Canyon University The Chicken Pox Virus: Knowledge and Manners of Control 2 Chickenpox is a communicable disease which mainly affects children‚ but the virus can also affect adults in more rare cases in today’s society. That is‚ the varicella-zoster virus which brings on chicken pox usually comes to children under the age of 12‚ and the
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the disease small pox. Small pox is a highly contagious disease characterized by a fever and small spots which leave permanently disfiguring scars in the form of pits. If it is not treated immediately it results in death‚ even a patient does survive the disease the skin is permanently disfigured. The disease was first identified in 1122 BC in Egypt and quickly spread through out the eastern world and eventually‚ through colonization‚ spread to all parts of the world. Small pox still greatly effects
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Treatment of Poison Ivy or Chicken Pox: Oatmeal has been used for thousands of years for treating eczema‚ poison ivy‚ insect bites and skin infections due to its anti-inflammatory‚ anti-oxidant and anti-itch properties. For relieving the itchiness caused by poison ivy or chicken pox or even sunburn‚ grind oats or oat flour into a fine powder and pour it into a cheese cloth. Tie it around the bath tub faucet and squeeze out water periodically to have a tepid bath. You can also rub the pouch on the
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after another rid itself of the disease that had caused so much death and destruction. Jenner had successfully produced the world’s first successful vaccine that helped end a long and gruesome era of smallpox. The last reported case in the U.S. was in 1949‚ and the last known case around the world was in 1977. Then in 1980 the World Health Organization passed a resolution which determined that smallpox had been eradicated throughout the whole world (History
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Chicken Pox - Varicella Zoster Virus Oct 6‚ 2011 Introduction Varicella zoster virus (VZV) is one of eight herpes viruses known to cause childhood chicken pox. After primary infection of the host immune system‚ the virus becomes latent in the dorsal root ganglia and reactivates later to cause shingles and other neurologic complications (Arvin‚ 1996). The virus is transmitted by airborne viral particles or through contact of vesicular fluid from an infected contact (Arvin‚ 1996). VZV enters
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