the concepts of epidemiology and nursing research to a communicable disease. Communicable Disease Selection Choose one communicable disease from the following list: 1. Chickenpox 2. Tuberculosis 3. Influenza 4. Mononucleosis 5. Hepatitis B 6. HIV Epidemiology Paper Requirements Include the following in your assignment: 1. Description of the communicable disease (causes‚ symptoms‚ mode of transmission‚ complications‚ treatment) and the demographic of interest (mortality‚ morbidity‚ incidence
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safe or effective. One virus that does not yet have an effective preventative vaccine is the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). HIV is a retrovirus that attacks the human immune system. Transmission of the virus can occur in many different ways; through contact of infected secretions of one person with the genital‚ oral‚ or rectal mucous membranes of another person. HIV can also be transmitted through blood and from mother to child during pregnancy‚ childbirth or through breast milk (Healthmagic
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Reaction Paper “HIV” Entering in any kind of industry would require a lot of sacrifices and of course requirements. From resume‚ bio-data‚ transcripts‚ police clearance‚ medical examinations result/certificates‚ and etc. must be complied in order to get a job. Why medical examinations result is part of the requirement? Well‚ industries or organizations to be specific‚ would not allow their names to be stained by these kind of issues or anything that could degrade their image must be avoided
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MODULE 3 Innate Immunity 1. Describe the composition‚ function‚ and the purpose of physical‚ mechanical‚ and biochemical barriers‚ The first line of defense against damage and infection is composed of tightly associated epithelial cells including those of the skin and the mucous membranes of the GI‚ GU‚ and respiratory tracts. The highly interconnected mucosal epithelial cell junctions prohibit the passage of microorganisms. Many infectious microorganisms are mechanically cleansed
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HIV/AIDs. HIV is a virus most commonly caught by having unprotected sex or by sharing infected needles and other injecting equipment to inject drugs. (http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/hiv/pages/introduction.aspx) Scientists believe HIV came from a particular kind of chimpanzee in Western Africa. Humans probably came in contact with HIV when they hunted and ate infected animals. Recent studies indicate that HIV may have jumped from monkeys to humans as far back as the late 1800s. (http://aids.gov/hiv-aids-basics/hiv-aids-101/what-is-hiv-aids/)
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What is AIDS? Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a lentivirus (slowly-replicating retrovirus) that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)‚ a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive (1). A virus is a piece of genetic material‚ RNA or DNA‚ surrounded by a protein coat. To replicate‚ a virus must infect a cell and direct its cellular machinery to produce new viruses. A virus cannot
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: HIV AND AIDS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA LECTURER :MR D. NYATHIDUE DATE : 01 MARCH 2013EMAIL ADDRESS : emmanuelrmarabuka@ymail.com QUESTION : The relationship between HIV and AIDS and Poverty is synergistic and symmetrical in nature”. Comment. [25] | HIV and AIDS are
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Epidemiology: HIV Nicole McDanell Grand Canyon University: NRS-427V Concepts in Community and Public Health September 28‚ 2014 Epidemiology: HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is a virus that only affects humans‚ HIV weakens your immune system by destroying the cells that fight and kill disease and infections. HIV reproduces by taking over cells in the host’s body and multiplying‚ with most viruses over time the immune system can rid the body of the present virus‚ with HIV the immune
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Stenden University | HIV/Aids Alliance case | CBL | | Albert Jan Jukema 226106 Bertrand Wouda 226521 Han Busse 83325 | 6/7/2013 | 1. Explain the governance? In the Alliance is a central group Council of Trustees. These group are independent people from communities around the world who are affected or involved in actions on HIV/AIDS. The group supposed to represent the benificiaries rather than the LOs or the donors‚ although of
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immunodeficiency virus (HIV). It is considered to be the deadliest epidemic in human history with the first case being reported in 1981. It has been estimated that more than 21 million people have died from AIDS. (Pozgar‚ 2012‚ p. 353 & 364) AIDS is a collection of specific‚ life-threatening‚ opportunistic infections and manifestations that are the result of an underlying immune deficiency. AIDS is caused by a highly contagious blood-borne virus as is the most severe form of the HIV infection. This
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