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    Complete answers to questions below: What is the infectious agent (pathogen) that causes this infectious disease? For example‚ the name of the bacteria‚ virus‚ or parasite. The process of infection can be broken down into stages‚ each of which can be blocked by different defense mechanisms. In the first stage‚ a new host is exposed to infectious particles shed by an infected individual. The number‚ route‚ mode of transmission‚ and stability of an infectious agent outside the host determines its infectivity

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    Magazine article: Haelle‚ T. (2015‚ January 20). Five Things to Know About The Disneyland Measles Outbreak. Retrieved from http://www.forbes.com/sites/tarahaelle/2015/01/20/five-things-to-know-about-the-disneyland-measles-outbreak/#1e0012df273c. In this magazine article “Five Things To Know About The Disneyland Measles Outbreak” it talks about a recent outbreak that happened in Disneyland in Southern California‚ and what are the possible reasons for the outbreak. The outbreak occurred because there

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    What are diseases? A disease is an abnormal condition that affects the body of an organism. It is often construed as a medical condition associated with specific symptoms and signs. It may be caused by factors originally from an external source‚ such as infectious disease‚ or it may be caused by internal dysfunctions‚ such as autoimmune diseases. Type of diseases Lyme disease (it is an infectious disease caused by at least three species of bacteria belonging to the genus . Vector bone and

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    people suggested in Source A. (6 marks) Introduction: As shown in the source‚ changes in public health awareness of people can be explained by two social factors‚ namely‚ the outbreaks of infectious diseases and stringent measures imposed by the government. Argument 1: ①Firstly‚ ②outbreaks of infectious diseases would raise public health awareness of people. Since epidemics threatened people’s health‚ especially considering that the death rate of SARS was relatively high‚ Hong Kong people were forced

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    The Importance of Childhood Vaccinations All babies are born with a small natural immunity to disease‚ but vaccination/immunizations offer important complementary defense against serious infectious diseases. Infectious diseases are also the leading cause death and disability in children. For hundreds of years‚ beginning with Edward Jenner’s research‚ scientists have sought to intervene to prevent the spread of infection by inducing immunity through the use of vaccines. Subsequently‚ scientists

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    are discovered there crucial to public health. (Gale) Vaccines have helped the world not get many diseases but there’s a lot of effort put into it. Vaccines cost lots of money‚ is it worth how much money we put in to it? Are vaccines worth it? Vaccines are crucial to public health. If we didn’t have vaccines the world would not be the same. “With the arrival of vaccines‚ numerous infectious diseases that struck hundreds of thousands of people in the United States each year—oftentimes lethally—have

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    future of antibiotics held‚ he would never have said‚ “It is time to close the book on infectious diseases‚ and declare the war against pestilence won”. He was completely oblivious to important aspects of antibiotics including their ineffectiveness on viruses and the potential harm that would be caused by their overuse. Although at the time antibiotics seemed to be the remedy for almost any infectious disease‚ this was not the case. Doctors continuously prescribed antibiotics for almost everything

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    people to get sick? How is disease spread from one person to another person? What can be done to stop the spread of infection and disease? As a health care worker‚ it is important to know the answers to these questions. When you understand what causes infection‚ you can learn how to prevent it. Infection control is a set of practices and procedures that will help to prevent the transmission of disease within a health care facility. Infectious and Communicable Diseases Diseases can be classified according

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    accomplish these goals in a cost-effective manner. Objectives * Develop a cross-sectional‚ multidisciplinary WHO initiative for Prevention and Control of infections associated with healthcare. * Provide support to help prevent spread of infectious diseases through evidence-based infection control measures in health care settings. * Provide support for infection control preparedness and response to public health emergencies of potential international concern. Vision * The development of

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    Some bacteria are beneficial like those involved in nitrogen fixation and some pathogenic‚ which cause diseases. * Viruses are unicellular‚ tiny organisms which is mostly composed of DNA (DeoxyriboNucleic Acid) and protein. Its body compromises of head and tail sections. Viruses attach themselves to other organisms and cause severe infectious diseases. * Fungi are a group of simple plants whose cells are devoid of chlorophyll. Fungus

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