they were broken" (Rowse 156). As long as people lived in small groups‚ isolated from each other‚ there were not many incidents of widespread disease. But as civilization progressed‚ people began clustering into cities. As the cities grew and became crowded‚ they also became the nesting places of water-borne‚ insect-borne‚ and skin-to-skin infectious diseases. The Elizabethans shared communal water‚ handled unwashed food‚ stepped in excrement from casual discharge of manure‚ and used urine for dyes
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Flu is an acute infectious disease. It is most often observed in the autumn-winter period. A special kind of viruses that transmits through airborne droplets can induce it. Influenza is a dangerous disease. It can lead to serious consequences in the case of improper treatment. That is why medicine has developed many ways to prevent the flu. And the most effective of them is vaccination. In the modern world‚ flu vaccines become available. Still‚ there are concerns about the quality of these vaccines
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protect children from getting infectious diseases. They also figure out that various illnesses like diphtheria and whooping cough‚ which once killed many infants are now prevented by vaccination. There are many advantages for children to get vaccination. Firstly‚ vaccination can prevent children from getting serious diseases that can kill or cause long-term health problems. Secondly‚ vaccinated babies are much less likely to suffer the devastating consequences of these diseases. Thirdly‚ vaccination also
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natural food sources which they later used to make pottery more than 1‚000 years before pottery appeared in other areas. (AIU-Online‚ 2010) Even though the Natives outnumbered the Europeans‚ the dominance of the Europeans came after they brought infectious diseases that were unfamiliar to the natives that they had no immunities to which aided in their power as well as the resources or gunpowder‚ steel and crossbows. (AIU-Online‚ 2010) Because there are no real facts or evidence to why or how an entire
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themselves and their children. First‚ vaccine- preventable diseases have not gone away. Secondly‚ contrary to belief. Vaccines are safe and effective. Thirdly‚ vaccine- preventable diseases are very expensive. The viruses and bacteria that cause illnesses and death‚ such as influenza still exist today and can be passed on to those around us who are not vaccinated. I know many people cite the myth that vaccines are as dangerous as the disease themselves. This is just not correct‚ vaccines are among
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References: Data Retrieved‚ Jan 13‚ 2012‚ from health.nv.gov/PDFs/Infections/ISPC.pdf Cozad‚ A.‚ & Jones‚ R. (2003)‚ Disinfection and the Prevention of Infectious Disease‚ American Journal of Infection Control‚ (31); 243-254. The World Health Organization‚ (2002)‚ Hospital Hygiene and Infection Control‚ Retrieved‚ Jan 13‚ 2012‚ from‚ http://www.who.int/docstore/water_sanitation_health/wastemanag/ch16.htm
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Pathogens are bad microorganisms that cause diseases which make you unwell if gets into your body‚ some of these are bacteria and viruses. Bacteria cause infections like TB‚ legionnaires and flu and viruses cause Hepatitis B‚ measles‚ mumps and more. Bacteria often produce toxins which affect the body‚ while viruses take over whole the cell and then destroy P2 Explain how pathogenic micro-organisms grow and spread? Pathogen microorganisms grow if all right conditions are in place for it to expand
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Leprosy WHAT IS LEPROSY Leprosy (also known as Hansen’s Disease) is a chronic‚ infectious disease involving the skin and nerves of infected individuals. Pale patches on the skin are usually the first sign of the disease – they are painless and do not itch‚ so are often ignored by the patient. In the past‚ nerve damage and other complications occurred as the disease progressed. The numbness and lack of feeling in the limbs often led to festering wounds on the hands and feet‚ and then to the characteristic
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history? An appalling contagious outbreak impacted the colossal city of America and its country’s capital. In the summer of 1793 the weather was brutally humid and mild. Therefore‚ this infectious disease has initiated in August and is known to be terminated approximately few months later in November. This disease has commenced by mosquitoes and caused a massive amount of deaths. Not only has this epidemic dispatched numerous people it made them suffer to the point where it was unbearable to handle
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effort has been directed to the control of transmissible diseases‚ reduction of environmental hazards‚ and provision of safe drinking water. The Greeks believed that ill health developed from an imbalance between man and his environment‚ not unlike contemporary public health theories of multifactorial disease causations‚ in which environment plays a prominent role (pg 5). In the middle ages (AD 500-1500)‚ epidemics of infectious disease spurred collective activities by communities to promote the
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