Tay-Sachs The disease Tay-Sachs was discovered by two men‚ the first one was a British ophthalmologist named Warren Tay who described the disease in 1881. The second one was a New York neurologist named Bernard Sachs who described the cellular changes and the genetic nature of the disease in 1887. Tay-Sachs is a rare disorder where a child who inherits the gene from both parents Specialists claim that Tay-Sachs disease is developed by children who lack a protein that is necessary to dissolve a fatty
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Center of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) The center of disease control and prevention is one to the most important and outstanding centers in the world. Their job is to inform the United States population of the different diseases and inform them on how to prevent them. The CDC is one of the centers that will inform you on how you can prevent yourself from getting sick and will also make sure that if you are sick with a contagious disease that no one else is contracted with that particular
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Communicable Disease Assignment – TPJ4M-01 Teacher: Ms. DaCosta Student: Chelsea Orser Due Date: September 25‚ 2009 FIFTH DISEASE 1. What kind of contaminant is it? Fifth Disease is a Viral Infection‚ also known as (Parvovirus B19). 2. What does this contaminant look like under a microscope? [pic] 3. Where is the contaminant found? Fifth Disease is transmitted by Airborne Droplets. 4. In what environments is the contaminant commonly found? Fifth Disease is commonly
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The Masque of the Red Death is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe. A horrible disease ravaged a kingdom and killed half of the country. The disease’s effects are gruesome to say the least. The effects of the disease were as follows: sudden dizziness‚ sharp pains‚ bleeding from the pores and finally death. All of this took place within 30 minutes‚ but it wasn’t a fast or painless 30 minutes. While this disease was destroying the kingdom the prince‚ Prospero was his name‚ locked himself and
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Role of a nurse in infection control In order for infection and disease to occur in an individual‚ a process involving 6 related components must occur. This process has been referred to as the chain of infection. The six steps or links in the chain are etiologic agent‚ reservoir‚ portal of exit‚ mode of transmission‚ portal of entry and susceptible host. To stop the spread of disease‚ one or more of these links must be broken. 1. Etiologic agent a. Metazoan – multicellular animals many
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For a specific disease to be spread‚ all of the stars have to somehow align. The host‚ pathogen‚ and environment/vector all have to interact at the same time. The vector-borne disease triangle illustrates that without one corner‚ the transmission of the disease would not be possible. This triangle includes hosts‚ environments/vectors‚ and pathogens. Hosts are often humans‚ dogs‚ or monkeys and are fed on by a vector. Vectors usually include mosquitos‚ fleas‚ ticks‚ mites‚ and many more. The last
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0verview: Behcet disease‚ also called Behcet syndrome‚ is an uncommon condition that causes inflammation in blood vessels throughout the body. Dr. Hulusi Behcet‚ a dermatologist born in Turkey‚ identified it in a patient in 1924 and published a description of the disease in 1937. The syndrome is common in the Middle East‚ Asia‚ and Japan; and affects more men than women. However‚ in the United States‚ more women developed the disease than men‚ where it generally affects fewer than 1 in 100‚000 people
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Part 1 Diseases come from all over the world‚ because of globalization many new diseases have spread around the world. Globalization brought about new measures to systematically to preventing‚ identifying‚ and combating foreign diseases: Surveillance Immunization Research Improved sanitation and living conditions Price of drugs Part 2 Globalization can provide both opportunities and concerns Although globalization can cause concerns‚ it can also have benefits when it comes to dealing with
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(M1) Communicable diseases are very contagious and can spread very easily from one person to another person‚ this also includes from animal to person. You can get infected straight away just by touching‚ eating‚ drinking or breathing in a substance that has a lot of germs on it. Communicable diseases are caused by agents such as bacteria‚ parasites‚ protozoa‚ fungus and virus. Bacteria exist on every surface including in the air and below sea level. Most bacteria are harmless but others are harmful
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Communicable Disease Paper Kayla Lysak HCS 457 July 7‚ 2014 Lindsay Cogan Communicable Disease Paper This paper will be discussing what MRSA is and the efforts that are being made to control it. It will also be discussing the environmental factors that are related to this disease. Other factors that will be discussed will be to explain the influence that lifestyles‚ socioeconomic status and disease management play and what the public health department is doing to reduce the threat this disease poses. Lastly
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