Introduction Influenza‚ commonly known as the "flu"‚ is an acute viral infection of the respiratory tract caused by influenza viruses. Although it is often confused with other influenza-like illnesses‚ especially the common cold‚ influenza is a more severe disease caused by a different type of virus. A virus is a cluster of genes wrapped in a protein membrane‚ which is coated with a fatty substance that contains molecules called glycoproteins. Strains of the flu are identified according to the
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Epidemiology: Epidemiology is the study of frequency‚ distribution and determinants of health related states and events including diseases and the application of this study to control the disease and other health problems. It can be also described as a branch of evidence based medical science that deals with the incidence‚ distribution and control of diseases in a population chiefly by use of statistics. In other terms‚ it is a sum of the factors controlling the presence or absence of a disease
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What would we do when the next flu or influenza pandemic broke out? How could we prevent the virus from spreading? In this essay‚ I am going to find an answer on these questions. In order to find the cure for an influenza pandemic‚ we first have to understand what the disease is and how it is spread. Influenza is a virus which is spread through air or by touch. Though we have antibiotics against bacterial diseases‚ there is no treatment comparable for viruses. However‚ there is a possibility to
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Legislation Paper Myrella Sanchez Los Angeles Trade Tech College February 21‚ 2017 Legislation Paper In today’s day and age‚ the shuffle of everyday life can be inundating. With most families having both parents in the work force to sustain a whole household or with the absence of one parent into a single parent household. Making it even more difficult financial and adding to overall stress. It is unfortunate to say but at times we sacrifice our loved ones‚ whether it be young children
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Research Synthesis (meta-analysis) Case Study Single subject Design Epidemiology (Case control and Cohort) Experimental Historical (Archival) Epidemiology Research What is Epidemiology? “the study of the distribution and determinants of health related states or events in specified populations‚ and the application of this study to the control of health problems” (Last‚ 1988) Epidemiology Research Terminology Distribution—relates to the frequency and patterns
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Paola A Torres Grand Canyon University: NRS- 427V 12/14/2014 HIV COMMUNICABLE DISEASE AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) is defined by the Mayo Clinic as "A chronic‚ potentially life-threatening condition which is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). HIV damages the immune system‚ and interferes with the ability the body has to fight the disease causing organism" (Mayo Clinic‚ 2014). HIV is an infection transmitted sexually. Another mode of transmission for HIV is by exposure
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How worried are you about the Influenza Virus? The Influenza virus‚ commonly known as the flu‚ is a viral disease that can be infectious in mammals and birds‚ it´s caused by RNA viruses. This disease is most common between the months of October and May‚ it can last from three days to five days; it´s an acute disease‚ because manifests quickly and last a short time. There are three types of Influenza according to how severe they are; Type A: The most severe type with the most acute symptoms.
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I decided to write my paper on elderly nutrition. I have chosen this topic because I believe nutrition is important at all ages now‚ especially in those of the elderly. Fattening foods are around more now than ever‚ so the problem of obesity is getting out of control. Obesity as we all know causes heart attacks and other such medical problems. People are not noticing the problem anymore until the worst happens. "Everyone thinks that heart disease always happens to someone else‚ until
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Running Head: INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS Epidemiology Paper Infectious Mononucleosis By: Nuala Nowicki‚ RN NRS427V Concepts in Community and Public Health Grand Canyon University Due: November 9‚ 2014 1 Running Head: INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS 2 DESCRIPTION “Infectious mononucleosis is named for the large numbers of white blood cells (mononuclear cells) in the bloodstream.” (Merck). Infectious Mononucleosis is more
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Abstract Global outbreaks of human influenza occur from influenza A viruses with novel Hemagglutinin (HA) molecules to which humans have no immunity. So understanding of the origin and evolution of HA genes is of particular importance. Host-origin classification based on the two outer proteins Host classification based on the HA protein achieved accuracies between 91.2% and 100% using KNN and random forest. While host classification based on the NA protein achieved accuracies
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