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    Islam ed. The Right to Tell: Institutions and the Media‚ World Bank‚ 2002. Djankov‚ Simeon‚ Caralee McLiesh‚ Tatiana Nenova‚ and Andrei Shleifer (2003)‚ “Who Owns the Media?‚” Journal of Law and Economics‚ 46‚ 341-382. FAO‚ OIE‚ WHO‚ UN System Influenza Coordination‚ UNICEF‚ and The World Bank (2008): Contributing to One World‚ One Health‚ A Strategic Framework for Reducing Risks of Infectious Diseases at the Animal–Human– Ecosystems Interface‚ Consultation Document. Sen‚ Amartya (1999): “Development

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    Gina Kolada: Flu

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    Flu. By Gina Kolata. New York‚ NY: Touchstone. 1999. pp. 1 to 306. As is summarized on the front cover of the book‚ Flu by Gina Kolata is a book describing the “Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918”. The book starts out with a quote from a molecular pathologist that definitely grabs the reader’s attention. Kolata continues throughout the first chapter describing the virus as a notorious and mysterious murderer‚ turning the masses into victims. Kolata’s writing style is very interesting; she seems

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    Research Topic: Listeria monocytogenes‚ Haemophilus influenzae‚ and Mycobacterium ulcerans Part 1: Listeria monocytogenes Listeria monocytogenes is a bacterium that is originated in food and can cause the serious illness of Listeriosis. Listeriosis is a serious disease for humans; the overt form of the disease has a mortality rate greater than 25 percent1. This is a Gram-positive bacterium‚ and is mobile by means of flagella. Listeria monocytogenes can be found in nature in soil‚ water and animal

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    Influenza (Flu) is one more the more common disease in the US. Influenza has the potential to become a pandemic since there are different variations of the flu. There are four different types of the influenza virus (A‚ B‚ C‚ D). Influenza A and B viruses cause seasonal epidemics of disease almost every winter in the United States. The emergence of a new and very different influenza A virus to infect people can cause an influenza pandemic. Influenza type C infections generally

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    Biology Chapter 19

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    1. Viruses can vary with respect to all of the following characteristics except _____. ( Overview) Your Answer: | the presence or absence of a membranous envelope | | Correct Answer: | the presence or absence of metabolic machinery | |   No. This is a difference among viruses. 2. A microbiologist analyzes chemicals obtained from an enveloped RNA virus that infects monkeys. He finds that the viral envelope contains a protein characteristic of monkey cells. Which of the following is

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    generally considered a living organism. Instead they are parasitic. They remain dormant outside of the host body‚ and if one happens to get inside the body‚ it can spread rapidly. It relies on the host’s cells to replicate. A good example is the influenza virus‚ which infects the throat. The virus ‘injects’ it’s DNA strands into the host cell‚ which displace the cell’s normal DNA. The cell‚ instead of carrying out normal functions‚ replicates virus cells which when a certain point is reached‚ literally

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    devastating outbreak of an infectious disease in modern history occurred in 1918‚ when a highly virulent influenza A (H1N1) virus spread throughout the world and killed between 20 million to 40 million people. Additional epidemics occurred in 1957 (H2N2) and 1968 (H3N2)‚ both originating in Asia and each killing approximately 1 million people. (2) [pic] Picture 1. Countries Reporting Avian Influenza during 2004. (Information is from the World Organization of Animal Health). (3) Background In 2005

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    they both represent the female intelligence‚ strength‚ and independence. Woolson was born to a family of five in 1840. A few weeks after her birth‚ however‚ her three older siblings died of influenza. Freeman was born in 1852‚ as the second child to her parents‚ and she lost her sibling to the same influenza virus a few months after her birth. Like many families in the 1800’s‚ colds and flues were more likely to become deadly than they are today‚ and both women were effected by it early on in their

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    smoke ball

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    Company‚ created the “Smoke Ball’ which claimed to be a cure for influenza and a number of various diseases. The Company was so confident of their product that they advertised stating that they would give a reward of 100 pounds to anyone who used their product according to the instructions and still got the flu. ‘A 100 Pounds will be paid by the Carbolic Smoke Ball Company to any person who contracts the increasing epidemic influenza colds or any other disease after have using the Smoke Ball three

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    I am writing to tell you about the importance of getting vaccines. Many serious diseases such as influenza and shingles can be prevented by a vaccine. By getting a vaccine you are protecting you‚ your family‚ coworkers‚ and everyone. This is because if you get a vaccine for the disease you cannot get it‚ and most importantly cannot spread it. When you get a vaccine you protect everyone and help to get rid of the disease. So many diseases or even deaths‚ can be prevented thanks to vaccines. Chicken

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