none of these . 5 Which of the following is an air borne disease? (a) jaundice (b) cholera (c) polio (d) common cold 6. An infection leading to stomach ache‚ watery stools and dehydration is- (a) influenza (b) pneumonia (c) dysentery (d) plague 7. Which of the following microbes causes swine flu? (a) bacteria (b) fungi (c) virus (d) protozoa 8. Which of the following mosquito spreads malaria?
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Branislava Jusufovic How far can countries be prepared for a serious outbreak of disease? The future will bring contagious diseases such as meningitis‚ bronchitis as well as influenza and other infectious diseases; some of which are introduced intentionally. Recognizing that it would be impracticable to deal with the vast range of latent microbial threats individually‚ public health policy makers are devising strategies to appraise and respond to epidemics of all kinds. Such as public awareness
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Every college students mind‚ body‚ spirit‚ and to be free from illness‚ injury or pain is described as being healthy. Being healthy in college is one of the most important things in a person’s life because it controls the way our bodies function and it also determines how long you will live on this earth. Those responsibilities fall on the student’s lap as they find it difficult to balance it. There are many different methods and routes we can take to become healthy especially by exercising‚ eating
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INFORMATION SYSTEM AS AN EFFECTIVE FORCE AGAINST H1N1 PANDEMIC Public health leaders and communities face extraordinary challenges when a novel influenza virus emerges. Timely data and information are needed in order to make containment decisions‚ prioritize antiviral and/or vaccine distribution‚ deploy personnel and communicate with industry experts and the public. Arguably‚ pandemics that occurred before the 2009 H1N1 outbreak were more devastating because we lacked the benefit of information
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that deals with supplying the blood with oxygen so that the blood can deliver oxygen to all parts of the body. The respiratory system does this through breathing. There are several diseases that can attack the respiratory system; I will discuss how Influenza affects the respiratory system in this paper. We need to know does the respiratory system work within inside of the human body. The organs inside the respiratory system are the lungs‚ nose‚ trachea‚ and bronchi. Your lungs make up one of the largest
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Emily Pozzuoli MCB2004 04/15/2013 Emerging Infectious Diseases: Avian Influenza A Emerging infectious diseases are diseases that are new or changing‚ and are increasing‚ or have the potential to increase in incidence in the near future. (Pearson‚ Microbiology) Some important contributing factors to the development of EIDs are evolutionary changes in existing organisms‚ the movement of previously identified diseases to new geographic locations and populations by modern transportation‚ and increased
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Cummings. Blais‚ K.‚ Hayes‚ J.‚ Kozier‚ B.‚ & Erb‚ G. (2006). Professional nursing practice: Concepts and perspectives (5th ed.). Upper Saddle River‚ NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (June 24‚ 2011). Seasonal influenza: Flu basics. Retrieved from http://cdc.gov/flu/about/disease/index.htm Stanhope‚ M.‚ & Lancaster‚ J. (2012). Public health nursing: Population-centered health care in the community (8th ed.). Maryland Heights‚ MO: Mosby Elsevier. Stanley‚ M.
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that information to design a drug that prevents the infective agent from being able to do what it does. Influenza viruses are continually changing into new strains. The proteins in their outer layer change continually. Our bodies learn to defend against one influenza virus‚ but the next time we are infected with an influenza virus it is different from the previous one and we develop influenza again‚ and again. This not only effects our health but has a huge economic impact due to reduced productivity
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the page of‚ there is a USA map. Click on the USA maps to answer the following questions. List a few states that currently have only local activity? District of Columbia and Alaska What states if any have widespread activity? Widespread influenza activity was reported by Guam and 46 states (Arizona‚ Arkansas‚ California‚ Colorado‚ Connecticut‚ Delaware‚ Florida‚ Idaho‚ Illinois‚ Indiana‚ Iowa‚ Kansas‚ Kentucky‚ Louisiana‚ Maine‚ Maryland‚ Massachusetts‚ Michigan‚ Minnesota‚ Mississippi‚ Missouri
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This article discussed how important vaccinating children is and why they wanted to recommend for annual influenza vaccination for school age children in the United States. This article was meant to make sure every child in America is safe from any diseases. This vaccine was not meant to hurt or to kill anyone. New vaccines are developing in order for people
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