Ebola Virus— What type of virus is it? How it spreads? What is being done to contain its spread? What treatments are available? Ebola genome is a single-stranded RNA approximately 19‚000 nucleotides long. It encodes seven structural proteins such as nucleoprotein‚ polymerase cofactor‚ transcription activator‚ RNA- dependent RNA polymerase. The Ebola virus is a Filovirus. These virus types cause fever or cause bleeding inside and outside the body when having a very high fever. Ebola
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contact with an infected person‚ through coughing and sneezing. Rubella vaccine (contained in MMR vaccine) can prevent this disease. If death occurs‚ it is within few days of onset of symptoms. Cowpox Cowpox is a skin disease caused by a virus known as the cowpox virus. Cowpox is transmitted by touch from infected animals to humans. Cowpox is similar to but much milder than the highly contagious and sometimes deadly smallpox disease. Cowpox resembles mild smallpox. Cowpoxes symptom is red skin blisters
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Environmental Scan Paper The purpose of this paper is to research a company and perform an environmental scan‚ determine its competitive advantages‚ and determine the strategies it is using. A common tool used to perform an environmental scan is called a SWOT analysis. This analysis lays out the strength‚ weaknesses‚ opportunities‚ and threats; “it is the foundation for evaluating the internal potential and limitations and the probable/likely opportunities and threats from the external environment
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“Ebola Virus: Glycoprotein Modification Study” Name Class School Date Abstract Retroviruses are a family of enveloped RNA viruses that are defined by their common characteristics in structure‚ replication properties and composition. These viruses are important in research in many different areas of science‚ such as biology‚ genetics‚ medicine‚ cancer‚ and biotechnology. The process of pseudotyping for retroviruses‚ in particular‚ allows researchers to investigate the
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Discussion: In this experiment a ketone‚ 9-fluorenone is reduced to and alcohol. The are two possible ways by which this reduction can occur. One is by a catalytic hydrogenation‚ this uses a catalyst such as palladium or nickel‚ hydrogen gas‚ and heat/pressure. This can reduced an alkane to alkene. This catalytic process is preferred in industrial practices because the cost is low in the long run and more importantly there is little to no waste expense. However‚ hydrogen gas is dangerous due to
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Although people say it’s not a big deal‚ the Zika virus is a major problem in the world today‚ it is damaging the lives and will have an affect on the summer olympics because there isn’t a vaccine and it can be spread quickly through mosquitoes in the warm Rio climate. In 1947‚ in the Zika forest‚ a rhesus monkey was found with a fever. Scientist at the time decided it was best to cage the animal to see if the fever diminished‚ after two days symptoms still remained. The worried scientist rushed
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Virus Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. ____ 1. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT? a. Viruses are not able to move by themselves. b. Viruses are not able to reproduce by themselves. c. Viruses are not structurally organized. d. Viruses are nonliving particles. e. Viruses contain instructions to manufacture themselves. ____ 2. Which of the following is FALSE? a. The outer coats of all viruses are alike. b. The
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Life Cycle of a Virus The life cycle of a virus begins when it is created and ends when it is completely eradicated. The following outline describes each stage: Creation Until recently‚ creating a virus required knowledge of a computer programming language. Today anyone with basic programming knowledge can create a virus. Typically‚ individuals who wish to cause widespread‚ random damage to computers create viruses. Replication Viruses typically replicate for a long period of time before they
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Audience Analysis Paper Yvette M. Barker Comm/285 October 3‚ 2011 Tony Mahmeister Audience Analysis Paper As a manager‚ quarterly meetings are imperative in order to keep every manager as well as employee‚ aware of how the company is doing productively as well as financially. In these meetings each manager is called upon to address the District Manager‚ Regional Manager‚ Store Managers as well as all AT&T Stakeholders for the west coast market the presentation is to address both internal
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Introduction to Management Managing the Virus Hunters “Imagine what life would be like if your product were never finished‚ if your work were never done‚ if your market shifted 30 times a day. The computervirus hunters at Symantec Corp. don’t have to imagine. That’s the reality of their daily work life. At the company’s Response Lab in Santa Monica‚ California‚ described as the “dirtiest of all our networks at Symantec”‚ software analysts collect viruses and other suspicious code and try
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