-Disease‚ mutation‚ disfunction‚ or virus?: virus and disease -Common name: yellow fever -Scientific name: flavivirus and topotypes -History of oResearched XWhere: Philadelphia‚ Cuba‚ and South Africa XWhen: 1800‚ 1881‚ 1901‚ and 1939 XWhy: It was researched because so many people were infected who were coming to America‚ and so many people were getting infected by the virus who lived near the port. XHow: It was researched with the Aedes Aegypti
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Xuan Bui Green Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Rock Mountain Spotted Fever is a bacterial disease that is caused by a type of bacteria carried by infected ticks. The scientific name of the causative agent is Rickettsia rickettsii. The bacteria’s‚ physical appearance is very small‚ about 0.2-0.5 µm by 0.2-0.3 µm. It is spotted‚ and has a circular or oval-like shape. Also‚ it is gram-negative. The bacterium multiplies by binary fission and contains both DNA and RNA. They can live to a lifespan of one
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21 October 2014 Yellow fever: An epidemiological and historical review Introduction Few diseases have attracted more attention from medical historians than yellow fever (YF). It was one of the most feared of epidemic diseases in the world from the 15th to 19th centuries‚ when large scale outbreaks in port cities of North and South America‚ Africa‚ and Europe caused devastating mortality and helped to shape the expansion of settlements and colonial powers (1). Yellow fever is a serious viral infection
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I will be talking about yellow fever. Yellow fever is a very easy disease to get and it’s very deadly. Yellow fever is also known as sylvatic fever. This is a pretty fatal virus‚ people who get infected (20-50%) may die. Usually people will get this disease by going to different places like jungles and tropical places like that‚ so usually travelers and people who live in those kinds of environments will get it. A lot of what i’m going to be talking about is how this disease spreads‚ what causes
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the book FEVER 1793 by Laurie Hall Anderson‚ The main character‚ Matilda‚ changes herself when yellow fever strikes in order to survive in the harsh environment around her. In the beginning‚ Matilda couldn’t care less about her work that was given to her by her mother and wished she could escape (until the fever strikes). Later on in the story‚ she wants to stay by her sick mother and protect her. Towards the end‚ Matilda starts taking care of herself-as well as Nell‚ an orphan of the fever while trying
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Sanders Anatomy and Physiology May 16‚ 2016 Introduction The novel I read for the project was “Fever 1793” by Laurie Halse Anderson. Fever 1793 is a story about a little girl named Matilda Cook who lives during the time that Yellow Fever broke out. Some of the novel is fiction‚ and some of the book is historical. Key Idea 1 The first Key Idea of the novel is the fever itself. The fever changes how everyone lives. It makes some leave the town and some stay. It makes people think some are
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Yellow fever is an acute viral disease is a hemorrhagic fever caused by the Flavivirus. Acute means it comes onset rapidly meaning it affects the whole body. Experts believe the disease originated in Africa and it was introduced in South America in the slave trade within the 16th century. Several major disease epidemic cases have taken place in Europe‚ the Americas and Europe since the 17th century. It was deemed as the most common dangerous disease in the 19th century. A virus carried by a mosquito
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The book “Rinse‚ Spin‚ Repeat" authored by Edith Fassnidge‚ explains the unimaginable events that resulted from a Tsunami hitting Thailand during one family’s vacation. This book was chosen to review as it brings forward many aspects of loss that individuals embrace during and after any crisis. The story is told through the perspective of the author’s lens‚ creating an individualistc story of loss. However‚ while this story it unique‚ it allows readers to empathize with the unpredictability of life
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Fever 1793 Fever 1793 is about the summer of 1793 and Matilda (aka) Mattie Cook lives above her family’s coffee shop with her widowed mother and her grandfather. Mattie hates doing chores and spends her summer days avoiding them trying to turn her family’s coffee shop to the best Philadelphia has ever seen. But then things go wrong and yellow fever breaks out or “The Fever”. The Fever spreads up and down the streets destroying everything in its way to destroy. The huge outbreak turns Mattie’s
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In his letter to Thomas Jefferson‚ Benjamin Banneker uses rhetorical devices to reinforce his argument against the cruelties of slavery. Being a man of color‚ Banneker did not possess the social status deemed worthy of communication with a fine man such as Jefferson. Nevertheless‚ Banneker was an intelligent man and used his knowledge to point out the contradictory characteristics between slavery and American values. Banneker uses repetition throughout his letter. Periodically‚ he refers to Jefferson
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