GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is one of the largest and most profitable pharmaceutical companies in the world. This conglomerate is the product of multiple mergers of some of the leading companies in the industry. It was created in 2000 and at the time this case was written‚ had a market capitalization of $193.5 billion. The company’s most recent focus is on emerging markets‚ vaccines and consumer healthcare. When Sir Andrew Witty took over as CEO in 2008‚ he implemented a significant restructuring program
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Course Name: Dengue Instructor’s Name: Fatima Eayesha S. Sali General Objective: The course deals with the concept of aspects of nursing management‚ treatments‚ preventions‚ clinical signs and symptoms of a patient experiencing Dengue Fever. This serves an additional knowledge for the patient having the said disease. Venue: Brent Hospital Placement: Patients/Watchers |Specific Objectives |Content
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My fellow scientists‚ I am writing this report to inform you all of a highly dangerous‚ fatal disease that is beginning to make a resurgence in society. This disease is called Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease‚ or CJD. While CJD is still considered rare due to its relatively low infection rate‚ it is still critical nonetheless that we and the public be informed of this disease and the devastating effects it can have. CJD is caused by a prion‚ or a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE). Prions are
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Dengue Virus Notes. Wikipedia: The dengue virus (DENV) in one of four serotypes and the cause of dengue fever. All four serotypes can cause the full spectrum of disease. It is a mosquito-borne‚ single positive-stranded RNA virus of the family Flaviviridae; genus Flavivirus. Its genome is about 11000 bases that codes for three structural proteins‚ capsid protein C‚ membrane protein M‚ envelope protein E; seven nonstructural proteins‚ NS1‚ NS2a‚ NS2b‚ NS3‚ NS4a‚ NS4b‚ NS5; and short non-coding
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With the start of the rainy season‚ Francisco Duque III‚ health secretary in the Philippines‚ on Tuesday emphasized a continued government commitment to controlling and preventing dengue - a disease for which there is currently no vaccine or specific drug‚ the Manila Times reports. A total of 6‚537 cases of dengue‚ including 62 deaths‚ have been reported in the country over the past five months‚ according to the Department of Health (DOH). While the latest DOH dengue figures are lower compared
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Use of Anti-Aedes aegypti Salivary Extract Antibody Concentration to Correlate Risk of Vector Exposure and Dengue Transmission Risk in Colombia. Norte de Santander is a region in Colombia with a high incidence of dengue virus (DENV). In this study‚ we examined the serum concentration of anti-Aedes salivary gland extract (SGE) antibodies as a biomarker of DENV infection and transmission‚ and assessed the duration of anti-SGE antibody concentration after exposure to the vector ceased. We also determined
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SYNTHETIC BLOOD This is an artificial blood made up of synthetic blood products. 1. The two main types of non-cellular blood products are hemoglobin based and Perfluorocarbon (PFC) based. a. Hemoglobin The hemoglobin-based substitutes use hemoglobin from several different sources: human‚ animal‚ and recombinant. Human hemoglobin is obtained from donated blood that has reached its expiration date and from the small amount of red cells collected as a by-product during plasma donation.
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The Hot Zone: Assignment 1 What exactly is Ebola? A question I asked myself before beginning my assignment. Ebola is a virus disease that is caused by infection with certain virus species. This virus causes various symptoms such as high fevers‚ headaches‚ weakness‚ vomiting‚ muscle pain‚ rashes‚ and redness in the eyes. While reading “Something in the Forest‚” I found a couple of sections to be mysterious but that contained clues on to how Charles Monet may have obtained his deadly disease on his
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Guatemala covers 42‚042 sq mi and it has a population of over 17 million. Guatemala City‚ which is the capital is the city with the largest population. Guatemala has a very mixed ethnicity. Over half of the population is Mestizo and European. The other part of the population has a very diverse ethnicity. In Guatemala‚ in the religious field one will find Roman Catholics and Protestants. Also there are indigenous Mayan beliefs. This comes from the large population of indigenous people. This also
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Yellow Fever: Why the Shortage of Vaccines Should ‘Bug’ You Yellow fever - a tropical acute viral haemorrhagic disease - is a substantial burden that nearly a billion people in the world are currently vulnerable to. This disease is caused by a flavivirus that is transmitted via the bite of infected mosquitos. The name ‘yellow fever’ holds true to symptoms that are commonly associated with those infected which include jaundice‚ otherwise known as yellowing‚ of the skin and sclera due to liver damage
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