Should DDT Be Used In Africa?!? Some Say Yes Some Say No [pic] [pic] [pic] DDT is commonly used to combat malaria in sub Saharan African homes where malaria is a huge contributing factor in the obituaries. Killing mostly Children and the Elderly this disease has stopped many bright minds from ever existing. Malaria occurs because an engorged female mosquito lands on a victim and then begins to draw/suck the blood out of them. When they are carrying the disease in the
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; they can transmit malaria from person to person. Most people are at high risk to develop malaria‚ especially‚ with p. falciparum type of infection‚ pregnant woman‚ people with HIV‚ infants and children under the age of five years due to the decreased immunity in their body. P. vivax is one of plasmodium strains that have a dormant liver stage and it can activate and invade the blood after months or years‚ causing many patients to relapse. A malarial parasite that is exclusive to humans is P. malariae;
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Dengue hemorrhagic fever‚ also called breakbone fever‚ is caused by a virus found in tropical and subtropical areas and transmitted by a mosquito bite. Incubation is usually 3 to 6 days after the bite. Signs and symptoms include fever‚ severe joint and muscle pain‚ and rash. Dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) is a more severe presentation of dengue fever caused by the same mosquito bite. A strain of Arbovirus caused Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever and transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito. Characteristics
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Kumar & Kalimuthu Kovendan & Duraisamy Amerasan & Jayapal Subrmaniam & Jiang-Shiou Hwang Received: 26 May 2012 / Accepted: 19 June 2012 # Springer-Verlag 2012 Abstract Mosquitoes are the carriers of severe and wellknown illnesses such as malaria‚ arboviral encephalitis‚ dengue fever‚ chikunguniya fever‚ West Nile virus and yellow fever. These diseases produce significant morbidity and mortality in humans and livestock around the world. The present study explored the effects of orange peel
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Philippines is experiencing an erratic change in weather which is causing a lot of problems‚ including the increase of population growth of mosquitoes which could cause various kinds of diseases like Encephalitis‚ West Nile Fever‚ Dengue Fever and Malaria. People should be aware of the things that might happen because of the said diseases. The researcher conducted a study that could be a possible solution to this kind of problem. The main purpose of the study is to make a candle out of natural
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became great enough to the point it had to be addressed. It took three physicians to prove mosquitoes were the cause of the diseases. William Gorgas‚ in eighteen months‚ purged the area from yellow fever. Quinine was given to stop the progress of malaria. Yet‚ patients could not stop taking it‚ since the symptoms would return. In contrast‚ there was no cure for yellow fever. Although‚ the people who did survive would become immune to it for the rest of their lives. Crude oil was another form utilized
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If the proper drugs are used‚ people who have malaria can be cured and the parasites can be cleared from their body. According to an article on Drugs.com‚ the drugs that are available for treating people with malaria are: chloroquine‚ quinine‚ hydroxychloroquine‚ artemether and lumefantrine (coartem)‚ atovaquane and proguanil (malarone)‚ mefloquine‚ clindamycin (cleocin) and doxycycline. The four most common anti-malarial medications prescribed in the United States for foreign travel are: chloroquine
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Health & Human Development – Unit 4 – Week 11- 2012 Thanks to Ariel‚ Annie‚ Claire‚ Bill and Alannah who contributed to this Response sheet. Learning Activity 11.1 – Case Study on HIV/AIDS 1. Create a mind map showing the impact of HIV and AIDS on Kunthata’s life. You can use the template below or devise your own. Below are just a few ideas regarding the impact of HIV/AIDS on Kunthata’s life. As I’m sure you can imagine‚ there were MANY possible impacts that you could have identified
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reaction‚ which is hindering Africa’s productivity and economic development. One of those chains being health‚ 90% of all malaria cases are in sub-Saharan Africa. 3‚000 children under the age of five die each day from malaria in Africa. 1-5% of GDP in Africa covers costs of malaria control and lost labor days. 17 million people in Africa have died of aids. Incidents of malaria‚ cholera and even polio are on the rise in Africa‚ all undermining social and economic development on the globes most impoverished
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Communication is the Key Alex Belerique HUMA 1770 207291024 During the 12th to 14th centuries‚ technology related to communication was still fairly primal‚ and generally limited to face to face interactions. Of course‚ during a time where trade was at some points‚ booming between civilizations‚ a system of exchanging information was vital to successful trade‚ on small scales like people within the same area‚ and on larger scales‚ like communities in different regions. Successful trade transactions
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