lurks silently and patiently awaiting his next victim. He does not discriminate based on race‚ sex‚ or age‚ however; the youngest and eldest usually pay a higher price. This perpetrator who remains faceless is known as the influenza virus. The influenza virus commonly known as the flu is a contagious viral infection that invades its victim’s body via the nose and mouth affecting the respiratory system of the individual. It spreads by respiratory droplets through coughing and sneezing.
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Ebola By: Fahd Seddiki and Conrad Womelsdorf Discovery of Ebola The discovery of Ebola was made after an epidemic of this virus was spread throughout Sub-Sahara Africa. The actual discovery was made by a native by the name of DR. Ngoy Mushola. He discovered it in 1976 after the epidemic hit his country. The first case of Ebola was called Ebola Zaire. It was discovered in Zaire hence the name. The second discovery of Ebola was called Ebola Sudan; also it was discovered in Sudan. Although
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home with a serious illness. I always like to have help right with me in case I need it‚ it helps me cope with it. Right now‚ I’m not doing anything to increase my risk of measles. I have my vaccination‚ and do not know anybody that currently has the virus. To help prevent it‚ I could probably try to avoid sick people more often. I’ve never known anyone that had measles‚ and I don’t want to become the first person I
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Treatment: none; antibiotics in some severe cases. A virus causes chickenpox‚ so the doctor won’t prescribe antibiotics. However‚ antibiotics may be required if the sores become infected by bacteria. This is pretty common among kids because they often scratch and pick at the blisters. The antiviral medicine acyclovir may be prescribed for people with chickenpox who are at risk for complications. The drug‚ which can make the infection less severe‚ must be given within the first 24 hours after
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Tonsillitis is when the tonsils show signs of inflammation‚ are tender and the person has difficulty swallowing or breathing. Most of the time‚ tonsillitis is caused by an infection with a common virus but is can also be caused by bacterial infections. If your tonsillitis becomes serious enough or you have it enough times‚ you may end up having a surgery called a tonsillectomy. A tonsillectomy is a surgery that removes a person ’s tonsils. There is however a minimum requirement a person must
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production to a particular protein‚ gene therapy may be able to restore normal function of the polypeptide and essential save the cell and perhaps the entire organism. In order to affect the human genome‚ scientists intravenously inject a carrier virus to “infect” the cell with the genetically engineered gene. There are two subtypes of gene therapy. Somatic gene therapy‚ where sections
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Bacteriophages were discovered independently by Frederick W. Twort in Great Britain (1915) and Félix d’Hérelle in France (1917). The first phages studied were those designated type 1 to type 7. The Teven phages‚ T2‚ T4‚ and T6‚ were used as model systems for the study of virus multiplication. Alfred Day Hershey and Martha Chase used the T2 bacteriophage in a famous experiment in 1952.Soon after making their discovery‚ Twort and d’Hérelle began to use phages in treating human bacterial diseases such as bubonic plague and cholera
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They usually go away on their own over a period of many months to a couple years. Various treatments may be done for warts that cause problems or do not go away. Warts sometimes go away and then come back again. CAUSES Warts are caused by a type of virus called human papillomavirus (HPV). These viruses can spread from person to person through
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Researchers have recently made genetic changes to the H5N1 disease. The reason researchers have been try to change the genetics of this disease is to try and improve the health surveillance for early detection. What the scientist are doing is making the virus easily transmittable from person to person. In the lab room this seems like a good idea‚ but in the wrong hands this could turn a small out-break into a pandemic. This could be the first step in making this disease an ideal weapon for bioterrorism
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the free-floating pixel codes and insert them into the bacteria’s genome. CRISPR is a group of proteins and DNA that act as an immune system in some bacteria‚.When a virus infects a bacterium‚ CRISPR cuts out part of the foreign DNA and stores it in the bacteria’s own genome. The bacterium then uses the stored DNA to recognize the virus and defend against future attacks."The sequential nature of CRISPR makes it an appealing system for recording events over time‚" explained
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