MERS Coronavirus Coronavirus is typically known to cause common cold and SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome). They belong to family Coronaviridae. It is an enveloped virus; it has a positive sense RNA genome with helical symmetry nucleocapsid. There has been emergence of new strain of coronavirus in Middle East known to cause Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus. This was reported in September‚ 2012 by Dr. Ali Mohamed Zaki (an Egyptian virologist) at the Virology Laboratory
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for nearly half of all diseases that plague our species. Of these respiratory illnesses‚ viruses are the cause in 50-75% of reported cases. The Corona Virus known as SARS or Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome is one of the most recently highly publicized respiratory illness that has drawn a surge of research since the first reported cases of the virus in Southern China in 2002. This publicity was due to the disease’s possible complications‚ which can lead to the death of the host organism. Even the
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chaotic is a major challenge for Vincent Weafer. How could he use technical‚ human‚ and conceptual skills to maintain an environment that encourages innovation and professionalism among the virus hunters? Vincent Weafer’s applies following techniques that encourage innovation and professionalism among the virus hunters. 1- he divided work into smaller and specialised groups to perform in much better way.(human skills) 2- To attain professionalism he then focuses on efficient working. As the
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Over the last sixty years of business activity‚ there has been new ways and means of conducting business through something we call technology. Technology is the advancement and use of electronic devices and other high-tech equipment to produce and progress knowledge into the future. Advancements in technology have affected management leadership in many ways over the last sixty years. New technology has altered leaders’ consciousness‚ language‚ and the way they view their organization. Technological
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HPV Human Pailloma Virus (HPV) is a virus that can cause cervical cancer and genital warts. There are over 40 types of HPV which affects males and females and it is the most common STI (sexually transmitted infection). Signs and symptoms in men may never develop‚ but in cases that do genital warts will appear on the penis‚ testicles‚ groin thighs‚ or in/ around the anus which may appear within weeks or months. These can be removed by the provider or the patient themselves with a treatment that
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The Zika Virus is a rare‚ dangerous and unique disease. Its name comes from the Zika Forest of Uganda‚ where the virus was first found in 1947. Zika virus is related to the disease ‚ yellow fever‚ and West Nile viruses. Since the 1950s‚ it has been known to occur from Africa to Asia. The Zika Virus started in Brazil in 2015 and spreads vastly. This virus spreads very early and can be easily affecting humans if bitten by a mosquito
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especially in America. Many associate the virus with our former president Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)‚ who was bound to a wheelchair due to his diagnosis of poliomyelitis. “Poliomyelitis is a debilitating muscle disorder‚ caused by the enterovirus known as the poliovirus” (Khan Academy‚ 2015). There are three serotypes of the virus that can cause paralysis; “poliovirus is a positive-strand single-stranded RNA virus” (Racaniello‚ 2005). This virus is transmitted through human to human contact
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coverage in the United States of the Avian influenza or ‘bird flu’ virus that has already swept across China and the Far East has been relegated to no more than a few lines in the major newspapers and television programs. However‚ as the threat of the virus entering the United States of America grows increasingly larger‚ many media outlets are stepping up their coverage‚ and attempting to educate US citizens of the dangers of the virus. While these efforts are to be largely applauded‚ it seems that
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Introduction Ebola virus which causes Ebola hemorrhagic fever‚ was first recognized in 1976 in Zaire‚ now Democratic Republic of Congo‚ and Sudan. It is named after the river Ebola in Zaire. The virus has five known subtypes named after the location where they were first identified and caused disease: Ebola Sudan‚ Ebola-Bundibugyo‚ Ebola-Zaire‚ Ebola-Ivory Coast and Ebola-Reston. (CDC.gov) Ebola-Reston is the newest subtype and was identified in research macaques imported from Philippines
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viruses can be thought of as a virus‚ worm‚ or Trojan infection. Computer viruses are programs that infect a computer and modify itself which permits it to spread throughout the computer’s software and hardware. Worms are programs that spread between computers through networking while a Trojan horse infection can make a computer available to non-authorized uses without knowledge from owner. Resembling biological viruses‚ computer viruses can be latent such as a herpes virus or HIV. Both have evolved to
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