Unit 8: Worldwide destinations M2: Explain how different factors might affect travel to India. Monsoon season Monsoon season in India The death toll from this year’s monsoon has already climbed past 800‚ and now some 1.2 million people have been marooned‚ and about 2 million more affected in the impoverished state of Bihar‚ where the Koshi River has burst its banks‚ breached safety embankments and submerged all roads leading to the region. Indian villagers wade through flood water in
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These germs are then passed on from one person to the next where these persons who come in contact may become ill with diseases such as typhoid‚ cholera or dysentery among others. Mosquitos spread many diseases. The anopheles mosquitoes spread diseases such as malaria or elephantiasis. This is done by the mosquitos feeding on
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ENCEPHALITIS is a severe inflammation of the brain‚ encephalitis is usually caused by a mosquito-borne or‚ in some areas‚ a tick borne virus. Viruses transmitted by anthropods are arboviruses (arthropodborne). Referred to as infectious viral encephalitides‚ encephalitis may occur also as a complication of systemic viral diseases such as poliomyelitis‚ rabies‚ or mononucleosis‚ or it may arise after recovery from viral infections such as rubella or rubeola. SYNONYMS OR OTHER NAMES OF THE DISEASE
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of Filipinos by adopting an integrated dengue control approach in the prevention and control of dengue infection. Goal: Reduce morbidity and mortality from dengue infection by preventing the transmission of the virus from the mosquito vector human. Objectives: The objectives of the program are categorized into three: health status objectives; risk reduction objectives; and services & protection objectives. Health Status Objectives: * Reduce incidence from 32 cases/100
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before the age of five (Bill Gates‚ 2009). The essay will focus on the reason and solution‚ and then give some recommendations. The mosquito is the main reason to cause malaria. More specifically‚ mosquitoes transmit the disease through their bites. People did not know what caused this disease until 1900s‚ a British military man found that it was caused by Mosquito-borne (Bill Gates‚ 2009). Since then‚ people began to recognize the reason of malaria spread.
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UTILIZATION OF MARIGOLD EXTRACT (Tagestes erecta L.) AND CIGARETTE BUTTS AS HOUSEHOLD INSECTICIDE INTRODUCTION Most insecticides effective for household use are inorganic which tend to be harmful to the user and to the environment. Recent statistics show that 75% of households use some form of insecticide‚ with much of this being used indoors. They are used to kill ants and roaches‚ mosquitoes‚ flea and tick. By design these products are all intended to be lethal – to insects that
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Loa loa: The African Eye Worm Introduction: A parasite is an organism in or on another living organism obtaining from it part or all of its organic nutriments‚ commonly exhibiting some degree of adaptive structural modifications‚ and causing some degree of real damage to its hosts‘ (Thomas‚ Renaud‚ and Guegan‚ 2005). One of the many parasites is the filarial African eye worm‚ Loa loa. Loa loa belongs to class Secernentea‚ subclass Spiruria‚ order Spirurida‚ super family Filarioidea‚ and family
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1. Should Dabur build scale first in India before investing in global operations? In my opinion‚ yes‚ Dabur should build up scale first in India and then it should try for its global operations‚ because although we know that it is among the top ten CPG companies in India by revenue but its net sales figure is only Rs. 13430 million which is near about 10 times less as comparison to top CPG companies like HINDUSTAN LEVER and ITC. So first it should try to increase its revenue figure in domestic
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Anthropology is the study of humans both in the past and the present. In order to study past and the present‚ the anthropological perspective uses the approach of diversity by considering the beliefs and practices regarding health‚ healing‚ and healers in the context of specific cultures. Anthropologists must consider the worldview connected to the system of meaning being studied because a worldview shapes the structure of our medical systems and different worldviews are directly reflected in our
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ovale P. malariae P. vivax and P. falciparum are the most prevalent‚ accounting for almost 90 percent of all cases worldwide. Malaria life-cycle Anopheles mosquito goes through asexual and sexual reproduction Asexual reproduction occurs in the human body and sexual reproduction takes place in the gut of the anopheles mosquito. Mosquitos are the final hosts of malaria whereas humans are the intermediate hosts Sources of information for malaria surveillance Reports of confirmed malaria cases Malaria
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