caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV) that primarily affects the liver. There are different types of hepatitis viruses‚ including hepatitis A‚ B‚ D‚ and E. Among the different viruses‚ hepatitis C is the most serious because it can be chronic and cause severe liver damage. During the initial infection people often have mild or no symptoms. Occasionally a fever‚ dark urine‚ abdominal pain‚ and yellow tinged skin is there. Early on chronic infection typically has no symptoms. Over many years however
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cold virus‚ from person to person‚ by direct contact. An infected person can spread the virus to another person by their hands‚ objects that the infected person has touched‚ coughing‚ sneezing‚ and infected blood. A person is only contagious before the rash develops. 7. What are the consequences if ingested? A person exposed to Fifth Disease will experience their first symptoms between 4 and 20 days after exposure to the virus. Healthy persons usually experience no symptoms to mild
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Ebola: * What is Ebola? Ebola is a virus that causes Ebola hemorrhagic fever (Ebola HF). The Ebola virus belongs to the RNA virus family known as Filoviridae. There have been five strains of the Ebola virus identified (four of them are known to cause illness in humans). * Ebola Genome: One of two RNA viruses * First Recognized: 1976 Zaire Africa * Native to Africa * Unknown Origin‚ or natural reservoir * Ebola is very acute‚ infection is very rapid so * There are no
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Food Borne Illness In my findings of the virus known as Norovirus‚ it is also referred to as Gastroenteritis. The virus is caused by influenza. The Norovirus affects thousands of people every year according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). The Norovirus is a member of a category known as Calcivirus family. The virus is made up of four groups. The Norovirus is the most important virus to human pathogens. According to scientist the Calcivirus is difficult to study due to their
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as "the flu‚" is a virus that infects the respiratory tract. Although Influenza is not as severe as many viral infections it is almost the worst for viral infections of the respiratory tract. Typically‚ when someone is infected with influenza they experience fever (usually 100° to 103°F in adults‚ but even higher in children) and causes a cough‚ sore throat‚ runny or stuffy nose‚ and also headaches‚ muscle aches‚ and usually extreme tiredness. There are sometimes other symptoms such as nausea‚ vomiting
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infected. Therefore‚ this speech should act as an alert call to the audiences as a part of our preventive action. 3.2 Provide Information In the speech‚ I will provide as much as possible information about the Swine Flu such as the history‚ symptoms and treatment for the students to have better understanding about the disease. 3.3 Prevent the Outbreaks It is important to share and recommend the steps to prevent the outbreaks to all students so they can take a necessary precaution in their
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Kristina Nguyen HIV and AIDS The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and the Auto Immune Deficiency Disease (AIDS) are one of the leading killers around the world. Statistics provided by the Joint United Nations Program approximate that over 33 million people have been infected with HIV and AIDS. Of those 33 million‚ 1.1 million of those carriers are in the United States and even more shockingly‚ a fifth of those carriers are unaware that they have been infected. The World Health Organization estimated
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Indian and Pacific oceans. In late 2013‚ America had their first patient that had the virus chikungunya. It was found on the islands in the Caribbean’s. Travelers that travel the world are at high risk of getting this bacterial virus chikungunya. There is no vaccine or any type of medications that can prevent the bacterial disease‚ so travelers need to prevent themselves from getting bit by mosquitoes that carry the virus. The main and only way chikungunya can be transmitted is through
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man with a little too much free time and works at the pump house at the sugar factory within near the base of Mt. Elgon. One day in 1980‚ he takes a female friend to Kitum Cave‚ and it is believed that this is the day he caught the Marburg virus. The first symptoms include a severe headache; but‚ three days later‚ he starts vomiting. It is mentioned his eyes become red‚ and his face starts to droop. His skin changes color to yellow‚ and there are red specks all over his body. Once he is taken to the
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serious and can be cured but some times these conditoins are serious and even fatal. There are many ways disease can be spread like:- * BACTERIA * VIRUS * PARASITIC WORMS * PROTOZOA * FUNGI This project will discuss about the disease spread by * BACTERIA * VIRUS * PARASITIC WORMS Disease Spread By Bacteria Disease spread by bacteria are * TUBERCULOSIS * CHOLERA * TETANUS * SYPHILLIS TUBERCULOSIS : Tuberculosis
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