MYIASIS Myiasis is an infectious skin disease that caused by some insects‚ which are the larvae or maggots. The word myiasis is derived from the Greek word "Maya " mean fly‚ and "asis" meaning disease. [1] It is also called Blowfly strike‚ Flyblown‚ or Maggot infestation.[2] The dipterous larvae is feeding on the host dead or living tissues‚ liquid body substances or ingested food.[3] Myiasis is a skin disease that may infect people in any age‚ country‚ or society. It has many types that
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Buzz Buzz...Buzz Buzz....Buzz Buzz. You hear the sound of a mosquito coming towards you‚ Buzz Buzz. It lands on you‚ but before you can swat it away‚ BAM! You are bitten. You will be fine‚ hopefully. But if you live in a tropical or subtropical place‚ you may be at risk. At risk for the most terrible of all the terrible mosquito caused diseases‚ just kidding. But you are at risk for yellow fever. What is yellow fever? That is why I am here‚ that is hopefully why you are even reading this paper‚ to
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Elie Metchnikoff has discovered phagocytosis in a starfish. The inner space of starfish is a primitive version of human extravascular (extravasal) compartment. The first line of host defense in humans is extravascular compartment which is evolutionally older than intravascular compartment (cardiovascular and lymphatic systems) and includes external and internal covers (skin‚ conjunctiva‚ tympanum‚ upper and lower respiratory mucous membranes‚ digestive tract mucous membranes‚ etc.) and different
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African Sleeping Sickness is an infectious disease caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma brucei. The parasite is a eukaryote‚ as it has a fully functioning mitochondria and other membrane-bound organelles. An infection is caused from the infected bite of the tsetse fly (also known as genus Glossina)‚ which can inject harmful parasites that once in the body‚ they gradually invade it. Over the course of history‚ African Sleeping Sickness has only been known since the late 19th century and
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Guatemala covers 42‚042 sq mi and it has a population of over 17 million. Guatemala City‚ which is the capital is the city with the largest population. Guatemala has a very mixed ethnicity. Over half of the population is Mestizo and European. The other part of the population has a very diverse ethnicity. In Guatemala‚ in the religious field one will find Roman Catholics and Protestants. Also there are indigenous Mayan beliefs. This comes from the large population of indigenous people. This also
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report‚ published in the Journal of the American Medical Association‚ indicate that Tutankhamen had osteonecrosis of two metatarsal bones in one foot‚ according to the authors‚ and DNA evidence suggests that he was infected with the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum (Nature.com‚ 2010). Still others say that the king died due to an infection. New CT scans performed on King Tut shows a broken leg that could have become infected and ultimately caused his death. 2) Identify one (1) of the theories
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Chikungunya Introduction Chikungunya is a drastic viral disease which was discovered recently. It is an infection caused by mosquito bites from A. aegypti and A. albopictus which belongs to Aedes genus. This virus is classified in to 4th Group of ssRNA in unassigned order. It belongs to the family of Togaviridae and genus is Alphavirus. The species of this type is named as the Chikungunya virus. Their symptoms are fever with severe joint pains. There is no vaccine developed for Chikungunya. This
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CYCLE OF PLASMODIUM INTRODUCTION Plasmodium‚ a genus of parasitic protozoans of the sporozoan subclass Coccidia that are the causative organisms of malaria. Plasmodium‚ which infects red blood cells in mammals (including humans)‚ birds‚ and reptiles‚ occurs worldwide‚ especially in tropical and temperate zones. The organism is transmitted by the bite of the female Anopheles mosquito. Other insects and some mites may also transmit forms of malaria to animals. Five species of Plasmodium are known
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Chikungunya is a mosquito-borne arbovirus and a member of the genus Alphavirus and the family Togaviridae. The word ‘Chikungunya’ is derived from the Makonde language that translates the word in “that which bends up”. It is referred to the stooped posture associated with chronic and incapacitating arthralgia suffered by those infected patients (cited by Kondekar et al.‚ 2006 in Her & Kam & Lin & Ng‚ 2009). Chikungunya was discovered during analysis of isolated blood samples of a febrile patient in
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The Panama canal was a canal build for American and british leaders to send and receive goods from across the ocean faster‚ quicker and cheaper. When roosevelt became president of the united states as many other americans felt they needed a canal that would go across panama‚ a short cut across central america it would be more faster and cheaper‚ the United states wasn’t the only ones trying to build a canal in panama‚ a french company tried to build the canal but after 10 years they gave up‚ they
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