Defn:Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever(DHF) are acute febrile diseases transmitted by mosquitoes‚ which occur in the tropics‚ can be life-threatening‚ and are caused by four closely related virus serotypes of the genus Flavivirus‚ family Flaviviridae.It was identified and named in 1779. It is also known as breakbone fever‚ since it can be extremely painful. Causative Agent: . Dengue is transmitted to humans by the Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti or more rarely the Aedes albopictus mosquito. The mosquitoes that
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Typhoid fever mostly preys upon people from the United States who visit other countries‚ because in a foreign country food and drink may have been handled by a person who is shedding Salmonella Typhi or if the bacteria gets into the water you use for washing or drinking. Salmomella Typhi hides in beverages‚ most commonly milk or water. It also hides in food that is usually a foreign delicacy of some sort that has been contaminated by Salmonella Typhi in some way. Typhoid fever usually causes
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caused by members of the Brucella genus that can infect humans but primarily infects livestock. Symptoms of the disease include intermittent fever‚ sweating‚ chills‚ aches‚ and mental depression. The disease can become chronic and recur‚ particularly if untreated. Also known as undulant fever‚ Malta fever‚ Gibralter fever‚ Bang’s disease‚ or Mediterranean fever‚ brucellosis is most likely to occur among those individuals who regularly work with livestock. The disease originated in domestic livestock
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The harrowing accounts of people that suffered through the yellow fever epidemic of 1885 presented the devastation caused by communicable diseases to an uninformed society. It is disheartening to read about the chain of events that lead to the death of thousands of people who were victims of both the disease and their time period. They were fighting a disease with an unknown etiology‚ unknown mode of transmission‚ and no clear treatment. They fought a losing battle with winter as their only saving
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I have recently finished the book "Fever 1789" by Laurie Halse Anderson. It was filled with a roller coaster of emotion leaving the reader on the edge before every chapter. The description in the book fills my mind of how it was back in the 1700’s. This book demostrats a good understanding of the environment and tone in the book. At the end of the book it shows real life sections of how Anderson used history into a fictional story. The other book i’m reading is "Night" by Ellie Wiesel. It shows a
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The Book Thief is a novel by Australian author Markus Zusak. First published in 2005‚ the book won several awards and was listed on The New York Times Best Seller list for over 230 weeks. Plot The Book Thief centers around the life of Liesel Meminger‚ a nine-year-old girl living in Germany during World War II. Liesel’s experiences are narrated by Death‚ who describes both the beauty and destruction of life in this era. After her brother’s death‚ Liesel arrives in a distraught state at the home
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Introduction: Yellow fever is an acute viral hemorrhagic disease transmitted to humans and other vertebrate hosts by the bite of infected mosquitoes. The name “Yellow” is explained by jaundice that affect some patients with symptoms’ like yellow skin and yellow eyes(http://www.who.int/csr/disease/yellowfev/en/) The YF virus is the causative agent for Yellow fever and it belongs to the virus family Flaviviridae. Single stranded RNA (11kb) present in Flavi viruses .YF virus responsible for number
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“It Can’t be Helped” by Jeanne Wakatsuki and “Typhoid Fever” by Frank McCourt have many similarities. Jeanne Wakatsuki was born in California in 1934. She lived there until 1942 when Roosevelt signed executive order 9066 and she and her family were evacuated. Frank McCourt was born in 1930 in Brooklyn‚ NY. During the great depression‚ his family moved back to Ireland‚ where his family sank deeper into poverty. He nearly died of typhoid fever when he was 11. The purpose of the stories these people
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Edith Wharton’s “Roman Fever” by: Cassandra Bush “Roman Fever” by Edith Wharton is a story about two wealthy American widows who have been friends for almost a lifetime‚ but have a secret they have kept bottled up for a very long time. Alida Slade and Grace Ansley are the main characters in this compelling story that incorporates love‚ mother/daughter relationships and revenge. The story ’s beginning finds the older women having lunch overlooking a beautiful view of the Forum. Their daughters
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The next image‚ a famous image‚ is of Anne Frank‚ and it may question people as to what the relation is between Anne Frank and typhus fever. According to the Anne Frank Museum Amsterdam‚ “Margot and Anne Frank remain in Bergen-Belsen for over three months‚ until they succumb to the effects of typhus and other hardships of the camp” (“The last days of Margot and Anne Frank”‚ 1). The story of Anne Frank was one of happiness and sorrow; leading a short life and in that life‚ she succumbed to the harsh
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