DOST hoists online dengue alert Thursday‚ 28 February 2013 Written by Luisa S. Lumioan‚ S&T Media Service‚ DOST-STII Before the onset of the rainy season‚ the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) intensifies its dengue preventive measures by providing online information on dengue cases per community to serve as alert mechanism to concerned government offices and personnel. In the pipeline is a dengue alert website that will enable public health practitioners to check out high-risk areas
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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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DENGUE FEVER / DENGUE HEMORRHAGIC FEVER Aedes What is Dengue? • a mosquito-borne viral disease • transmitted by the bite of an infected female Aedes mosquito • caused by 4 serotypes of Dengue virus: Den-1‚ Den-2‚ Den-3 and Den-4 • Dengue Virus common during rainy season. Aedes mosquito Where is Dengue found? • • • reported from over 100 countries worldwide approx. 2.5M people at risk the most important mosquito-borne viral disease in the world
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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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The Effectiveness of using Garlic (Allium sativum linn) as a safe and efficient liquid mosquito repellent Proponents: Camba‚ John Joel D. Concha‚ Christopher Bryan A. De Guzman‚ John Adrian F. Mrs. Arlen Gatpo September 2011 Chapter One The Research and it’s Study | Introduction: Urban places were visualized in a modernized and civilized setting. At present‚ urban places are populated because people from rural places migrate to
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Chikungunya Fact sheet N°327 March 2008 ________________________________________ Key facts • Chikungunya is a viral disease that is spread by mosquitoes. It causes fever and severe joint pain. Other symptoms include muscle pain‚ headache‚ nausea‚ fatigue and rash. • The disease shares some clinical signs with dengue‚ and can be misdiagnosed in areas where dengue is common. • There is no cure for the disease. Treatment is focused on relieving the symptoms. • The proximity of mosquito breeding
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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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San Pablo City National High School San Pablo City Mrs. Glory M. Serrano Research Adviser A Science Investigatory Project submitted in fulfillment of the requirements in Research I-B S.Y. 2010-2010 Abstract Dengue fever has always been a problem to everyone and it is not advisable to always use pesticide to control the mosquito-causing dengue since it will cause harm to one’s health and our environment. So this study was conducted to determine was conducted to determine
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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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