Dengue fever Spring 2009 Abstract Dengue Fever: is an infectious disease‚ which it is caused by tiny pathogenic (harmful) organisms that can be contagious by spreading among people upon contact with an infected person. (Tirtha Chakraborty‚ 2008) “Dengue is the most common and widespread arthropod-borne viral infection in the world.” (World Health Organization‚ 2008) The mosquito Aedes aegypti‚ who feed during the day are the transmitters of the virus. They are found in the tropic
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moist storage containers‚ rather than relying on the seasonal patterns of rainfall. Another species‚ Aedes albopictus (the "Tiger mosquito")‚ is widespread throughout Asia. Both mosquitoes are now well established in urban centers. Accordingly‚ dengue fever is now a disease of urbanized‚ developed areas‚ rather than rural‚ unpopulated regions. The dengue virus is passed to humans exclusively by the bite of mosquito in search of a blood meal. This mode of transmission makes the dengue virus an arbovirus
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DENGUE Dengue is an acute fever caused by a virus. It occurs in two forms: (a) Dengue Fever (b) Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever The high fever continues for five to six days. It comes down on the third or the fourth day but rises again. The patient feels much discomfort and is very weak after the illness. Dengue spreads rapidly and may affect large number of people during an epidemic resulting in reduced work productivity‚ but most importantly causing the loss of lives. Causes Dengue is spread
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dengue hemorrhagic fever‚ a rare complication characterized by high fever‚ damage to lymph and blood vessels‚ bleeding from the nose and gums‚ enlargement of the liver‚ and failure of the circulatory system. The symptoms may progress to massive bleeding‚ shock‚ and death. This is called dengue shock syndrome (DSS). People with weakened immune systems as well as those with a second or subsequent dengue infection are believed to be at greater risk for developing dengue hemorrhagic fever. Diagnosing Dengue
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Introduction to Management Managing the Virus Hunters “Imagine what life would be like if your product were never finished‚ if your work were never done‚ if your market shifted 30 times a day. The computervirus hunters at Symantec Corp. don’t have to imagine. That’s the reality of their daily work life. At the company’s Response Lab in Santa Monica‚ California‚ described as the “dirtiest of all our networks at Symantec”‚ software analysts collect viruses and other suspicious code and try
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FEVER DEFINITION An increase in the body temperature above normal (36.5–37.5 °C) is generally referred to as fever. There is an increase in the rate of metabolic activities during fever. Fever is generally the result of an imbalance between the heat produced and the heat eliminated in the body. It is not a disease in itself but an indication of some disease. Infections and malnutrition are the main causes of fever. FACTORS AFFECTING NUTRITION Factors affecting nutrition during fever are as
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Letter writing: An analysis of a communication method A letter between man and wife has the capacity to be powerful‚ intimate and beautiful. However‚ in the case of Arthur’s letter to Lauchlin in the opening pages of Andrea Barrett’s Ship Fever‚ the language Arthur uses when addressing his wife Susanna is cold and removed. Due to the circumstances of Arthur overseas and Susanna at home in Quebec‚ letter writing proved to be the only possible form of communication between them at the time. While
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Dannyv096@yahoo.com Daniel Vasquez Professor Nora Kabaji Freshman Composition What is a hunter? Journal 19 February 2015 What is a Hunter? Questions: 1. The second question Schreiner asks the reader made me skeptical of his opinion on hunting because I feel like he asked the reader this question (“What characteristics make up a hunter”) in order for the reader to describe a hunter solely as another word for animal killer. The definition he presented in the question prior also lead me to this conclusion
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Where the Heart is In Ghost Hunter’s recent episode Home is Where the Heart is‚ the ghost hunter team heads to Beardslee Castle in Little Falls‚ NY. Some interesting facts about this castle is that the owner had hanged himself in the house. Along with the hanging other individuals have died in the house. The team investigates to see if they can debunk any of the reported occurrences. The Ghost Hunter team wires the castle/restaurant with video surveillance equipment. By doing this they can
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Scarlet fever is one of the predominantly a childhood disease occurring to children age of 2 until 10 years old. There are several factors that cause scarlet fever in children. Firstly‚ children who get scarlet fever because of an infection from a bacterium called exotoxin-producing group A beta-hemolytic streptococci (GABHS)‚ notably Streptococcus pyogenic. This bacterium will release of a particular toxin that responsible for the characteristics scarlet-coloured rash seen with scarlet fever. In the
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