Macau’s Dengue Fever According to World Health Organization‚ “Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral infection.” It was discovered in the Philippines and Thailand in the 1950s. It is can be very severe and frequently found in Asia and many western countries. There are 4 different but closely related viruses that may lead to Dengue fever. When people are bitten by Aedes aegypti‚ a kind of mosquito that is found in tropic and sub-tropic areas‚ the viruses will be transmitted and people will get infected
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begin Segment 3 by drafting an outline of the main points that both compare and contrast “Typhoid Fever” and “The Education of Frank McCourt.” Please note‚ for this segment‚ you are not writing an entire essay. You are filling out the Compare and Contrast Organizer. Make sure to answer the following in your organizer‚ using complete sentences: • List two main points discussed in “Typhoid Fever.” What was the story about? What should a reader take from the story? • List two main points discussed
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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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By Hunter Hulscher We watched the Breakfast Club. One of the main character’s name was Brian. He changed throughout the movie. At the beginning of the movie he was picked on a lot and no one cared about what he said. It was hard for him to talk to other students or try to say something‚ but they didn’t listen to them or tell them to shutup. When he was in the car his mom wanted him to study constantly. He was trying to be funny and did a weird pencil thing to be funny. People in his class
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Did you know that foxes are solitary hunters? Unlike animals such as wolves‚ they hunt alone rather than in packs. There are seven characteristics of life that apply to all living things‚ but they may not be applied in the same way. For example‚ fennec foxes have fur on their feet to help them move around in the sandy Sahara. The characteristics of life can be applied to all living things‚ even small animals such as the fennec fox. Fennec foxes are multicellular organisms and have different levels
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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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Lysosomal storage diseases are rare‚ inherited disorders caused by the deficiency of one or more enzymes within the lysosomes of cells. Hunter Syndrome also known as mucopolysaccharidosis disorder II (MPS II)‚ is a genetic abnormality occurring in canines and humans. It is a rare X-linked recessive metabolic storage disorder caused by the deficiency of the lysosomal enzyme iduronate-2-sulphatase‚ which is needed to breakdown complex sugars produced in the body‚ leading to progressive accumulation
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