Professor: Gloria Moore HE14: Critical Issues in Personal Health Infectious Disease Extra Credit Paper April 28‚ 2012 Scarlet Fever Definition Scarlet fever (sometimes referred to as scarlatina) is an infectious disease characterized by fever‚ sore throat (pharyngitis)‚ and a characteristic rash. Scarlet fever is predominantly a childhood disease occurring in children 2-10 years of age‚ though it can less commonly occur in older children and adults. The incidence and mortality rates associated
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How has the Philadelphia yellow fever epidemic of 1793 change history? An appalling contagious outbreak impacted the colossal city of America and its country’s capital. In the summer of 1793 the weather was brutally humid and mild. Therefore‚ this infectious disease has initiated in August and is known to be terminated approximately few months later in November. This disease has commenced by mosquitoes and caused a massive amount of deaths. Not only has this epidemic dispatched numerous people it
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Typhoid Fever is a life-threatening illness caused by the bacterium Salmonella Typhi. Annually in the united states 5700 cases are reported. In the majority of the cases reported‚ the infected were traveling internationally. Typhoid Fever is still very common throughout the world where it is estimated to infect 21.5 million people per year. Even with advanced prevention and treatment Typhoid Fever is still easily contracted and is a threat to all military members while deployed or in a field environment
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Dengue Fever Makes Inroads into the U.S. The mosquito-borne infection is cropping up in Florida‚ but mysteriously not in similar regions in the nation By Dina Fine Maron Most Americans lose little sleep over dengue fever. The mosquito-borne infection is a leading killer in the tropics and subtropics‚ but it’s been a long-held belief that ubiquitous air-conditioning‚ few open windows and limited time outdoors protects us from dengue. And in fact‚ for the past century most U.S. cases (except
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One battle that illustrates this issue is the battle of Heraclea‚ where the Romans faced Pyrrhus. The Romans outnumbered the Greeks significantly‚ but they suffered a critical defeat in which they lost thousands of soldiers. The Roman cavalry faced off against the greatly feared Thessalian heavy cavalry: "On the flanks‚ however‚ the Roman cavalry would face the famous Thessalian heavy cavalry and others modeled on Alexander’s Companions‚ commanded by the king himself" (Sidnell‚ 165). They more than
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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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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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