in the world but I’m going to be talking about the well-known and most wide spread communicable disease‚ Influenza (the flu). Everyone has heard of the flu and many kids in school get it all the time. Sometimes it’s a small couch or wheezing. And sometimes it might be a matter of life or death. Influenza (the Flu) is a serious disease spread by coughs and sneezes and caused by influenza A or B viruses‚ mainly during the winter season. It can cause mild to severe illness and at times can lead
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How worried are you about the Influenza Virus? The Influenza virus‚ commonly known as the flu‚ is a viral disease that can be infectious in mammals and birds‚ it´s caused by RNA viruses. This disease is most common between the months of October and May‚ it can last from three days to five days; it´s an acute disease‚ because manifests quickly and last a short time. There are three types of Influenza according to how severe they are; Type A: The most severe type with the most acute symptoms.
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Influenza‚ also called the flu‚ is an extremely contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza A‚ B or C viruses. Type A and B are the reason behind the annual influenza epidemics that have close to 20% of the world’s population sick. Type C flu symptoms are less severe and less common. What causes the flu? The flu is caused by RNA viruses that infects the respiratory tract of many humans‚ birds and animals. People catch bird flu by close contact with bird droppings or the birds themselves
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Julia Brand Influenza Purpose: To inform my audience about the Influenza viruses. Central Idea: To better understand the different types of Influenza viruses that can affect humans. It is important to explore what it is‚ how it’s spread‚ who is at risk‚ and the best protection against it. I. Introduction A. Attention Getter: Have you all ever noticed that we get sick more often during the winter months than any other time of year? This can be very frustrating because some of us are traveling
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respiratory worsening in the clinical course with the need for intubation. Influenza A was positively detected. During the intubation a temporary resuscitation was needed. Continuously increasing of catecholamine and ventilation requirements post intubation (PIP = 40 cmH2O‚ PEEP = 15 cmH2O‚ FiO2 = 100%). For an escalation of treatment due to the clinical presentation of fulminant septic shock due to the basis of an influenza infection (CrP 354 mg/l‚ Procalcitonin 3855 µg/l‚ Leukocytes 6‚600/µl)‚ the
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every year? Well‚ it’s flu season for dogs‚ too. Most people are warned that coughing‚ sneezing‚ and a high fever are signs of the flu. Dogs are the same. Their symptoms also include loss of appetite and achy muscles. This dog flu is called canine influenza and there are two types: H3N2 and H3N8. During flu season‚ you probably wash your hands a lot because the flu can spread through touch‚ sneezing‚ or coughing. The dog flu spreads the same way. Dogs in dog daycares‚ dog parks‚ and pet groomers are
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Influenza or The Flu is a serious disease. Each year in the United States‚ on average: 5% to 20% of the population gets the flu; More than 200‚000 people are hospitalized from flu complications‚ and; About 36‚000 people die from flu. So what should be done to fight this terrible disease? What are the symptoms? How should we protect ourselves? What should be known about this disease? The following information gives an in-depth analysis about the flu‚ where it comes from‚ who is at risk‚ and how it
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INFLUENZA ASSIGNMENT Part I 1. At the turn of the century‚ the United States encountered one of the most deadly pandemics the world has ever known - the Spanish flu. The flu‚ caused by H1N1 virus‚ claimed the lives of 675‚000 Americans during World War I. About forty years later‚ in 1957‚ another pandemics caused by H2N2 killed approximately 70‚000 Americans. The virus‚ which contained genes from human and avian influenza‚ was firstly identified in China then quickly spread to other parts of
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Influenza virus is one of the well-explored the pathogens and development of flu vaccine is considered as the most efficient strategy to defense the outbreak. However‚ the variability of the antigen and rapid reassortant of the genetic segments weakens flu vaccine effectiveness. And the protection of flu vaccine could not contribute to clinical treatment when the patients suffer from severe illness. Therefore‚ the study of the interaction between pathogen and host immune response is needed. The Hannover
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The Spanish Flu of 1918 was an influenza that swept the globe killing more people then World War One‚ World War Two‚ the Korean War‚ and the Vietnam War combined. The virus’s victims were between the ages of nineteen and twenty eight‚ an unusual range compared to expected ages of deaths from a normal flu. The Forsete‚ a ship that set sail from Norway’s northern coast‚ was hit with an outbreak of the Spanish Flu on September 21‚ 1918. Within the next two weeks‚ seven people died‚ and were buried in
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