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    Unit 9 P1

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    through each and every US state. The route used a number of the Adventure Cycling Association’s cycle superhighways. So aside from hitting the big cities I was largely away from main roads‚ passing through small towns‚ national parks and along the coast. Averaging 75 miles a day and contacting communities‚ schools and local organisations ahead of passing through‚ and was especially keen on places where the residents and the local government had gone to great lengths to advocate cycling in the community

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    Dengue Fever

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    Dengue fever‚ also known as breakbone fever‚ is a mosquito-borne infection that causes a severe flu-like illness. There are four different viruses that can cause denguefever‚ all of which spread by a certain type of mosquito. Dengue can vary from mild to severe; the more severe forms include dengue shock syndrome and dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF). Patients who develop the more serious forms of dengue fever usually need to be hospitalized.  There are currently no vaccines for Dengue fever. The

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    Dengue Fever

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    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 by the bite of an infected mosquito Aedes aegypti. The mosquito gets the virus by biting the infected persons. The first symptoms of the disease occur about 5-7 days after an infected bite. Symptoms  Sudden onset of high fever  Severe and continuous pain in abdomen;  Bleeding from the

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    Investigatory Project

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    CHILI PEPPER AND KAMIAS AS MOSQUITO REPELLENT Investigatory Project 2014 - 2015 Submitted by: BANZON‚ REXEL JOHN M. MORALES‚ ARNE JOSEPHUS L. LEGASPI‚ VIA JANE MARIE N. SAGARINO‚ SHYROSE MAY B. TAPAYAN‚ ANTHONY JANE B. TOLEDO‚ CHERRY MAE M. Submitted to: MISS NEMEA MAE F. COSIDO Instructress ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We would like to extend our sincere gratitude to Miss Nemea Mae Flores Cosido for giving us the chance to show our best in this Investigatory Project and for guiding us while we were conducting

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    Ayos Ng Mga Pangungusap

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    The Feasibility of Tubang Bakod (Jatropha curcas) Seeds as Mosquito Repellant/Killer ABSTRACT Mosquito’s abound in tropical countries like the Philippines. They have been pestering land vertebrates for millions of years. Insecticides are either too harmful to both man and the environment or too expensive for the consumers. The purpose of this study is to create an environment-friendly‚ safe‚ effective and cheap mosquito repellant. Weeping willow leaves‚ tubang bakod seeds‚ tubang bakod seed

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    Facts About Yellow Fever

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    and 1939 „XWhy: It was researched because so many people were infected who were coming to America‚ and so many people were getting infected by the virus who lived near the port. „XHow: It was researched with the Aedes Aegypti mosquito and studied the people who were infected by the virus. oDiscovered „XWhen: From 1793 to 1822 „XWhere: In port cities of the United States. oMajor Doctors associated with „XDr. Benjamin Rush‚

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    Investigatory Project

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    Background of the Study This investigatory project is to be conducted to study the feasibility of Kalamansi (Citrus Microcarpa Bunge)‚ Oregano leaves (Coleus aromaticus Benth.) and Kakawate leaves (Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Steud.) as mosquito repellant lotion. As of today it is not only dengue virus‚ there is a new disease called chikungunya virus that is anarthropod-borne virus‚ of the genus Alphavirus‚ that is transmitted to humans by virus-carrying Aedes mosquitoes. There have been recent breakouts

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    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 the effect of aromatic plants namely pandan and lemon grass as water-based crude extracts on the normal

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    Dengue Fever

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    Dengue fever Dengue fever is a virus-based disease spread by mosquitoes. Dengue fever is caused by one of four different but related viruses. It is spread by the bite of mosquitoes‚ most commonly the mosquito Aedesaegypti‚ which is found in tropic and subtropic regions. This includes parts of: * Indonesian archipelago into northeastern Australia * South and Central America * Southeast Asia * Sub-Saharan Africa Dengue fever is being seen more in world travelers. Dengue fever

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