The novel The Polio Years in Texas: Battling a Terrifying Unknown by Heather Green Wooten focuses on the rising epidemic of paralytic poliomyelitis‚ also known as polio. In response to the polio outbreak‚ Texas researchers thankfully made life-changing discoveries in virology‚ rehabilitative therapies‚ and in the modern intensive care unit. Wooten used substantial research and interviews that she conducted over a five-year time lapse with several Texan survivors of polio‚ as well as their families
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SIR Model of Ebola On March 2014‚ the epidemic of Ebola virus disease was detected in West Africa. The outbreak began in Guinea on December 2013‚ but was not detected until just this March‚ when it had already spread to several other countries like Liberia‚ Nigeria and Senegal. The Ebola virus can cause a fatality rate up till 90%‚ however the fatality rate in the current outbreak is closer to 50%. On August 2014‚ the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the current outbreak of Ebola as a Public
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With reference to one animal or human disease‚ explain why its economic consequences vary spatially. Abstract The AIDS epidemic claimed more than 3 million lives in 2002‚and an estimated 5 million people acquired the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in 2002 - bringing to 42 million the number of people globally living with the virus. As the world enters the third decade of the AIDS epidemic‚ the evidence of its impact is undeniable. Wherever the epidemic has spread unchecked‚ it is robbing countries
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The Panama canal was a canal build for American and british leaders to send and receive goods from across the ocean faster‚ quicker and cheaper. When roosevelt became president of the united states as many other americans felt they needed a canal that would go across panama‚ a short cut across central america it would be more faster and cheaper‚ the United states wasn’t the only ones trying to build a canal in panama‚ a french company tried to build the canal but after 10 years they gave up‚ they
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Periodontitis is a chronic infectious disease‚ triggered by the host immune response to an array of periodontal biofilm-associated microorganisms‚ which ultimately leads to the inflammation of the tissues supporting the teeth. The initial host response to bacterial infection is a local inflammatory reaction that activates the innate immune system. An imbalance between biofilms and immune system results in over expression of an array of pro-inflammatory cytokines‚ propagation of inflammation through
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Clinical Features The incubation period for Clostridium tetani Infection is from three to twenty - one days. In most cases tetanus is found within 10 days of contact with the bacteria. The incubation period is depending on the severity of the infection. When the wound is deep or more infected with the C. tetani the incubation period will be shorter and the chances of death are high. When contacted with C. tetani some of the symptoms can include involuntary muscle tightening such as stiffness in
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Critical to understanding the function of gay writers and activists during the AIDS crisis is acknowledging the actions of the media during that time. The ways in which society perceives an event is often dictated by the media’s coverage of that event; additionally‚ large-scale awareness of an event is engendered by whether or not mainstream media is bringing it to the attention of the majority. The attitude of news sources toward an event as well as the ways in which it is covered affect how it
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Respiratory Case Study 1. Differentiate between hospital acquired (nosocomial) and community acquired pneumonia. Nosocomial pneumonia is acquired during a hospital stay. It happens when a patient is admitted into the hospital with a medical diagnosis that they are hoping to be treated for and contract the infection of pneumonia through the spread of germs. “Nosocomial pneumonia (NP) clinically presents more than seven days after hospitalization with new fever‚ pulmonary infiltrates‚ and leukocytosis
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Introduction Growing up in Kenya‚ that has the joint fourth largest HIV epidemic in the world‚ I had the opportunity to volunteer for an organization called ‘Care for Kenya’ that works in the largest urban slum in Africa. I conversed with women that discussed their challenges living in the slum; HIV was frequently mentioned as a growing issue. I became interested to learn more about the dynamics of how the virus is spread‚ specifically for Kenya. I came across the SIR model when researching the spread
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In the years preceding the Vietnam war a new disease has appeared in the United States in the future it will be known as the HIV/AIDS virus. The AIDS virus had quickly spread due to it being unknown and virtually undetectable during that time. For those who were infected they felt increasingly isolated. Prejudice and fear had overtaken people’s emotions resulting to stereotypes in many levels of society. One of the early pioneering AIDS activist was Elizabeth Glaser who herself had contracted the
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