Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever Those cases with gross hemorrhages. A severe illness characterized by abnormal vascular permeability‚ hypovolemia and abnormal blood clotting mechanism Causative Agent * 4 serotype of the dengue virus (1‚2‚3 and 4 Group B Arbovirus) * the 4 viruses are antigenically close to each other however‚ they only give partial cross protection after being infected by any of them Aedes Aegypti Bite of the Female Aedes Aegypti (day biting‚ low flying‚ breeds in stagnant water
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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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Frank Sidebottom is the stage name for Christopher Sievey‚ a musician and comedian somewhat famous for his act‚ which involved a large‚ round‚ fake head. Frank Sidebottom was portrayed as a hopeless‚ aspiring‚ failure of a popstar‚ who wore old fashioned suits and lived at home with his mother. Frank‚ directed by Lenny Abrahamson and starring Michael Fassbender as the enigmatic titular character‚ is not about Sievey‚ nor Sidebottom. It does‚ however‚ include the familiar fake head. In the film‚ Jon
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are no vaccination or cures to prevent this illness. Valley Fever is dangerous disease because it is has similar symptoms to the cold and flu virus. It is hard to distinguish these symptoms. The government is unable to find a cure for this disease because there is not enough funding given to organizations that research this disease. The government has decided to implement a bill that will help find a vaccine for Valley Fever. Valley Fever is a fungi infection that affects the respiratory system. This
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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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Annelies Marie Frank born June 12‚ 1929 in Germany is known though the world for her diary‚ Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl. A Young Jewish girl who wrote about how her family was hiding for two years during the German occupation of the Netherlands which was ended published by her father. She was born into an Upper-class Jewish family in the city of Frankfurt. Before the leadership of Adolf Hitler‚ her and her sister Margot had a secure‚ loving and comfortable childhood. Unfortunally a worldwide
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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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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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