Measles Outbreak and Controlling a Pandemic James Wilson WGU 000295445 1 Measles‚ or Rubeola as it is also called‚ is caused by a virus. Years ago‚ before the Measles vaccine was prevalent in the United States‚ this virus was one of the worse in terms of disease in our nation. Most children contracted this virus in their adolescent years‚ and many died due to lack of treatment options. More than 400 people died each year of Measles and hundreds more were left with irreversible brain damage. Information
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handle a major epidemic/pandemic outbreak? My husband and I were watching a movie on HBO called Contagion and we started to debate on whether this incident could happen and how bad would the outcome be. I started to look into major epidemic/pandemics in US history and found a few (The Great Influenza of 1919‚ Smallpox against Native Americans‚ Polio in 1916‚ and the most recent Swine Flu outbreak of 2009). The question is what have we learned from these outbreaks and can we handle them if one breaks
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Bacteria- Salmonella‚ Staphylococcus aureus‚ Clostridium perfringens. Salmonella causes food poisoning caused by infection with the salmonella bacterium. Staphylococcus aureus- causes skin infections such abscesses‚ respiratory infections such as sinusitis and food poisoning. Clostridium perfringens- causes food poisoning with symptoms of diarrhoea and abdominal cramps Viruses- Pandemic influenza‚ HIV‚ herpes simplex and hepatitis. Pandemic influenza is a virus which the human population has little
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Committee: World Health Organization Topic: Combatting the Ebola Outbreak in West Africa Country: Brazil Delegate: Andrew Felder School: Houston Academy for International Studies The Ebola virus started
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What Actions Should be taken? In Ruwan’s Prospective Ruwan should first raise his opinion to his immediate superior Mr. Robert Chapman‚ Controller to ensure that he does not break immediate or formal line of communication in the organizational hierarchy. If Mr. Robert agrees with him he could talk to the senior management. However‚ if he does not agree Ruwan could directly take it to the senior management which could bring up a discussion to re consider the decision taken by them. On the other hand
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Salmonella Introduction Being ill is never pleasant to begin with‚ especially from eating the foods we are fond of. Today‚ there are many food borne illness that can effect us but one of the most universally distributed is Salmonella. Salmonella contagion is a common microbial disease that upset the intestinal tract. They are generally inhabited in human and animal intestines and are transmitted by feces. Humans are exposed with this infection mainly through contaminated water and food .It
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The Road Not Taken: A defence for the road that was taken Although the literary devices and word choices used can be misleading as to how the poet feels about the road he chose‚ the poem‚ “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost‚ is firmly proved to be about his satisfaction of the road that was taken This is proven from very specific and strategically located literary terms and diction that firmly supports this thesis statement. In the first stanza‚ the poet contemplates which road
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What is a bacteria that brings pain throughout the body. When Raw foods enter the body. This bacteria has wavy hair‚ with longs whips behind it. It moves in the body by swimming through the bloodstream. This bacteria is called salmonella and it comes from undercooked food. It goes through the mouth down to the esophagus that connects to the stomach liver and gallbladder. As it goes down it filters through the liver stomach and gallbladder all connects the intestines. Salmonella sometimes reach
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1. Using the date of onset for each case from Table 1‚ construct a simple ‘cases against time’ chart of the outbreak. From THIS data suggest when common exposure to infection may have occurred and explain your reasoning. Table 1. Cases against time. Date | Number of cases by area. | Total number of cases | | Town A | Town B | Village Y | Farm K | | 5th July | | | 1 | | 1 | 11th July | 2 | | 2 | | 4 | 12th July | 3 | | 1 | 1 | 5 | 13th July | 5 | | 3 | | 8 | 14th July
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Nathan Hevle English B1A Professor Laura Peet 7 July 2013 Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires In a world that is being overrun by advancements in technology and mass media‚ society finds itself willingly trapped in a digital prison where people care less and less about the world. In Ray Bradbury’s 1953 classic science fiction novel Fahrenheit 451‚ he describes a technological world where everyone basically lives through their televisions and other advanced devices‚ and is totally oblivious to
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