Bishan-Toa Payoh Town Council ISSUE NO. 76 • MAY/JUNE 2007 MICA(P)070/02/2007 How to Prevent Dengue Fever … pages 8 & 9 Message from Town Council Vice-Chairman One Bite… One Victim. That could become the aedes mosquito’s hit rate should we become complacent. Despite continuous announcements and public education by the National Environment Agency (NEA)‚ the severity of the dengue situation has still not gotten through to many. The government agencies and Town Councils have intensified
Free Cholesterol Atherosclerosis Toa Payoh
Banana Wars 1. Who is the winner and in the loser the banana wars? The winner/s: The clear winner in the banana wars are the Transnational Companies (Dole and Chiquita) because they can now sell there product with lower tariff and the same time their product price became more competitive in the market. Another winner in this banana wars are the politicians who are being supported financially by Dole‚ who has known for giving generous some of support to both the Republican and Democratic
Premium United Fruit Company United States International trade
ANG KONSEPTONG PAPEL Awareness of the Parents about the K to 12 Education in its general sense is a form of learning in which the knowledge‚ skills‚ and habits of a group of people are transferred from one generation to the next through teaching‚ training‚ or research. Education frequently takes place under the guidance of others‚ but may also be autodidactic.[1] Any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks‚ feels‚ or acts may be considered educational. 12-Year Basic Education
Free High school Education College
Dengue fever Spring 2009 Abstract Dengue Fever: is an infectious disease‚ which it is caused by tiny pathogenic (harmful) organisms that can be contagious by spreading among people upon contact with an infected person. (Tirtha Chakraborty‚ 2008) “Dengue is the most common and widespread arthropod-borne viral infection in the world.” (World Health Organization‚ 2008) The mosquito Aedes aegypti‚ who feed during the day are the transmitters of the virus. They are found in the tropic
Premium Dengue fever Aedes
The dengue virus is transmitted to humans via the bite of a mosquito. The principle mosquito species is known as Aedes aegypti. This mosquito is found all over the world‚ and‚ throughout time‚ became adapted to urban environments. For example‚ the mosquito evolved so as to be capable of living year round in moist storage containers‚ rather than relying on the seasonal patterns of rainfall. Another species‚ Aedes albopictus (the "Tiger mosquito")‚ is widespread throughout Asia. Both mosquitoes are
Premium Mosquito Aedes Dengue fever
Monique Frances B. Rapacon BS Accountancy IIA How the stock market operates Stock market is a place where you can buy and sell shares in a company. When a company makes shares available for the public to buy they are called stocks and this is what you are trading. In most cases what you get when you buy a stock is a very small piece of the company. You are an owner of that company and as it grows the company should become more valuable which means that your stocks should become more valuable
Premium Stock market Stock
Dengue Virus Notes. Wikipedia: The dengue virus (DENV) in one of four serotypes and the cause of dengue fever. All four serotypes can cause the full spectrum of disease. It is a mosquito-borne‚ single positive-stranded RNA virus of the family Flaviviridae; genus Flavivirus. Its genome is about 11000 bases that codes for three structural proteins‚ capsid protein C‚ membrane protein M‚ envelope protein E; seven nonstructural proteins‚ NS1‚ NS2a‚ NS2b‚ NS3‚ NS4a‚ NS4b‚ NS5; and short non-coding
Premium Aedes Dengue fever Aedes aegypti
INTRODUCTION Dengue fever Dengue fever (UK /ˈdɛŋɡeɪ/ or US /ˈdɛŋɡiː/)‚ also known as breakbone fever‚ is an infectious tropical diseasecaused by the dengue virus. Symptoms include fever‚headache‚ muscle and joint pains‚ and a characteristicskin rash that is similar to measles. In a small proportion of cases the disease develops into the life-threateningdengue hemorrhagic fever‚ resulting in bleeding‚ low levels of blood platelets and blood plasma leakage‚ or into dengue shock syndrome‚ where
Premium Dengue fever Aedes aegypti Malaria
Dengue and Its Prevention Dengue fever is a disease caused by a family of viruses that are transmitted by mosquitoes. It is an acute illness of sudden onset that usually follows a benign course with symptoms such as headache‚ fever‚ exhaustion‚ severe muscle and joint pain‚ swollen glands (lymphadenopathy)‚ and rash. The presence (the "dengue triad") of fever‚ rash‚ and headache (and other pains) is particularly characteristic of dengue. Other signs of dengue fever include bleeding gums
Premium Dengue fever Mosquito Aedes aegypti
Dengue virus is an epidemic facing many Asian countries. Although the current topic of discussion among health professionals is a possible outbreak of avian flu among humans‚ the dengue virus kills hundreds every year in the same region (ONE). This epidemic is not one that faces easy fixes‚ in fact there is no vaccine for the dengue virus. In this paper I will discuss and explain how the dengue virus poses a great threat to the region and how it plagues the lives of thousands of people in Asia.
Premium Influenza Mosquito Pandemic