Comparing yellow fever and scarlet fever |Yellow Fever (viral infection) |Scarlet fever (streptococcal infection) | |Causative factors: |Causative factors: | |Yellow fever virus (flavivirus group) |Streptococcus bacteria | |
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Yellow Fever Extra Credit Virus Classification: Group: Group IV Family: Flaviviridae Genus: Flavivirus What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the words ‘yellow fever’? People who alters to the color yellow? An incurable disease that can cause self-destruction? Yes and no. The keyword here is ‘mosquitoes’. That’s right‚ tiny mosquitoes that carry a virus around to their victims. Yellow fever is only found in parts of South America and Africa with two different sequences
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Dengue fever is a disease caused by one of a number of viruses that are carried by mosquitoes. These mosquitoes then transmit the virus to humans. The virus that causes dengue fever is called an arbovirus‚ which stands for arthropod-borne virus. Mosquitoes are a type of arthropod. In a number of regions‚ mosquitoes carry this virus and are responsible for passing it along to humans. These regions include the Middle East‚ the far East‚ Africa‚ and the Caribbean Islands. In these locations‚ the
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TYPHOID FEVER BY: CATHERINE E. JOAQUIN REPORT CONTENT INTRODUCTION SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS PATHOGENS AND VIRULENCE FACTORS PATHOGENESIS/TRANSMISSION EPIDEMIOLOGY DIAGNOSIS‚ TREATMENT AND PREVENTION INTRODUCTION What are Food & Waterborne Diseases? Diseases that are supported‚ carried or transmitted by food & water. Examples are: Cholera‚ Hepatitis A‚ Amoebic Dysentery‚ & Typhoid Fever INTRODUCTION What is a Typhoid Fever?
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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
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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 now well established in urban centers. Accordingly‚ dengue fever is now a disease of urbanized‚ developed areas‚ rather than rural‚ unpopulated regions. The dengue virus is passed to humans exclusively by the bite of mosquito in search of a blood meal. This mode of transmission makes the dengue virus an arbovirus
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Destructive Passion and Past Repetition In “Roman Fever” In the short story “Roman Fever” we see a pattern in the lives of the women. I like to call this destructive passion. Destructive passion can be put into a literal term of passion itself. “Passion in itself is an emotion applied to a strong feeling about a person or thing.” (Merriam-Webster online) This also means that passion can be known has having a strong desire towards something or someone. Intense passion in the forms of love‚ fear
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Scarlet Fever By: Rachael Zabkar In Frankentstein‚ a gothic novel written my Mary Shelley‚ scarlet fever was a huge part in the main plot line. Scarlet fever was a common disease during the time Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein. Scarlet fever was particularly common in children and was fatal and deadly. It was a disease that affected many children and hat many sympotms‚ causes and stages (Bunch 54). In the modern world we live in with modern medicine it’s not as common‚ however‚ back then if you
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Roman Fever Analysis I believe the central idea of “Roman Fever” by Edith Wharton is how present the past really is people judge you by your past‚ your life is determined by your past‚ and you are everything your past made you out to be. Her themes of choice‚ irony‚ destructive passions and the past is always present in the lives we lead today are clearly presented within her writing and made evident thru the storyline she uses. In “Roman Fever” two women who
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DENGUE Dengue is an acute fever caused by a virus. It occurs in two forms: (a) Dengue Fever (b) Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever The high fever continues for five to six days. It comes down on the third or the fourth day but rises again. The patient feels much discomfort and is very weak after the 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
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