The things that I learn in the Seminar about Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever and about Gender are very helpful and vital to me. This helped enhanced and broaden my knowledge about the said topic. I learned a lot with the seminar‚ the presentation about Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever and facts about gender are appropriate with nurses like us. The discussion and the explanation of the speakers are very well set‚ we truly understand and inspired‚ and I learned so much about what I am going to do when I practice
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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
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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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Bedeviled By Dengue Dengue is a mosquito-borne infection found in tropical and sub-tropical regions around the world. In recent years‚ transmission has increased predominantly in urban and semi-urban areas and has become a major international public health concern. Severe dengue (also known as Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever) was first recognized in the 1950s during dengue epidemics in the Philippines and Thailand. Today‚ severe dengue affects most Asian and Latin American countries and has become a
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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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