Dengue fever is a flu-like viral disease common throughout the tropical and sub-tropical regions around the world‚ mainly in urban and peri-urban areas. Today‚ it afflicts an estimated 50 million to 100 million in the tropics (Epstein‚ 2000). The virus has four antigenically related serotypes‚ which are named DEN-1‚ DEN-2‚ DEN-3‚ and DEN-4. Each dengue serotype is a variation of the flavivrus genus. Dengue is spread by the aedes aegypti‚ a domestic‚ day-biting mosquito that prefers to bite humans
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promotes the growth of the mosquitoes causing malaria and dengue. Also diseases like dryness‚ spasmodic pain‚ high blood pressure‚ gas formation and gastric disturbances occur frequently. Also one comes across cases of fever and coughs and colds. Here are top 6 sinister monsoon-related diseases which we shall broadly explore: 1. Fever 2. Common cold 3. Malaria 4. Dengue fever 5. Diarrhea 6. Typhoid What is a fever? Fever is the most common phenomena observed during monsoon
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The Effectiveness of Guyabano (annona muricata) leaf extract in killing dengue virus (denv) By ARC CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND The Dengue virus is a member of the virus family Flaviviridae and is transmitted to people through the bite of the mosquitos Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. Dengue virus is now believed to be the most common arthropod-borne disease in the world. Dengue is mainly found in the tropics because the mosquitoes require a warm
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Louanne Tracy B. Cruz PATIENT’S NAME: R.F. AGE: 13 GENDER: M CIVIL STATUS: S ADMISSION DATE: 11-22-12 WARD: Palacol 3 ROOM NO.: BED NO.: 15 MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS: Dengue Fever NURSING DIAGNOSIS: Ineffective tissue perfusion related to decreased HgB concentration in the blood secondary to Dengue fever SHORT-TERM GOAL: After8 hours of nursing intervention‚ the client will demonstrate behaviour to improve circulation. LONG-TERM GOAL: After 4 days of NI‚ the client will demonstrate
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CASE STUDY OF DENGUE HEMORRHAGIC FEVER GRADE III Introduction Dengue fever‚ also known as breakbone fever‚ is an infectious tropical disease caused by the dengue virus. Symptoms include fever‚ headache‚ muscle and joint pains‚ and a characteristic skin rash that is similar to measles. It is a life threatening condition resulting in bleeding‚ low levels of blood platelets and blood plasma leakage‚ or into dengue shock syndrome‚ where dangerously low blood pressure occurs. In a small portion
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Descriptive Essay: A Particular Friend Or Family Member If I need to choose one of my family members‚ I may prefer to write about my superhero in my life that is my beloved father. Actually in my mind‚ I had three persons that always be my superheroes in my life. They are my elder sister that I call ‘Along’‚ my beloved mother and my beloved father. Each of them has their own achievement in their life that I think I should be proud and respect to them. Besides that‚ these three person are always
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vancomycin 4.Overuse of antibiotics have been the primary factor to why bacteria have grown resistant to certain treatments. true 1. Borrelia burgdorferi is transmitted from ticks to human hosts. true 2. What are the symptoms of Lyme disease? Fever- headache- rash 3. Is Lyme disease easy to diagnose? No‚ because other disease have similar symptoms. 4. Treatments with antibiotics can cure most cases of Lyme diseases. true 1. The aggressive phagocytosis seen bt Naegleria fowleri is
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METHOD OF TRANSMISSION - Through the bites of infected Anopheles mosquitoes - They breed in shallow collections of freshwater like puddles‚ rice fields‚ and hoof prints SIGNS & SYMPTOMS Symptoms appear 7–15 days after the infective mosquito bite : - Fever - Headache - Chills - Vomiting - Anaemia - Bloody stools - Coma - Jaundice - Muscle pain - Nausea - Sweating If not treated within 24 hours‚ malaria can progress to severe illness often leading to death. PREVENTION & TREATMENT - Limit outdoor activity
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does seroconversion from IgG-negative to -positive status from the acute- to convalescent-phase sample. False-positive WNV antibody results may occur in individuals infected with or recently vaccinated against flaviviruses such as yellow fever‚ dengue fever‚ and Japanese encephalitis‚ as well as those with previous WNV infection or current SLE infection. 3. When Jason was feeling at his worst‚ he had extreme malaise‚ vomiting‚ and diarrhea. What stage of the illness was he experiencing
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on the 2006 epidemic of dengue virus at a tertiary care centre in Sindh. The basic reason behind conducting research was to investigate the outcome of a selected group of patients who were either alleged or had been confirmed to be infected with the dengue virus and were being provided treatment at Liaquat Univesity Hospital in Hyderabad. The methodology that was used in this research was that 116 patients were kept under observation as they were being treated for the dengue infection. All relevant
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