Yellow fever is an acute viral disease is a hemorrhagic fever caused by the Flavivirus. Acute means it comes onset rapidly meaning it affects the whole body. Experts believe the disease originated in Africa and it was introduced in South America in the slave trade within the 16th century. Several major disease epidemic cases have taken place in Europe‚ the Americas and Europe since the 17th century. It was deemed as the most common dangerous disease in the 19th century. A virus carried by a mosquito
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Rheumatic Fever |Pathology & Etiology: | | | |Rheumatic fever is an acute inflammatory disease of the heart potentially involving all layers of the heart. Resulting from scaring and deformity
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Dengue Fever Makes Inroads into the U.S. The mosquito-borne infection is cropping up in Florida‚ but mysteriously not in similar regions in the nation By Dina Fine Maron Most Americans lose little sleep over dengue fever. The mosquito-borne infection is a leading killer in the tropics and subtropics‚ but it’s been a long-held belief that ubiquitous air-conditioning‚ few open windows and limited time outdoors protects us from dengue. And in fact‚ for the past century most U.S. cases (except
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Fever Pitch is about being a fan. The book is about Nick Hornby’s life and football which is a big part in his life. He compares football with the things that happen in his life. The main character is Nick Hornby‚ at first he acts very immature but in the end he has really grown up. All he thinks about is football but after some time he notices football is not all in life but of course it acts on every part in our life. He is a fan of Arsenal‚ like many other Britanns. The book is also‚ in part
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Mary Mallon’s birth and death‚ many mysteries arose about how people were getting sick with typhoid. Leaving quickly after one fell ill in a client’s house‚ it took years to track her down. Even to her last day‚ she claimed she never had typhoid fever and wasn’t the cause of death and sickness in her client’s houses. Mary Mallon‚ nicknamed Typhoid Mary after infecting many people with Salmonella Typhi. In her total life time‚ she directly killed 3-5 people. Mallon also infected 20-30 more people
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Title (1/4 index card) Part 1: a. introduction b. statement of the problem c. scope and delimitation PART1 a. Introduction Dengue Fever Dengue is a mosquito-borne infection that in recent decades has become a major international public health concern. Dengue is found in tropical and sub-tropical regions around the world‚ predominantly in urban and semi-urban areas. Was first recognized in the 1950s during dengue epidemics in the Philippines and Thailand b. Statement of the
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Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers Definition Viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHFs) are infectious disease that interferes with the blood’s natural ability to clot. These diseases can also damage the walls of tiny blood vessels‚ making them leaky. The internal bleeding that results can range from relatively minor to life-threatening. Causes of VHFs VHFs are caused by several distinct families of viruses‚ which include arenaviruses‚ filoviruses‚ bunyaviruses‚ and flaviviruses. These viruses can affect multiple
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Rheumatic Fever! Rheumatic Heart Disease By Kaya Michaelis Causes: Rheumatic heart disease is damage of the heart’s valves caused by rheumatic fever‚ which is caused by streptococcal bacteria. A streptococcal infection is caused by strep throat or scarlet fever.The streptococcal infection may result in scarring of the valves‚ weakness of the heart muscle‚ or damage to the hearts pericardium. Rheumatic fever mostly affects children from the ages of 5 -15‚ and occurs approximately 14-28 days after
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PART I 1. What were Semmelweis’ initial observations? Answer: Semmelweis’ initial observation was the death rate of women after childbirth. 2. What was the problem at hand? Answer: The problem at hand was more women were dying after childbirth in the ward with male physicians and fewer were dying in the female physician ward. 3. What possible explanatory story might Semmelweis come up with? Answer: An explanatory story that Semmelweis might come up with could be that the women physicians
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Lassa Fever: An Old World Arenavirus ABSTRACT A brief summary of lassa fever‚ its history‚ pathology and effects on the indigenous populations. Also‚ lassa fever in the context of newly emerging diseases. LASSA FEVER On January 12‚ 1969‚ a missionary nun‚ working in the small town of Lassa‚ Nigeria‚ began complaining of a backache. Thinking she had merely pulled a muscle‚ she ignored the pain and went on about her business. After a week‚ however‚ the nurse had a throat so sore and so filled
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