Epidemiology Paper Hepatitis B Aaliyah Dorsey Hepatitis B (HBV) is a virus that causes liver disease‚ both acute and chronic. The disease can progress requiring the need for liver transplant. The rate of disease has seen a decline in the United States since the 1970’s due to routine vaccination’s‚ advances in aseptic techniques used in health care environments and public awareness. The public health nurses role is important in the communication and implementation of health initiatives
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November 21‚ 2012 Hepatitis Research Paper The name of the disease Hepatitis‚ can be broken up into the word root “hepat‚” which means liver‚ and the suffix “itis‚” which means inflammation. Therefore‚ its name literally means inflammation of the liver (Frucht). It has several causes‚ some viral and some non-viral‚ and I will be discussing the specific types of viral hepatitis‚ the symptoms‚ and the prognosis of each. Hepatitis A (HAV) is a virus that is transmitted through fecal-oral contamination
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Hepatitis B Vaccine Medical Assistant Gladys Maria Shafer February 19‚ 2013 Hepatitis refers to an inflammation of the liver‚ which is swelling that occurs when the tissues of the body become injured or infected. “Hepa” means liver and “itis” refers to inflammation. The Hepatitis B virus spreads through blood or direct contact with any body fluids from someone who already has a Hepatitis B infection and the virus enters the body unnoticed
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with controls in Biology. Hepatitis C virus is really difficult to isolate so scientists compared DNA copies of HCV clones and identified one DNA sequence in all clones. We can’t measure perfectly so the results may be meaningless and we used error bar to used on graphs to show the error. Most
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Hepatitis B the Silent Killer M. D. Leslie Grand Canyon University: NRS-427V-0101 August 30‚ 2014 Hepatitis B the Silent Killer Hepatitis B is one of the most serious communicable diseases. This disease attacks the liver one of our major organs of the body.” The virus‚ which is called hepatitis B virus (HBV)‚ can cause lifelong infection‚ cirrhosis (scarring) of the liver‚ liver cancer‚ liver failure‚ and death.” (Hepatitis B Vaccination‚ 2014)Hepatitis means inflammation of the liver. The
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so what ever we get inside our system must be god and safe for the body. The concern in this is a human body need food intake that will give benefit like strong body. Not to ruin the body. Virus is one of many things that can ruin a human body. Hepatitis A is a virus that can be acute or be chronic when it enters a human body. This virus can also be drawn from food if there is a failure in following the proper process of preparing food. Virus is a human body’s enemy for it will weaken the body if
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Epidemiology of Hepatitis B Sara Sarraf Grand Canyon University Epidemiology and Communicable Diseases NRS-427V Sandra White July 3‚ 2014 Epidemiology Hepatitis B We have come far in healthcare and everyday we get closer to solutions and can succeed in the understanding of disease processes unknown and foreign to us. We have been challenged many times by the illnesses that have taken so many lives but never in vain as when this unfortunate event has happened we have been able to get closer
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Hepatitis C Travis F. Shoffner American Military University Abstract This research paper looks at the infectious disease hepatitis C. The research draws upon primary sources including medical websites and electronic newspaper articles. The goal is to inform and describe the disease‚ cite current infections and death statistics related to it. The paper will also explain how the disease affects the body and discuss current and future treatment options. This research will provide valuable
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Hepatitis C Introduction Hepatitis C is a blood borne infectious disease caused by hepatitis C virus (HCV) and it primarily affects the liver. It is a major public health concern in both developing and industrialized nations worldwide because of its contagious nature. According to Bartenschlager (2013)‚ Hepatitis C virus is a single stranded encapsulated RNA genome belonging to the genus Hepacivirus and flaviviridae family and the discovery of the virus in 1989 through virus isolation methods
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Human Hepatitis C In 2013‚ there were an estimated 29‚718 cases of acute hepatitis C virus infections reported in the United States. There were 3.5 million people who were reported to have chronic hepatitis C. Acute hepatitis C is a short-term illness that occurs within the first six months after someone is exposed to the hepatitis C virus. Chronic hepatitis C means the virus remains in the person’s body. Hepatitis C can last a lifetime and lead to cirrhosis or scarring of the liver or liver cancer
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