technology. Globalization facilitates the communication of different cultures. But it also threat the human’s heath in some extent. Movement of world’s population spread the infectious diseases among the countries. And it also facilitate the process of viruses’ mutation. In the last decade‚ there was many new fatal infectious disease such as SARS‚ H1N1 and H1N9 threaten people’s lives. Currently‚ a fatal virus called Ebola has rapidly spread in Africa and there are not vaccine for preventing Ebola virus
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Varicella Virus Whether something serious as cancer or the common cold‚ each of these things started with a virus. Viruses come in many different forms. There are about 1 million different viruses and they are everywhere. A virus is a microscopic infectious agent that can replicate only inside the living cells of organisms. One of such is a virus commonly known as the Chicken Pox. The Chicken Pox is caused by a virus called ‘Varicella’‚ which is very contagious. Symptoms of this virus include a fever
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effects of overcrowding occur in combination with other environmental health factors such as poor water quality and sanitation‚ which are associated with increased risk of infectious diseases such acute rheumatic fever‚ tuberculosis‚ and skin and respiratory infections (Department of Health‚ 2012). High rates of rheumatic heart disease among Indigenous Australians are largely due to an increased exposure to Streptococcus pyogenes‚ related to overcrowding and poor living conditions (Hickie et al.‚ 2011)
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virus disease and associated neurologic complications. Current Infectious Disease Report. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28220392 Foster‚ A. (2016‚ July 29) How is the zika virus spread? Outbreak explained. Express. Home of the Daily and Sunday Express. Retrieved from http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/647686/Zika-virus-spread-transmitted-transmission-mosquitoes-sex-mother-to-child-blood Haye‚ E. B. (2009‚ Sept 15) Zika virus outside Africa. Emerging Infectious Diseases
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humanity. Since ancient times‚ they have been known to cause infectious diseases to any form of creature that has life such as humans and animals. In the present-day‚ microbiologists and archeologists are discovering evidence of infectious diseases in ancient human skeletons. As the scientists and researchers were tracking those diseases in ancient human skeletons they had started to discover that microbes contribute too many chronic diseases and illnesses. Having scientific evidence‚ it firmly connects
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Disease is any condition that adversely affects the function of any part of a living thing. Health is the wellbeing of the organism. All our body functions‚ which are under the control of our genes‚ work together to maintain health. Difficulties in determining health and disease: Disease can cover a wide range of conditions including minor conditions‚ such as a cut finger or an ant bite‚ as well as the more obvious diseases like cancers. Health varies on a daily basis and is not just the absence
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dysenteriae. The bacteria S. dysenteriae was discovered by Japanese bacteriologist Kiyoshi Shiga in 1898. Shiga studied 36 patients at the Institute for Infectious Diseases (Tokyo‚ Japan) and isolated a bacterium from the intestinal tissue of dysentery patient. Bacterial isolates were cultured and fed to dogs; that resulted in dysenteric disease (Shiga‚ 1898). Shigella belongs to enterobacteriaceae bacterial family and occur into four species: S. dysenteriae (group A)‚ S. flexneri (group B)‚ S. boydii
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ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE -aka Dementia: a syndrome with progressive deterioration in intellectual functioning secondary to structural or functional changes. - Alzheimer’s disease is the most common type of dementia -Alzheimer’s disease is an irreversible form of senile dementia caused by nerve cell deterioration. -Individuals with Alzheimer’s disease experience cognitive deterioration & progressive loss of ability to carry out ADL’s. -The pt experiences a steady decline in physical & mental
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the cause of death. However‚ if the carcass decomposition rate is advanced‚ a post mortem is not essential (3). Through our actions we have caused cetaceans to be at severe threat‚ these include: by-catches‚ habitat destruction‚ chemical pollution‚ disease and many other factors (4). Conservation efforts are essential in ensuring that the harm caused does not drive them to extinction. 2. Threat
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designs Contact: Pablo Antonio Jr. e-mail: pradci@pacific.net.ph Tropical Disease Foundation The Tropical Disease Foundation (Foundation) is a private‚ non-stock‚ non-profit organization founded in 1984 by a group of physicians. It is supported by research grants‚ donations and endowments. Its objective is to undertake researches and provide training and service in the control and management of tropical infectious diseases. Members: Pablo R. Antonio Jr. Architect‚ Founder of the Pablo R. Antonio
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