he lurks silently and patiently awaiting his next victim. He does not discriminate based on race‚ sex‚ or age‚ however; the youngest and eldest usually pay a higher price. This perpetrator who remains faceless is known as the influenza virus. The influenza virus commonly known as the flu is a contagious viral infection that invades its victim’s body via the nose and mouth affecting the respiratory system of the individual. It spreads by respiratory droplets through coughing and sneezing
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In one of the most recent outbreaks of infectious disease since the Black Plague‚ The flu epidemic of 1918 caused mass hysteria around the world. During the 1918 flu outbreak‚ it became evident that challenging aspects of scientific research required different characteristics of scientists. In this excerpt from “The Great Influenza”‚ John M. Barry describes in detail about many ideas relating to this event‚ including the side of a scientist and the methodologies of research. The author analyzed
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Expository Essay - Influenza Vaccine Wendy G. Hill COM150 May 15‚ 2011 Susan Dietrich Expository Essay - Influenza Vaccine The Influenza virus can infect any age group of people. The influenza infection rate is the highest among children between the ages of one and three. According to the CDC from October‚ 2010 to the present there have been 91 deaths among pediatrics in the United States. The yearly influenza vaccine may have a few minor side effects for some individuals‚ but it still
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Equine influenza is a common respiratory infection of horses caused by an orthomyxovirus of the genus Influenza A. Influenza A viruses can be divided into sub-types on the basis of the antigenic reactivity of the surface glycoproteins‚ the haemagglutinin (H1-H16) and the neuraminidase (N1-N9) molecules (Fouchier et al.‚ 2005). Equine influenza (EI) is caused by two subtypes H7N7 and H3N8. Outbreaks due to H7N7 are limited as the isolation of the virus has not been reported since last two decades
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Influenza Paper Linda Taylor HCS 457 May 28th‚ 2012 Lindsay Cogan Influenza Paper Influenza is a respiratory virus that people commonly call the flu. This virus gets into the respiratory system and duplicates itself in the cells of the body. When a person has the flu‚ this virus is very easily spread to other people. Showing how to control this virus and effects that it has on the body is the number one priority for anyone. Environmental factors are a cause of this virus and
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scientists had no idea where it originated. Nevertheless‚ by September‚ 1918‚ this Spanish flu obliterated most of the known world‚ wiping out even Eskimo villages in the far north‚ thousands of miles away from the rest of the infected. During the outbreak‚ authorities lost track of the casualties; the numbers were overwhelming. By the time the disease burned out‚ the estimated death toll rose around fifty-million people. This 1918 influenza outbreak was by far the most deadly pandemic in human history.
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What is Influenza? An influenza pandemic is an epidemic of an influenza virus that spreads world-wide and effects a large amount of the population. Throughout history‚ the influenza virus has mutated and has caused pandemics or global epidemics. Background On March 11‚ 1918‚ a solider in Fort Riley Kans‚ reports the infirmary with symptoms which was a first thought to be the common cold. Within only an hour‚ several soldiers reported to the infirmary with similar symptoms. Fort Riley was a military
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personal option when people walked down any given street in the year 1918 between the months of June and December‚ I’m sure one would have taken notice to the coffins that lined the sidewalks. Nobody was on the streets‚ and dead bodies were stuffed into every available space. The Flu Epidemic not only was the most devastating event of the twentieth century but the most deadliest. In the ten months 675‚000 Americans died of influenza and pneumonia. When compared to the number of Americans killed in combat
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Grant Wade April 22‚ 2001 Influenza Influenza Influenza‚ also known as "the flu‚" is a virus that infects the respiratory tract. Although Influenza is not as severe as many viral infections it is almost the worst for viral infections of the respiratory tract. Typically‚ when someone is infected with influenza they experience fever (usually 100° to 103°F in adults‚ but even higher in children) and causes a cough‚ sore throat‚ runny or stuffy nose‚ and also headaches‚ muscle aches‚ and usually
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1918 saw the most famous influenza pandemic—a worldwide epidemic that caused nearly 50 million deaths—when a H1N1 influenza A virus of partial avian origin infected over one-third of the world’s population [1]. Within the last century‚ there have been four pandemics caused by influenza A with the most recent in 2009 when a swine-like H1N1 virus entered the human population. The increase in whole genome sequencing‚ computational methods‚ and surveillance of bird populations [2]‚ as well as households
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