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    vaccines to proper shelter. Typically the organizations that provide these resources are not in it for a profit‚ but to just provide the materials.Through perseverance the organizations will go through obstacles in order to achieve their goal. The Influenza vaccine is not just a formula that can be created overnight‚ it takes six to eight months to produce the vaccine‚ and the formula needs to be changed annually. The viral strain is incompatible with previous vaccines‚ and make them not successful

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    Evidence Based Practice: Influenza Vaccination Compliance among Healthcare Workers Pamela Ferguson Jefferson College of Health Sciences Influenza Vaccination Compliance among Healthcare Workers Clinical Problem Influenza affects an estimated 5-15% of the world ’s population and results in 500‚000 deaths annually (World Health Organization‚ [WHO]‚ 2009b). In the United States (US)‚ between 1979 and 2001‚ an average of 226‚000 persons was hospitalized and 36‚000 died each year

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    How worried are you about the Influenza Virus? The Influenza virus‚ commonly known as the flu‚ is a viral disease that can be infectious in mammals and birds‚ it´s caused by RNA viruses. This disease is most common between the months of October and May‚ it can last from three days to five days; it´s an acute disease‚ because manifests quickly and last a short time. There are three types of Influenza according to how severe they are; Type A: The most severe type with the most acute symptoms.

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    University Abstract Global Health issues affecting our world are a major concern as an outbreak can quickly cause rapid devastation. The community health caregivers are the first line for recognizing and protecting our public. The Avian Influenza and SARS disease are two specific communicable diseases that can lead to respiratory failure in severe cases. Special consideration must be given to the air we breathe and its potential effects on respiratory compromised patients. According

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    Type A Influenza Virus Essay Influenza: a virus that replicates‚ mutates‚ spreads among species‚ and the cause of the recent H1N1 scare is definitely an apparent danger to humans today. Type A influenza is an RNA virus that ‘reproduces’ through replication. The virus particles are surrounded by hemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase (NA) – both are structural glycoproteins attached to the virus’s outside lipid bi-layer. HA serves its function in helping the virus to bind to the sialic acid receptors

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    ***Due March 31 before class! *** Case Study “Influenza” The second case study of the semester is centered around the topic of influenza. There are two areas of reading/research for this case study. The first (homework #1) pertains to a pandemic influenza that affected people worldwide in 1918-1919. The second (homework #2) involves research into more current strains of influenza that have been found. Please type a response/explanation to the seven questions listed below. You may put both homework

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    Introduction Throughout history‚ there have been significant pandemics that have left a great impact on humankind. The first influenza pandemic to occur took place in 1918-1919. This pandemic was later classified as the Spanish influenza A H1N1. Successive outbreaks of influenza had occurred almost simultaneously throughout North America‚ Europe and Africa with not much being know about the virulence of the virus. It has been estimated that this pandemic caused around fifty million deaths in

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    Presently‚ the best method to prevent infection with avian influenza A viruses is to avoid the exposure sources as much as possible. Most of the human infections with avian influenza A viruses have occurred after prolonged or direct close contact with sick or dead infected birds. Infected poultry shed avian flu virus in their mucous‚ saliva and feces. Human infections with avian influenza viruses occur when enough virus is inhaled or gets into a person’s mouth‚ nose or eyes.It happens when the virus

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    Scared to Death During the latter part of the year in Massachusetts‚ 1918‚ all hell broke loose. Jane Brox‚ the author of the devastating essay “Influenza 1918‚” describes the influenza that happened in her hometown before she was born as she states “the flu cut right through‚ spreading ahead of its own rumors‚ passing on a handshake and on the wind and with the lightest kiss.” (Brox 80). The flu was airborne and unstoppable. Deadly‚ the small hospitals began to fill up with patients sickened and

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    Taylor Butler Young Children and the Elderly: High Importance in Receiving Influenza Vaccine The flu‚ or influenza‚ is a virus that hits the United States every year in the late fall and winter‚ and we can’t seem to break away from it. I will be discussing the controversy of parents not knowing what types of vaccine to give their children‚ what age to do it at‚ if they should even get the shot‚ and the side effects that go along with it. All my life I got the flu vaccine because my parents believed

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