Infectious diseases have been around for centuries and they have destroyed‚ killed whole populations and wreaked havoc across the entire world. They’ve caused epidemics and/or pandemics. Epidemics are when an infectious disease affects a large population within a geographic region. Pandemics are epidemics on much larger scale‚ globally. Influenza‚ AIDS/HIV‚ yellow fever‚ and cholera are just a few examples of the worst epidemics known to the world. Cholera has been around since ancient times
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mild to moderate illness in most people. Pandemic influenza occurs when a new or novel strain of influenza virus capable of spreading easily from person to person emerges. Since it is a new strain‚ there is often little or no immunity to it and it may spread rapidly‚ creating a global outbreak. An important difference from seasonal influenza is that healthy people in all age groups may be at higher risk for serious complications from the pandemic virus. Pandemics are‚ fortunately‚ rare but can have devastating
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factors that are associated with the spread of HIV/AIDS and the responses that have evolved to address it. These influences are important in developing HIV/AIDS policies and programs to effectively address the global pandemic. (Gayle‚ H. & Hill‚ G. 2001). Gayle (2001) “The HIV/AIDS pandemic has profoundly affected the economy‚ the work force‚ individual workers and their families‚ health care expenditures‚ the cost of labor‚ and savings and investments. AIDS is the second leading cause of death among
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The influenza virus has had detrimental effects on society throughout history. In 1918‚ the influenza strain H1N1 caused a global pandemic (Billings‚ 1997). One of the major problems with the spread of H1N1 was that soldiers were living in terrible conditions throughout Europe and were susceptible to the virus (Billings‚ 1997). Soldiers travelled worldwide‚ spreading the incredibly fatal virus that had no known vaccine to their families and friends (Latson‚ 2015). The symptoms of the Spanish flu
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Health Organization The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations. It was first officially made and put into constitution on the 7th of April 1948. It is said they do good and never bad. In 2009 when the influenza pandemic (H1N1) hit the world‚ the world health organization was accused of spreading "fear and confusion" rather than "immediate information". This resulted in a huge collaboration with other world health authorities and foundations. How did they find the
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Pigeons 2. Can dogs and cats get Cryptococcus? Yes 3. What is the infectious agent for Bubonic Plague? Bacterium Yersinia Pestis 4. By how much was the world population reduced during the Plague pandemic? Estimate of 450 million 5. What year (within the past 100 years) did the world experience a flu pandemic? 1918 6. What are 3 symptoms of chikungunya fever? Fever‚ Vomiting‚ nausea‚ head ache and joint pain 7. What bacterium causes Lyme’s disease? Borrelia 8. What is ‘erythema migrans?’ A rash
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Panic Goes Viral: Why the social response to a pandemic is as important as the medical effort Reaction Paper: A pandemic could cause too many lives at stake and lost just as how past outbreaks had taught all of us. And in response‚ we had learned to cope by finding out how to cure the disease and counteract the outbreak from spreading further into a greater population. However‚ it is not only the medical effort that is needed in working against a pandemic‚ mass communication also plays a role in this
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The contagious viral infection that emerged in 2009 was unexpected and sent shockwaves across the globe as it came many years after the worldwide flu pandemics occurring in 1918‚ 1957‚ and 1986. This new pandemic spiraled out of control unexpectedly causing the World Health Organization (WHO) to call it the first pandemic of the 21st century‚ due to many outbreaks across the globe (Bartolotti‚ R. 2012). The objective of this paper is to focus on the information and to clearly establish all measures
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Pandemics are disease that spread over a country or the world. Typhus is an example of a pandemic. Typhus is a bacterial disease that is spread by lice and fleas. Brill Zinsser is the discoverer of the disease and typhus is also known as “Brill Zinsser Disease”. Two types of most common typhus are endemic and murine. Endemic typhus is usually seen in places with cold temperature‚ endemic typhus are sometimes called “jail fever” or “camp fever” because typhus killed hundreds of thousands of people
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The Black Death‚ or Black Plague‚ was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history. It began in south-western Asia and spread to Europe by the late 1340s‚ where it received its name Black Death. The total number of deaths worldwide from the pandemic are estimated at least 75 million people. The Black Death is estimated to have killed between a third and two-thirds of Europe’s population. The Black Death had a drastic effect on Europe’s population‚ irrevocably changing Europe’s social structure
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