Laurie Halse Anderson’s novel Fever 1793 is a story of great tragedy and triumph. Philadelphia didn’t know what hit them when the Yellow Fever arrived. The story is circled around a girl’s‚ Mattie Cook’s‚ struggle for survival. Throughout the story she witnesses awful tragedies‚ her grandfather’s death‚ and she has to make tough choices‚ like burying her grandfather. Mattie also triumphs when she tries to gather enough food and resources for herself and her grandfather. She narrates the story and
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Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers Definition Viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHFs) are infectious disease that interferes with the blood’s natural ability to clot. These diseases can also damage the walls of tiny blood vessels‚ making them leaky. The internal bleeding that results can range from relatively minor to life-threatening. Causes of VHFs VHFs are caused by several distinct families of viruses‚ which include arenaviruses‚ filoviruses‚ bunyaviruses‚ and flaviviruses. These viruses can affect multiple
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Virulent Dengue Viruses This is an in depth comparison between the 4 strains of Dengue Fever. The research documented here was designed to try to determine which strains are the most common‚ virulent and contagious‚ and their affects on humans. Dengue fever is the most common mosquito transmitted disease in humans and also potentially life threatening. With their being no current laboratory or animal models of this disease available for study‚ the pathology and growth of this disease has
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Luckily‚ the prognosis of scarlet fever is good‚ (Davis‚ 2016) says that if a patient is treated with antibiotics‚ such as penicillin or amoxicillin‚ scarlet fever only has a mortality rate of 1%. The main risk of scarlet fever lies in the patients that do not get quickly diagnosed and thus do not receive treatment‚ because the mortality rate for those patients drastically increases to 15-20%. Overall‚ if identified and treated quickly‚ scarlet fever is not a very dangerous disease‚ even though it
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Critical Care (GM6314) Neurogenic fever management following traumatic brain injury patients Word count: The measurement of body temperature and treatment of fever have long been considered to be within the domain of nursing practice. Intensive care unit (ITU) nurses are well positioned to lead the way to best practices for fever management ’ ’ grounded in current evidence for their vulnerable patients with TBI. Introduction On the other hand‚ fever in the early stage of TBI might be of
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Ebola: * What is Ebola? Ebola is a virus that causes Ebola hemorrhagic fever (Ebola HF). The Ebola virus belongs to the RNA virus family known as Filoviridae. There have been five strains of the Ebola virus identified (four of them are known to cause illness in humans). * Ebola Genome: One of two RNA viruses * First Recognized: 1976 Zaire Africa * Native to Africa * Unknown Origin‚ or natural reservoir * Ebola is very acute‚ infection is very rapid so * There are no
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INFORMATIVE SPEECH OUTLINE Healing the Whole World Speech #1: Informative Josephine Harscouet‚ Sheyla Rodriguez‚ Mallory Bridgman Dengue Fever in Colombia and India SPECIFIC PURPOSE: To inform my audience about Dengue Fever INTRODUCTION I. With more than one-third of the world’s population living in areas at risk for infection‚ dengue virus is a leading cause of illness and death in the tropics and subtropics. II. We would like to inform you of this disease because it affects so many populations
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general medical journal and specialty journals in Oncology‚ Neurology and Infectious Diseases. This qualitative study identifies the opinions of researchers about the dengue vaccine‚ supported with various facts on the development of the disease dengue fever‚ one of the mosquito-borne diseases and identifies other research methods being done by organizations such as the‚ World Health Organization (WHO). This journal has additionally informs experts on the specific field on the newest and most detailed
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Scarlet Fever What is scarlet fever? Scarlet fever is an uncommon infection caused by a type of bacteria called Streptococcus progenies. The disease most commonly presents in children or adults with a ‘strep throat’ infection or tonsillitis‚ followed by the development of a skin rash. Most children will fully recover within a week or so. Deaths from scarlet fever are now extremely rare. How is scarlet fever spread? The bacterium is found in the nose and/or throat of an infected person and
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Changed During the Yellow Fever Epidemic When Mattie Cook survived the Yellow Fever Epidemic that swept through Philadelphia in 1793‚ her whole life was changed. Both her character & the circumstances of her life changed a lot. Also‚ her relationships and responsibilities have changed too. Before the epidemic‚ Mattie was just an average teenager with the same problems most teens had. But after the epidemic‚ Mattie’s life became very different. Before the yellow fever‚ Mattie lived with her
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