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    Infectious Disease – an illness due to specific infections agents or its toxic products that arises through transmission from an infected person‚ animal ‚or reservoir to a susceptible host‚ either directly or indirectly through an intermediate plant or animal host . Parasitic disease – A ameba in infection caused by a parasitic. An organism that lives inside or on a host. Zoonotic disease – an infection or infectious agent transmissible under normal conditions from vertebrate animals to humans

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    INFECTIOUS DISEASE Rossana Zamora University Of Phoenix HCA / 240 October 1‚ 2014 Sherrie Sheets I was exposed with Tuberculosis in 2010 at my job by a patient‚ was the worse experienced ever. Being on 3 types of antibiotics for 9 months straight and lose of weight of 102 from 120 in one week. My appetite‚ energy dropped dramatically. In 2 two weeks been treated and taking the medication I realized that I was

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    there are several different factors of attribution. Often times one might attribute the cause of an event to something internal‚ which means that is it within oneself (Ormrod‚ 2016 p. 475). Back to the grade on a test example‚ thinking that you received a good grade due to your hard work and study habits is an internal attribute. An external

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    Abstract Human diseases such as Lyme disease (borreliosis)‚ Rocky Mountain spotted fever and Ehrlichiosis continually affect the population of Tamaulipan Biotic Providence‚ area shared between Texas and Mexico. The tick Ixodes scapularis tends to be the main carrier for Borrelia bacteria‚ which causes borreliosis. Nonetheless‚ its absence in the area studied gave cue to the analysis of another tick‚ Amblyomma inornatum. It is important to characterize the disease potential of the latter tick in

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    in the definition the distribution refers to analysis of persons‚ classes of people‚ places that are being affected by the specific disease and determinants refers to factors that influence population health; these factors may be chemical‚ physical‚ biological‚ social‚ economic‚ cultural‚ behavioral or genetic. Health-related states refers to causes of death‚ diseases and behaviors such as use of tobacco‚ use of health services and reactions to preventive treatments. Specified population refers to

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    Emily Pozzuoli MCB2004 04/15/2013 Emerging Infectious Diseases: Avian Influenza A Emerging infectious diseases are diseases that are new or changing‚ and are increasing‚ or have the potential to increase in incidence in the near future. (Pearson‚ Microbiology) Some important contributing factors to the development of EIDs are evolutionary changes in existing organisms‚ the movement of previously identified diseases to new geographic locations and populations by modern transportation‚ and increased

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    ASSIGNMENT Environmental Microbiology With so much advertising for various antibacterial products‚ many people have gotten the impression that all bacteria are harmful and that maybe the Earth would be better off if all bacteria were eliminated. What would life be like in a bacteria-free world? Bacteria help decay materials and put vitamins and minerals‚ and gases into the atmosphere. Without them the world would be able to produce little food. Bacteria are woven into the food chain. Without them

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    Lev Vygotsky theory of child development is known as the socio-cultural perspective. He argued that children learn through social interactions with an adult or peers more experienced than them. Vygotsky socio-cultural perspective states that the way a child thinks when growing up improves when they work in their Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD). Zone of Proximal Development states that a child’s interaction with peers is an effective way of developing skills and strategies. Children are more likely

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    Argumentative Essay; Global Infectious Diseases The risk of catching a disease that originates from across the world increases as the world’s technology and travel advances. The problem is‚ is that we can’t stop ourselves from getting a disease or stop traveling. Another factor is that it may not be something that can be cured and it may be contagious. The results of global deaths that come from infectious diseases are 25%. One solution is to develop a vaccine and/or other products to prevent

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    Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors Although the term cardiovascular disease refers to a disorder of the cardiovascular system‚ it is usually associated with atherosclerosis‚ also known as arterial disease. It is considered the leading cause of deaths in the world‚ taking 17.1 million lives a year. There are only a few factors that are non-modifiable‚ these being the persons age‚ gender‚ family history and their race and ethnicity. Although there are non-modifiable risk factors‚ there are multiple

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