...Zika virus has recently broken out in the southern part of the United States. Zika virus can be spread through unprotected sexual activities or through animals or insect bites and of course, from mother to child. In this case, it is through Aedes mosquitoes bite. The symptoms of the Zika virus have not been proven to fatal. However, it does cause serious birth defects and there are no vaccine or medicine for Zika virus which is the main reason why Zika virus became so well known. Zika virus risks jeopardizing many industries such as airlines, hotels, and restaurants. With Florida being one of the many states, Florida tourism industry definitely decreased. The news warned pregnant women and women who planned to be pregnant in the future to...
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...Pathology: As the Zika virus travels through the body, it affects the human form structure in different areas. The pathogen invades the nervous system, for example. It infects nerve cells within the system through the bloodstream. The infection in the nerve cells can lead to some people receiving Guillain-Barre Syndrome. Guillain-Barre Syndrome causes pain in muscles, which creates weakness in tendons and tingling in the legs or feet. The syndrome can further cause temporary paralysis. This syndrome can equally affect the brain. It damages unripe brain cells. On the other hand, pregnant women with the Zika virus can pass the pathogen down to their fetus. Newborn babies may face, eye problems, hearing loss, and unusual head growth, microcephaly. This is a condition when a baby's head is smaller than usual causing abnormal brain development. Infants can experience pain in joints, whereas, in older little ones, they are challenged with sitting up properly oneself, feeling, and sleeping with the Zika virus. Some can even experience seizures, vision and hearing problems. When exposed to the disease, the symptoms and signs don't appear until between 2-7 days. In the first beginning stages, most people...
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...hearing the new buzz about the Zika Virus, which is spread by the Aedes aegypti mosquito and how it’s infiltrating parts of the world. A baby with a misshapen head is already a heartbroken sight to see. But researchers are posting caution about the microcephaly (abnormal smallness of the head) the most obvious cause of the spread of the Zika Virus. Researchers say infants who are appear to be normal during birth may have a higher risk for mental illnesses later on in life if the mother was infected during pregnancy. The Zika Virus resembles some infectious agents that are linked to the development of bipolar disorder, autism, and schizophrenia. The condition is thought to rise from a number of things including genetic susceptibility and traumas later in life such as, physical or sexual...
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...interpret any data they receive. This is a crucial thing to keep in mind when presenting information to others, as well as when listening to advice or inferences from other people. In the case of the Zika Virus and the tremendous amount of information that filled the internet around the time of the outbreak, the effect of perceptions was clearly evident with the copious amounts of articles coming from different points of view on how the issue should be solved and how dangerous it could be for future generations. The course text talks about the three main ways perception can have on one’s ability to correctly assimilate data into their lives: the dread effect, the unfamiliarity effect, and the uncontrollability effect (Riegelman, 2015, p. 60)....
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...Europe’s journal on infectious disease epidemiolog y, prevention and control Special edition: Chikungunya and Zika virus October 2014 Featuring • Spread of chikungunya from the Caribbean to mainland Central and South America: a greater risk of spillover in Europe? • Aspects of Zika virus transmission • Cases of chikungunya virus infection in travellers returning to Spain from Haiti or Dominican Republic, April-June 2014 www.eurosurveillance.org Editorial team Editorial advisors Based at the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), 171 83 Stockholm, Sweden Albania: Alban Ylli, Tirana Telephone number Belgium: Sophie Quoilin, Brussels +46 (0)8 58 60 11 38 E-mail eurosurveillance@ecdc.europa.eu Editor-in-chief Ines Steffens Austria: Reinhild Strauss, Vienna Belgium: Koen De Schrijver, Antwerp Bosnia and Herzogovina: Nina Rodić Vukmir, Banja Luka Bulgaria: Mira Kojouharova, Sofia Croatia: Sanja Musić Milanović, Zagreb Cyprus: to be nominated Czech Republic: Bohumir Križ, Prague Denmark: Peter Henrik Andersen, Copenhagen Senior editor Estonia: Kuulo Kutsar, Tallinn Kathrin Hagmaier Finland: Outi Lyytikäinen, Helsinki Scientific editors Karen Wilson Williamina Wilson France: Judith Benrekassa, Paris Germany: Jamela Seedat, Berlin Greece: Rengina Vorou, Athens Hungary: Ágnes Csohán, Budapest Assistant editors Iceland: Haraldur Briem, Reykjavik Alina Buzdugan Ireland: Lelia Thornton...
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...Peer-Reviewed Journal Tracking and Analyzing Disease Trends pages 557–740 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF D. Peter Drotman Associate Editors Paul Arguin, Atlanta, Georgia, USA Charles Ben Beard, Ft. Collins, Colorado, USA Ermias Belay, Atlanta, Georgia, USA David Bell, Atlanta, Georgia, USA Sharon Bloom, Atlanta, GA, USA Mary Brandt, Atlanta, Georgia, USA Corrie Brown, Athens, Georgia, USA Charles H. Calisher, Ft. Collins, Colorado, USA Michel Drancourt, Marseille, France Paul V. Effler, Perth, Australia David Freedman, Birmingham, Alabama, USA Peter Gerner-Smidt, Atlanta, Georgia, USA Stephen Hadler, Atlanta, Georgia, USA Nina Marano, Nairobi, Kenya Martin I. Meltzer, Atlanta, Georgia, USA David Morens, Bethesda, Maryland, USA J. Glenn Morris, Gainesville, Florida, USA Patrice Nordmann, Fribourg, Switzerland Didier Raoult, Marseille, France Pierre Rollin, Atlanta, Georgia, USA Ronald M. Rosenberg, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA Frank Sorvillo, Los Angeles, California, USA David Walker, Galveston, Texas, USA Senior Associate Editor, Emeritus Brian W.J. Mahy, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, UK Managing Editor Byron Breedlove, Atlanta, Georgia, USA Copy Editors Claudia Chesley, Laurie Dietrich, Karen Foster, Thomas Gryczan, Jean Michaels Jones, Shannon O’Connor, P. Lynne Stockton Production William Hale, Barbara Segal, Reginald Tucker Editorial Assistant Jared Friedberg Communications/Social Media Sarah Logan Gregory Founding Editor Joseph E. McDade, Rome, Georgia, USA Emerging Infectious Diseases...
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...Barbados Barbados is a North American sovereign island country located in the Caribbean. The capital of this state is Bridgetown. This state raised its head as an independent state in 1966 after being a Colony of the British Empire for almost 350 years. Category | Fact | Category | Fact | 1.Size | 439 Square km | 4.Religion | Christianity | 2.Population | 277,821 | 5.Currency | Barbadian Dollar | 3.Language | Barbadian | 6.GDP Rate | $16,653 | The main resources of Barbados are Petroleum, Fish, Natural gas, Sugarcane etc. The national symbols of Barbados are Neptune's trident, pelican, and Red Bird of Paradise flower (also known as Pride of Barbados). In Barbados Queen Elizabeth II is the Head of the State and represented locally by Governor General which is at present Elliott Belgrave. These two heads are advised by the Prime Minister of Barbados who is also the Head of the Government on matters of Barbadian state. The current Prime Minister of Barbados is Freundel Stuart. ...
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