causes a severe flu-like illness and is also known as break bone fever. Fifty to one hundred million people are infected each year mostly in tropical and sub-tropical climates of the world. In the U.S, cases seen affected with the Dengue virus are mostly from Americans who traveled out of the country. Infection of the dengue virus causes dengue fever. The virus weakens the circulatory system and leads to a deadly hemorrhaging. “Dengue fever is the most prevalent arthropod-borne viral illness in humans
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insects especially mosquitoes are increasing year by year. Dengue is a disease caused by any 1 of 4 related dengue viruses. The viruses are transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected mosquito. There are 2 types of dengue, with dengue hemorrhagic fever being the more severe, and sometimes fatal, though much less common form of the infection. Dengue is endemic in at least 100 countries such as Asia, the Pacific. Dengue cannot be spread directly from person to person, so you can’t catch it from shaking
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TOLOSA Instructor Abstract The purpose of this case study is to develop the knowledge and raise the awareness of the students as well as the readers regarding the Dengue fever. It also aims to classify and define the general health problems and needs of the patient with an admitting diagnosis of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever. It will also show the risk factors, manifestations and complications of the disease which will contribute and help in assisting the patient in taking necessary actions to solve
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Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION Background Euphorbia hirta, belongs to the family of Euphorbiaceae which is a large family of dicotyledons, with about 300 genera and over 5,000 species. Here in the Philippines, the Euphorbia hirta, is commonly referred to as Tawa-tawa or Gatas-gatas in some provinces. It is also known as Asthma weed or Snake weed in the United States. The plants of 3 different species share Phoretic variations, these plants are: (1) Mutha (Cyperus rotundus), (2) Gatas-gatas
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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
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Yellow Fever Mersadez Polendo Medical Terminology – HLHS 101 April 9, 2015 Marleen Miller Abstract Fevers, chills, loss of appetite, nausea, muscle pains and headaches; all of these symptoms just from a little bite by a female mosquito. Only affecting humans, other mammals, and even more species of mosquitoes. The disease is hard to point out from other flus, especially in the beginning stages. Some people get better within a week period. Some of those who improve in a day think it’s all
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How c a n p eop le red uc e the c ha nc e of g etting infec ted ? Avoid Mosquito Bites Make sure windows and doors are ?bug tight.? Repair or replace screens. Stay indoors at dawn and dusk, if possible, when mosquitoes are most active. Wear a long sleeve shirt, long pants, and a hat when going into mosquito infested areas, such as wetlands or woods. Use mosquito repellent when necessary. Read the label and carefully follow the instructions. Take special care when using repellent on
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established yet). “Recent studies have pointed to the fact that the Zika virus has the potential to be extended to those regions of the United States, where more than 60% of the population (200 million) reside” (Virus D. a., 2016). As malaria and dengue fever are believed to Zika virus to spread by mosquitoes bite; Aedes aegypti is considered to be the culprit. This species of mosquito is the same that is involved in the spread of diseases of dengue and chikungunya. Some Ideas: * Where Zika virus
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The typhoid fever, caused by Salmonella Typhi, is a life threatening illness that causes around 5,700 cases per year. Most cases come about from travelers coming back to the United States from traveling internationally because many other countries did not have the same vaccines as the United States had during this time. In the early 1900’s, a woman named Mary Mallon, also known as Typhoid Mary, worked as a cook for different families. Mary was a healthy female, or so they thought. She carried the
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Dengue fever transmission has two generics both epidemic dengue or hyperendemic has become a pandemic ever since the Second World War II, widespread and it is an endemic in more than a hundred over countries in the tropical and subtropical region over the globe. The dengue fever is regulated by both the vector and regulated by the host. It is transmitted to humans through mosquito bites of the genus Aedes eminently A. aegypti but other susceptible species that can transmit this disease are the A
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