Rheumatic Fever is a rare but can lead to a be a potentially life-threatening disease. Although it is far less common in the U.S., there have been a few outbreaks since the 1980s. Rheumatic fever affects primarily children between the ages of 6-15 and occurs approximately 20 days (usually within 1 to 5 weeks) Rheumatic fever is a complication of untreated strep throat caused by bacteria called group A streptococcus the main symptoms are fever, muscle aches, swollen and painful joints, chest pain
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individual, and how this new virus will become a threat to the future of our society’s development. The Zika virus is similar to the dengue virus. It is spread through bites from an infected Aedes mosquito. Symptoms and signs of Zika may include fever, rash, joint pain, conjunctivitis, muscle pain and headache. These symptoms are usually mild and last from about several days to one week. This virus/infection is usually diagnosed by testing of the blood. There are no vaccines to prevent or medicine
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the US in 1883 and brought the typhoid fever. However, from 1900 to 1907 fell ill with Typhoid Fever in households in New York City and Long Island where Mary Mallon worked. Fifty-one original cases of typhoid and three deaths were directly attributed to her, although she herself was immune. Typhoid Mary died on November 11, 1938. Typhoid fever is a bacterial infection. The bacterium lives in the intestines and bloodstream of humans.The cause for typhoid fever is contaminated foods and water, another
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(Cessu) has only recorded 1,623 cases from January to November 2011 compared to 2,871 cases in the same period last 2010, or 43.46 percent lower. Dengue fever also known as breakbone fever, is an infectious tropical disease caused by the dengue virus. Dengue viruses are mosquitos-borne viruses which exist in nature as four separate serotypes. Dengue fever is a disease caused by a family of viruses that are transmitted by mosquitoes. The most efficient vector is the female Aedes aegypti. This mosquito
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Website Review Find national, state, and local governmental health agency websites that address the issue you selected in your Week One assignment. Follow the example to document your findings in the table. Health issue: __West Nile Virus_ Website Website Information Type Type of Surveillance: survey, self report, statistics, case report, and so forth Data changes over time: Has the incidence increased or decreased? Identify two interventions that affect the issue. Example: http://www.cdc
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note that he has a pronounced murmur. He reports having had rheumatic fever 15 years ago. You examine his fingernails and find one that has tiny petechial hemorrhages under it. 1. Name the most likely causative agent of this man's signs and symptoms. 2. Name the most likely infection this man has. 3. What type of culture would a physician most likely order, and why? 4. What is the treatment? 5. What is rheumatic fever? What causes it. Can it be prevented? 1) Streptococcus viridans
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Toxicity tests of different plant crude extract on Mosquito Larvae by Martinez, Jose Djairus Mari C. Oclarit, Jaymee Navora, Jane Andrea Baquiran, Sushmica Cruz, Krystian Wilson Lee A special problem submitted to Ma’am Teodora Ballancod University of the Philippines Baguio in partial fulfillment of the requirements for Botany 109: Plant Taxonomy Department of Biology October 2011 Contents Abstract………………………………………………………………………… 3 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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are typically caused by genetic disorder or fatal diseases. This condition may result from thromboembolic or hemorrhagic complications caused by heparin as well as from various diseases states such as chronic liver disease and dengue hemorrhagic fever. In most rural areas a health care institution is often inaccessible and most patients cannot afford high cost medication. Henceforth, herbal medicines are often used as an alternative treatment. Inadequacy of providing supportive treatment to correct
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Larvicidal Potency of Marigold (Tagetes erecta) Stem and Leaf Extract against Mosquito Larvae Table of Contents Page Title Page 1 Approval Sheet 2 Acknowledgment 3 Table of Contents 4 List of Tables 5 Abstract 6 Chapter 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTINGS
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Mosquito-Borne Viral Infection, ‘Dengue.' Name Institution Tutor Course Introduction Dengue fever is considered as the fastest emerging viral infection which is spread by the female mosquito “Aedes aegypti.” ( Fever,2011). The disease has caused major health effects in many tropical and sub-tropical countries in Asia, Western Pacific and Central and South America ( Fever,2011).The disease causes flu-like illness which develops into serious complication which is called dengue haemorrhagic ( DHF)
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