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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An outbreak of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in the United Arab... http://europepmc.org/abstract/MED/9392589/reload=0;jsessionid=O... Ads by Video Play er Ad Options Feedback About Overview Funders Governance Joining Europe PMC Contact us Blog Journal List Grant Lookup Resources Web Services » SOAP (articles) RESTful (articles) RESTful (grants) RSS Feeds FTP Site OAI Service External Links Service ORCID Article Claiming Help Help FAQs Europe PMC plus Europe PMC labs Europe PubMed
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Overview of Bioterrorism This course has been awarded two (2.0) contact hours. This course expires on November 12, 2014. Copyright © 2008 by RN.com. All Rights Reserved. Reproduction and distribution of these materials are prohibited without the express written authorization of RN.com. First Published: Updated: November 12, 2008 Nov 12, 2011 IMPORTANT INFORMATION RN.com strives to keeps its content fair and unbiased. The author has no conflicts of interest to disclose. The planners
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FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN Definition: - Fever higher than 38.3C on several occasions - Duration of fever at least three weeks - Uncertain diagnosis after one week of study in hospital or - Temp >38.5 - Duration > 2 weeks - Undiagnosed Etiology 1. Noninfectious inflammatory disease - Adult Still’s disease: daily fevers, arthritis, evanescent rash - Giant cell arteritis: headache, loss of vision, symptoms of polymyalgia rheumatica, fever, anemia, high ESR, jaw claudication - Polyarteritis
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Cultural Diversity In the spirit of the holiday season, the following paragraphs will attempt to construct a “Christmas tree.” However, it will not be a “Christmas tree” in the traditional sense. For this tree, the stand, or base, will be the environment in which we grew up. Its branches will be our life experiences. We will adorn this tree with the lessons we have learned. The lights, which flicker on and off, will represent those individuals who come in and out of our lives attempting to spread
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