Chickenpox is a highly contagious viral infection caused by the Varicella-Zoster virus. It is transmitted from person to person by direct touching the blisters, saliva, or mucus of an infected person and through air by coughing and sneezing. Chickenpox is characterized by an itchy rash on the face, scalp, and trunk with pink spots and tiny fluid- filled blisters that dry and become scabs four to five days later. The incubation of chickenpox is ten to twenty-one days and the disease is contagious
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Food Borne illness Kerry Pettit SCI/163 Elements of health and Wellness June Monday 9,2014 Patti Cantamessa Abstract Infectious pathogen in salmonella is salmonella enterica bacterium. Salmonella are motile, non-spore forming, gram negative, rod-shaped bacteria. There are approximately 2,400 types of salmonella. (Schneider, 2013) There are many different kinds of this bacteria, salmonella serotype, typhimurium and salmonella serotype enteritis are the most common types. Salmonella is wide
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Staphylococcus is a group of bacteria that can cause a number of diseases as a result of infection of various tissues of the body. Staphylococcus is also known as staph, which is pronounced “staff”. Its illness can range from mild and requiring no treatment to severe and fatal. The bacteria look like a bunch of grapes or little red berries. There are over 30 types of staphylococcus that can affect us, but most infections are caused by staphylococcus aureus. It can be found in the nose and on the skin. In
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tuberculosis. The inflammatory response is our body’s way to fight bacterial infection. The immune response is the body’s defense against viruses. Our body's defense system discerns the type of enemy trying to invade, and launches the appropriate response, be it inflammatory or an immune response. Tuberculosis is considered the world’s deadliest disease. Tuberculosis is better known as TB, it is a bacterial infection that can be spread into the bloodstream out into any part of the body. This can
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the pervasive viral infection which might be the end of mankind; wherein our protagonist struggles to find a way to stop this worldly mishap. With general knowledge, we can find some familiar elements related to the infection while some, however, are beyond comprehension. Humans are found out to be the sole host to the virus, although animals are also hounded. Specifically, canines are able to speculate individuals who are not showing signs of contagion despite of infection. One can be infected
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temporarily lower the white blood cells, increasing the chance of infection, so you will need to avoid individuals or groups of people with illnesses. You need to avoid environments that can produce airborne germs or harmful bacteria. These are signs of an infection – you need to contact your doctor. There may be options to minimize or prevent these from happening. Treatment may be slowed or delayed until you recover from the infection – it’s a safe strategy allowing your body to gain
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Ebola Kelly Minefield SCI/163 December 7, 2015 Bryn Van Patten Ebola The Ebola epidemic is the largest in history affecting multiple countries in West Africa. Two imported cases including one death and two locally acquired cases in healthcare workers have been reported in the United States. The risk of an Ebola outbreak affecting a large number of people in the U.S is very low. It is important to be educated about Ebola and other epidemics so that we can take every step
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Future Challenges. The article when it was written gave a through explanation to anyone who really didn’t know what Anthrax is all about. Sad to some people Anthrax is not a Heavy Metal from the 80’s. Anthrax is an often serious and fatal bacterial infection that occurs when Bacillus anthracis endospores enter the body through abrasions in the skin or by inhalation or ingestion. ("Anthrax", 2013). Anthrax can be found in soil in the natural sense and routinely affects wild-life around the world. Although
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Chapter I INTRODUCTION Mosquitoes are the most common virus carrier and unfortunately they can be found everywhere. To protect from posting danger and sickness, some result to using traps others use sprays- which can be harmful to health too. With this, the researchers come up with the idea of Decorative Mosquito trap. This trap aims to eliminate mosquitoes without the health risks from chemical sprays and the electrocutions from other trap. The Decorative Mosquito Trap is made of UV Light
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Infection as a cause of RA is not a new idea, this idea begins to get birth in 1900 when an international physician named Sir William Osler started to believe that particularly dental infection is the main cause for RA but this is not been proven by any scientist till now. Theory 2 For a very long time scientist believed that gene plays important
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