Epidemiology of Influenza Bethany Baird Grand Canyon University Concepts in Community and Public Health NRS-427V September 19, 2014 Epidemiology of Influenza Influenza is an illness that is seen and addressed on a yearly basis. Each year, come fall, individuals line up a their local clinic or physician’s office to acquire the influenza vaccine in an attempt to ward off the seasonal virus known as the flu. “The flu is a contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses that infect
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and around 1% do not vaccinate at all "Vaccines-Calling the Shots". Most people have gotten at least vaccinated once in their lives. Doctors use vaccines as sort of a boot camp for immune systems from adults to small children. The way it works is by using a dead or weakened virus that would imitate the real virus if it attacks. The immune system responds by attack to virus and leaving behind white blood cells that know how to fight the virus now. Vaccines came from Dr. Edward Jenner. He was the
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Contents Introduction 3 Task 1 3 – 4 Task 2 4 – 6 Task 3 6 – 8 Task 4 8 – 10 Task 5 10 - 11 References & Bibliography 12 Appendices 13 Introduction Occupational Health Services (OHS) is a small business located on Immingham Docks which has been in operation for the past 15 years. The company employs qualified and highly experienced
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Policy Brief on Influenza Name Institution Policy Brief on Influenza To: All Yorkshire Residents From: Yorkshire Department of Public Health Date: 5th May 2016 Re: Reducing/Elimination of Influenza Incidence Rate Statement of Issue: Influenza, also called flu, is a highly contagious respiratory disease that is caused by influenza viruses (Goldsmith, 2011). The disease affects the lungs, throat and nose. The severity of this disease can range from mild to severe and even in some cases death
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The vaccine itself has evolved since the release. In an article called "Estimating the Effectiveness of Tetanus-Diphtheria-Acellular Pertussis Vaccine (Tdap) For Preventing Pertussis: Evidence of Rapidly Waning Immunity and Difference in Effectiveness by Tdap Brand" author Ruth Koepke, a scientist, researches the safety of vaccines and how the Dtap vaccine has changed over the years. The Dtap vaccine was once known as the Dtwp vaccine (diphtheria, tetanus, and whole cell
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Case-In-Point - Influenza Pandemics Past and Future Julian H. SCI/362 August 9, 2011 D. Lenz Case-In-Point Influenza Pandemics Past and Future “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it” (SANTAYANA, 1905) Unintended consequences of humankind’s activities that have led to the spread of the influenza virus during flu season are the lack of dispersing of the vaccine to the poor and homeless, non restriction of travel to or from known areas with high infection rates, and the
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The Influenza Virus Susan Helmuth Grand Canyon University Concepts in Community and Public Health NRS-427V December 14,21014 Communicable Disease Communicable diseases have been a global problem for many years. Influenza Virus infection is an internal public health burden. This paper will include a description of influenza and the demographics involved. The health factors that contribute to the virus, the epidemiologic triage as related to the virus. The explanation of the role the
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A Weak Link at Biological Vaccine Science Catching the Value of Supplier Management The purpose of this case is not to discuss effective or ineffective actions of individual actors in a specific situation, but to highlight the managerial challenges of supplier relationship management. It has been built from the observations of multiple situations in multiple companies then integrated in a fictitious setting, with fictitious characters. ©Michel Philippart 2012 - IRIMA 1 BVSx Profile
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What are Vaccines? A substance used to stimulate the production of antibodies and provide immunity against one or several diseases, prepared from the causative agent of a disease, its products, or a synthetic substitute, treated to act as an antigen without inducing the disease. What is the purpose of Vaccinations? To produce immunity. Immunity means the presence in a person's body of cells and substances known as antibodies that can produce a protective immune response. How does it work
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Vaccination Question As young Americans living in the twenty first century, vaccines have always had a place in our lives. It is taught to us at a young age that vaccines are not only beneficial but necessary to the pursuit of healthy and long lives. For decades, we have been giving vaccines to ourselves and our children without question because the doctors say we should and they have the education, not us. The number of vaccines that children are mandated to receive continues to rise at an alarming rate
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