my belief everyone should be vaccinated for communicable diseases. It is important for a person to be properly vaccinated because you as a human are very susceptible of getting sick or catching a terrible cold at any time during your life. If you don’t get a vaccine to prevent whatever it is that you’re getting vaccinated for then you are putting yourself and everyone around you into harm of getting sick. Getting vaccinated only prevents your wellness and everyone else’s around you, which is something
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Vaccinemakers largely rely on an old technique that exposes ferrets—which differ from humans—to candidate vaccine strains and then assesses whether they can stop viral isolates from people naturally infected with the circulating strains. The BC Centre's Skowronski says many influenza researchers are hesitant to discuss problems with the vaccine "because they are afraid of being tainted with the antivaccine brush. I am going to make universal influenza vaccine my priority over the next couple years
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weeks, then at 14-16 weeks. Your ferret should then receive an annual booster. Rabies: laws regarding rabies protection vary between states; a pet ferret should receive a rabies vaccination as frequently as your State requires. By law, most states and federal public health authorities require an annual rabies vaccination for ferrets. When to vaccinate? - The vaccine is the same as the three-year vaccine for dogs and cats; however in ferrets this is licensed to be administered annually. What is
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Chickenpox was discovered years, years ago. According to an article on chickenpox (2008), Giovanni Filippo (1510-1580) was the first to have the first description of varicella (chickenpox). Around this time, people would mistake a mild smallpox for chickenpox. Later, in 1767, a physician named William Heberden, also from England, was the first physician to clearly demonstrate that chickenpox was different from smallpox (Chickenpox, 2008). Chickenpox is just one of many disesases that are caused by
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should be aware of how politics affect heath care and how legislation passed at the federal and state level affect vulnerable populations. Policies can have both positive and negative effects on the health of the community. Programs offering free vaccinations help protect the community, whereas fear of authority can negatively affect the health of a population because people may hide serious communicable
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people who age 6 months and up [2, 4], the pregnant women and those who with chronic health conditions. [4] However, the children who younger than 6 months and people who allergies to the ingredients in flu vaccine cannot get the flu shot. After the vaccination, it may bring some side effects which will last for few days. A runny nose, headache, sore throat or a cough are the
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Factor V Leiden is a blood clotting disorder that is caused by inheriting the mutation of the Factor V protein gene from one parent or both parents. There are two copies of Factor V gene passed down by the parent, one is from the mother and one is from the father. Factor V Leiden allows blood clots to form more easily and can cause a condition called thrombophilia. Blood clots form deep in the legs and in the lungs, and they can be very dangerous. Factor V is one of the many blood proteins that
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immunizations would be contraindicated in this patient? Provide a short description of the disease that each of these vaccinations would have prevented, including type of pathogen (virus, bacteria, fungus, parasite, toxin), route of transmission, short description of disease (clinical manifestations). Contraindicated Immunizations during Pregnancy Description of disease that the vaccination would have prevented Type of Pathogen Route of Transmission Short Description of Disease (Clinical Manifestations)
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Smallpox Causative agent and clinical symptoms Smallpox is a viral infection caused by either Variola Major or Variola Minor. The virus has an incubation period of about 12 days between contraction and its symptomatic manifestation. Like other viral infections, smallpox presents with fever, headache, malaise and prostration, nausea and vomiting. The pre-eruptive stage lasting between day 12-15 presents with visible lesions on the palate, tongue, throat and mouth mucous membranes as the temperatures
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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Throughout our lives we learn and discover the world through our self-regulated abilities to ambulate, laugh, hug, consume, and even breath. Yet there is an aggressive disease known as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) that threatens to eliminate our most basic and human capabilities. Over the course of this research paper we will explore various aspects of ALS which include the historical context of ALS, symptoms or characteristics of the disease, causes of ALS
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