three hundred million people died from Smallpox in the 20th century (Flight, Collette). Smallpox is a very contagious disease, and has been found very deadly. This disease has been affecting the population for thousands of years. Currently scientists are researching to treat smallpox. Although smallpox is very deadly, scientists and general people can help understand the disease. Scientists and people are trying to piece together on what the virus did in the past, to learn what the virus is, and
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infectious agent fails to cause injury to cells or tissues, the infection is asymptomatic. If the pathogens multiply and cause clinical symptoms, the infection is symptomatic and once the infectious disease is transmitted directly from one person to another, it is a communicable or contagious disease. The presence of a pathogen does not mean that infection will begin. Development of an infection occurs in a cycle that depends on the presence of an infectious agent or pathogen, a reservoir or source
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will help to answer the question of how she contracted the disease. He may have been positive even before they were married and not have known about it. 2. What might you do in a similar situation? I would feel similar to Gayle. The anxiety and nervousness she is feeling is normal. She is dealing with a lot of unknowns and at the same time, dealing with the new knowledge that she has an incurable and life-threatening disease. The very first thing I would do is pray. Then, I would
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of the people in this story exhibit an idiopathic lead poisoning because the cause for every case of lead poisoning is known 5. Yes a syndrome is a collection of signs, symptoms, and degenerative processes that occur together in a particular disease. In this case the children show symptoms of joint pain, excessive salivating, seizures, and personality changes all around the same time. 6. In this case the histopathology became relevant when test were taken of patients blood and urine.
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Legalized for Medicinal Use Sharon Reid English 102 October 4, 2013 Week 6 Raymond Stone I am very passionate about this topic. The reason why is because I have a friend that lost her battle with cancer I was there to see how this disease was tearing her apart and how the use of Marijuana help to ease her pain. Although her doctor did not prescribe medical marijuana as a relief for her pain and discomfort, she was able to self-medicate. It tore me up inside to see my dear friend
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the spread of infectious disease. Over the course of time, that definition has expanded considerably in order to accommodate the complexity of ever-changing populations, their environments, and increasing occurrences of disease. Epidemiology is a branch of public health that studies of the frequency, distribution, and determinants of disease in human populations. It studies the patterns of diseases in human populations and how to control health problems associated with disease. The epidemiologist performs
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A communicable disease is an illness transmitted through contact with one person, animal, food, surface, and air to another. The exchange of fluids or contact with a contaminated substance or individual may be enough to allow a communicable disease to spread. Communicable diseases are all-around but to avoid getting infected with one, people should follow prevention guidelines. There are many communicable diseases but a familiar one is dermatophytes, better known as ringworm, infect the skin, hair
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Infectious Diseases: The Greatest Crisis of the world ____________ A Thesis Presented to The Division of The Arts and Sciences Voorhees College ____________ In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Bachelor of Science ____________ Acknowledgements I am whole-heartily thankful to my Professors at Voorhees College for their tremendous effort in my maturilication through Voorhees College. Lastly I would like to acknowledge all of the
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conditions such as safe housing and ability to buy sufficient good food. The healthiest populations are those in societies which are prosperous and have an equitable distribution of wealth. Communicable disease chain involves agent host and the environment through which people get infected with diseases. The CDC explain the chain as: “More specifically, transmission occurs when the agent leaves its reservoir or host through a portal of exit, is conveyed by some mode of transmission, and enters through
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2015 Hepatitis B: A Global Health Crisis Approximately one-third of the world’s population have been infected with the hepatitis b virus (HBV) and 240 million people are infected with chronic hepatitis b infection worldwide. This communicable disease is a potentially life threatening liver infection. It has become a global health problem that affects all areas of the world. Many organizations, health care providers, and governments around the world are working together to address the health
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