would happen if‚ somewhere along the miles of underground pipes‚ there is a blockage of some kind‚ and very little‚ if any‚ drain water can get by. This is a simplified comparison of what happens in the human body of a person living with lymphatic filariasis. A mosquito‚ after biting a person that currently has the disease‚ carries the larvae of the parasite that causes the symptoms and bites someone else‚ thereby passing on the larvae‚ or microfilariae‚ into the next host. Most people that are infected
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Malaria (also called biduoterian fever‚ blackwater fever‚ falciparum malaria‚ plasmodium‚ Quartan malaria‚ and tertian malaria) is one of the most infectious and most common diseases in the world. This serious‚ sometimes-fatal disease is caused by a parasite that is carried by a certain species of mosquito called the Anopheles. It claims more lives every year than any other transmissible disease except tuberculosis. Every year‚ five hundred million adults and children (around nine percent of the
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Lagnat ng Dengue (Dengue Fever) Sanhi Ang lagnat ng dengue (dengue fever) ay isang impeksiyon na sanhi ng isang virus na dinadala mga lamok. Ang sakit na ito ay nakikita sa mga tropikal na rehiyon sa mundo katulad ng sa mga bansa sa Timog Silangang Asya. May apat na klase ng virus na dengue‚ ang bawat isa ay maaaring magdulot ng lagnat (dengue fever) at lagnat na may pagdurugo (dengue hemorrhagic
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MALARIA INTRODUCTION: Malaria is one of the most devastating and infectious disease in many areas of the world and more or so in many developing countries in Africa‚ Asia‚ Middle East‚ South America and Central America. This disease has been noted for more than 4000 years (Center for disease control‚ Para 3). In addition‚ Malaria causes death in children after prenatal conditions‚ lower respiratory infections‚ and diarrhea diseases. The number of children dying from the disease is higher than
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MALARIA By Elizabeth Nduta Mbugua (14-0647) Submitted to Dr.Geoffery K.Kinuthia Department of Science and Engineering School of Science‚ Engineering and Health Of Daystar University Nairobi‚ Kenya In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for BIOLOGY (BIO 111) 19th March 2014 INTRODUCTION Malaria affects 10%of the world’s population with 300-500 million new cases each year and 2 million deaths annually. It is called the worlds invisible pandemic. It is transmission
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CASE STUDY OF DENGUE HEMORRHAGIC FEVER GRADE III Introduction Dengue fever‚ also known as breakbone fever‚ is an infectious tropical disease caused by the dengue virus. Symptoms include fever‚ headache‚ muscle and joint pains‚ and a characteristic skin rash that is similar to measles. It is a life threatening condition resulting in bleeding‚ low levels of blood platelets and blood plasma leakage‚ or into dengue shock syndrome‚ where dangerously low blood pressure occurs. In a small portion
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the Philippines‚ on Tuesday emphasized a continued government commitment to controlling and preventing dengue - a disease for which there is currently no vaccine or specific drug‚ the Manila Times reports. A total of 6‚537 cases of dengue‚ including 62 deaths‚ have been reported in the country over the past five months‚ according to the Department of Health (DOH). While the latest DOH dengue figures are lower compared to this time last year‚ "a sharp increase is expected when cases for the past
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Use of Anti-Aedes aegypti Salivary Extract Antibody Concentration to Correlate Risk of Vector Exposure and Dengue Transmission Risk in Colombia. Norte de Santander is a region in Colombia with a high incidence of dengue virus (DENV). In this study‚ we examined the serum concentration of anti-Aedes salivary gland extract (SGE) antibodies as a biomarker of DENV infection and transmission‚ and assessed the duration of anti-SGE antibody concentration after exposure to the vector ceased. We also determined
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Course Name: Dengue Instructor’s Name: Fatima Eayesha S. Sali General Objective: The course deals with the concept of aspects of nursing management‚ treatments‚ preventions‚ clinical signs and symptoms of a patient experiencing Dengue Fever. This serves an additional knowledge for the patient having the said disease. Venue: Brent Hospital Placement: Patients/Watchers |Specific Objectives |Content
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DENGUE FEVER / DENGUE HEMORRHAGIC FEVER Aedes What is Dengue? • a mosquito-borne viral disease • transmitted by the bite of an infected female Aedes mosquito • caused by 4 serotypes of Dengue virus: Den-1‚ Den-2‚ Den-3 and Den-4 • Dengue Virus common during rainy season. Aedes mosquito Where is Dengue found? • • • reported from over 100 countries worldwide approx. 2.5M people at risk the most important mosquito-borne viral disease in the world
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