Human African Trypanosomiasis: A Critical Review Introduction Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) or more commonly known as African sleeping sickness is an endemic that is responsible for posing a risk to 60 million people in 36 countries in sub-Saharan Africa( Fig 1) (Brun et al 2009). It is a vector- borne disease which is transmitted by the bite of Tsetse flies of the Glossina genus which injects the protozoan parasite of the genus trypanasoma to humans (Rodgers 2009). The disease appears
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African trypanosomiasis 1 Summary Difference between Gambian (western) and Rhodesian (eastern) trypanosomiasis Restricted to well defined regions in Africa‚ determined by tsetse fly vectors Early stage: transient sore‚ fever‚ oedema‚ lymphadenopathy‚ splenomegaly Late stage: central nervous system abnormalities‚ abnormal cerebrospinal fluid Diagnosis: always try to detect the parasite Repeated thick smears‚ Buffy coat‚ mini anion exchange column technique (mAECT) Lumbar puncture‚ lymph
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The name sleeping sickness is a vague description of just one of the symptoms caused by the parasite trypanosome brucei. Human African Trypanosomiasis is what the disease is more commonly referred to‚ and is found in a confined part of the vast continent Africa. More specifically the sub-Sahara region. Human African Trypanosomiasis is one of the most neglected tropical infections that is re-emerging as a public health issue in most parts of rural Africa. It is caused by a protozoan called trypanosome
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African Trypanosomiasis African Trypanosomiasis‚ also known as "sleeping sickness"‚ is a parasitic disease of people and animals caused by microscopic parasites of the species Trypanosoma brucei. It is transmitted by the tsetse fly‚ which is found only in rural Africa. Although the infection is not found in the United States‚ historically‚ it has been a serious public health problem in some regions of sub-Saharan Africa covering about 37 countries and 60 million
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Trypanosomiasis‚ otherwise known as African Sleeping sickness‚ is a parasitic infection that is concentrated heavily in central and sub-Saharan Africa. The following research conducted on Trypanosomiasis is based on the African country of Central African Republic where the people there are most affected by the infectious disease. Central African Republic has a total population of 4‚525‚200; where 2‚226‚439 are males‚ and the remaining 2‚298‚770 females. In regards to age group‚ the majority of the
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Critical review of published research article In this essay I shall be critiquing an article titled “Nurses’ preparedness to care for women exposed to intimate partner violence: A quantitative study in primary health care. This study was written by Eva M Sundborg‚ Nouha Saleh-Stattin‚ Per Wandell and Lena Tornkvist. The study discussed the impact that intimate partner violence has on women. It discusses how nurses working in primary health care need to be prepared when it comes to identifying victims
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Mohit Sharma October 1st‚ 2014 English 105 300125531 Critical Review Assignment New Media: Making Our Lives Easier or More Complicated? Driven by distraction “Driven by Distraction” written by Jon Lorinc‚ a specialized journalist for urban affairs in Toronto‚ Canada. This had been former article from a Canadian magazine about contemporary issues and culture called “The Walrus” (2007). The magazine was based on Canadian societies general interests‚ which included arts and culture
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BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT LD0325 NUMBER OF WORDS:797 STUDENT NUMBER: 14036704 DATE: 14/11/2014 Introduction This essay is a critical review of the journal named Experts’ Judgments of Management Journal Quality: An Identity Concerns Model (Peters‚ Daniels‚ Hodgkinson & Haslam‚ 2012). This article mainly develops an identity concerns model (ICM) with the approach of literature review which suggests that such judgments are likely to be shaped by the personal and social identities of evaluators (Kim‚ Kevin
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Name: 杨晓婧 Student ID: 2012471 A Critical Review of Effects of Synonym Generation on Incidental and Intentional L2 Vocabulary Learning During Reading Introduction This research report written by Joe Barcroft examined effects of synonym generation on second language (L2) vocabulary learning during reading the both incidental and intentional vocabulary learning contexts. 114 Spanish-speaking university students at low- and high-intermediate proficiency levels participated in the study. They
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Critical Review: Davidsson‚ P‚ Steffens‚ P & Fitzsimmons‚ J 2009‚ ‘Growing Profitable or Growing from Profits: Putting the Horse in front of the Cart?’‚ Journal of Business Venturing‚ vol. 24‚ pp. 388–406. Q1. Identify the key findings/ arguments and any recommendations given by the author/s. Davidsson et al. (2009) examine in their article “Growing Profitable or Growing from Profits: Putting the Horse in front of the Cart?” the relationship between firm growth and profitability in case
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