Flu. By Gina Kolata. New York‚ NY: Touchstone. 1999. pp. 1 to 306. As is summarized on the front cover of the book‚ Flu by Gina Kolata is a book describing the “Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918”. The book starts out with a quote from a molecular pathologist that definitely grabs the reader’s attention. Kolata continues throughout the first chapter describing the virus as a notorious and mysterious murderer‚ turning the masses into victims. Kolata’s writing style is very interesting; she seems
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Biology How is a 21st century influenza epidemic connected to the 14th century Black Death pandemic? Connie Willis‚ in her fictional Doomsday Book‚ takes the reader on a journey through time‚ examining the devastating effects of these two diseases. Hapless Kivrin‚ the story’s heroin‚ contracts influenza in the 21st century as she prepares to travel back in time to the 14th century on a research expedition. She is accidentally sent back to the wrong decade by an influenza infected time technician and
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World Health Organization The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations. It was first officially made and put into constitution on the 7th of April 1948. It is said they do good and never bad. In 2009 when the influenza pandemic (H1N1) hit the world‚ the world health organization was accused of spreading "fear and confusion" rather than "immediate information". This resulted in a huge collaboration with other world health authorities and foundations. How did they find
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communicable disease outbreak by doing the following: Describe the communicable disease outbreak. Avian Influenza‚ also known as the Bird Flu‚ is an influenza A virus caused by avian‚ which means bird. These viruses occur naturally in some birds. Wild birds in all areas of the world get the viral infections in their intestines‚ but do not usually become ill from them. The avian influenza is quite contagious among birds and can even kill domesticated species such as chickens‚ turkeys‚ and ducks
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Urbanization percentage: 59% 82% Infant mortality rate: 85.53/1000 5.98/1000 Life expectancy at birth: 54.59 78.49 Literacy rate: 64.4% 99% Major infectious diseases: Diarrhea‚ hepatitis A‚ typhoid‚ Malaria‚ schistosomiasis Hepatitis‚ influenza‚ malaria‚ typhoid fever Prevalence of HIV/AIDS: 2% .6% Languages:
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A threat to Human society is the next pandemic. What will this Pandemic bring? How will the Human society prepare‚ or eventually do to prevent the Pandemic. The Gardeners from Margaret Atwood’s novel “The Year of the Flood” are a group of eco-subversives that prepare for a Pandemic. The Gardeners use different religions to make up their beliefs. In both “ The Year of The Flood” and the article by David Shenk “ How to Survive the Avian Flu‚ Smallpox‚ or Plague” tell the reader to grow food‚ stock
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Panic Goes Viral: Why the social response to a pandemic is as important as the medical effort Reaction Paper: A pandemic could cause too many lives at stake and lost just as how past outbreaks had taught all of us. And in response‚ we had learned to cope by finding out how to cure the disease and counteract the outbreak from spreading further into a greater population. However‚ it is not only the medical effort that is needed in working against a pandemic‚ mass communication also plays a role in this
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Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) An influenza pandemic is a global outbreak of disease that occurs when a new influenza A virus appears or "emerges" in the human population‚ causes serious illness‚ and then spreads easily from person to person worldwide. Pandemics are different from seasonal outbreaks or "epidemics" of influenza. Seasonal outbreaks are caused by subtypes of influenza viruses that are already in existence among people‚ whereas pandemic outbreaks are caused by new subtypes or by subtypes
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Yes 3. What is the infectious agent for Bubonic Plague? Yersinia pestis 4. By how much was the world population reduced during the Plague pandemic? About 450 million to between 350 and 375 million. 5. What year (within the past 100 years) did the world experience a flu pandemic? 1918 6. What are 3 symptoms of chikungunya fever? Fever‚ vomiting‚ nausea‚ head ache‚ and joint pain. 7. What bacterium causes Lyme’s
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Islam ed. The Right to Tell: Institutions and the Media‚ World Bank‚ 2002. Djankov‚ Simeon‚ Caralee McLiesh‚ Tatiana Nenova‚ and Andrei Shleifer (2003)‚ “Who Owns the Media?‚” Journal of Law and Economics‚ 46‚ 341-382. FAO‚ OIE‚ WHO‚ UN System Influenza Coordination‚ UNICEF‚ and The World Bank (2008): Contributing to One World‚ One Health‚ A Strategic Framework for Reducing Risks of Infectious Diseases at the Animal–Human– Ecosystems Interface‚ Consultation Document. Sen‚ Amartya (1999): “Development
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