“A primary cause of this increase is the rapid and unplanned growth of cities‚ which creates numerous breeding sites for the mosquitoes that transmit the disease.” (What is elephantiasis?) The most numerous cases of elephantiasis are found in India and Africa‚ with the remainder in the Americas‚ South Asia‚ and the Pacific. Even though there is no distinct cure just yet‚ it is predicted
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communities‚ potentially destroying the homes of people. Infectious Diseases • People are vulnerable to infectious diseases‚ during or after a natural disaster. Dead animals may appear on the streets‚ and flooding sewage water can easily infect wounds. Mosquitoes breed in sewage water and can carry a number of deadly diseases that can be transmitted to humans. such as malaria and West Nile virus. People who are in shelters are exposed to others who have been infected with a contagious virus‚ and can spread
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came from South America to the U.K. It is introduces as ornamental and water garden plant. It is first recorded in 1999. The creeping water primroses can cause a lot of harm to the ecosystem such as depletion of oxygen levels in water‚ attract mosquitoes that carrying virus‚ and completes with native species for space and resources. Temperate deciduous
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other than the idea that it holds plenty of cellulose. Instead he uses examples of other plants that are useful in paper production‚ which have nothing to do with knot weed. He actually strays off topic a couple of times. Once with a discussion of mosquitoes and another with questions of God. And though I can tell his motives are honest with a great deal of emotional relevance‚ I do not see much as to logic or preparation into the essay. As far as the other side of the argument goes I would have
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Guam. 3. 100 million people are infected yearly. IX. Describe the disease‚ how is the disease spread? How does the pathogen get into the body? What does it do inside the body? A. Dengue fever is a virus caused disease that is spread by mosquitoes. 1. Aedes aegypit mosquito in western hemisphere. 2. Aedes albopictus mosquito in Hawaii. 3. infected by mosquito‚ virus is present in blood‚ neutralizing antibodies and activation of T lymphocytes. Fatigue‚ headache‚ joint aches
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a disease of tropical countries‚ is caused by types of parasitic worms called nematodes or more commonly known as round warm. They are parasites that are slender and threadlike‚ and they are tissue-dwelling worms. The worms are transmitted by mosquitoes and other biting insects‚ and can be easily spread by flies as they pass from person to person. Lymphatic filariasis is most common to develop in countries with a tropical climate. The larvae will enter the body when the mosquito bites you and then
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What do you know about the Zika virus? There are many things that people do not know about this disease‚ such as how or where it spreads‚ what the virus actually looks like‚ or what happens when a person is infected. The name “Zika virus” comes from the Ziika Forest in Uganda‚ which is where this disease was discovered in 1947. This virus is circle-shaped‚ with an RNA genome that is surrounded by a fatty membrane similar to other flaviviruses. The virus does not have a real color. The virus
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BIOMAGNIFICATION LAB REPORT AIM The aim of this lab is to model bioaccumulation and biomagnification through a food chain. MATERIALS 100 M&M’s Paper towel to lay M&M’s on 20 small cups labelled “zooplankton” 5 medium cups labelled “minnow” 2 larger cups - one labelled “eel #1”‚ and another labelled “eel #2” 1 bowl labelled “osprey” PROCEDURE The pile of M&M’s represents the phytoplankton population in a lake. The printed “M” on the candy represents the amount of DDT (in ppm)
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and to help aware our fellow man about what’s out there. I feel this job will really help our communities because so many people have pets today and don’t realize what their pets bring into the house every day. The carry ticks‚ fleas and attract mosquitoes which are some of the main insects to transmit parasites and slowly kill your body from within. This is an important thing to me because I have pets myself and constantly walk them through woods and grasslands. They have attracted all kinds of bugs
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to forget all about the gutters while they are working properly‚ but leaving them unchecked for too long is a big risk. Clogged gutters causes water to settle‚ which causes stagnation. Apart from attracting all manner of pests and insects‚ like mosquitoes‚ it can also lead to water damage. The
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