For a specific disease to be spread‚ all of the stars have to somehow align. The host‚ pathogen‚ and environment/vector all have to interact at the same time. The vector-borne disease triangle illustrates that without one corner‚ the transmission of the disease would not be possible. This triangle includes hosts‚ environments/vectors‚ and pathogens. Hosts are often humans‚ dogs‚ or monkeys and are fed on by a vector. Vectors usually include mosquitos‚ fleas‚ ticks‚ mites‚ and many more. The last
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is it? How it happened? And some others questions strike in my mind and my parents too. We possessed no estimation‚ my dad rushed to the doctor and asked her what is it? Celiac disease occurs when the body reacts abnormally to gluten‚ a protein found in wheat‚ rye‚ barley‚ and possibly oats. When someone with celiac disease eats foods containing gluten‚ that person’s immune system causes an inflammatory response in the small intestine‚ which damages the tissues and results in impaired ability to absorb
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infectious diseases” to describe infections that were newly appearing in a population or having existed but rapidly increasing in incidence or geographic range.1 Emerging diseases can be attributed to either true emergence (i.e. a newly appearing pathogen that has not been present)‚ increased recognition (i.e. a pathogen that was present in a population but has only recently been recognized due to improved diagnostic tests\capabilities)‚ and increased incidence of previously recognized diseases mainly
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Research paper Lyme disease is a tick-borne systemic infection cause by a spiral organism‚ Borrelia burgdorferi‚ characterized by neurologic‚ joint‚ and cardiac manifestations. Lyme disease is carried by a tiny tick. It begins with a bite and a rash that can be so slight‚ you may not even notice. However the consequences can be serious‚ sometimes even fatal. Lyme disease can create symptoms that mimic a wide variety of other diseases‚ ranging from juvenile arthritis to multiple sclerosis to Alzheimer’s
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0verview: Behcet disease‚ also called Behcet syndrome‚ is an uncommon condition that causes inflammation in blood vessels throughout the body. Dr. Hulusi Behcet‚ a dermatologist born in Turkey‚ identified it in a patient in 1924 and published a description of the disease in 1937. The syndrome is common in the Middle East‚ Asia‚ and Japan; and affects more men than women. However‚ in the United States‚ more women developed the disease than men‚ where it generally affects fewer than 1 in 100‚000 people
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Study Unit 1: Addison’s Disease and Adrenal Crisis PHGY 230 McGraw Dr. Thomas Addison first discovered the disease known as Addison’s disease‚ in London‚ 1855. At that particular time‚ the tuberculosis infection was the most common cause of adrenal insufficiency. It wasn’t until the middle of the twentieth century that tuberculosis was no longer the leading cause. Due to the discovery of effective antibiotics and vaccines developed in this century‚ Addison’s disease is now more commonly known
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Part 1 Diseases come from all over the world‚ because of globalization many new diseases have spread around the world. Globalization brought about new measures to systematically to preventing‚ identifying‚ and combating foreign diseases: Surveillance Immunization Research Improved sanitation and living conditions Price of drugs Part 2 Globalization can provide both opportunities and concerns Although globalization can cause concerns‚ it can also have benefits when it comes to dealing with
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Overview: Lyme disease was first recognized in the United States in 1975 by Dr. Allen Steere‚ following a mysterious outbreak of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis near the community of Lyme‚ Connecticut. The rural location of the Lyme outbreak and the onset of illness during summer and early fall suggested that the transmission of the disease was by an arthropod vector. Adult female Ixodes tick (deer tick) From Brown University In 1982‚ the causative agent of Lyme disease was discovered
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The average American was susceptible to many infectious diseases during the 1800’s. Because the spread of disease and pathology itself were not adequately understood until the late 1800’s(major epidemics continued to occur into the 1900’s‚ however)‚ and the practice of medicine was relatively primitive‚ the average life expectancy was very low. Many epidemics occurred in the new and thriving industrial centers of America‚ where rapid urbanization had not provided for adequate sanitation or living
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Diana Beharry PSY350: Physiological Psychology Alzheimer’s Disease Professor Candice Ward March 20‚ 2011 Introduction In 1901‚ a fifty one year old woman named Frau Auguste D. was admitted to a psychiatric hospital in Frankfurt‚ Germany. She had an unusual bunch of symptoms. While she had no history of prior psychiatric illness‚ her husband had noticed that Frau D. was becoming increasing paranoid‚ hallucinatory‚ agitated‚ disoriented‚ and having increasing difficulties with language functions
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