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Malaria and West Nile are reemerging diseases. But, what does that mean? What of its counterpart, an emerging disease? As presented by the World Health Organization, known as WHO, an emerging disease is one that has appeared in a population for the first time, or that may have existed previously but is rapidly increasing in incidence or geographic range, and a reemerging disease is a disease that had decreased in incidence in the global population and was brought under control through effective health

people per year, and in 2013, caused an estimated 584,000 deaths, the highest burden of which occurred in Africa (World Health Organization, 2014a). It is a vector borne illness that is transmitted to humans by being bitten by malaria carrying female anopheles mosquito (World Health Organization, 2014b). Of the approximately half of one million people who die each year of malaria, 78 % of these are children under the age of five, placing them as one of the highest risk groups for malaria (World Health

Sickle Cell Disease Sickle cell disease affects approximately 100,000 Americans and millions across the globe (Sobota, 2015). The three most common types of sickle cell disease are Hb SS (sickle cell anemia), Hb SC, and Hb S beta thalassemia, with Hb SS being the most common type (Harris, 2001). Sickle cell disease occurs in individuals who inherit the mutated hemoglobin gene, from one or both of their parents. The mutated hemoglobin, known as Hb S, crystalizes and join together “into many small

Introduction: Viruses and bacteria have always been a major problem in our world. From the flu, to the common cold eventually everyone has gotten sick at least once. Exactly how those viruses spread varies greatly due to multiple different factors. Viruses are non-living organisms which means that they do not reproduce independently but must replicate by invading other living cells. If a virus gets into a blood stream it can potentially kill someone within days. But because it can not reproduce

Traveling to the Amazon in Brazil is one of the most beautiful trips one can take, but it is also one of the more dangerous of places to visit. This guide will assist you in your travels to the Amazon, and will provide necessary and helpful information to keep travelers safe during their visit. To travel to Brazil from the United States of America, one must first and foremost acquire a passport. The passport will be used by customs officials at Brazil to make sure you are who you say you are. It

Cerebral Malaria House M.D. season two, episode ten-failure to communicate is about a man named Fletcher Stone, he is a famous journalist. He used to travel a lot and volunteered for risky assignments up until he met his wife two years ago. He also is a recovering alcoholic, he has been sober for almost a year. He uses drugs such as sleeping pills to help him sleep, and amphetamines to help wake him back up. At the beginning of the episode Stone passed out during a retirement party at his office

This essay will explore the factors responsible for infectious disease; what it is, how it is spread, and what measures can be taken to prevent it. Microbes are single-cell organisms which are so small they can’t be seen with the unaided eye; but instead with a microscope. They are so minute that millions can fit onto the eye of a needle. Microbes date back billions of years and are the oldest form of life on this earth. They come in many forms: fungi, bacteria and viruses, and can live individually

Introduction Malaria is a parasitic infection, transmitted by the bite of the infected female Anopheles mosquito. Five types of plasmodia cause the disease to humans: Plasmodium (P.) falciparum, P. vivax, P. ovale, P. malariae and P. knowlesi. The most common symptoms of malaria are, chills, high fever, malaise, headache sweating and muscle aches, manifest 1-4 weeks after infection with the parasite, while relapses of the disease are usually observed in short intervals but up to 5 and in extreme

A large majority of Homo sapiens do not appreciate the existence of bacteria, as evinced by the myriad hand sanitizer bottles ubiquitous in daily life, boasting, “Kills 99.9% of germs.” This is a highly rational response to the group of microscopic organisms, of which it is true many are malignant to maintaining homeostasis as agents of disease. However, bacteria are essential to the world’s functioning, with important roles and many benefits. Recently, scientists studying certain bacteria have

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