Encephalitis

West Nile Fever What is West Nile Fever? West Nile fever also known as West Nile virus is a mosquito borne disease transferred from mosquito to person. Encephalitis is a disease that West nile virus can cause. What encephalitis does is it causes inflammation of the brain which in some cases can be fatal. The west Nile virus wasn’t discovered until 1937 in Africa. The disease didn’t make its way into the United States until 1999. The Virus is most common during the summer months (July- September)

the United States in 1999 in New York which was the first incident in the Western Hemisphere. WNV is a mosquito-borne virus (arbovirus). It is in the flavivirus family. WNV is a neurotropic virus. WNV is a member of the Japanese encephalitis virus. Severe encephalitis outbreaks in humans have been escalating. The means by which the virus gains access to the brain (also known as neuroinvasion) seems inadequately understood. Suggestions of the hypothesis of WNV leans towards the concept of blood-brain

Salem Witchcraft Hysteria Salem, Massachusetts became famously known for the witch trials that took place in the late 1600’s. For the men and women residing in Salem, Massachusetts it was a time in which they lived in fear of allegations and deceit. Twenty men and women lost their lives during what is known as the Salem Witchcraft Hysteria. Socioeconomic tensions within the community are to blame for the witchcraft hysteria in Salem, Massachusetts during the late 1600’s. Factors such as politics

The Salem Witch Trials were a controversial part of history as many innocent people lost their lives for many reasons, one mostly that the girls pretended to be bewitched so they can get rid of their enemies. The consequences of these events were long lasting as many mysteries of the Trials were uncovered long after. The important topics are on how the girls quite possibly faked being “sick”, which led to the executions in Salem, the mass hysteria and many repercussions after a certain crisis in

had died of Rabies/Encephalitis because he had all of the symptoms of rabies and it was confirmed by doctors. It had been confirmed by doctors that Poe had died from encephalitic rabies. “Poe had all of the features of encephalitis rabies’ said Dr. Henry Wilde”. This quote means that if a doctor had confirmed that Poe had all of the symptoms of rabies, then he most likely died from it. According to Dr. Moran, one of its senior physicians diagnosed Poe’s condition as encephalitis. This means that Poe

autobiography Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness, Susannah Cahalan uses journalistic techniques as well as her friends and family as resources to present to the world a recently discovered brain disease called Anti-NMDA (N-methyl-D-aspartate acid)-receptor encephalitis. The memoir serves as a timeline of tests, operations, and treatments that documents the life-altering experience of

Pneumococcal Disease is a deadly, if not treated in time or correctly, infection that is caused by a strand of bacteria called Streptococcus Pneumoniae. It is capable of causing pneumonia in the lungs, bacteremia in the bloodstream, meningitis, encephalitis, and middle ear and sinus infections. It travels from person to person through breathing in tiny respiratory droplets from an infected person. Pneumococcal disease kills about 5000 people in the U.S yearly with more of them being under the age

question demands significant consideration, because of the possible ramifications it may have on your life. In Brain on Fire, by Susannah Cahalan, Susannah writes about the month and time thereafter in which she was diagnosed with anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis. Susannah was fortunate have been diagnosed with that illness and I say that with a grain of salt. What if Susannah had not been accurately diagnosed? Had Susannah being diagnosed with schizophrenia, she might not even be alive today. Stepping

of 19 people in Salem, MA, in 1692. Witchcraft persecution, Laurie Carlson writes, arose because of the strange behavior of the supposedly bewitched accusers. She concludes that the cause was a disease unrecognizable by the science of the time: encephalitis. The history of the Salem witchcraft epidemic is well known. In the winter of 1692, two girls suffered convulsions and hallucinations, alarming fast their families and subsequently the entire

Epidemiology, Transmission BKV infection is endemic worldwide. It affects both genders, is non-seasonal, and unrelated to socio-economic status [3]. Primary infection usually occurs in early childhood, with a seroprevalence reaching 65-90% of children 5-9 years of age [3]. There are several modes of direct interhuman transmission: respiratory, uro-oral, and fecal-oral borne (important in replication of BKV in the urine of immunosuppressed patients, women in their second and third trimester of pregnancy