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    To identify the spread of every infectious disease known to infect the human population is problematic. The whereabouts of how certain viruses migrated from its known origin in the Eastern Hemisphere over to the Western Hemisphere is still unclear in relation to West Nile virus (Nelson & Williams, 2014). There are only theories behind the routes on how the virus spread to North America, perhaps the migration of birds infected with West Nile virus, or through the means of creating bioterrorism of

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    Before the vaccine was invented had a lot of children killed by diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, tuberculosis, meningitis, Japanese encephalitis ... Since scientists found the vaccine and agents disease in children does not go away, but whether children are better protected to avoid many illnesses and attack more. Although vaccination cannot protect them from getting sick entirely, but it was considered the best method to help reduce dangerous diseases in children. Vaccination is a way for parents

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    complications from measles can be affected with ear infections, lung infections (pneumonia), convulsions, and in more severe cases, encephalitis, which is inflammation of the brain. Also, women who are pregnant and have measles can have a more serious form of the disease. They also face the risk of aborting the baby or not carrying it for the full term required (Health 1). Encephalitis is also considered a more serious complication with measles. It can come during the time of measles, or even shortly afterwards

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    reasoning, some memory functions, breathing, locomotion, and a variety of other vital functions. Susannah is lucky to have been diagnosed with anti-NMDAR encephalitis, because many individuals with this disorder are misdiagnosed with psychological disorders. Najjar estimates that, “over 90 percent of individuals suffering from autoimmune encephalitis go undiagnosed.” He also tells Susannah that many are spend their lives wasting away in a psych ward or nursing home (Calahan,

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    All characters in the Awakenings did a great job. Without them, this movie will not reach its utmost success. But out of more than 15 characters, one of them stand out the most and he is Robert De Niro who played the role of Leonard Lowe as protagonist. According to Tim Stout (n d) Protagonist is defined as “the character responsible for handling the main problem and the one most in need of change, emotionally.” Meaning it is not easy to act as a protagonist like a paralytic person and with that

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    Phar 6724 - 2018 David Thao-Travel Medicine Assignment Assume that you will be traveling to one of the countries listed below for an extended rural farm stay (>4 weeks) during the Spring of 2016. You will be traveling with your significant other and two children (ages 4 and 12). The purpose of this assignment is to familiarize the student with travel vaccination requirements and malaria prophylaxis. This assignment does not have to be written in the form of a narrative. To successfully complete

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    Viridiana Albarran US History 1976 I Professor: John Lundberg 11/9/2017 The Salem Witchcraft Trial A fever in Salem: A new interpretation of the New England witch trial. (84) According to the article in the seventeen centuries people would experience all kinds of symptoms that were unmoral. Twisted joints, their vision would become blurry, teeth marks on their body’s would appear and even been capable to bark like a dog. But most imported causing them death. And all of this because

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    West Nile virus is found on every continent except Antarctic. “West Nile virus was first isolated in Uganda in 1937 from the blood of a native Ugandan woman, and until the end of the 20th century was considered a cause of viral encephalitis limited only in Africa and Asia.” It did not become a global concern until 1999 when it was introduced to North America.in New York City Hundreds to thousands of cases before 1996 were mostly in rural populations and were rarely severe. The primary host of

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    that I had nothing to worry about, I prepared for him to spray the place and spent that night discarding things that could be harboring bedbugs” (Cahalan 7). Susannah’s encephalitis meant that the left side of her brain was inflamed. The book references that the cause for the paranoia of bedbugs may have been because of the encephalitis. The paranoia resulted in tremendous amounts of stress for Susannah, sending her disease into a downward spiral. “Dr. Najjar saw tear gather at the corners of my eyes…

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    Sharing Earth with Chickenpox and Methanotrophs and Learning How These Disease and Environmental Microbes Introduction We share this earth with a wide diversity of organisms, many of which we are unaware. Microorganisms are so abundant that it is estimated that there are one hundred million times more microbes on earth than there are stars in the sky (Francis, 2009). God created everything with a specific design. Microbes are a great example of that. According to the Bible, in Colossians 1:16

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