Lassa fever

Lassa Fever: An Old World Arenavirus ABSTRACT A brief summary of lassa fever, its history, pathology and effects on the indigenous populations. Also, lassa fever in the context of newly emerging diseases. LASSA FEVER      On January 12, 1969, a missionary nun, working in the small town of Lassa, Nigeria, began complaining of a backache. Thinking she had merely pulled a muscle, she ignored the pain and went on about her business. After a week, however, the nurse had a

Ever wondered what it would be like to live in a “perfect” society? Truth is, there are no “perfect” societies due to the many reasons that lead them to fall. So why do societies fall? Many great societies have fallen due to corrupt leaders, scarcity in necessary resources, and sickness. Germany, China, Sierra Leone, and the fictional society of Ember, are all examples of how once great societies fall. All of these societies fell due to corrupt leaders, resource scarcity, and sickness.

gave Marburg it's highest rating in its risk group categorization of disease. There is no cure for this disease at this moment. In between the two Ugandan and Rhodesian outbreaks of Marburg, another new disease appeared on 12 January 1969 known as Lassa fever symptoms include bad back, sore throat, irregular heartbeats and unusual clotting. The next major outbreak in Africa is Ebola. After further outbreaks in Zaire and Sudan, Ebola had effectively disappeared by 1979. In 2007, the Bundibugyo ebolavirus

Lujo Hemorrhagic Fever is caused by a bi-segmented negative RNA virus that is one of the several viruses known to cause viral hemorrhagic fever. The Lujo virus is part of the Arenaviridae family, that consist of several viruses categorized into two primary groups. The Lujo virus is categorized in the “Old World” group, which signifies that the virus in question was discovered in the Eastern Hemisphere, specifically in Africa. The majority of the arenaviruses that are categorized in the “Old World”

Medical Assistants Travel Guide to Madagascar Officially known as the Republic Of Madagascar, this island is the fourth largest island in the world being referred to by some travelers as the “sixth continent”. The island is located in the southern hemisphere, three hundred miles off of the lower east coast of Africa. This country experiences only two seasons consisting of a hot and rainy season and a cool and dry season. The hot and rainy season runs from November through April and the cool

the reason he had this seizure was because in just a short time he went from being a normal kid to having a such a high temperature that his body reacted in quite a frightening and scary way. They gave him a shot of Motrin and we waited until his fever started to come down. There have been other times that have been challenging in being a single parent, but we have gotten through them with the help of friends and family. As he got older he was diagnosed as having Asperger’s Syndrome, a form of

Do we really know what the “truth” is? How can we distinguish what the truth is in real life? Are you every completely sure of the truth? In the Question of the Truth Unit we read a variety of selections based off of people’s perception of the truth, though in many of these selections the truth wasn’t what people expected. These selections help develop a contrast between how things seem on the surface, and how they really are. A couple of these selections accept the surface appearance of things as

1. The aim of the study was to work out a prescription for a teat tablet with sodium ibuprofen of high rate of therapeutic agent release. Studies have been undertaken on the evaluation of xylitol and sorbitol effect on morphological and physicochemical parameters of the produced tablets and on pharmaceutical availability of sodium ibuprofen. 2. Two kinds of tablets containing 50 mg of sodium ibuprofen were developed. Sorbitol was the basic formulating component of batch A tablets and xylitol of

25-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with two days of fever, chills, and sweats. These symptoms began abruptly, and were accompanied by malaise, headache, dry cough, myalgias, and decreased appetite. She denied photophobia, neck stiffness, chest pain, dyspnea, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, or dysuria. While the symptoms are non-specific, an infectious cause is most likely given the relatively abrupt onset of fever, chills, sweats, malaise, and myalgias. Further details of her past

DISASTER MANAGEMENT SPEECH Background and Context: I am assuming a scenario where the Chief of the medical board is addressing a press conference. The speech would be delivered at the office of the medical director; the US and Iowa flag visible in the background. The rhetorical situation of the speech would be primarily assuring the citizens of the Polk County that the root cause of the endemic has been spotted, sales of the particular candy stalled for the time and they are fully prepared counter