Viruses Annotated Bibliographies Samples For Students

Annotated Bibliography:

Ebola virus disease. World Health Organization, Sep. 2014. Web. 2 Nov. 2014.

For information about Ebola, it is necessary to review the data given by the World Health Organization as this is the most accurate information that can be found when it comes to diseases such as this. The article discussed the key concepts in Ebola. For example, it included the background of the Ebola virus. Background, in this sense, means the place where Ebola virus first appeared way back in 1976 which is in Sudan and in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The article also focuses on other ...

Melissa Nasiruddin, Monique Halabi, Alexander Dao, Kyle Chen, and Brandon Brown. ‘Zombies—A Pop Culture Resource for Public Health.’ A Pop Culture Resource for Public Health Awareness - Volume 19, Number 5—May 2013 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal - CDC wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/19/5/AD-1905_article.htm 2/10/2013

This article was written by Melissa Nasiruddin, Monique Halabi, Alexander Dao, Kyle Chen, and Brandon Brown. It discusses about the dangers of modifying viruses in the laboratory. They say that when viruses are modified, they can pose a very great threat because they can undergo mutation, multiply then spread at a very faster rate to cause problems to the people. In explaining this point, they use an example of a rabies virus which multiplied and caused zombie to a lot of people. It can be used in a research because it can help in creating public awareness on how dangerous zombie infections can be. ...

Introduction

Universal protection generally involves taking precautionary measures within health care to prevent infections that can be caused by coming into patient body fluids, open tissues and organs. In this journal, Alison is of the opinion that heath caregivers should be very concerned about their own health while handling patients. It is the biggest kind of favor that they can do to themselves and the community as a whole. He asserts that it is vital to strictly implement and always observe the Universal Precautions. These are known to all health care givers and ignorance plays a big part in the rate of ...

It is quite amazing that when the primary issues of health and the priorities of funding in Yemen are discussed, HIV/AIDs is in most cases put last on the list. This has been indicated by the recent happenings where Yemen failed to get more funding on HIV/AIDS in the next round of Global Health Funds which would have been important funding for HIV/AIDS in Yemen.

However, this failure is not on the organizations that are more responsible like the UNDP, but the lack of enough prioritization by the organizations like the Global Health Fund. Because of not focusing on ...

Introduction

Transmission and containment of hepatitis A, B and C is vital dealing with the menace. However, for one to be able to deal comprehensively with the challenges, it is necessary for one to understand the causative agents as well as environments that may aid in propagation of the virus. It is also necessary to demystify myths from the truth as regards to causation of hepatitis A, B & C, in addition to HIV. For example, according to Stein and Nyamathi (2010), unprotected sexual behavior, prison history and needle sharing are to blame for the propagation of Hepatitis virus. Center ...

Legionella is one of the conditions that for a long time has been researched on. Several authors and researchers have come up with their views concerning this condition and present their views in books, journals, and even websites. In the annotated bibliography below, a clear indication of the contribution of each author is given. The relevance of the reference is also shown, giving readers the reason why they should take the references. Annotated bibliography Bartram, J., Chartier, Y., Lee, J. V., Pond, K., & Surman Lee, S. (Eds.). (n.d.). Legionella and the prevention of legionellosis. (Original work published World ...

1.) Ahmadi, K., Rezazade, M., Nafarie, M., Moazen, B., Yarmohmmadi, V. M. and Assari, S. (2012). Unprotected Sex with Injecting Drug Users among Iranian Female Sex Workers: Unhide HIV Risk Study. AIDS Research & Treatment. 2012, p1-6.

In this article by Ahmadi, Rezazade, Nafarie, Moazen, Yarmohmmadi, and Assari (2012), they attempted to ascertain and make an assessment of the prevalent factors that are related to unprotected sex who are commonly regarded as injecting drug users (IDUs) from the participants of the study who were female sex workers who were based in Iran. The authors used a cross-sectional study ...

Podolsky, S. H. (2005). The Changing Fate of Pneumonia as a Public Health Concern in 20th-Century America and Beyond. American Journal of Public Health, 95(12): 2144-2154. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.048397.

The article proposes the essence of understanding the history of pneumonia. The article covers historical data from the emerging awareness of the disease in 1930 to the 20th century. Within this timeline Podolsky illustrates the significance of vaccine, control programs and reeducation of physicians. The author also provides insights on how penicillin and sulfonamides affected control programs. As control programs regressed government concerns also become devoid. As a consequence, pneumonia reverted ...

Tyler, K., Hoyt, D., and Whitbeck. The Effects of Early Sexual Abuse on Later Sexual Victimization among Female Homeless and Runaway Adolescents. Journal of international violence 15 (3) March 2000 235-250.

The authors Tyler, Hoyt, and Whitbeck wrote this article focused on the risks magnification and victimization approaches. They used path analysis to examine the influence of child and youth sexual abuse. The study involved investigating behaviors and background information on some homeless females and adolescents in different Midwest states. The authors found out that the child and youth sexual abuse have an affirmative direct influence on sexual persecution ...

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American Association of Nurse Practitioners (n.d.). State practice environment. Retrieved from http://www.aanp.org/legislation-regulation/state-legislation-regulation/state- practice-environment

The AANP provides an overview of the practice environment in all U.S. states. It differentiates between full practice, reduced practice, and restricted practice. Full practice is when nurses have full autonomy over all elements of practice, i.e. from patient assessment to prescribing treatments. In reduced practice, laws limit the capacity of NPs in at least one aspect of practice. Collaborative agreement with another health discipline is also necessary. States with restricted practice similarly limit NP capacity at the same time requiring another discipline to supervise, delegate, ...

Prenatal Methylmercury, Postnatal Lead Exposure, and Evidence of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder among Inuit Children in Arctic Québec. By: Boucher, Olivier, Jacobson, Sandra W., Plusquellec, Pierrich, Dewailly, Éric, Ayotte, Pierre, Forget-Dubois, Nadine, Jacobson, Joseph L., Muckle, Gina, Environmental Health Perspectives, 00916765, Oct2012, Vol. 120, Issue 10.

This study sought to determine the relationship between behavioral changes and ADHD in children and their prenatal diet. Basing on previous studies (that associated Methylmercury and polychlorinated biphenyls to impairment in attention and performance), this study on Inuit children examined amounts Lead (Pb) in their diet in relation to exposure to Methylmercury ( ...

Introduction

The term “ecological problems” is nowadays used to define a number of environmental problems. Given the modern environmental mess and the truth that the world has many environmental problems than before, it is no surprise that a lot of emphasis is actually put at this negative ecological context. This is the reason why no difference exists between ecological and environmental problems in everyday talk. Environmental problems are also ecological problems since environment is essentially a center of all the ecological research. All sorts of pollution, climate change, endangered animals, deforestation, are all problems of ecology since ecology uses the scientific approach ...

Burns, Tony, et al., eds. Rook's Textbook of Dermatology, 4 Volume Set. Vol. 1. John Wiley & Sons, 2010.

Dermatology refers to the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of skin disorders. However, during study most students do not specialize on intrinsic problems of the skin only. They also study internal medicine as well as various environmental and occupational factors that are main causes of skin problems. Proper knowledge on internal medicine helps to solve skin problems which may be mainly caused by internal infections. The dermatologist must also be well aware of the medicine ...

Microsoft Corporation. (1992). Getting started with Microsoft Windows: For the Microsoft Windows operating system: Microsoft Windows version 3.1. S.l.: Microsoft Corporation.

Microsoft version 3.1 was released in April 1992. It was an improvement of the Windows 3.0 that had been released previously. The OS was also compatible with all other Microsoft operating systems that had been released before. In addition, it allowed for desktop publishing as well as allowing 32-bit disks. It also had multimedia capabilities that included video and audio file support. It required a minimum of an Intel 80286 processor and 1MB of RAM to run.

Flynn, M., ...

Introduction

Poverty is a condition in which a community or an individual lacks financial resources and the essentials that are crucial to enjoy a standard of life that is minimum and well being which is considered as acceptable in a society. Poverty status in many countries is actually assigned to the people who fail to meet a given threshold level that is set by health and human services department in that particular country. In less developed countries especially those that are found in Africa, poverty is identified as a state symbol. Poverty is actually not an economic construct but it is regarded as a human condition.

Therefore, ...