Essays on Bites

Natural History of Tuberculosis

Zika virus was first isolated in the late 1940s from a sentinel rhesus monkey, Macaca mulatta, in Zika forest, Uganda. The name of the virus is thus associated with its first place of isolation. Later, the virus was recovered from mosquitos and humans in Uganda, Nigeria, the Central African Republic, Senegal, Malaysia, and Cote d’Ivoire. As the years progress, serological surveys continue to confirm the distribution of the virus infection in other countries such Tanzania, Mozambique, Ethiopia, Egypt, India, Thailand, Borneo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Liberia, Vietnam, and the United States. Today, Zika virus infection, at times ...

A Bibliometric study published in 2003 found that medical researches on Bipolar disorder is lower than medical researches conducted for schizophrenia. In the Medline data base, bipolar disorder lags behind schizophrenia in all major topics and subheadings. The researchers however explained that their research method alone is not enough to conclude that there is a medical neglect (especially on research) for the bipolar disorder. They expounded that textword search may have missed some researches on the said ‘under-researched’ human illness. Clement, Singh, & Burns (2003) also discussed some factors that may have affected the bipolar disorder to be under-researched. Some ...

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This paper includes information on ophidiophobia or an abnormal fear of snakes. It defines what ophidiophobia is, as well as its causes and its treatments. It also includes details on what the effects of ophidiophobia are, and how it impacts a person’s daily life. Ophidiophobia is a type of panic disorder wherein there is extreme fear of snakes and all things that are related to them. Its causes may either be evolutionary/genetic, the experience of traumatic situations related to snakes, as well as cultural factors. It can be treated by applying cognitive behavior therapy, system desensitization, and/or the ...

Of the many medical ailments we are meant to watch out for today, the Zika Virus is the newest on our radar. It is dangerous to individuals and unborn babies, and is overrun in many regions of the world. People are at risk because they often do not know the signs, or even how the virus is transmitted. They are also unaware of how to get tested for the virus, this leaving them at risk to transmit the virus to others. It has allowed the virus to become a serious issue in many places around the work. The population ...

In the 1940’s, scientists in Uganda discovered a breathtakingly beautiful forest on the edge of Lake Victoria, near Entebbe. The Zika Forest, originally spelled Ziika meaning “overgrown” in the local language, proved to be a valuable resource to virologists studying all varieties of disease (Kron, 2016). The Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) of Entebbe established a protection program for the forest in order to maintain a satellite location for extended research studies. Research here in 1947 revealed the first detection of its namesake, the Zika virus (Aggarwal et al, 2016). Initially isolated in a Rhesus monkey, the Zika ...

1) Population growth and overpopulation is one of the major problems of every developing country. The factors that influence population growth are: a) Women getting married at early ages lead to a high birth rate. b) Provision of health benefits to children, women and the elderly have contributed to decreased mortality rate, and thus increased birth rate. c) Lack of family planning contributes to increased birth greatly. According to census, The United States population as on June 11, 2016 is 323,747,258 with one birth in every eight seconds, one death in every seconds and one international migrant ...

Introduction

The Zika virus causes an illness known as Zika virus disease (Zika). The transmission of Zika virus occurs via the bite of an Aedes mosquito that is infected (CDC, 2016). Zika belongs to the genre Flavivirus and the WHO (2015) has identified it as “an emerging mosquito-borne virus.” The virus causes a mild illness that lasts a few days to a week (CDC, 2016; WHO, 2016). Thus, many people with the disease do not seek medical help. However, the greatest concern associated with Zika is microcephaly. This birth defect results from a Zika infection during pregnancy. This defect is ...

Analysis of Diseases

Overview Chikungunya (CHIK) refers to a re-emerging arboviral disease transmitted by the mosquitos Aedes aegypty and Aedes albopictus (Pialoux 318). The virus belongs to the genus Alphavirus and family Togaviridae. The word chikungunya derives from Makonde language (spoken in Tanzania and northern Mozambique), where it means “to walk bent over” (Halstead 557). This name refers to the main feature of both chronic and acute phase of the disease a change in posture causes by the arthritis and arthralgia (Charrel, Lamballerie and Raoult 769).

History

The disease gained its name after the outbreak in Tanganyika, the modern Tanzania in 1952. However, ...

Introduction

Zika is a mildly infectious viral disease whose main mode of transmission is the chomp of an Aedes species mosquito that is already infected with the virus. The mosquitoes exist in two types, Aedes aegypti, and Aedes albopictus . Emergence and spread of the virus are accredited to the Zika forest which is located in Uganda. The disease was first discovered here in 1947. The initial infections on the human species were reported in 1952 in some parts of South East Asia and Topical Africa. Since the time the disease was first reported, minimal cases have been recorded to date ...

Product Description

Nestle Toll House Cookie dough refers to raw baking dough used to bake cakes and cookies made of chocolate, milk, eggs and wheat ingredients among other flavors and additives. The cookie dough is composed of butter, sugar and semi-sweet chocolate chips which are mixed with the wheat flour and the eggs coming up with a sweet bite when baked in an oven. The product or the bite is an inventory of Ruth Graves Wakefield, who was the owner of Nestle Toll House, which is the baking brand that has provided American households with chocolate cookies and chips for more ...

Campaign name

The campaign name is Beware of ZIKA. Context - Zika fever/disease is the result of Zika virus that spreads primarily after getting bitten by an infected mosquito of Aedes species (CDC). - Common symptoms of Zika disease are rash, joint pain, conjunctivitis and fever (CDC). - The illness tends to be mild in nature, but the symptoms can last for weeks after getting bitten (CDC). - Infection of Zika virus during pregnancy can lead to serious birth defects called microcephaly, or it can also cause severe defects to the fetal brain (CDC). - In 1947, the virus was first ...

Van Helsing as a Protector: The Role of the Vampire Hunter the Present-Day Vampire Culture

Abstract The vampire culture grew out of the Gothic genre and became extremely popular throughout the world. The first and most famous representative of the vampire cast is Dracula, who first appeared as a protagonist in Bram Stocker’s book with the same name. Dracula was created as a predator that hid within his threatening castle, and attacked helpless women. The author also introduced Van Helsing, the hero who acted as a protector of women and fought to destroy the monster. However, Van Helsing remained a less popular and well-known character as compared to the monster he hunted. In ...