Essays on Incubation Period

HIV/AIDS was seemingly the world’s most moving epidemic. With so many procrastinations, superstitions and politics, the realization of faster ways to handle the epidemic are slowed down as showed in the movie, ‘And The Band Played On’. Efforts by the CDC were significant but the management’s greed for credit led them to the discovery of the disease led to undesirable outcomes of professional misconduct. Essentially, the early war against HIV had its most apparent hindrance as the fact that it had a relatively long incubation period. However, many other inhibitors came forth slowing the medics understanding and ...

Application of Epidemiology – Case Study

Application of Epidemiology – Case Study

Information Summative

The statistical analysis of the Good Health Hospital’s medical records reveals the progression of Escherichia coli infection among four hospitalized patients who reported bloody diarrhea, abdominal pain, vomiting and nausea, loss of appetite, flatulence and pyrexia since last week. The summary of these cases presented below in the context of their further analysis. The findings by the CDC revealed that the E. coli manifestations emanated among the affected patients after consuming the spoiled food items attributing to meats and vegetables.

Background Information (Indicating the Requirement of Further Investigation)

Georgia Department of Public Health (GDPH) describes various nosocomial infections reported within a ...

1. The Ebola virus is a virus that belongs to the Filoviridae family of viruses. It causes a severe disease that has fatal consequences in the majority of the cases. Ebola appeared in 1976 in Africa when two deadly outbreaks happened. Besides, the Ebola virus is a general name that comprises a few species such as Bundibugyo ebolavirus, Zaire ebolavirus, Sudan ebolavirus, Reston ebolavirus, and Tai Forest ebolavirus, also known by its former name as Cote d’Ivoire ebolavirus (World Health Organization, 2011, p. 3). The majority of these subtypes (4 out of 5) originates from Africa and occurs ...

SARS Disease Outbreak

The SARS disease outbreak occurred in 2003 when the World Health Organization issued a global alert on the disease that was similar to pneumonia (Wei et al., 2009). Similar cases were experienced in China, Vietnam, Thailand, Taiwan, Indonesia, Philippines, and Thailand. Other countries affected included Germany, United States, and Canada. The disease spread from Beijing leading to an outbreak in Tianjin city. According to Wei et al., (2009), 175 probable cases of SARS were reported. This included 21 deaths. The transfer of patients from one hospital to another stimulated the spread of the disease. A patient that was suspected of ...

Severe acute respiratory syndrome is a life threatening condition that is caused by a virus from the Coronaviridae family. The SARS virus is believed to have originated from the Guangdong province of southern China before spreading to Hong Kong, Canada and the United States of America. The virus has an incubation period of 2 to 7 days but it may last up to 10 days. Like other respiratory disease, SARS is spread through direct contact; long range and short range. The major agent of transmission is the droplet nuclei. The symptoms of the disease include: fever, chills, malaise, cough, dyspnea and ...

KU Version March 2011

At the end of the case study, the scholar will be able to: Identify the steps of the investigation of an outbreak; Describe the characteristics of an outbreak in terms of time, place and person; Use descriptive epidemiological data to generate hypotheses; Use analytical epidemiological data to test hypotheses; Formulate recommendations for the control of an outbreak. Part A cluster of acute hepatitis in Provo, Utah Provo is a large municipality located in the North of Utah, close from the border with Wyoming and Idaho. The population of Provo was 6,185 in ...

Usually, a full-term incubation period lasts from 37 to 42 weeks, and the last few weeks of it are critically important, as baby's fundamental organs are developing, and the weight is increasing. A premature birth is the one happened before 37 week of the incubation period. Normally, late preterm babies look completely developed, yet regardless they have more serious dangers of wellbeing issues than children conceived full term. Preterm babies are usually born with complicated conditions. Some of the problems can be solved directly during the delivery; other can make an impact on whole future life. During childbirth, ...

1. Introduction Smallpox is a viral disease that causes pus-filled boils on the dermis. It looks similar to chickenpox, but has certain characteristic differences. Unlike chickenpox, smallpox is lethal in 30% of the cases and leaves the victim with disfiguring scars and/or blindness. Smallpox has now been eradicated through aggressive vaccination. The last case was reported in Somalia in the late 1970’s. After 2 years of worldwide surveillance, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that the disease had been eradicated. 2. Causative agent Smallpox is caused by the Variola virus, which belongs to the Orthopoxvirus genus. ...

The Hot Zone, 3rd ed. (Electronic Version)

I. 1. Centers for Disease Control a) Page 159, 1st paragraph b) It is referred to in the book when it indicated that the main role ofthe Army is to fight military threats while the Centers for Disease Controlshould have the responsibility and authority to fight diseases. c) Centers for Disease Control means government agencies that protect public health through the control and prevention of diseases and the investigation and prevention of emerging diseases. 2. Amplification a) Page 12, 2nd paragraph b) It is referred to in the book when explaining the concept of virusmultiplication. ...

Introduction

Marburg virus disease (formerly known as Marburg hemorrhagic fever) is a severe zoonotic (animal-borne) disease, affecting both humans and non-primates. The source of infection for primates is unknown. However, research indicates that bats mainly infect the humans. The Ribonucleic acid (RNA) virus belongs to the filovirus family. Filoviruses belong to the order Mononegavirales. These viruses are enveloped, non-segmented, and negative-stranded. Marburg virus and Ebolavirus are the two genera of Filoviradae family. The only species in the genus Marburg virus is Lake Victoria margburg virus (Center for Food Security and Public Health, 2009, p.1). The virus has caused epidemics in ...

1.0 The role and leadership traits of Public Information Officer In the present scenario, the public information officer is charged with the responsibility to advise the president on the public communication and the expected outcome on the communication. In the advent of the impending bioterrorist attack, the public information officer has to study the recorded video tape and advice the group on whether, how and when to communicate the information therein to the citizen. The aim of such communication would be to seek the citizen’s cooperation in the government’s plan and to prevent mass panic that ...

Abstract

Tuberculosis, better known as TB, is an infectious disease that affects the global community. Its incidence rate has been significant in the New Zealand region where the disease is considered to be pandemic and has accrued a significant burden on the healthcare system for its demands on timely diagnosis and treatment. Although a decline of its incidence in New Zealand was noted, such decline halted sometime in the 1980’s and the rate of incidence becomes consistent thereafter and it remains to be an apparent health problem in the region which is highly associated with migration issues and other factors that ...

Dengue fever is an infectious disease found in the tropics and caused by the dengue virus. It is a febrile illness which is potentially fatal. It is caused by the mosquito transmitted viruses. There are four known serotypes, namely; Dengue virus1 ( DENV-1), Dengue virus 2 (DENV-2), Dengue virus 3( DENV-3) and Dengue virus 4 (DENV-4). It is also known as the break bone disease. Dengue is a major public health problem, the global incidence and severity is on the increase, due to urbanization, overpopulation and global warming. It is now endemic in more than a hundred countries in the world. It was ...

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Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) was discovered in the last decade. The disease is a human acute respiratory disorder that was associated with a global outbreak which all occurs within few weeks of first identification of the case. This viral disease resulted in a state of confusion and criticism against China that acted slowly on reporting the first case that was identified (WHO, 2003). The disease is caused by SARS coronavirus which basically spread via contact with respiratory secretions of infected patients. The disease presented a form of formidable challenges to the medical world with various forms of social, economic and political ...

Creutzfeldt - Jakob disease

Creutzfeldt - Jakob disease (CJD) is one of the rarest and fatal neurological conditions that affect both man and animals. It is the most common of human prion diseases. This viral disease as caused by components that are yet to be fully identified. It is majorly believed to be caused by an infectious prion protein. Prion proteins are found in the cells of the human body in normal conditions. In this normal form, prion protein has no harm to human health. However, during coding mutation, prion protein undergoes some changes and become infectious. This infectious form of prion protein ...

Salmonella

Scientific name of the causative organism: Different serovars of Salmonella enterica

I. Classification

Superkingdom: - Bacteria

Kingdom: - Bacteria

Phylum: - Proteobacteria

Order: - Enterobacteriales

Family: - Enterobacteriaceae

Genus: - Salmonella

Species: - S. enterica.

Strain: Salmonella enterica has more than 2500 strains of which Typhi and Paratyphi are the most common.

II. Structure and morphology

If bacterial:

Shape: Salmonella are rod shaped bacteria with diameters ranging from 0.7 to 1.5µm and about 2 to 5µm in length. Arrangement: Glycocalyx: Cell wall: Bacteria of this genus are gram negative. Cell wall components: S. Typhi has a Polysaccharide capsule Vi on ...

Hantaviruses

Scientific name of the causative organism: The scientific name depends on the species because the hantavirues have been classified into a number of species for instance Hantavirus sin nombre virus I. Classification

Superkingdom: Not applicable

Kingdom: Not applicable Phylum: Not applicable Order: Not applicable Family: Bunyaviridiae Genus: Hantavirus Species: A number of species have been identified so far, these include the Sin Nombre Virus, Andes Virus, Hantaan Virus, Seoul Virus, Puumala Virus and Dobrava Virus.

Strain: Not applicable

II. Structure and morphology If viral: Attachment to humans, enveloped or not, size, DNA or RNA, single or double stranded, integrates ...