Avian influenza

Poliomyelitis, also known as Polio, is an infectious disease caused by the polio virus. This disease can spread from person to person and can invade an infected person’s brain and spinal cord, causing paralysis. Symptoms are seen rarely for this illness, but if seen it’s usually flu like symptoms. There are three types of polio, sub-clinical, paralytic, and nonparalytic. Young children, pregnant women, and people with low immunity are more susceptible to this disease. This disease spreads from…

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a very common virus that can cause mild cold-like symptoms in adults and older healthy children. This virus causes serious respiratory problems in infants, especially those infants which are born prematurely, who have diseases of the heart or lung, or those who are immunocompromised. The virus can live for a half an hour or more on hands and live for up to five hours on countertops or for several hours on used tissues. An RSV infection begins with the…

Bats are one of the world’s most abundantly diverse and geographically spread mammalian species (Schountz, 2014). When bats come to mind, one would generally associate them with haunted or dark environments, but the main reason why bats are feared has to do with their ability to act as reservoirs for pathogens that cause infectious diseases in humans. Reservoirs of pathogens are essentially places where the pathogen is able to grow and accumulate over time. The reservoir and the pathogen have a…

People are at the highest risk of exposure to infected mosquitoes from the months of July through October. Person of any age can contract the infection after being bitten by an infected mosquito.However, people over the age of 50 are at most risk of developing the serious disease and may even involve the nervous system. It is pertinent to mention that over 80% of persons infected with the West Nile Virus never fall ill. Even if someone falls ill, most of the cases are mild with symptoms such as…

The outbreak of Zika virus in South America and Central America created a potential threat to its neighboring nation United States of America (U.S.A). Zika is an outbreak in Brazil, furthermore, as of January 2016, over 1 million cases were registered and the count is still growing. Therefore, neighboring countries like the United States are in serious danger because the United States had experienced the spread of similar arbovirus disease West Nile in the past. In 1999, USA had registered its…

The majority of the ‘suspected pneumonia’ and ‘confirmed CAP’ were positive for influenza virus. After 14 days of evaluation of the ‘confirmed CAP’ individuals, 58 individuals manifested symptoms which 23 received the PCV13 and 35 received the placebo vaccine. This resulted to 34.4% efficacy of the…

Sweeping the nations is a plague called The bird flu. This disease is extremely dangerous and is rapidly spreading uncontrollably. At the rate this plague is spreading now, 50% of the world’s population will be dead in a matter of months! The bird flu is also immensely contagious. Due to air travel, the bird flu can become intercontinental in only a few hours. This plague has done damage, is doing damage, and will continue to do more damage unless it is stopped. Power in the government is…

Overview of Environmental Allergies Environmental allergies are the allergies that live in our environments. If you have ever gone outside and immediately felt your allergies act up, then it is highly likely that you have one or more environmental allergies. The symptoms of environmental allergies are similar to normal allergies. These symptoms include: • Itchy and watery eyes • Clogged nose • Congestion • Sniffles • Coughing • Sneezing • Itching It is hard to avoid our environmental…

A previously healthy 21 year old male presents himself to our clinic with a 7 day history of an extreme malaise, stiffness and tenderness in the neck and a sore throat. Upon analysis it was confirmed they were diagnosed with infectious mononucleosis, also known as glandular fever. It is commonly caused by the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) (Hurt & Tammar, 2007). Infectious mononucleosis is a clinical syndrome that can be characterized by a multitude of symptoms. The disease is most likely to occur in…

In the article “Investigation of Chlamydia pneumoniae infection in Moroccan patients suffering from cardiovascular diseases”. The author goes on to talk about the effect of chlamydia pneumoniae has on patients with cardio vascular disease. According to the article cardiovascular disease is one of the highest leading causes of deaths in less-developed countries. Genetic and environmental factors can cause cardiovascular disease ending with athlerscorisis which is buildup of plaque in the arties.…