Chikungunya

Culex quinquefasciatus is a mosquitoe which came from the southern house mosquito. It can be found in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Below are the informations regarding C. quinquefasciatus: Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Diptera Family: Culicidae Genus: Culex Species: C. quinquefasciatus The female mosquito has a medium sized body with a brownish appearance. The proboscis is dark but often has a pale scaling midway on the underside. The wings are…

Cambodia: Epidemiology and Public Health Description and Health Profile Cambodia is a Southeast Asian country home to 14.5 million people, bordered by Thailand, Laos and Vietnam.1 After the communist Pol Pot regime and era of the Khmer Rouge came to an end in the 1970’s, the country has been slowly recovering from the Cambodian genocide and its ramifications.1 The last twenty years have seen relative stability in Cambodia, which has translated into significant improvements in population…

The article “Zika virus discovered in infant brains bolsters link to microcephaly” by Gretchen Vogel and the article “5 things you need to know about Zika” by Sandee LaMotte both discuss the growing dangers of Zika virus. Each author takes a deeper look into the virus, but also each author varies on the way that Zika virus is discussed. The first author Vogel discusses more about the personal experience of pregnant woman and the link of birth defects caused by the Zika virus. The second author…

Mali, West Africa.”(ebscohost) All of the growth in the mosquito population which can carry harmful diseases like mosquito-borne disease, yellow fever, zika fever, tropical, dengue, Saint Louis encephalitis, La Crosse encephalitis, filariasis, chikungunya virus infection, arbovirus, and malaria according to…

In 2015, a widespread pandemic of the Zika virus (ZIKV) was reported in South and Central America and the Caribbean’s as well. The principal concern associated with this viral infection is the increased incidences of microcephaly in fetuses born to mothers infected with ZIKV. As a result, World Health Organization has declared it a pandemic that is affecting many lives. This paper will examine what the virus is in detail, by looking at its signs and symptoms, and second it will look at its…

With the recent rise of the incident of all disease spread by the mosquitoes for example Zika, Rift valley fever and Malaria we world would be concerned about the future of health and if other old mosquitoes spread diseases like yellow fever and Chikungunya re-emerge as public health threats. So where does this leave the public health systems especially the low and middle-income countries were these disease vector and part of the fauna and flora of these countries. Unfortunately, most of these…

In 1947, scientists discovered the Zika virus while collecting samples from monkeys in Uganda’s Zika Forest to track yellow fever. The following year, the virus was detected again in the Zika Forest; however, this time the virus was present in Aedes species mosquitoes. It wasn’t until 1952 that the first human cases were reported in the United Republic of Tanzania, highlighting how adaptable and transmittable the virus became. Since the viruses’ initial discovery, there have been spontaneous…

All the branches of government have protocols to follow. In order, for the government to work efficiently they uses certain rules to help give them structure and organization. The committee hearings are ways the government and government officials partake in to help the economy. The legislators are the main audience of the committee hearings and would revert to the meeting to be well equipped with important information, regarding societal issues and gives methods to solve problems. There are…

Introduction Why are viruses causing such an impact on humans in recent times? H1N1, MERS, swine flu, Zika, chikungunya, one more virus with a strange name always appears to be popping up, threatening to grow into a pandemic. Quite a few of the pathogens that trigger deadly outbreaks are not entirely new viruses. Some of them have evolved with us for centuries. Nowadays, these viruses can travel and infect around the globe with larger efficiency and shorter times than ever before and when they…

The first World Happiness Report was published in 2012 to better understand happiness and well-being of various countries throughout the world by ranking each country based on GDP per capita, social support, healthy life expectancy, social freedom, generosity, and absence of corruption. A country that is extremely low on the World Happiness Report—ranked one hundred thirty-six out of one hundred fifty-seven—is Haiti. Although this ranking is from the 2016 version of the World Happiness Report,…