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Lisa, Your post on the syphilis outbreak case was very informative. I agree with what you have stated. Interviews along with questionnaires are an essential part of an epidemiological investigation. I also agree that all interviews should be kept confidential this will insure that the teens receive treatment and give information about who could be infected. A good epidemiologist stablishes a pattern, determines the frequency, and investigates who is infected and who has been exposed.…

Mass incarceration, underfunding, overcrowding in prisons, and unjust policies have led to the spread of infectious diseases (HIV, TB) across US prisons mostly impacting African Americans and Latinos. During the years of 1985-1992 the same time the United States was engaged in its war on drugs there were major outbreaks of Tuberculosis across the nation and many stemming from New York prisons for example. Before major discoveries in the field of medicine it was estimated that 80 percent of…

Tenvir-EM vs Truvada Truvada and Tenvir-EM are two drugs that are categorized as Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis or PrEP for short. PrEP is a medication that prevents the contraction of HIV. It is most commonly prescribed to individuals who are at high risk for contraction, mainly gay men. PrEP is only prescribed to people who are healthy and do not have HIV. PrEP is not a treatment, only a preventative measure. PrEP has been shown to reduce the risk of contracting HIV by 92%. Tenvir-EM is the…

Bordetella Pertussis Just like the flu, pertussis is one of the many communicable disease that has recently broke out, causing numerous amounts of deaths and infections of the American people. “ Annually, more than 50 million cases of pertussis, including 600,000 deaths are reported worldwide”(Center for Biotechnology, Anna University). Pertussis is very contagious, the bacterial disease is also known as “whooping cough”. Whooping Cough is a upper respiratory infection…

normally interact with three stages of infection which are known as acute, chronic (the latent or asymptomatic) and finally AIDS (1). When there is no treatment, HIV infection will progress from one stage to another and weaken the immune system during this process until it finally reaches AIDS. However, HIV medicines and antiretroviral therapy (ART) can stop HIV from advancing to AIDS (1). This essay presents the three stages of HIV infection in a way which shows when each stage begins and how…

Candidate ID: gwf613 The Modeling of a Potential Smallpox Outbreak at my Local High School Introduction Up until 1980, the world lived in fear of a deadly, disfiguring disease. Smallpox, a highly infectious disease, produces symptoms such as fever, postulation, and rash, potentially leaving the victim scarred from scratching his or her blisters. It is transmitted through inhalation of fluid droplets produced by actions such as sneezing and coughing as well as contact with a skin legion of an…

Rabies Virus Rabies is a virus that causes many problems with the central nervous system and everything else in the body (Rabies, Eden). It is a bullet shaped cell with a tail that causes many symptoms. The only way to live from rabies is a vaccine and the only way to be less likely to get it is a pre-exposure vaccine (Rabies, Eden). The Rabies Virus affects the central nervous system, which is the brain, spinal cord, and the nerves that attach to the spinal cord. The central nervous system…

Lupus affects each individual patient with wide variety of complaints. Some patients have only a few mild symptoms; some have severe symptoms. Symptoms as with other autoimmune disease may vary. They may have a period of remission wherein there are no symptoms or very limited symptoms. But, at times patient may go through excessive symptoms – known as “Flare-ups” 1. Fatigue: All patient with Lupus experience some amount of fatigue. Patient may report taking afternoon naps. Even some doctors may…

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, also known as SARS, is an infectious disease, and was the first emergent and highly transmittable viral disease to appear in the twenty-first century. An infectious disease is a disease caused by organism. At this time SARS is very rare, but in 2002 it was common for anyone who traveled. There was no specific age group of people who were more affected by this disease. The SARS outbreak in 2002-2003 showed how quickly infection can spread in a highly mobile and…

HENOCH-SCHONLINE PURPURA Usually called HSP, is a condition that affects the small blood vessels, this inflammation is known as vasculitis, their become swollen and irritated. HSP can affect anyone, it’s most common in children aged 2-11, and boys are affected twice as often as girls. A seasonal variation with a peak incidence in spring has been noted. The disorder was named after two German physicians, Eduard Henoch and Johann Schonlein, who first described the disease in the 1800s. Sometimes…