First aid

Sexually transmitted diseases (STD) or infections (STI) refer to “a variety of clinical syndromes caused by pathogens that can be acquired and transmitted through sexual activity” (Schuilig&Likis, 2013, p. 485). There are a variety of bacteria, viruses, protozoa, and ectoparasites that may contribute to the cause of a sexually transmitted infection. The knowledge of these microorganisms contributing to the infection resulted in changing the term from venereal disease, which primarily referred…

HIV/ AIDS in Africa: Representation and the Political Economy of Disease" by Susan Craddock looked the response of the West regarding HIV/ AID epidemic in Africa and the power relation. In “Reshaping Power and The Public Sphere: The Political Voices of African Writers” by Pius Adesanmi examines the relationship…

our liking and to go from there. For my photo advertisement, I chose to go with the “Fashion Against AIDS” ad. Fashion Against AIDS is basically a combination of fashion and spreading the message of safe sex. The picture I chose says and represents a lot off the bat as you can see. When I look at the picture I see two males kissing intimately, it’s a very dark background, I see a Fashion Against AIDS sign in the top left corner. I see an H&M logo at the bottom right indicating one of the many…

Diseases as a social factor impacting on health in South Africa HIV/AIDS epidemic South Africa, accounts for 17% of the global burden of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection (Mayosi & Benatar, 2014). This infection is also a major cause of an increase in infant, child and maternal mortality rates due to a lack of treatment and access thereto. The pandemic has effectively diminished the workforce, increased poverty rates, reduced agricultural productivity, and transformed the structure of…

declared only four times. All in the past 7 years. Starting with 2009 Swine flu, then both polio and Ebola in 2014, and last zika virus in 2016. So how these emergencies upraise? well I’m going to tell a short story, the zika virus was detected for the first time outside its usual atmosphere in The yam islands, back in 2007. but it was no big deal, just few islands in Australia. In may 2015, zika virus invaded brazil. And now it invaded most of south America, the Caribbean and parts of the…

My colors sure are hidden! Hidden colors is a documentary backing up the truth of our people of color around the world. The information is discussed through scholars, historians, and social commentators who know the amazing facts of our history. The facts given through this documentary had me questioning everything I have ever learned in a normal history class. For example I was taught “Christopher Columbus discovered America”. When America was already inhabited by Native Americans long before…

Prevention before exposure: The ways of prevention and control measure centers on • Wearing long-sleeved shirts and long pants. • Staying in places with air conditioning and window and door screens. • Use of mosquito bed net. • Use Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-registered insect repellants with one of the following active ingredients: DEET, picaridin, IR3535, oil of lemon eucalyptus, or para-menthane-diol. • Permethrin-treated clothing. (27) Prevention after exposure (return from…

again. Even with all the suffering the Zulu people still hold to some of their ancient traditions that are so unique and impressive. For example, when the Zulu people meet each other, the person with higher social status will greet the other person first and they never make eye contact because it’s a sign of being disrespectful. Also, another interesting thing about the Zulu culture is that the grandparents are very respected because of their age and experience in the world. Moreover, when the…

temperature for 2 minutes Add 1 ul of superscript II RT to each tube. Mix thoroughly and incubate at 25 Cfor 10 min Incubate tubes a 42Cfor 50 min. Then heat tubes at 70Cfor 15 min. Cool on ice Add 1 ul RNase H and incubate at 37Cfor 20 min Store the first strand of cDNA at -20Cfor real-time PCR Real-Time PCR Normalize the primer concentrations and mix gene-specific forward and reverse primer pair Every primer concentration should be 5 pmol/ml Save copy of setup file and delete all PCR cycles…

We have recently published DeNovo, a prototype model for predicting virus-host protein-protein interactions (PPIs). All previous research was focused around predicting HIV-human interactions for lack of data for the other viruses. DeNovo is the first model to allow predicting the interactions between human and any virus, even if that virus has no known interactions with human. In DeNovo-II, the output of this deliverable, we developed the prototype DeNovo to a full working prediction model…