Influenza research

Influenza is a common disease worldwide. In Australia, there is a yearly outbreak the occurs between May and September (SA Health, 2015). According to Influenza Specialist Group, approximately 18000 people are hospitalised and 3500 Australians pass away due to influenza each year. (Infleunza specialist Group, 2013) In Australia, a yearly vaccination is recommended to protect people from influenza. This report will investigate the rationale for and against compulsory influenza vaccination for…

infection and illness caused by other viruses that can also cause flu-like symptoms.” (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) There are about 29 different known strains of the influenza virus, 18 hemagglutinin subtypes and 11 neuraminidase subtypes: “Hemagglutinin and neuraminidase protrude from the outer surface of the influenza virus and neuraminidase is a constituent of the enveloping membrane that surrounds the viral contents.”(Encyclopedia) This goes to show that when given the flu…

Influenza Vaccination The Centers for Disease Control effectively advertises for promoting the influenza vaccination. By creating multiple advertisements, they appeal to a range of people. Each advertisement has its own technique and style to appeal to the desired audience. The advertising campaign effectively promotes the influenza vaccination to a range of audience by using flattery, universal appeal, and association. Flattery technique tells the consumer that they are important or unique…

Influenza known as The Flu can easily be spread by coughing, sneezing, eating, or drinking after someone. The virus is a serious disease and is caused by Influenza A and B viruses, it is more likely to occur during the winter time. The virus can be mild to severe and sometimes it can lead to death. The Signs and symptoms include fever, chills, headache, drowsiness, muscle aches, nausea, vomiting, sore throat, and lethargy (Robertson, 2016, Pg. 345). The doctors usually can diagnose if you have…

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). CDC mentioned about flu vaccination, which is symptoms can vary from mild to severe, so the best way to prevent the flu is to get vaccinated each year (Alaniz, 2013). In particular, mandate for employers in the healthcare field and an increase in employees can receive a vaccination as a condition of employment. Increasing the several of states is request the vaccine for healthcare workers. However, even repulsive about these…

When a pandemic event strikes… Good day class the movie I chose for my speech is the inspired by the 2011 pandemic thriller Contagion. The plot of the movie appears to follow the big H1N1 and SARS scare of 2009 that left many citizens uncertain about the actual risk of the virus. The movie is about the spread of a virus Known as the Meningoencephalitis Virus One (MEV-1). transmitted by fomites. Fomites, is any object or substance capable of carrying infectious organisms, such as germs or…

people could get to places faster than they could with wagons or cars. School children passed it on at a fast rate, who then passed it on to their parents. To combat the flu, researchers tried to research dogs, but many were immune due to previous shots. Pet owners wouldn’t let this happen, so research stopped. Researchers believed the flu was caused by a bacteria, but after autopsies and experiments, researchers realized that no bacteria was involved. Though researchers only knew that it spread…

Haemophilus influenzae is a nasty bacteria that is responsible for many severe infections. It is the cause of invasive and non-invasive diseases, primarily within children five years of age or younger, that can lead to severe complications or death. However, its prevalence worldwide has diminished greatly due to the use of vaccines and antibiotics that are used to prevent and treat this disease. According to Devarajan, (2014, p. 1 of 3), "Haemophilus influenzae is a small, pleomorphic,…

Stay Home I think students should be sent home if their temperature is high at the beginning of school. 106 students have been diagnosed with influenza in the beginning of december. In early february 50 student had already been diagnosed and small students stay home. Virus are being speared at school and even at home and students get the flu .Flu is spread through close confinement . FIu is in the air all around us.…

erupted that seemed as benign as the common cold. The influenza of that season, however, this was far more than a cold. It is known as the deadliest in history, infected an estimated 500 million people worldwide, about one-third of the planet's population and killed an estimated 20 million to 50 million victims. The flu was most deadly for people ages 20 to 40. It infected 28% of all Americans. an estimated 700,000 Americans died of influenza during the pandemic, ten times as many as in the…