Lassa fever

Do you ever think that a small bite can cause a lot of harm on an individual with so many body defenses? As we all have heard in the news or radio stations or even seen on banners while driving and in doctor’s office the virus known as Zika has caused a lot of panic worldwide. Zika was first found in 1947 in a monkey that was isolated in the Zika forest and then was spread to an individual who was a zookeeper. Zika is a disease that affects the body system, for example in some pregnant women it…

Following a recent visit to an elementary school, I contemplated a set of construction-paper projects that hung on the walls of the school’s narrow third grade hallway. The objective of the brightly colored projects entitled “A Timeline of Me” was to help the students develop goals. The timelines ranged from birth to high achievement in school to having traditionally successful jobs and families. Strangely enough, the societal expectations of following a restricted formula reflected in those…

can also spread from a mother to her fetus. This is more common and what presents the most serious dangers from the virus. Symptoms Those infected with Zika will show an array of non-emergent symptoms. Hallmark symptoms of this virus are: A mild fever, headache, conjunctivitis, rash, and joint pain (Gourinat, et al., 2014). In pregnant women the symptoms can become sever when they spread, via the placenta, to the fetsu. An infected fetus can be born with many birth defects. These defects range…

Fever 1793, a historical fiction novel written by Laurie Halse Anderson, takes place in the city of Philadelphia during the year 1793 as an epidemic races through the area. Fourteen year-old Mattie Cook is caught right in the middle of it and has to struggle to survive as fever and panic take over the city. This disease causes many changes and challenges in her life that she must overcome. By using certain instances of description and inner thoughts, Anderson effectively develops the theme…

are the symptoms? Fortunately, most people infected with WNV will have no symptoms. About 1 in 5 people who are infected will develop a fever with other symptoms. Less than 1% of infected people develop a serious, sometimes fatal, neurologic illness. Headache, body aches, joint pains, vomiting, diarrhea, or rash. Neurologic illness can include headache, high fever, neck stiffness, disorientation, coma, tremors, seizures, or paralysis. (10 points) 6.…

Blood tests present with lowered total white blood cell, platelet and neutrophil counts and a 20% or more increase in haematocrit values suggests haemoconcentration. Thus, monitoring should be done every 3-4 hours in cases of severe dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) or dengue shock syndrome (DSS). Thrombocytopenia is observed with platelet count of lesser than 100,000 cells/μL. Thus, monitoring…

Recently, the Mandera County in Kenya has suffered an outbreak of Chikungunya, a mosquito-borne viral disease. Chikungunya is an RNA virus that causes infected individuals to suffer fever, muscle pain, headache, nausea, fatigue, rash, and joint pain. In most cases the joint pain can last several weeks, but in chronic cases the pain can last years. It is transmitted by female Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitos and symptoms start to appear between 2 - 12 days after infection. During…

Zika At the beginning of 2015, there were few people that had heard of the Zika Virus. Those who had heard of it were not concerned about the impact the virus had on their daily lives. It was easily mistaken by the common flu, passing through the body’s system within a week. As scientists studied Zika, they discovered the severity of the long-term effects of the virus. By August, the Zika Virus was on every radio station, internet sites, and TV news broadcasts. Overnight, the World Health…

Angola and Yellow Fever The continent of Africa is a diverse place. Many cultures, languages, and ethnicities are sporadically spread throughout its landscapes, but regardless of the diversity of Africa there are several commonalities that make the continent of Africa prone to certain problems. One of these problems has been made manifest in nation of Angola as it struggles with an outbreak of yellow fever. Many physical and cultural aspects of Africa’s geography make it prone to these types of…

methods. If the Zika virus continues to spread, future generations may receive the heavy end of the impact and at a point where nothing can be done. Zika is a virus that is most commonly spread through the bite of Aedes mosquito with symptoms of fever, skin rashes, conjunctivitis, muscle and joint pain, malaise, and headaches (WHO). The incubation period is unknown, but more often than not, those infected are not aware because they do not show any symptoms (CDC). It is most prominent in…