Lyme disease

Examination of Molecular determinants of Yellow Fever Virus pathogenicity in Syrian Golden Hamsters: one mutation away from virulence Christian Lee West Coast University: Ontario Native and endemic to the tropical and subtropical locations of Africa and South America, these areas are where Yellow Fever is most prevalent. According to Klitting, Roth, Rey, and Lambellerie, “Yellow Fever Virus was named after the jaundice characteristic of the liver dysfunction caused by the…

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Vaccinating for common childhood diseases is controversial in today’s society. Many parents are unsure of whether to vaccinate their children and if the vaccinations their children receive are safe and will protect them. Parents should vaccinate their children because, often, vaccines do more good than harm and they do help protect children from dangerous diseases. Children have weaker immune systems than adults and vaccines help keep them safe from many diseases. The common vaccines recommended…

vector-borne infectious diseases, a competent vector must also be present to transmit the pathogen to the host. A vector is defined as an animal, insect, or other organism that carries a pathogen and spreads it to another organism. With the environment rapidly changing and conducive weather events shown to increase, regions that were formerly uninhabitable to some pathogens – and their vectors and nonhuman reservoir hosts – may soon become hospitable enough to support them. Infectious disease…

humans, our vaccines can last our lifetime in relation our pets that only last a year. While vaccines have helped to eradicate many common diseases in both the human and animal world, humans only get a few vaccine boosters while animals get a yearly booster. The number of boosters given to our pets has led to the increase of allergies, cancer, autoimmune diseases and even death. If the adverse effects of vaccines happening in the animal world happened to humans, countless studies would be done…

corticosteroids, although there lacks quality evidence from placebo-controlled trials. The dose and duration of treatment is dictated by disease severity and response. Rapidly deteriorating patients may benefit from parenteral methylprednisolone followed by a slow tapering course of prednisone. Two thirds of patients follow a monophasic course, with progressive disease being less common. In certain cases if a definitive diagnosis cannot be obtained by tissue sampling, it may be necessary to…

whooping cough is a bacterial infection of the upper respiratory system. Symptoms range from that of a common cold too short periods of apnea and in extreme cases death. Pertussis is a highly contagious disease that can affect anyone but is more common in children and in infants. Although this disease is preventable and treatable it is currently and continually on the rise. The whooping cough is caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis. B. pertussis is a small, aerobic,…

and eyes are bleeding. This combination of ailments sounds like something from a horror story. For thousands of people, however, these horrors have become reality. Although Ebola is hard to contract, nevertheless we need to find a way to combat the disease, because it can easily spiral out of control. We can do this by keeping clean and using our heads, new-found tests, and isolation wards. This deadly virus is, believe…

difficult situation in our world. It is important that people take actions to reduce poverty around the world because it affects everybody in the society. If actions are taken to reduce poverty than our world would become more developed. The article “Diseases and links to poverty” by Reset.org, talks about how people around the world is getting sick and dying from extreme poverty. In the article, “How poverty affects classroom engagement” by Eric Jensen explains how students from low-income…

testing can increase both the chance of a genetically normal pregnancy and the chance of having a healthy baby. PGD is a procedure where embryos created through IVF are screened prior to implantation to help identify genetic defects to prevent certain diseases or disorders from being…