Mosquito net

insects to thrive, which pose a threat to your child’s and your health. Just the thought of a mosquito bite is enough to scare anyone. Although most mosquito bites and their scars resolve on their own, they cause a lot of irritation. Children are more prone to mosquito bites as they have sweet blood and mosquitoes get attracted to their smell. Along with kids, parents also need to protect themselves from mosquito…

transmitted to people by the bite of an infected mosquito. According to the CDC, “the yellow fever virus is/was found in tropical and subtropical areas in South America and Africa” (CDC, 2015). Overall diagnosing the yellow fever was based on a person’s symptoms and different test. Although there were no guidelines nor general treatment people were still told to use wear protective clothing that would shield their bodies from the harmful mosquitos. “The yellow fever is a Flavivirus that…

Media and scientific attention has recently been focused on the spread of a Virus know as Zika. The virus is spread by the Aedes Aegypti, a mosquito that inhabits tropical, subtropical, and temperate regions. The Aedes Aegypti’s origin is in West Africa, and its trans-Atlantic spread has occurred from the 17th century to the modern day by stowing away on ships. Aedes Aegypti is strongly adapted to live among large human populations, surviving and proliferating through any body of water no matter…

What is the most deadly animal on the planet? No, it is not a bear or a shark, it is a mosquito. Mosquitos carry all sorts of deadly diseases, including the Zika virus, Yellow fever, Dengue fever, and most deadly of all, Malaria. A mosquito is the perfect carrier for human diseases, as they have been around for over 200 million years, number in the trillions, and can lay hundreds of eggs at a time. They cause about a million deaths every year and have been so far impossible to stop. Scientists…

scientist, and educator that found the cure for malaria. Her past researches has won awards on her hopes to attend the Chinese Academy of Science. According to the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention, malaria is a parasitic disease caused by a mosquito bite. Malaria was not known to have a cure. The symptoms are chills, fever, sweating; eventually leads into death. An interviewer from the New York Times asked Tu how did she start. In reply Tu explains China’s connection to North Vietnam…

Amanda B. Keener, a deadly virus continues to draw close and travel from central America to well common populated areas of the continental United States. As this occurs, more worries and concerns begin to form. The Zika virus is transmitted by mosquitos. Scientists are working around the clock to create vaccines and find a way to stop the outbreak or form a mode of protection. Researchers tested multiple vaccines on different animals. They wanted to examine what will be the outcome or result…

Heartworm disease. Canines that live outdoors has a greater risk of mosquito exposure than any canine that primarily lives indoors. Female mosquitoes feed on the canine’s blood, and if the canine is infected with L1 microfilaria, the mosquito sucks up the larvae that lives in the blood. The next canine that the mosquito takes a blood meal from will be infected with the L3 larvae. This infective L3 larvae enters the canine where the mosquito feeds. While the L3 larvae is living in the skin, it…

SIKH CULTUREWhile caring for a patient in the hospital, one very important thing that a nurse needs to be is culturally competent. In caring for someone from the Sikh community the nurse must respect privacy, the fact that the patient may want to stay as covered up as possible, allowing ample time for prayer, trying to plan out the patient care around prayer times, avoid any unnecessary touching, respecting personal space, be knowledgeable of the Sikh’s five K’s as mentioned earlier in the…

Recently discovered Zika has swept the world off its feet. This dangerous disease is spread mostly through the bite of an infected species of mosquito. Primarily targeting pregnant women, it can be passed down from mom to fetus and in turn cause certain malicious birth defects. Before last year, the virus was a miniscule, controlled, barely noted annoyance. Scientists are now beginning to consider environmental chances that encouraged Zika's explosion into a global crisis. One of many observed…

Africa is a huge continent land mass that is” four times the size of the United States”, and that is “12 million square miles that is larger than North America”(Collins, Burns 7).Africa is filled deserts, savanna, mountains, mediterranean, rainforests, prairie grassland and vast forests. Through all this topical geography Africa does have very many environmental and health issues. In the beginning when Africa was becoming a continent it was”punctuated by every geographical and geological feature…