Mosquito

Disease Causative Organism Symptoms Treatment Mode of transmission Prevention Unique Things About Disease Athlete's Foot Fungi - Scaly rash - Itching - Stinging - Burning - Antifungal meds - Floors - Towels - Clothing - Keep your feet clean - Dry feet thoroughly - Don’t go barefoot anywhere With athlete's foot, you literally have a plant living on your skin. Ringworm Fungi - Red circle on skin - Itch - Antifungal meds - Contact of skin - Wash your body - Avoid anyone infected Infection is…

Every year, my brother, my mom, my dog, and I go to Grand Lake Stream for the 4th of July. We meet up with a large group of family friends and we all stay in cabins or houses. Grand Lake Stream is a quaint town in Maine, and there’s only one store in the town, the Pine Tree general store. Grand Lake is about a ten hour drive from Saratoga, New York. Last year, the drive took longer than usual. It’s late afternoon, about three or four, and we are about nine hours into the drive. To get into town…

Cabeza went ran into various different problems from, “ wandering lost and alone, in swampy wetlands. With every step, the thick mud sucks on your bare feet. The June sun is setting and swarms of mosquitos cover your body, entering your nostrils and mouth with every breath,”(information provided by the hook exercise), to, “You decide to walk to the closest Spanish outpost. One huge problem is that you must cross a deep river nearly 200 yards wide-…

A feat that only two-million people have achieved since 1912. An award that takes a tremendous amount of perseverance and hard work. In my case, it began in 2004 and I accomplished it in 2015. My greatest achievement, earning the rank of Eagle Scout, signifies my transition into adulthood. Throughout my life, I have been extremely determined and strived to be the best at everything I do. To accomplish this in scouting, required becoming an Eagle Scout. Ever since I was a Tiger Cub in 2004, I…

Lyme disease is found worldwide and the most commonly reported vector-borne disease in North America and Europe. The disease is transmitted by the bite of a deer tick (Ixodes Scapularis) harboring bacteria named Borrelia burgdorferii (b. burgdorferi) in North America and Borrelia afzelii and Borrelia garinii in Europe and Asia. The first documentation of the disease occurred in 1883 when Dr. Alfred Buchwald treated a German patient with erythema migrans; A bulls-eye pattern rash that occurs in…

Do you know what the curse of the pharaohs is? It is supposedly a curse that kills people when they go into pharaohs tombs. This essay will inform you how the curse of the pharaohs was created, what ways people died because of the curse, and how people die because of the curse. The curse of the pharaohs has been around for a long time but some people don’t know how it was created. In ancient times, curses were common and they had symbols of authority. It was found on tomb, on terence, and on…

Many people around the world are wondering what is happening with the changes in weather patterns. A scientist argues that human activity has affected the climate and this has led to a change. The issue of climate change is causing many counties, companies and people to focus on this issue. There are many reasons why global warming exists. The first has to do with the idea that humans are primarily responsible for global warming. Scientist think that human is the caused of global warming. Human…

Like that pesky mosquito, like that annoying pop-up ad, like that summer song, it all comes back. And similarly, so do memories. Memories are the things in the past that can influence the way one acts in a good or bad way. When they are positive people think of them time and time again, but when its negative or painful, one wants to close them in a jar so tight so it can never be opened again. But no matter how tightly the jar is closed something always slips away. The more people try to…

through the trenches, adding to the sense of misery that already filled the deep, dark and gloomy jungle of Vietnam that was the “Khe Sanh War”. Jimmy stared at his rifle hopelessly; his spirit was gradually being chipped away by the humid, muddy and mosquito infected environment. He watched with sorrow as several of his mates fell back into the trench, their legs destroyed, heads exploded and blood pooling around them. It was horrific. He looked up and saw the dark gloomy sky. He watched…

evolves to a human specialist, it will likely be spread over intercontinental distances due to the development of global transportation and urbanization of dense populations (Gould et al. 2017). This review focuses on the dengue and yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti, and the insightful impact its relationship with humans has had on its evolution (Tabachnick 1991). The species has become a very important public health concern especially in regards to vectoring dengue, zika, and chikungunya…