Neglected diseases

There are many factors that have the potential to influence the emergence of new infections. A common factor is the spillover event. In the case of this event a pathogen present in one reservoir population will spread the pathogen to a new host or reservoir. An example of this is animal to human contact. For example, Ebola is thought to have been transmitted to humans by a bat. Meaning that the bat was the first reservoir host and passed it to a human host, a new population. Additionally,…

Purpose: Explore the spread of a communicable disease using a simulation. Question:What is the effect of immunity on the rate at which a disease spreads? Hypothesis: If a higher percentage of people are immune to a disease, then the disease will spread more slowly, because fewer people will be able to contract it or pass it on. Variables Independent variable: immunity rate Dependent variable: number of people with the disease Materials: White paper cups water 1 cup of NaOH food coloring…

Although as chaplain Michael Bergin wasn’t out on the fronts fighting, he still fell victim to the illnesses and injuries of war. On 16th June 1915, he was admitted to A. S. Hospital Mudros, a town on the island of Lemnos, in Greece which was used as an allied base with influenza and diarrhoea. Commonly known as the flu, influenza is an extremely contagious virus pasted from person to person by sneezing or coughing. In the Great War, more people died of influenza rather than the war itself. The…

understand contagion? What are Miasmas? Humans have explored the causes of diseases and how they are transmitted for thousands of years. Hippocrates and another Greek philosopher Herodotus discussed diseases such as smallpox. Since 1500 BC, different societies began inventing new ways to treat water and improve the quality. For example, Hippocrates invited the practice of filtering water after 500 BC. Other culture believed diseases were sent from Gods or cast through witchcraft. According…

Mentions of Leprosy date back to 600 B.C. Leprosy affected many in ancient China, India and Egypt. Often times those afflicted with the disease were ostracized by society and forced to live in isolation for their whole life due to the fact that it was thought to be a punishment from God. After the crusade, many northern europeans were infected, with some estimates stating even a quarter of the population wa infected. Many people believe that the black plague killed so many since so many already…

Bovine brucellosis, which is caused by Brucella abortus, is a global zoonotic disease that primarily affects livestock (Rhyan, et al. 2013). The highly contagious bacterial disease can be found in both humans and animals. In humans, brucellosis can cause night sweats, recurrent fever, back and joint pain, arthritis, and other influenza like symptoms (Rhyan, et al. 2013). In livestock, it is known to cause abortions, arthritis, male reproductive tract lesions, retained placentas, and bursitis…

The purpose of this paper is to find out where Zika is common and why. People want to find out what causes Zika to survive in these certain areas of the world. They also want to find out how we can avoid Zika, for the places that are prone to Zika and or have Zika. Zika plays a big role in our day to day process. Zika intimidates people, especially a couple ready to have a child, so It impacts humans a lot. We study it because it causes a newborn child to have defects when it is born. Zika…

shows the deadly diseases transmitted to people by mosquitos and black flies. The mosquitos served as transmitters to deadly diseases like the West Nile Virus, Yellow Fever and Malaria. Another insect born disease was River blindness, which was transmitted through tiny black flies. The video also shares how public health professionals helped the targeted populations reduce the risk of coming into contact with mosquitos as well as the development of treatment for the deadly diseases. The West…

infectious disease worldwide (Jones et al., 2012; Preston and Haines, 2014). The annual mortality rate from infectious disease was in excess of 13 million (WHO, 1998; Dye, 2014). Evidently, infectious diseases which are a group of communicable disease caused by pathogenic micro-organisms (WHO, 2008), continue to wreck great havoc to health and well–being. Bacterial disease such as pneumonia, diarrhoea and tuberculosis was responsible for about 50% of recorded mortality from infectious diseases…

In today’s world, over 120 million people are infected with a disease called lymphatic filariasis. From these 120 million people, over 40 million of them are disfigured and crippled due to the disease (World Health Organization, 2015). Lymphatic filariasis is a parasitic tropical disease that is caused by microscopic threadlike worms that destroys the lymph system in the human body that may result in intense swelling (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2013). Lymphatic filariasis is a…