Polio vaccine

“In 1952, polio reached its peak when over 58,000 cases were reported, including 3,145 deaths.” (About Jonas Salk) Polio is among the top ten epidemics in the United States history and the widespread panic created by it could have continued longer without the polio vaccine’s inventor, Jonas Salk. Although Jonas Salk’s intentions and methods were called into question by many, his Poliomyelitis vaccine ended the polio epidemic of the early-mid 20th century. Background On October 28, 1914, Jonas…

The differential diagnosis that fits 5-year-old Johnny is Impetigo. Impetigo is caused by Staphylococcus aureus or Streptococcus pyogenes, which are Gram-positive bacterias that are highly contagious (Hartman-Adams, Banvard, & Juckett, 2014). According to Hartman-Adams, Banvard, & Juckett (2014), it is the most common bacterial skin infection seen in children between the ages of two and five years old. The symptoms associated with impetigo are classified as ruptured oozing sores, and…

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Annotated Bibliography Peer reviewd Journal 1. What are the recent advancements in the treatment of the polio epidemic? Affeldt, J.E. (1954). Recent advances in the treatment of poliomyelitis. The Journal of the American Medical Association, 156(1), 12-15. Retrieved , from http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=317696 This research intends to create a greater understanding about the Poliomyelitis Epidemic and its recent advances in treatment. This targets health professionals…

improved water quality; taking supplements; as well as getting treatment packages (World Health Organization [WHO], 2013). In terms of vaccination, children should be given rotavirus vaccine to make sure they are protected from rotavirus diarrhea (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2015). This rotavirus vaccine should be given to children at two, four and six months of age (Baveja, 2015). As vaccination mimics the first infection without causing illness to induce strong immunity…

Paul was just a regular kid from London that lived with his parents before he had to go to Mortingham Boarding Academy. He was exceptional student at his school and he did very well in his studies. Paul had many friends at his school he had a best friend called James, they were the best of friends. His parents Elizabeth and George Young were very educated people they worked for the Parliament of England as scientists for the Ministry of Health. Their jobs were very dangerous since they worked…

From the beginning of mankind, man has looked for a way to heal illnesses. Jonas Salk found a cure for one of the severely worst illnesses in the history of man, polio. Jonas Salk's polio vaccine was a great discovery of his time, and it is still being used today to eliminate polio worldwide. His discovery of a vaccine against polio was one which was collected of killed viruses producing the antibodies to help the body defeat the disease without inducing it. As the argument heats up between…

better known as Polio is a viral and infectious disease that is to affect mainly the central nervous system, and can also cause temporary or permanent damage to the body Polio disease can be found at any age but is commonly foJonas Salk was born October 28, 1914, and died on June 23, 1995 Salk was an American medical researcher and virologist Salk studied and graduated the New York University School of Medicine He was the first man to discover and develop the successful Polio vaccine Jonas…

Poliomyelitis Polio is a very contagious illness that is caused by a virus. Poliomyelitis is caused by a human enterovirus of the Picornaviridae family and caused by poliovirus. The polio virus can be transmitted from one person to another through oral contact with secretions or through fecal contact from an infected person. Polio can cause paralysis, difficulty in breathing and even death. Polio sometimes affects children most often. In spite of so many polio eradication campaign, polio virus…

information on infectious diseases like polio and smallpox, and the need for a vaccine to prevent HIV/AIDS infection. English Physician Edward Jenner developed a small pox vaccine, in late 1796. Jenner came to the conclusion that by infecting a child with cowpox, a mild form of smallpox, the body could build immunity to smallpox. This case is where vaccines first originated from and lead to other vaccine discoveries like the rabies vaccine. The rabies vaccine was later developed by, French…