Swine influenza

were killed silently, in the most brutal way possible; the influenza virus. This virus gave victims the symptoms of a normal head cold, except because of an overreaction of the immune system, fluid gathered in the lungs which resulted in the development of pneumonia. The H1N1 virus was known best as the Spanish Flu and even though it most likely originated in China, the first reports of the virus came from Spanish Newspapers, while…

Viral replication is essentially what infects the human body. However, virions don’t just halt their reproduction process after just one copy. The process continues until the host cell literally explodes. This cellular eruption then send thousands of other viruses into the respiratory tract and eventually the bloodstream to accomplish the same thing. The destruction of respiratory cells is what causes the inflammation that leads to coughing and mucus production. At this point, the body's immune…

The History of Smallpox Smallpox once covered the globe. In Europe alone, 400,000 people a year use to die from it. It used to be extremely infectious. Smallpox started with little brown dots on your skin called macules. After a while each little dot raised up into a bump called a papule. Three or four days later, each papule became a blister called a pustule, a hard round bead under the skin. The patient’s whole body was covered in these, but especially his face, hands and feet. Sometimes…

Vicks VapoRub has been utilized for treating migraines, chilly, hack, congested nose, mid-section and throat stuffiness. Be that as it may, Vicks VapoRub can do as such substantially more than this. Some astounding employments of Vicks you haven't caught wind of: 1.Puts Off Mosquitoes On the off chance that you need to keep mosquitoes far from you, put some Vaseline on your dress and skin. 2. Sinus Headaches Apply Vicks under your nose and take a full breath. The menthol from Vicks…

Poliomyelitis, also known as Polio, is an infectious disease caused by the polio virus. This disease can spread from person to person and can invade an infected person’s brain and spinal cord, causing paralysis. Symptoms are seen rarely for this illness, but if seen it’s usually flu like symptoms. There are three types of polio, sub-clinical, paralytic, and nonparalytic. Young children, pregnant women, and people with low immunity are more susceptible to this disease. This disease spreads from…

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a very common virus that can cause mild cold-like symptoms in adults and older healthy children. This virus causes serious respiratory problems in infants, especially those infants which are born prematurely, who have diseases of the heart or lung, or those who are immunocompromised. The virus can live for a half an hour or more on hands and live for up to five hours on countertops or for several hours on used tissues. An RSV infection begins with the…

Bats are one of the world’s most abundantly diverse and geographically spread mammalian species (Schountz, 2014). When bats come to mind, one would generally associate them with haunted or dark environments, but the main reason why bats are feared has to do with their ability to act as reservoirs for pathogens that cause infectious diseases in humans. Reservoirs of pathogens are essentially places where the pathogen is able to grow and accumulate over time. The reservoir and the pathogen have a…

People are at the highest risk of exposure to infected mosquitoes from the months of July through October. Person of any age can contract the infection after being bitten by an infected mosquito.However, people over the age of 50 are at most risk of developing the serious disease and may even involve the nervous system. It is pertinent to mention that over 80% of persons infected with the West Nile Virus never fall ill. Even if someone falls ill, most of the cases are mild with symptoms such as…

The outbreak of Zika virus in South America and Central America created a potential threat to its neighboring nation United States of America (U.S.A). Zika is an outbreak in Brazil, furthermore, as of January 2016, over 1 million cases were registered and the count is still growing. Therefore, neighboring countries like the United States are in serious danger because the United States had experienced the spread of similar arbovirus disease West Nile in the past. In 1999, USA had registered its…

The majority of the ‘suspected pneumonia’ and ‘confirmed CAP’ were positive for influenza virus. After 14 days of evaluation of the ‘confirmed CAP’ individuals, 58 individuals manifested symptoms which 23 received the PCV13 and 35 received the placebo vaccine. This resulted to 34.4% efficacy of the…