World AIDS Day

According to the CDC there are around 200,000 reported cases of syphilis in the United States each year. Syphilis can be hard to detect since it often has the same symptoms as other diseases. In order to detect the disease, it is important to be informed about syphilis. Syphilis is a sexually transmitted bacterial infection. The bacterial infection is caused by the bacterium treponema pallidum. Treponema pallidum belongs to the Spirochaetaceae family, and is a spirochete bacterium.…

This lecture, presented by the Office of Equal Opportunity Programs, was about Title IX. According to this lecture, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 is a law prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex in any education program or activity that receives Federal financial assistance. Apart from discrimination, Title IX also covers sexual violence, which has a number of variations, including sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, and forcible and non-forcible…

Recent study reveals cat-scratch disease is rising among adults Say goodbye to regular cuddle sessions with your beloved kitty, because their claws could harm you. According to a recent study by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there has been an increase in cat-scratch disease (CSD) patients. The study revealed that 13,273 people were diagnosed with CSD during 2005-2013, and 538 of the diagnosed patients were later hospitalized. CSD is a bartonella bacterial infection…

Those that chose to resettle, realized that conditions were dire. Also returning home is nightmarish hell of dodging landmines for many Ethiopians. There have many landmine clearance ordinances such as “Clearing a Path to Development”. UK has joined the cleaning up effort; there are some 2 million landmines polluting Ethiopia; quite a few date back to Italy’s 1935 invasion. The worst contamination is along the Eritrean and Somalian borders. The Ethiopian diaspora in the United States is large…

As you mentioned finding the source of the infection and the denominators is paramount. As an epidemiologist, finding the source of infection to limit the spread of disease and collect statistical information for government reporting. Statistical information includes the number of those infected and those potentially affected by the disease. The denominator of an incidence proportion is the number of persons at the start of the observation period, in this case syphilis the 10 young persons with…

Picornaviridae (Varner,2009). It is classified as a small, icosahedral shaped, non-enveloped, and a positive sense RNA virus. The organism is heat resistant, tolerates an acidic environment with a pH of 3-5 for up to three hours. The virus can survive for days at room temperature and for weeks at 4°C. It is inactivated by drying, heat, formaldehyde, chlorine, and ultraviolet light (Varner, 2009). In 1993, a major outbreak of severe respiratory disease occurred in the Southwestern United States.…

Ever since we have been little our parents have told us about waiting till marriage till being sexually active. However,more than likely they just left it at that and never stressed why. According to www.statisticbrain.org ,only three percent of Americans wait until they are married to become sexually active. This comes to show how we,as a people,need some assistance in learning how to quench our desire. This act of restraining oneself from indulging in something else is called abstinence. Of…

Evaluation of Epidemiological Problem - Chlamydia Sexually transmitted diseases (STD), used to be known as venereal diseases, are infections that are spread through sexual contact. Chlamydia trachomatis is the most common reportable bacterial sexual transmitted disease in the United States and can affect a wider spectrum of people than other STDs. Approximately half, of the nearly 20 million yearly reported STD cases, involves males and females under 25 years old and Chlamydia comprises…

a) Briefly outline the public health problem the study addresses, relevant stakeholders and target populations. The lack of sexual health knowledge of young people, gay men and bisexual men is the concerning public health issue, which can lead to increase rate of HIV among them in Australia. The target populations are gay and bisexual men, young people aged 16-29 years. The stakeholders include the commissioners, the administrative team which is composed of experts from relevant fields (public…

severities when it comes to this disease. There is subclinical symptoms, this is where the dog or human is infected and there are no external signs of the disease. If any blood is drawn, it will have some abnormalities but if treated within the next few days can recover quickly. To continue, there is also acute symptoms, but don’t let this fool you it gets really bad in this stage. You can have from the list of, loss…