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Hiv And Aids Hiv Aids
1,507 words... an organization should take to deal with AIDS is to draft and implement an AIDS/HIV policy. First, the company must decide what type of policy they wish to put in place. While some companies choose to implement a specific AIDS policy, others have a broader infectious disease policy, or an even broader disabled employee policy which would also cover AIDS. Whatever type of policy a company decides to go with, it should support the following: &# 61553; The policy should provide a foundation for...
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Ebola Zaire Ebola Virus
1,314 wordsTo: , AtCrossADH, EMOSSELL Imagine, if you will, you have just gotten back from a great vacation! You got to see all the African hot spots, and Zaire was your favorite! The people were so nice! They let you taste their food, hunt their land, even get a body ready for burial. Considered a very high honor for an outsider! You are home now and have a slight headache but after a great vacation like that who care? You take a few aspirins, get your film developed, pick up a few thing from the super ma...
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Occurs Within A Week Date Of The Most Current Animal
611 wordsa infection transmitted to humans and certain other mammals by the saliva of an infected animal. Infection is through a bite or by skin or mucous membrane contact with infected saliva. The period of the disorder can be as short as ten days or as long as one year; the usual time is one to two months. A victim who is vaccinated shortly after the animal bite will be protected against rabies. If a victim is not vaccinated, death usually occurs within a week of the onset of symptoms. Animals that mai...
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Cases Of Aids University Of Alabama
1,456 wordsDebate around the origin of AIDS has sparked considerable interest and controversy since the beginning of the epidemic. However, in trying to identify where AIDS originated, there is a danger that people may try and use the debate to attribute blame for the disease to particular groups of individuals or certain lifestyles. The first cases of AIDS occurred in the USA in 1981, but they provide little information about the source of the disease. There is now clear evidence that the disease AIDS is ...
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Million Americans Std Problem Stds
332 wordsState the observable effects of the problem: 1) an estimated 12 million Americans get effected with a sexually transmitted disease each year. 2) More than 25 different infectious organisms can be transmitted sexually, and five STDs; s chlamydia, gonorrhea, AIDS, syphilis and hepatitis B are among 10 of the most frequently reported infections 3) If detected and treated at an early stage, most STDs are curable. However 55 million Americans are believed to be infected with an incurable viral diseas...
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743 wordsThe Mysterious Infection of Kimberly Bergalis Was Kimberly telling the truth about her lack of sexual relations? How did she really contract the AIDS virus? Were Dr. Acer's patients in dangers while under his care? These are the questions that I will be addressing in this paper. There a few items in the article that try to get us to believe that the patients may have been lying. The story by CBS news program Sixty Minutes is probably the most persuasive. In their findings, the six people thought...
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Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
1,511 words-- This report focuses on the origins of viruses and discusses the ebola virus in particular. -- This report was done to explain the origins of the ebola virus. This virus is one of the most deadly and horrific viruses known to man. To first understand the ebola virus we must first know a little bit about viruses themselves. Viruses themselves are extremely small pieces of matter. To see them with the naked there would have to be thousands of millions of single viruses joined together. Even some...
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Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Rheumatoid Arthritis
1,983 wordsInflammation is the bodies normal response to injured tissues, although it can sometimes lead to further tissue damage. It was first described around 30 BC by Celsius, as tumour (swelling), rumor (redness), calor (heat) and door (pain); although excess secretion and loss of function are now commonly added. Inflammation is a response which has evolved to try and put things right in a damaged tissue, for example the pain and loss of function allow the tissue to heal easier whilst the heat and redn...
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Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease Nucleic Acid
1,120 wordsOver the years there have been many documented cases of diseases for which there appeared to be no cause. Only within the late 20 th century has the reason for these illnesses been brought into the spotlight. The symptoms of these illnesses are usually the loss of coordination followed by dementia, but in some cases an inability to sleep develops into dementia. These symptoms are caused by damaged regions of the brain. This damage occurs in the form of normal tissue changing to a sponge-like con...
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The Black Bubonic Plague In Europe
974 wordsThe Black Plague is a type of bubonic plague that traveled throughout Europe, and the Mediterranean Sea killing millions. The Black Plague (or Black Death) is a bacterial infection that causes swelling on numerous parts of the body. Also it causes odd sores in which human flesh is eaten away. If you are infected with this, you have 5 days to be treated before you die. This is carried mainly through a type of rat flea (Yersinia Pestis). The rat flea is of course found on rats but has also been fo...
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Spinal Cord Fresh Water
581 wordsSchistosomiasis (also known as Bilharzia) is a disease caused by small parasitic flatworms, species of trematodes of the family Schistosomatidae, which are commonly called blood flukes. The major types that cause schistosomiasis in humans are Schistosoma mansoni leading to intestinal schistosomiasis, S haematobium leading to urinary schistosomiasis and S. japonicum leading to Oriental or Asiatic intestinal schistosomiasis. Persons can get schistosomiasis when their skin comes in contact with con...
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Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever Ebola Viruses
1,226 wordsRunning head: MICROBIOLOGY MODULE 1 Microbiology Module I July 14, 2009 Microbiology Module I Microbiology Module 1 Part A Dear Editor, Few days ago I have read the article published in a local newspaper claiming that Edward Jenner was the greatest microbiologist of all time and made the greatest contribution to public health. Although I do honor Edward Jenner and do consider him to be one of the greatest microbiologists of the century, the importance of other microbiologists and their contribut...
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Set An Example Aids Epidemic
1,504 wordsAids in East Africa AIDS first emerged in Africa during the early 1970 's but did not garner much concern or attention until around the early 1990 s when global health care communities and agencies became alarmed at the explosion in the incidence rate of infected individuals and as well, the related mortality rates that rapidly followed. Due to a high illiteracy prevalent in these countries, the efforts of local agencies in the health sector to educate inhabitants on the topic of AIDS failed mis...
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14 Th Century Middle Ages
2,036 wordsImagine yourself alone on a street corner, coughing up bloody mucous each time you exhale. You are gasping for a full breath of air, but realizing that is not possible, you give up your fight to stay alive. Youre thinking, why is this happening to me? That is how the victims of the Black Death felt. The Black Death had many different effects on the people of the Middle Ages. To understand the severity of this tragic epidemic you must realize a few things about the plague. You should know what th...
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747 wordsThe Ebola Virus Cause of Disorder Ebola is a virus and part of the negative-stranded RNA family known as filo virus. It was discovered in 1976 in Africa and was named after a river in Zaire. When the virus is looked at under an electron microscope the filoviridae appear as being long, thin and occasionally they have branches sprouting from one place or another. Ebola can also take the form of a U or a b. There are four known strains of the virus; they are Ebola Sudan, Ebola Zaire, Ebola Reston a...
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Gram Positive E Coli
1,144 wordsIT Report # 1 Due Dec 21 / 98 AN EXPERIMENT IN PROPHAGE MANIPULATION: Submitted By: Jeff Scott # 968468 IT Report # 1 AN EXPERIMENT IN PROPHAGE MANIPULATION: An Experiment in Prophage manipulation, INTRODUCTION: Numerous bacteriophages have been identified, which integrate their DNA sequences into the host cells chromosome (the result is called a propane). If this occurs, the host along with its new chromosome structure is defined as a lysogen. This is so, because the act of a bacteriophage whic...
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390 wordsLymphatic Filariasis is the worm that causes the strange disease Elephantiasis. It is only found in tropical regions so people living in the northern United States do not have to fear of contracting the disease. The Filariasis worm can be up to 100 cm long and once they are inside of your body the female worms lay live young so there is heavy infestation within your body. One thing you might be wondering is what the lymphatic system is and the lymphatic system is a string of very tiny veins that...
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Sexually Transmitted Long Term
398 wordsGonorrhea is a Gonorrhea Gonorrhea Gonorrhea is a sexually transmitted disease. The disease is caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhea that is a member of the family Neisseriaceae. The majority of the organisms belonging to this family are non-pathogenic or commensals, however, gonorrhea is always pathogenic. Bacteria are introduced during sexual contact. It attacks the urethra in males, the cervix (not the vagina) in females, and the throat. Because symptoms are not always present, you may ...
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1,052 wordsHand Virus As A Deadly Disease Hand virus is a dangerous and often deadly disease that must be guarded against. If proper precautions are not taken, hand virus could lead to a nationwide outbreak causing many deaths. While there are a few cases of hand virus reported each year, the consequences of coming down with the disease dictates that the U. S. set up certain safeguards to educate the population on how to protect themselves. Even though research is being done on hand virus and its related i...
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Hepatitis B Body Piercing
545 wordsImagine Hepatitis B Hepatitis B Imagine that one morning you wake up feeling very tired and weak. Your sick to your stomach, have a high fever, and on top of all of that, your stools, eyes, skin and urine have all become a yellowish tint. You figure that it will go away on it? s own and that it is really no big deal at all. But lately you have been feeling very tired and not had the appetite you usually hold. You then go to a doctor to see what? s wrong, and how he can stop this very strange thi...
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