Infectious Disease Essays and Term Papers
On Ockham's Razor And Gulf IllsThe analytic instrument we feel most comfortable wielding, journalistically,
in exploring the cause of Gulf Syndrome is Ockham's Razor. It is named for,
but apparently was not quite explicitly stated in the writings of English
philosopher William of Ockham (circa 1300-1349). Also called the ...
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Cystic Fibrosis“Woe to that child which when kissed on the forehead tastes salty, for he is bewitched and soon must die.” Northern European folklore, though a salty brow was the least of that child’s worries that at the time was the way people found out that their child was going to die. How horrible this ...
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Biological And Chemical Weapons!!Human lives are at stake as we are approaching the new millennium. It’s been 1000 years, and we sure have evolved in many ways in building our technology. Invention of telephones to televisions to VCRs to planes, and to much more, technology has been a good friend to us. But is it always ...
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Meningitisis an inflammation of the lining surrounding the brain and spinal cord. This condition is caused by several different organisms such as bacteria and viruses. Viral is more common and usually occurs in late summer and early fall. Sometimes abdominal discomfort, chest pain, or a rash will be ...
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Hepatitis BRisk Factors for HBV Infection
Although relatively rare in the United States, is endemic in parts of Asia where hundreds of millions of individuals may be infected. HBV is transmitted horizontally by blood and blood products and sexual transmission. It is also transmitted vertically from mother ...
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Cholerais an infectious intestinal disease common in Southern Asia.
is caused by a comma-shaped bacterium called Vibrio s. The
microorganism is transmitted by water or food that has been contaminated
with the feces of people who have the disease. occurs when Vibrio
Cholera enters the intestines and ...
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EbolaMarch 1, 1996
Imagine going on vacation to a foreign country and when you come home you
are horribly sick. Your head hurts, you have a highfever, and you start
vomiting. Chances are that you may havecontracted the Ebola virus.
Ebola was first discovered in the village of Yambuku(1) nearthe ...
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The Positive Effects Of DDTIn the United States, the media has a tendency to report only the
negative details of everything. Such was the case in the late 1960’s and
early 1970’s when the pesticide DDT was investigated and eventually
prohibited. Most of the claims against DDT remain unproved to this day.
There were three ...
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GonorrheaGonorrhea is an infectious sexually transmitted disease. This disease involves the mucous membranes of the urogenital tract. Gonorrhea is much more obvious in males because they develop an acute discharge of pus from the urethra. Scarce when it starts, it becomes thicker and heavier and causes ...
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Poliomyelitis, infectious virus disease of the central nervous system, sometimes resulting in paralysis. The greatest incidence of the disease, also known as infantile paralysis, is in children between the ages of five and ten years. The disease was described in 1840 by the German orthopedist Jacob von ...
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Psychological Stressis a result of many factors and should be dealt with very carefully. Stress can be
defined as a set of interactions between the person and the environment that result in an unpleasant emotional
state, such as anxiety, tension, guilt, or shame (swin pg 1). Another way of putting it, is that ...
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EuthanasiaE-mail: www.wbmarket1@aol.com
Bastian 1 , the act of relieving the prolonged pain and suffering of terminally ill patients by inducing death, has been the subject of controversy for sometime. Dying with dignity, the kind of end we hope for ourselves as well as others, has in some ways become more ...
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AIDS History And TreatmentIn 1981 a man in Los Angeles was diagnosed as having a rare form of pneumonia, known as Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. He had a very low number of T-4 helper cells, and died soon after. The doctors were puzzled at the time, but they would later discover that this was one of the first cases of a ...
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Psychological Stressis a result of many factors and should be dealt with very carefully. Stress can be defined as a set of interactions between the person and the environment that result in an unpleasant emotional state, such as anxiety, tension, guilt, or shame (swin pg 1). Another way of putting it, is that ...
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Biological And Chemical WeaponsThe Development and Control of Chemical and Biological Warfare
The year, 600 BC. Solon, the legislator of the Athenians, contaminated the River Pleisthenes with hellebores (skunk cabbage) to give the defenders of Kirrha violent diarrhea leading to their defeat. This is the first recorded use of ...
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The Education Of A.I.D.S DiscriminationEmployees are being discriminated against for their infectious illness
known as A.I.D.S. They are labeled incapable of performing the tasks they
pursued before they were recognized as being infected. The confidentiality of
an employee is a private matter and very personal. There aremany ...
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Mandatory VaccinationImmunization Pandemonium
Infectious diseases such as smallpox, polio, mumps, and measles were had once took a fatal toll on the world's population. However, through the creation of vaccination, humans are now able to prevent and control illness and death rates caused by diseases. Immunization ...
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Sri LankaSri Lanka-TOURISM
Sri Lanka Index [HYPERLINK: http://www.mongabay.com/history/.html]
In 1966 the government established the Ceylon Tourist Board, vesting in it the responsibility for invigorating the tourist industry. The board, operating as an autonomous corporation, was charged with ...
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Genetic EngineeringA Jordanian couple tried four times to have a baby and to start a family. All four times resulted in devastating miscarriages, and the two were left wondering if it was even possible to achieve their goals. Finally, in 2005 they had their first baby. However, she was diagnosed with Leigh syndrome ...
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Argument Against Genetic EngineeringAlthough the positive impacts of this field could be enormous, there are many questions raised that needs to be answered. New organisms created by genetic engineering could present an ecological problem. One cannot predict the changes that a genetically engineered species would make on the ...
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