Essays Tagged: "Infectious disease"
Tuberculosis
osis------------------------------------------------------------------------Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by a germ (bacterium) called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This germ primari ... abuse and immigration of persons with active infections.How is TB Contracted?TB is a contagious or infectious disease that is spread from person-to- person. A person is usually infected by inhaling t ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases
Mononucleosis
Mononucleosis is an infectious disease of humans in which the blood and tissues contain mononuclear leukocytes (white bl ... nonuclear leukocytes (white blood cells with only one nucleus), either monocytes or lymphocytes. An infectious disease is a disease that can give you an infection, can be transmitted by infection with ... wide variety of organisms, from submicroscopic viruses to wormlike parasites. When a person has an infectious disease like mono the organism gains access to the patients body, survives, and then mult ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases
Viruses, Ebola
ot virus. Both of these labs are in the United States: The United States Army Research Institute of Infectious Disease (USAMRID) in Reston, Virginia, and the Center for Disease Control (CDC), in Atlan ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology
Rabies Virus
A good one for a couple of extra credit points. "Well done."RabiesRabies is an infectious disease of animals which is a member of a group of viruses constituting the family Rhabdo ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases
Black Death - What it was, and what effect it had on Europe in the 13th Century.
The plague of 1348-50, known as the Black Death or just "the Death," was the highly infectious disease now known as the bubonic plague; it's caused by a bacillus carried by fleas, whic ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Cause and effect of AIDS
In 1981, a new fatal, infectious disease was diagnosed--AIDS (Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome). It began in major citi ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases
This is a paper that I wrote for my health class. I was assigned the topic of smallpox. I did very well on this 5 page paper.
on in Europe until the 6th century.During the 17th and 18th Centuries smallpox was the most serious infectious disease in The West and accounted for a substantial proportion of deaths, especially amon ... mallpox and overtly sick usually transmits the virus face-to-face in a closed dwelling. There is no infectious sub-clinical state.Smallpox is a virus that causes a high fever and a rash that scars the ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases
Social structures and economic forces that determine our health and our access to health resources.
s and doctors. In Western societies it is commonly accepted that if we are ill it is a result of an infectious disease that can be cured by modern medicine, or is a result of genetics or lifestyle cho ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology
Definitions in biology.
ment of antibodies in response to the presence of an antigen, as from vaccination or exposure to an infectious disease.Adrenal: 1.At, near, or on the kidneys.2. 2 Of or relating to the adrenal glands ... rocesses, and other autonomic activities.Immunity: .44.1.The quality or condition of being immune45.Infectious disease: a disease caused by a parasitic organism transmitted from one person to anotherI ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology
Smallpox is a serious, contagious, and sometimes fatal infectious disease.
The DiseaseSmallpox is a serious, contagious, and sometimes fatal infectious disease. There is no specific treatment for smallpox disease, and the only prevention is ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases
Anthrax
What is anthrax?Anthrax is a rare infectious disease caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis. It can occur in wild and domestic hoo ...
Subjects: Science Essays
How Human Behaviour May Influence Health And Disease
e of complete physical, mental and social well-being which is more than just the absence of disease.Infectious DiseasesAn infectious disease is caused by the invasion of a pathogen. A pathogen is an o ... ed by the invasion of a pathogen. A pathogen is an organism which invades the body causing disease. Infectious diseases are spread by humans (carriers) or by vectors e.g. insects, fly's. In other word ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine
Aids
se That Crosses the Color Line." Newsweek 17 Jan. 2000: 49.DeSalle, Rob, ed. Epidemic! The World of Infectious Disease. New York: The NewPress, 1999."A Disease Without Borders." U.S.Catholic Oct. 2000 ... The High Price of Denial." Business Week 19 Feb. 2001: 69.DeSalle, Rob, ed. Epidemic! The World of Infectious Disease. New York: The NewPress, 1999."A Disease Without Borders." U.S.Catholic Oct. 2000 ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Diseases In 19th Century America
The average American was susceptible to many infectious diseases during the 1800's. Because the spread of disease and pathology itself were not a ... idemics that occurred, killing thousands. Port cities were particularly susceptible to epidemics of infectious disease. New York, Boston, and Philadelphia were places where ships carrying foreign good ... immigrants disembarked.Toward the end of the 19th century, as people searched for a way to control infectious diseases, the germ theory of disease was introduced. It became clear that impure water, c ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Strong drink is a greater menace to man kind than drugs? do you agree?
of the substance. Dagga damages the bodies' immune system, which leads to greater susceptibility to infectious disease. Alcohol does not.All of the above does not mean that alcohol isn't harmful. 43pe ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine
Disease Notes
ence of diseaseDisease-condition that disturbs, or has the potential to disturb the bodies functionsInfectious disease-caused by a pathogenNon-infectious disease-caused by a malfunction of the bodyCon ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology
Biology Revision
ells become specialised for different functions within a multicellular organism.Distinguish between infectious and non-infectious disease: An Infectious diseases can pass to another organism to anothe ... practices assist in control of disease:Control measures such as cleanliness can stop the spread of infectious diseases, particularly if we know how a disease is transmitted. General hygiene and clean ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology
Pink Eye
k while another resident babysat her baby with the belief that she was not at risk of receiving the infectious disease. Casey had been told by several residents that pink eye was airborne and was cont ... hat is not made public or ignored that it is that serious.Quarantining must be considered for every infectious disease regardless if it is airborne or through sexual contact, every citizen should be g ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases
A Look into the Skeptical Environmentalist
n and environmental state of the world, including issues such as life expectancy, infant mortality, infectious disease rates, food availability, and dietary habits. Lomburg's book seems to be geared t ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science
An essay on Smallpox.
Smallpox.Smallpox is an infectious disease. Smallpox is an acute contagious disease caused by Variola virus, it is a member ... nt accounts of it that doesn't mean that is not important. Smallpox is highly contagious as well as infectious it has no specific treatment and the only prevention is vaccination. Smallpox was really ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases