The investigation included hospitals, day care settings, churches, and schools. Measles outbreaks had been considered eradicated since 2000, however with more and more people choosing to be unvaccinated, and increasing travel outside the United States this has become a worry again for the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The current rate for measles in the United States is 1 in 738,672 people (Vaccine incidence, 2014). Despite great achievements put forward toward global reduction of measles, there still remains a large issue. In 2010, 327,305 cases of measles were reported and approximately 139,300 deaths (CDC,
Smallpox is an incredibly deadly virus. It has a 20-60% fatality rate (80% in children). Small Pox has two variants, Variola Major, and Variola Minor. It comes from the Latin name Variola (once again that class helps me) meaning spots or pimple. Being a Virus, Smallpox cannot be cured, only vaccinated against.
According to the World Health Organization, Cholera is an intestinal infection caused by contaminated food or water. From the time a person is infected, the disease will show up in as little as one day. Cholera causes severe diarrhea and vomiting that leads to dehydration and kill within hours if left untreated. With proper fluids and antibiotics, cholera is an easily treatable disease. In 2010, the Haiti National Public Health Laboratory declared a cholera outbreak in Haiti after being notified of a sudden increase in patients with diarrhea and dehydration.
Per the WHO (2014), the latest Ebola outbreak with began in January 2014 has killed over 1,000 Liberians and healthcare workers to date. ABC proposes to launch a promising solution in the form of a new vaccine EBSTAT which has just passed the first phase of clinical trials in the United States (US). Market Structure and Elasticity ABC industries is one of only four companies worldwide who are working on a new medication to treat and prevent the deadly disease. The EBSTAT market structure is limited and is considered an oligopoly, due to the extremely high costs
At some point in the summer of 1793 a mosquito bit an infected refugee, then later bit a Philadelphian, starting the deadly epidemic known as Yellow Fever. Yellow Fever originated in the jungles of South America and Sub Saharan Africa. This deadly disease is spread by two types of mosquitoes, the Aedes Agypti and the Yellow Fever Epidemic of
Yellow fever is considered a highly infectious disease, yet its death rate of 1/20 is nothing compared to Marburg’s ¼. The truly scary part about that is that Marburg is considered the gentlest and least infectious of the four filovirus sisters. At least three times in the past 40 years, Ebola/Marburg has nearly embarked on a journey that, if it had been completed, would have completely destroyed the human race. Only tiny nuances have saved man from utter destruction, these being so small that most people have no appreciation for them. The causes and effects of the Ebola trio and Marburg are both horrifying and dangerous; the perfect scenario for the end of life as we know it.
USA vaccines cover A, C, W-135, and Y but not B (Coffee, 2015). The incubation period of meningococcal disease ranges from 2 to 10 days. The disease is spread through saliva and respiratory droplets. The most common way people transfer the disease is through kissing, sharing drinks, sharing used silverware, sharing lip balm, and close contact with an infected person who may cough or sneeze within three feet of an individual. Meningococcal meningitis is a fast moving, deadly infection that kills 10 to 13% of its victims within a matter of hours or days (CDC, 2015).
Community Health and Population Focused Nursing C228 SZT Task 2 August 1, 2014 Measles p. 2 Measles, also known as Rubeola is a highly contagious acute viral illness. It is caused by a virus in the paramyxovirus family. In 1953, 549,000 measles cases were reported in the United Stated, along with 495 measles deaths, annually. Although 549,000 cases were reported, it is estimated that 3-4 million people or most every American was infected with this virus during their lifetime. After the implementation and licensure of the live measles vaccine in 1963 the number of cases significantly dropped by 1988 in the U.S...
First, it was from the bacterium known as Yersinia pestis. (Wade, 2010) There are three different forms of the plague. The first is the Bubonic Plague, which is the most common form, known for its buboes, which are painfully swollen lymph nodes in the armpit, groin or neck. Septicemic plague, which spreads in the bloodstream, comes either via fleas or from contact with plague-infected body matter. Lastly there is the pneumonic plague, the most infectious type, is an advanced stage of bubonic plague when the disease starts being passed directly, person to person, through airborne droplets coughed from the lungs.
The three major diseases faced were, Malaria, Dengue Fever, and Dysentery. Malaria is a disease which is passed on via the bite of an infected mosquito. Symptoms include headaches, nausea, chills, shivering, rapid changes in temperature, excessive sweating, Diarrhoea, depression, Anaemia and its associated symptoms. Dengue Fever is transferred via specific mosquitoes that are found in tropical areas. I.e.