1721 was a crucial year in America regarding disease and illness, especially in colonial America. From April through December, 5,889 Bostonians had smallpox, and 844 died of it. October was the worst month, with 411 deaths. Smallpox caused more than three quarters of all the deaths in Boston that year. Prior to the outbreak, the town contained 10,600 people.
Within days of the physicians first day of stay many of the newly infected began showing signs and symptoms of the disease. Due to the international hub the disease quickly spread along the airways to major international cities in Viet Nam, Singapore, Taiwan, and Toronto each becoming a hot zone of infection (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, 2003). The research team from WHO was able to present the timeline and outline the geographical spread from all information gathered. Unfortunately, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) did not first report this outbreak until February 2003 giving the virus a three month head start. While the physician, Dr. Jianlun stayed in Hong Kong after taking care of 34 cases of this illness in the Guangdong Province, overall it is estimated greater than 75% of the cases are related to him (Progress of the SARS Outbreak, 2013).
Cecil Frederick Influenza 1918 The influenza of 1918 was the worst epidemic in American history. It killed more Americans than all the wars combined. When it started people had no clue as to what it was and what was happening. The influenza of 1918 almost broke America apart before it was over. In 1918 the United States was in good stride and very lively with all of their fear and anger at Europe.
Seeing a child with whooping cough can be very traumatic. Unfortunately, many infants succom to the disease. Sadly this disease could have been prevented (StÖppler). Polio is a highly contagious viral infection
As members of society, one hears about the various diseases that occur amongst people around us. Continuously one tends to not realize the number of deaths that occur from these diseases. This article presents a study that was conducted that showed an estimate of nearly 4,900 people in Ontario are killed each year from infectious diseases while more than 7 million catch illnesses. Some of these disease consist of hepatitis C and B, E. coli, HIV-AIDS, or the common cold. The article continues to present numerical facts on cases and deaths from these diseases.
If not treated, the flu can spread quite rapidly, it can be passed through the air after someone coughs or sneezes or spread through hand contact (Influenza [Seasonal]). The virus will then start to infect the host and begin to multiply by inserting their RNA into the host. It will continue to multiply until it is treated with a vaccine. Someone with the flu may get a headache and always feel sore. Muscle and joint pain may occur, causing the infected person to not want to move.
War, Politics And The Influenza of 1918-19 In The U.S. Nwosu Lotana J. (A00012936) Mr. Steve Devitt Writing 102 Thursday, 16 March 2010. The Influenza of 1918-1919 which is also known as the ‘Spanish Influenza’ was a deadly disease that wreaked havoc among the human population. The influenza which was said to have killed more than 50 million people occurred while World War I (WWI) was going on.WWI killed about 5 million people, these two events combined made it a time of death for the world. America, which wasn’t the most affected country, was by then a superpower.
Outbreak It is believed that this virus was spread from small mammals. SARS was first recognized in 2003 when it became an international epidemic thought to have begun in China. The belief is, that a physician had been to the Province of Guangdong, China and treated people there who were ill. After leaving the region, he traveled to other areas in Asia. Some of the first cases of SARS reported, were traced back to the patients having stayed in the same hotel at the same time as this physician. Within just a few months, more and more cases were being reported throughout world, notably, Asia, Europe and the South and North America.
Influenza 1918 Paper The documentary Influenza 1918 tells the grim story of one of the most lethal and devastating pandemics in the history of the United States of America. The influenza pandemic of 1918 killed more people than World War 1, estimated at roughly between 20 and 40 million people. The 1918 flu pandemic was also known as the “Spanish” flu and has often been cited as the most devastating epidemic in recorded world history. To put it in perspective, more people died of the influenza virus in a single year than in the four year Black Death Bubonic Plague from 1347 to 1351. It was literally a global disaster.
In general, both children and adults with sickle cell anemia are more vulnerable to infections. This vulnerability is the result of spleen, the organ that filters blood, damage from sickled erythrocytes. Spleen damage prevents the organ from destroying bacteria in the blood. All individuals with the disease, especially young children, are susceptible to bacterial infections such as sepsis, pneumonia and meningitis (Bindon, 2004). Pneumococcal infections was the principal cause of death in children with sickle cell anemia until physicians began routinely giving penicillin on a preventive basis to those who are diagnosed at birth or in early infancy (Bownas, 2000).