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).
(Wikipedia contributors) The virus also remains alive and contagious on exposed surfaces and in the air for up two hours. Measles is highly contagious, over 95 percent of non-immunized children will develop the disease if exposed to the virus. (CDC) Symptoms of the disease first appear 10 to 12 days after initial exposure to the virus. These symptoms include cough, runny nose,fever, malaise, red watery eyes , koplik’s spots and the hallmark skin rash. (CDC) Initially a fever develops, followed by runny nose, cough and water eyes and koplik’s spots(small white spots that develop within the cheek and mouth).
It was not until 8 more cases were reported to the emergency room that this outbreak was noted to be of the measles vaccine. Measles was confirmed by serum laboratory test. This Genotype was identified as B3, the same genotype currently circulating in the Philippines (CDC, 2014). This diagnoses led to a community wide investigation and vaccination clinic. The investigation included hospitals, day care settings, churches, and schools.
8 hours. Then was transferred to a different hospitals ER again by ambulance and was isolated as Measles was the probable diagnosis. The family members were also told to isolate themselves. Laboratory serologic test confirmed a recent measles in the fifteen and sixteen yr. old. There were 97 contacts that had been interviewed and three of these which had been verified with
Tate Shaw Coach Grigg PreAp World Geography 2/14/11 Swine Flu: Annotated Bibliography Newspaper Article: arker-pope, Tara. Health and Wellness - Well Blog - NYTimes.com. Web. 12 Feb. 2011. <http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/28/the-symptoms-of-swine-flu/?scp=1&sq=symptoms of swine flu&st=cse>.
Community Health & Population C228 Western Governors University VWT Task 2 The Ohio measles outbreak of April 2014 accounted for more than half of the reported cases that year. In Ohio Amish country of Knox county, three hundred eighty three people became ill after unvaccinated Amish missionaries traveled to the Philippines, only to return infected with the measles virus (Newsmax, 2015). It was on an April afternoon when the Knox County health department received a call from an Amish woman reporting that her family and her neighbor’s family both had measles. The health department immediately began to test the families by collecting samples, nasal swabs, and draw blood (Tribble, 2014). Once the measles virus had been confirmed it was reported to the CDC of the outbreak.
Journal Article Critique January 15, 2012 HCA/220 The article I chose is “Severe and refractory myositis in mixed connective tissue disease: a description of a rare case”. (MCTD) known as mixed connective tissue disease is a generalized connective tissue disorder represented by the existence of high titer (RNP) anti-U1 rib nucleoprotein antibodies combined with clinical 6eatures usually seen in lupus erythematous, polymyositis, and scleroderma. Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) usually takes several years before a confirm diagnosis is seen. Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) has overlapping features of Scl, SLE, and PM which appears over a period of time. The early stages of mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) are
Outline Worksheet for Informative Speech Title: West Nile Virus Speaker: Joseph N. Aranbayev Specific Purpose: Problems and solutions associated with the West Nile virus Thesis Statement: People must understand the nature of the West Nile virus and how people get infected with it in order to take the necessary steps to protect themselves. Introduction I. Since it’s migration to the U.S. in 1999, the West Nile virus (WNV) has claimed over a thousand lives and has been found in a total of 27,605 people. (Lee, M.C. 23-34) II.
This can last between 6-20 days, with an average of approximately 7-10 days (CDC, 2012). The next phase of Whooping cough is known as the Catarrhal phase ( Cortese, Bisgard, 2008). During this phase the patient begins to exhibit mild symptoms and the infection extremely contagious ( Cortese, Bisgard, 2008). The Catarrhal phase can last up to two weeks and is often misdiagnosed as a common cold (Bauman, 2012). Symptoms during this phase include a runny nose, weak cough, slight nasal and upper respiratory congestion, and at times a low grade fever (CDC,
Invasive melanoma in California by county, 2009. Retrieved May 31, 2014, from http://www.ehib.org/page.jsp?pagekey+132&year=2009&pmn=EVENT%3DMELAN_TY Center for Disease Control and Prevention (2014). Skin cancer rates by state. Retrieved May 31, 2014, from http:///www.cdc.gov/cancer/skin/statistics/state.htm. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (2010).