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michael huddleston

Typhoid fever: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • Typhoid fever is an infection that causes diarrhea and a rash. It is most commonly due to a type of bacterium called Salmonella typhi
  • you eat or drink something
  • S. typhi is spread through contaminated food, drink, or water.
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  • bacteria travel through the blood to your lymph nodes, gallbladder, liver, spleen, and other parts of the body
  • bacteria, t
  • acteria enter your body
  • travel into your intestines
  • then into your blood
  • contaminated
  • Some persons become carriers
  • Some people with typhoid fever develop a rash called "rose spots," which are small red spots on the abdomen and chest.
  • Typhoid fever is common in developing countries.
  • Fewer than 400 cases are reported in the U.S. each year. Most cases in the U.S. are brought in from other countries where typhoid fever is common.
  • High fever (103°F, or 39.5°C) or higher and severe diarrhea occur as the disease gets worse.
  • and abdominal pain.
  • Early symptoms include fever,
  • continue to release the bacteria in their stools for years, spreading the disease.
  • Abdominal tendernessAgitationBloody stoolsChillsConfusionDifficulty paying attention (attention deficit)DeliriumFluctuating moodHallucinationsNosebleedsSevere fatigueSlow, sluggish, lethargic feelingWeakness
  • Symptoms usually improve in 2 to 4 weeks with treatment. The outcome is likely to be good with early treatment, but becomes poor if complications develop.
  • Prevention
  • eeemmmiillyy on 21 Apr 14
     
    A medical encyclopedia
Bethany Carter

Yellow fever: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia - 1 views

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Yellow fever stages

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    • Nicole Hicks
      Nicole Hicks on 16 Apr 14
       
      These are the symptoms of yellow fever.
  • Symptoms may include:Irregular heart beats(arrhythmias)Bleeding (may progress to hemorrhage)ComaDecreased urinationDeliriumFeverHeadacheYellow skin and eyes (jaundice)Muscle aches 
  • Red eyes, face, tongueSeizuresVomiting, possibly vomiting blood
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    • Bethany Carter
      Bethany Carter on 21 Apr 14
       
      These Are The Stages Of Yellow Fever
  • Yellow fever has three stages: Stage 1 (infection): Headache, muscle and joint aches, fever, flushing, loss of appetite, vomiting, and jaundice are common. Symptoms often go away briefly after about 3-4 days. Stage 2 (remission):  Fever and other symptoms go away. Most people will recover at this stage, but others may get worse within 24 hours.Stage 3 (intoxication): Problems with many organs occur. This may include heart, liver, and kidney failure, bleeding disorders, seizures, coma, and delirium.
  • Bethany Carter on 21 Apr 14
     
    Stages of yellow fever
Madison Groves

Yellow Fever | Disease Directory | Travelers' Health | CDC - 2 views

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Yellow fever

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  • Yellow fever is a disease caused a virus, which is spread through mosquito bites. Symptoms take 3–6 days to develop and include fever, chills, headache, backache, and muscle aches. About 15% of people who get yellow fever develop serious illness that can lead to bleeding, shock, organ failure, and sometimes death.
  • Travelers to certain parts of South America  and Africa  are at risk for yellow fever.
  • What can travelers do to prevent yellow fever?
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  • Travelers can protect themselves from yellow fever by getting yellow fever vaccine and preventing mosquito bites.
  • Prevent mosquito bites:
  • Yellow fever is a disease caused a virus, which is spread through mosquito bites. Symptoms take 3–6 days to develop and include fever, chills, headache, backache, and muscle aches. About 15% of people who get yellow fever develop serious illness that can lead to bleeding, shock, organ failure, and sometimes death.
  • Caden Lewis on 21 Apr 14
     
    Good ways to protect yourself from mosquitoes to prevent yellow fever
  • Madison Groves on 21 Apr 14
     
    awesome explanations
presley spoonemore

Pandemic Flu History | Flu.gov - 0 views

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pandemic history gov Disease influenza

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  • Cassie Russell on 21 Apr 14
     
    the history of the influenza 1918
Darien Fuller

About Pandemics | Flu.gov - 1 views

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influenza Disease Characteristics

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  • Rapid Worldwide SpreadWhen a pandemic flu virus emerges, expect it to spread around the world.You should prepare for a pandemic flu as if the entire world population is susceptible.Countries may try to delay the pandemic flu’s arrival through border closings and travel restrictions, but they cannot stop it.Overloaded Health Care Systems
  • Most people have little or no immunity to a pandemic virus. Infection and illness rates soar. A substantial percentage of the world’s population will require some form of medical care.Nations are unlikely to have the staff, facilities, equipment, and hospital beds needed to cope with the number of people who get the pandemic flu.Death rates may be high. Four factors largely determine the death toll:The number of people who become infectedThe strength of the virusThe underlying characteristics and vulnerability of affected populationsThe effectiveness of preventive measures 
katelyn dunn

Facts About Smallpox Disease - 0 views

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smallpox disease

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  • Smallpox, if used as a weapon, would be a serious threat because: it is spread through the air when an infected person breathes, talks, laughs, or coughs it can also be spread by infected clothing or bed linens it can spread in any climate or season there is no treatment or cure few doctors would know smallpox if they saw it people who survive it are left with ugly scars on their bodies or face, and some become blind 30% or more of people who contract smallpox die Smallpox devastated the American population in the 1700s (see Elizabeth Fenn's book, Pox Americana, for the details). Anyone who knows about it fears it. Once a few cases were reported in the media there would be widespread concern, even pan
  • What is being done about a possible outbreak Since the last case of smallpox occurred in 1977 in Somalia, scientists have had to rely on research that was done before then, plus their best educated guesses, when trying to plan for an outbreak. Here's what we know, and what is being done:
  • 1. People vaccinated many years ago may not be immune. Vaccination gives immunity to a disease, but not forever; scientists generally agree that full immunity only lasts 3-5 years. After that, it begins to fade. A study published in 1972 showed a death rate of 11% for people vaccinated more than 20 years prior to exposure to smallpox. Scientists do know that if someone is exposed to smallpox, giving the person the vaccine within 4 days reduces the severity of the disease or even prevents him/her from getting it.
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  • 2. National Smallpox Preparedness Program In December 2002 a U.S. National Smallpox Preparedness Program was initiated to protect Americans against smallpox, should it be used as a biological weapon. Smallpox Response Teams are to be formed in communities throughout the country. Teams members, including health care workers, firefighters, police, and volunteers, are vaccinated against smallpox and thus could respond to an outbreak without contracting the disease. The Department of Defense also began vaccinating military and civilian personnel deployed to high-risk areas. During January 24-December 31, 2003, smallpox vaccine was administered to 39,213 civilian health-care and public health workers throughout the U.S. More than 1 million military and support personnel have also received the smallpox vaccination since December 2002.
  • 3. CDC Smallpox Response Plan and Guidelines The CDC has developed a Smallpox Response Plan and Guidelines. The plan outlines strategies which would guide the public health response to a smallpox outbreak at the federal, state, and local levels. The CDC states that smallpox vaccine is not available for members of the general public at present. However, in the event of an outbreak, the agency states there is enough smallpox vaccine stockpiled to vaccinate every person in the United States.
  • 4. Educating health care providers about vaccination An added consideration is that training doctors and nurses how to administer smallpox vaccine properly and recognize a successful reaction to the vaccine (a sore at the injection site) will be an ongoing process. Smallpox is not given in a single shot (injection) like other vaccinations. There is a special technique used called multiple puncture vaccination. Health care providers must also teach those who are vaccinated about symptoms that may occur, and how to take care of the sore at the vaccination site.
  • katelyn dunn on 21 Apr 14
     
    all things smallpoxs!!!!
Maddie Luna

http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/smallpox/training/overview/pdf/eradicationhistory.pdf - 2 views

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smallpox slideshow

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  • Maddie Luna on 21 Apr 14
     
    this is a great slideshow about smallpox
cord smith

Home | Flu.gov - 0 views

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  • cord smith on 21 Apr 14
     
    good web sites
Madison Groves

Vaccines: VPD-VAC/yf/main page - 0 views

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Yellow fever vaccines

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      Nicole Hicks on 08 Apr 14
       
      Stay away from mosquitos!!
  • Yellow fever can be prevented by vaccination. Travelers should also take precautions against mosquito bites when in areas with yellow fever transmission. Travelers should get vaccinated for yellow fever before visiting areas where yellow fever is found.
  • Madison Groves on 21 Apr 14
     
    more about the yellow fever vaccine
Dusty Soles

CDC - Typhoid Fever: Technical Information - NCZVED - 5 views

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typhoid

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  • In the United States, an estimated 5,700 cases of typhoid fever occur annually, mostly among travelers. An estimated 21 million cases of typhoid fever and 200,000 deaths occur worldwide.
Madison Groves

Vaccines: Vac-Gen/Side Effects - 1 views

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Yellow fever

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  • Yellow Fever vaccine side-effects What are the risks from Yellow Fever vaccine? A vaccine, like any medicine, could cause a serious reaction. But the risk of a vaccine causing serious harm, or death, is extremely low. Mild Problems Yellow fever vaccine has been associated with fever, and with aches, soreness, redness or swelling where the shot was given. These problems occur in up to 1 person out of 4. They usually begin soon after the shot, and can last up to a week.
  • Madison Groves on 17 Apr 14
     
    the vaccine effects
katelyn dunn

CDC Smallpox | Smallpox Overview - 0 views

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smallpox

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  • There are two clinical forms of smallpox. Variola major is the severe and most common form of smallpox, with a more extensive rash and higher fever. There are four types of variola major smallpox: ordinary (the most frequent type, accounting for 90% or more of cases); modified (mild and occurring in previously vaccinated persons); flat; and hemorrhagic (both rare and very severe). Historically, variola major has an overall fatality rate of about 30%; however, flat and hemorrhagic smallpox usually are fatal. Variola minor is a less common presentation of smallpox, and a much less severe disease, with death rates historically of 1% or less.
  • Chance Brown on 16 Apr 14
     
    Very good information about smallpox in general
  • katelyn dunn on 18 Apr 14
     
    this is a great website is great for who ever has smallpox!!!
Adam Bell

.:The Great pandemic :: The United States in 1918-1919 :. . : The Great Pandemic : : Th... - 1 views

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great united states influenza death history

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  • The Influenza Pandemic occurred in three waves in the United States throughout 1918 and 1919.
andrew avila

Typhoid Fever - 0 views

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      andrew avila on 16 Apr 14
       
      The symptoms of typhoid
  • What is typhoid fever? Typhoid fever is a disease that is caused by the bacteria Salmonella Typhi. This illness is common in many countries of the world. Most cases diagnosed in the U.S. are actually acquired during travel to other countries. Note: typhoid fever should not be confused with the usually milder illness (salmonellosis) caused by Salmonella Typhimurium.
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      andrew avila on 16 Apr 14
       
      what typhoid is
jaxson dillard

CDC - Transmission - Yellow Fever - 0 views

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fever yellow

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      jaxson dillard on 16 Apr 14
       
      this is the transmission of the disease 
  • Yellow fever virus is an RNA virus that belongs to the genus Flavivirus. It is related to West Nile, St. Louis encephalitis, and Japanese encephalitis viruses. Yellow fever virus is transmitted to humans primarily through the bite of infected Aedes or Haemagogus species mosquitoes. Mosquitoes acquire the virus by feeding on infected primates (human or non-human) and then can transmit the virus to other primates (human or non-human). Humans infected with yellow fever virus are infectious to mosquitoes shortly before the onset of fever and for 3–5 days after onset.
presley spoonemore

The Influenza Epidemic of 1918 - 1 views

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influenza epidemic History plague

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  • World War I claimed an estimated 16 million lives. The influenza epidemi
  • c that swept the world in 1918 killed an estimated 50 million people. One
  • it had killed more people than any other illness in recorded history.
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  • "three-day fever,"
  • Victims recovered after a few days. When the disease surfaced again that fall, it was far more severe
  • could not identify this disease which was striking so fast and so viciously, eluding treatment and defying control
  • victims died within hours
jace givens

CDC - Yellow Fever - 1 views

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fever cdc

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      jaxson dillard on 16 Apr 14
       
      good info
  • Yellow fever virus is found in tropical and subtropical areas in South America and Africa. The virus is transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected mosquito.
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      jace givens on 30 Apr 14
       
      VERY HELPFUL!!!!!!
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  • Yellow fever is a very rare cause of illness in U.S. travelers. Illness ranges in severity from a self-limited febrile illness to severe liver disease with bleeding. Yellow fever disease is diagnosed based on symptoms, physical findings, laboratory testing, and travel history, including the possibility of exposure to infected mosquitoes. There is no specific treatment for yellow fever; care is based on symptoms. Steps to prevent yellow fever virus infection include using insect repellent, wearing protective clothing, and getting vaccinated.
  • jace givens on 30 Apr 14
     
    prevention fro yellow fever
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