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typhoid fever in Children by (Professor) (University) 1.... DEFINITION typhoid fever is defined as “a systemic infection caused by Salmonella enterica serotype typhi (S typhi)” (Bahn et al.... typhoid fever is known to have a fatality damage of 216,500 deaths worldwide in the year 2000, and 21,600,000 illnesses in that year alone (Bhan et al.... However, in Western countries like the United States alone, typhoid fever accounts for as few as 300 cases a year due to a good access in vaccination and other preventive factors (Lynch et al....
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Retroviridae is a large family of enveloped RNA viruses categorized under group-4 RNA viruses and which have common structure, composition and replicative properties (Table-1).... The viruses included in this family are known as retroviruses.... They are named for the action of a… The hallmark of these viruses is the method of replication....
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By 2002 there were forty-two million people living with HIV infection around the world and it cause more than twenty million deaths around the globe.... In spite of billions of dollars spent on research, there is no cure or vaccine as yet and so HIV continues to be a feared infection around the world (Joshi, 2005).... Around the world the predominant virus is HIV-1.... In comparison HIV-2 is relatively uncommon, being concentrated in West Africa and hardly seen in other parts of the world....
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typhoid fever is caused by a harmful bacterium called Salmonella typhi (WHO, 2014).... Considering the fact that he had visited West Africa, a tropical country, and the symptoms, it is clear that he must have contracted typhoid fever.... The microscopic organisms that cause typhoid fever spread through polluted substances or water and sporadically through immediate contact with someone with the organism (Mayoclinic.... typhoid fever is a severe sickness associated with severe headache and is caused by the Salmonella typhi microscopic organisms....
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nbsp; Humans were also able to transmit the disease to animals through infected sputum found in contaminated water feed for cattle.... Animal reservoirs for diseases transmitted to humans include cattle/bovine (tuberculosis); fleas (yersinia pestis or the plague); bugs (Chagas' diseases); mosquitoes (yellow fever).... The review analyses reservoirs of disease contracted by humans.... In the process, they exposed themselves to dung dust and whatever bacteria and disease may have been existent in the cattle dung....
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Literature review
Overall, the healthcare system of Haiti is in the developing stage where contribution is coming up from the public and from the local health care professionals who are worried about their country's critical health situation(World Health Organization, 2011).... The research conducted has brought a comparative analysis of Haiti and Cambodia healthcare....
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This work called "typhoid fever in Children" describes symptoms of typhoid fever, measures to prevent the disease.... However, in Western countries like the United States alone, typhoid fever accounts for as few as 300 cases a year due to good access to vaccination and other preventive factors.... Moreover, typhoid fever usually hits children and young adults aged 5-19 years, although the age range can be much younger to much older (Bhan et al....
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otably, the world is challenged with different diseases with unique mechanisms through which they manifest.... In response to the health crisis though, world systems outlined strategic undertakings that were not only aimed at breaking chains of infection of the causative virus but which could promote recovery as well (Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2014).... This work called "Health and Social Care: Investigating disease" describes a comparative review of measles and aligners....
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