Essays on Infectious Disease

When one hears the word “plague”, they likely picture the Black Death, the bubonic plague epidemic most often taught about in schools; compared to this familiarity, the plague epidemic that killed 100% of its victims, the Manchurian Plague, is far less familiar. This epidemic, which…

This assignment will talk about the origins and effects of Ebola. Plus the characteristics of Ebola and what makes it so dangerous to human life. Also this assignment will talk about what will happen when Ebola enters the human body such as the physical effects,…

Ebola is a zoonotic disease, meaning that the disease can spread within, and infect across, both human and animal populations. In Ebola’s case the virus has been seen to spread through non-human primate populations with similar levels of devastation to that of humans (1), however…

Introduction My family and I have been planning for a family trip and picnic to visit Theodore Roosevelt National Park, located in Badlands, western North Dakota, USA (Nps.gov, 2019). The National Park is ideal for hiking trails, scenic drives, and ranger-led programs. The collection of…

History is much more than what just happened and to whom it happened to but how we as humans understand and ascribe to these events. A great plague swept over Europe where one third of Europe’s population died. In the book “In the Wake of…

Summary or Abstract: Zika is compacted as ZIKV is an arthropod virus that includes flaviviridae. It was initially selected from non-human living body. ZIKV got spread by stinging of mosquitoe. Since half a century ZIKV remain occasional later on it got fame in America. ZIKV…

The nature and number of people living in cities have been affected by infectious diseases. Over the course of history, illnesses have always been big epidemics. Many infectious diseases have played an important role in our lives, our economies, our culture and our daily lives….

Being the nurse manager of a 36-bed orthopedic unit, it has come to my attention that there has been a significant increase in postoperative nosocomial urinary tract infections. This orthopedic unit holds a high percentage of postoperative total hip replacement patients that have sustained these…

Introduction Middle east respiratory syndrome (MERS) emerged with the death of a man with pneumonia in Saudi Arabia in 2012, and the causative agent was subsequently identified as a novel coronavirus (MERS-CoV), which belongs to lineage C Betacoronaviruses. As a zoonoses, with dromedary camels as…

The immune system is what keeps animals healthy and is essential for survival. The immune system fights against bacteria, viruses, parasites, and without it the body would just be open for attack. The immune system involves many types of cells, organs, proteins and tissues which…