a) What are the main similarities between cholera and typhoid? b) What are the main differences between cholera and typhoid? c) How can the spread of cholera and typhoid be prevented as far as possi How can epidemiologists determine the source of a disease and how it is...
(c) How can it be prevented? What is the Flu?: The flu, also known as the influenza, is a contagious respiratory illness, primarily caused by influenza A and B viruses. It is a seasonal virus. Answer and Explanation: (a) Swine influenza is a respiratory infection...
The term contagious in the medical context refers to a disease that can be transmitted from one person to another, or even from an animal or insect to a human. Infectious diseases may or may not be contagious depending on whether the infectious agent, such as viruses, bacteria or protozoa, ...
Can it be prevented? Take this quiz to learn about food safety and how to guard yourself against food poisoning. Food and Health: Foods Most Likely to Give You Food Poisoning Every year, 1 in 6 people in the U.S. get a foodborne illness. Find out which foods sicken the most number ...
This has a negative impact on sexual activity, reduces sexual feelings. Restrained attitude to sexual intercourse may gradually lead to the development of sexual coldness, which violates the neuro-psychological state of a woman. If the physical consequences of abortion can be prevented to some extent...
Childhood vaccines such as those against measles, mumps, rubella, diphtheria, tetanus, and polio should be current prior to travel. Vaccines against hepatitis A, meningitis, and typhoid can be obtained before people travel to an area where exposure to those diseases is likely. The U.S. Centers...
" says Dr. Schaffner. "If scientists can make a killed vaccine that is effective, that is what they will do. It's all about trial and error." Most viral diseases, he says, require live-attenuated vaccines, but the vast majority of bacterial illnesses are prevented with inactivated vaccines...
As long as farmers are prevented from selling to consumers directly, processors can and do price fix the market, ultimately leading to corporate monopolies, consolidation of CAFO dairy farms, a degradation of food safety and quality, and the intentional destruction of small, family dairy farms.20...
(c) How can it be prevented? In 1918, an influenza pandemic that originated with avian flu killed 50 million people. Researchers isolated samples of that virus from bodies of infected people preserved in Alaskan permafrost since 1918. From the samples, they sequenced the viral genome H...
Food contamination can be prevented through simple measures: washing your hands at key times (before preparing, serving or eating meals; before feeding children, after using the toilet or after disposing of feces) wearing clean, protective clothing during food preparation ...