Both disease's have flu-like symptoms such as fever, headaches, weakness, chills, and sore throat. In addition, Ebola and Black Plague, specifically Pneumonic Plague, can be contacted by human to human contact specifically through blood or bodily fluids seeping into broken skin. Once the Ebola virus transmits to humans, it takes two to twenty one days to show the flu-like symptoms. For the Black Plague, specifically the Bubonic and Septicemic plague, it takes about three to seven days to show flu like symptoms. For the Pneumonic plague, symptoms will automatically develop within one to three days after exposure to bacteria.
• The varicella virus has an incubation period of between 10 and 21 days. This means the rash will appear from 10 to 21 days after the virus has infected the patient. • A person infected with the virus is contagious about two days before the rash appears and will continue being so for another four to five days. Children or adults with weakened immune systems can be contagious for longer. • When the blisters have crusted over, they can no longer pass it onto others.
Giardia can be found within every region of the United States and around the world. In developed countries, it has infected 2% of the adults and 6 to 8% of children. In developing (or under develop) countries, it has infected nearly 33% of the peoples population. In the United States, Giardia infection is the most common intestinal parasitic disease affecting humans. It is basically a very bad stomach bug that will have you in the bathroom for long periods of time.
“Rickettsia is a disease-causing parasites that are carried by fleas, ticks, and lice. The majority
The incubation period is usually ten (10) days to four (4) weeks after the individual has been bitten by an infected female mosquito. The Texas Department of State Health Services states that individuals commonly experience fever, headaches, vomiting, chills and other flu like symptoms and these symptoms can appear up to a year after being infected with the parasite. The parasite can sit dormant
Epidemic Outbreak of “The Herpes Virus” (Assignment #1) Herpes is an infection caused by the etiologic agents Herpes Simplex Virus-1 and HSV-2. HSV-1 is the type generally known for causing oral herpes outbreaks, also known as cold sores or fever blisters. These blisters last from a week to a month, becoming open sores that crust over with scabs. The outbreak following the initial infection (usually a few days to a few weeks afterward) is usually the worst—the ones after that are less painful. Some people actually confuse their mild outbreaks with other skin conditions such as “eczema”.
If an infection is the reason for the pain, there would be nausea, fever, vomiting, cramping and constipation. Diverticula is common in people after 40 years of age. When you have inflamed diverticula, the condition is known as diverticulosis. You may never even know that you have these pockets because they rarely cause any problems as severe as diverticulitis. Diverticulitis usually gets worse throughout the first day.
Cryptosporidiosis is caused by Cryptosporidium, a parasite classified as an emerging pathogen by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“Cryptosporidiosis” CDC). Cryptosporidium was first recognized in mice in 1907 and was first associated with diarrhea in humans in 1976 (Magi et. al). Both the disease and the parasite are commonly known as “Crypto.” Many species of Cryptosporidium that exist infect humans as well as a wide range of animals. This organism infects the “gastrointestinal epithelium to produce a diarrhea that is self-limited in immune-competent people but potentially life-threatening in immune-suppressed people” (Magi et.
Symptoms of hand, foot, and mouth disease include fever, blister-like sores in the mouth, and skin rashes. Signs and Symptoms The disease usually starts with a fever, poor appetite, stomach sickness, and a sore throat. After the first few days after the fever begins, mouth sores may begin to develop. They are small red spots that are often blisters or ulcers in the mouth. Also, a skin rash develops over one to two days.
Hedge reports that strokes occur every forty-five seconds and more than 300,000 people suffer a permanent disability yearly. Holland et al., (1996), describes aphasia and the effects on the PWA’s intellect, and incapacitated social and family life. This research examines the validity of the treatment of auditory comprehension in persons with Aphasia. Since past research has yet to validate, and substantiate evidence-based practice (EBP) in this particular area, this literature review will illustrate the etiology, characteristics and, if found within the study design, the clinical relevance of treatments considered and provided for the debilitating disorder of AC in PWA. ETIOLOGY According to Hedge (2008), the leading cause of strokes may be due to years of vascular disorders.