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Measles a Virus that causes disease

Measles a Virus that causes disease. Yuka and Audrey. Measles is caused by a virus in the paramyxovirus family. http:// www.medicalook.com / Infectious_diseases / Measles.html. http:// en.wikipedia.org / wiki / File:Measles_virus.JPG. How many people get it?.

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Measles a Virus that causes disease

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  1. Measles a Virus that causes disease Yuka and Audrey

  2. Measles is caused by a virus in the paramyxovirusfamily http://www.medicalook.com/Infectious_diseases/Measles.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Measles_virus.JPG

  3. How many people get it? • In 2008, there were 164 000 measles deaths globally – nearly 450 deaths every day or 18 deaths every hour. • More than 20 million people are affected by measles each year

  4. How to Cure Measles: • -Vitamin A supplements have been shown to reduce the number of deaths from measles by 50%. • -Antibiotics (to prevent the spots becoming infected - not to control the virus!) • Routine measles vaccination for children, combined with mass immunization campaigns in countries with high case and death rates

  5. How does it spread? • The highly contagious virus is spread by coughing and sneezing, close personal contact or direct contact with infected nasal or throat secretions. http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs286/en/

  6. Typhus Lucian, Tim

  7. Disease causing organism • Caused by the bacteria, Rickettsia • Rickettsia means hazy or smoky which is the mental state of a person who is infected

  8. What does the disease causing organism do: • Murine typhus • Abdominal pain • Backache • Dull red rash that begins on the middle of the body and spreads • Extremely high fever (105-106 °F) • Hacking, dry cough.. • Headaches • Joint pain • Nausea • Vomiting Epidemic typhus • Chills • Bad cough • Delirium • High fever (104 degrees ° F) • Joint pain • Low blood pressure • Rashes • Sensitivity to light • Severe headaches • Severe muscle pain • Stupor

  9. How does it spread • It only affects humans • It is transmitted through ingestion of food or water containing the feces of an infected person

  10. How its cured • Oral rehydration therapy • Common Antibiotics such as:ampicillin, chloramphenicol, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, Amoxicillin

  11. Number of infections per year • 21 million cases world wide • 200,000 deaths world wide

  12. HIV Toni and Tara

  13. HIV in Humans

  14. How many people suffer from the disease?

  15. How is it medically cured or controlled? • Education – Educate people on the general knowledge of the disease • Sexual transmission – Prevention with condoms • Transmission through blood – Prevention with using clean needles

  16. The Different classes of HIV drug treatments.

  17. Chicken Pox (vaciella zoster virus)

  18. Chicken Pox (Vaciella Zoster Virus) Chicken pox is a highly contagious illness caused by a primary infection with Vaciella Zoster Virus. It usually starts with a vesicular skin rash, mainly on the Body and the head.

  19. Chicken Pox (Vaciella Zoster Virus) Chicken pox is an airborne disease spread easily through coughing or sneezing of Ill individuals or through direct contact with secretions from the rash. A person with Chicken pox is infectious one to two days before the rash appears. It takes from 10- 21 days after contact with an infected person for someone to develop the virus.

  20. Chicken Pox ( Varciella Zoster Virus) • Prevention Hygiene measures • Vaccine A Varciella vaccine was first developed by Michiaki Takashi in 1974 derived from an Oka strain. It’s been available in the U.S.

  21. Chicken Pox Varciella Zoster • Chicken Pox is a very contagious viral disease and affects 4000-9000 people a year

  22. Malaria MahekTulsiani and Rabia Shakeel

  23. General Information • A protozoan disease • Spread through mosquitoes • Multiply inside red blood cells, which thus break open in 48-72 hours, infecting more blood cells

  24. Symptoms include anemia, bloody stools, chills, coma, convulsion, fever, Jaundice, muscle pain, nausea, sweating and vomiting http://www.smeds.org/7th%20Malaria/Russ/img0.jpg http://www.broadinstitute.org/files/news/stories/full/20061210_malaria.jpg

  25. How it can be cured or avoided • Mosquito nets • Getting rid of stagnant water • Mosquito repellants • Pesticide • Curing medications such as Chloroquine or Mefloquine

  26. Athlete’s foot Emi, Sae

  27. Images http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/NGS/Shared/StaticFiles/Photography/Images/POD/a/athletes-foot-fungus-522312-sw.jpg http://www.athletefootfungus.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Athlete-Foot-Fungus.jpg

  28. Number of people infected • “Statistics show that almost 70 to 80 percent of the world's population has experienced athlete's foot at one point of their lives. This is because it can easily be acquired by direct contact with the things or person who has been infected with the fungi.” Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/375431

  29. How can we cure this disease? • Practicing good hygiene • Keeping foot dry • Putting vinegar on foot • Corn starch • Tea tree oil • Anti-fungal cream http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EFKRWMoB-fU/TAY9OKG7TrI/AAAAAAAAAno/jOT2uxgbNtw/s1600/007.JPG

  30. How does it spread? • By sharing footwear • By sharing towel with an infected person http://athletesfootcure.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/What-Causes-Athletes-Foot.png

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