Good Morning, I am Makadie Drummond and today my presentation is about an infectious viral disease which invades the central nervous system, this is called rabies.
Countries that have many wild animals which are not vaccinated include Africa and Asia, as shown in red on the screen. Especially these two countries there is a high risk of contracting rabies. Whereas countries like Australia have a low risk because there only one main animal that causes the disease, this can also be treated with the vaccine.
Rabies is caused when the lyssavirus invades the central nervous system, causing inflammation in the brain. The virus is spread through the saliva of infected animals these animals can then transmit the virus by biting or scratching another animal or person. Rabies is also transmitted when the infected saliva makes its way into an open wound or the mucous
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The virus’s end target is the brain and spinal cord. The first signs and symptoms of rabies show around 1 to 3 months after in virus is transmitted into the body. There are many symptoms that show when the virus is starting to move around the body, like – pain or tingling at the bite site, general feeling of illness, fever, headache and vomiting. When the virus starts to progress and develop in the brain or spinal cord, more serve symptoms appear. These symptoms include – anxiety, confusion and hydrophobia which is the fear of water. Hydrophobia is when excessive saliva is produced, and attempts or even the thought of drinking water, may cause severe spasms in the throat. When the virus multiplies in the salivary glands of the infected individual, it has the consequence of further transmission through biting. However, this effects of this virus would be significantly decreased if the infected induvial could swallow saliva and water. Eventually, a person with rabies ends up in a coma followed by heart failure causing
Rabies is a deadly virus that occurs in the brain. It can affect all mammals but the ones that are most commonly found with the virus are dogs, bats, raccoons, skunks, and coyotes. This means that any non-mammal can not contract the virus, such as fish, birds, and reptiles (2). The virus can be contracted by humans with saliva transfer with broken skin contact from an animal which has the disease. As this is the most common form of transferring the disease it is very believable that Tea Cake contracts the virus from the wild dog that “managed to bite [him] high up on his cheek bone once” (1). The rabies virus works by being a bullet shaped virus that directly attacks th...
Almost 2,000 died the night of the 1928 storm in Florida. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston realistically depicts the Okeechobee hurricane that struck the coast of South Florida. The incredulous, category four storm produced winds as high as 150 mph and flood waters of up to eight feet. Hurston describes their heart wrenching experience throughout the end of the novel when Janie, the protagonist of the story, survives the devastating hurricane with her husband, Tea Cake. The book shows similarities between the overflow of Lake Okeechobee and the specific weather conditions of the hurricane, but differs regarding the aftermath of the storm.
Specific Purpose: To tell my sophomore students know about 3 reasons. Why the parents choose their children vaccinate?
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Rabies virus belongs to Lyssavirus genus, Rhadboviridae family. It is a negative-sense, non-segmented, single-strand RNA and 180 nm long* 75 nm wide bullet-shape virus. All rhabdoviruses have two main structural components: a helical ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complex and a surrounding viral envelope. The rabies virus genome encodes five functional proteins: L (transcriptase), N (nucleoprotein), and NS (transcriptase-associated) protein with viral RNA are composed of the RNP complex. This complex adds up in the cytoplasm of neurons that are infected by rabies virus and makes up Negri body that is an indicator of rabies for histopathologists. Another two proteins are M (matrix) and G (glycoprotein) proteins that are associated with the lipid envelope. The G protein shapes the protrusions that are spikes-shape surface antigen on the virion envelope and induce virus-neutralizing antibody.
It was spread very slowly and less broadly than other viral illnesses which took a long time to identify the infection in the first two weeks. Infection of smallpox started to grow between 7 to 10 days when the scabs formed into bruises. The signs and symptoms of this disease include high fever, widespread rashes, redness, muscle pain, headache, common cold, vomiting, nausea and many more. Consequently, the virus was found in the bone marrow along with bloodstream in huge numbers. There are different types of the smallpox disease with other classifications.
Rabies does not discriminate against any warm blooded mammal; all that come into contact with the virus are at risk. Those who choose to live, work, and recreation in areas with a larger wildlife population are understandably at higher risk. People should be extremely wary of unknown animals and heed behavior changes in familiar animals. The virus is usually spread from a bite wound when the saliva of an infected animal is introduced to the victim via the bite. The virus travels from the origin of the wound to nerves and onward to ultimately infect the brain.
Attention Getter: According to the article “Phobia Statistics” from fearof.net, “Nearly 15-20% of us experience specific phobias at least once in our life. In the U.S., nearly 8.7% of people (aged 18 and over) have at least one extreme specific fear and nearly 25 million Americans report having the fear of flying phobia.
There are immunization schedules that most pediatricians follow that were based on the recommendations by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP).
Rabies, literally meaning “furious” in Latin, is commonly known throughout the ages for its terrifying effects on both humans and animals alike. Because the disease is fatal, people throughout the world have put greatest effort to find ways of controlling and preventing the disease. Natural remedies and protection amulets were used until Pasteur’s discovery of the vaccine. Based on those findings, people have altered techniques to make the vaccine. However, recently, there have been two particular cases concerning rabies. One woman survived the disease by an induced coma without receiving the vaccine. Another case a common organ donor infected with rabies killed all the recipients. These medical mysterious surprised many scientist even today.
The symptoms in humans are flu-like symptoms, anything ranging from fever to headache. After a few days after exposure, the human will experience the symptoms of clinical rabies: anxiety, confusion, agitation, hallucinations, and also insomnia (CDC). These symptoms may last two to ten days. Once the clinical symptoms have appeared the fatality rate is very high. To date, there have only been six cases of survival from the clinical stage of rabies (CDC). Incubation period ranges form ten days to one year, but the average is 20 days. Also bites closer to the brain will progress faster and bites in the lower appendages will take longer to spread (Mayo Clinic Proceedings).
Many people come to the United States of America in order to live freely and make choices based on their personal morals. Considering the fact that America is known for being the “land of the free”, people should be able to choose whether or not they want to get vaccinated. People should have the right to reject vaccinations for whatever reason it may be, whether it’s religious beliefs, health concerns, or lack of belief in the vaccination systems. Personally, Vaccinations have benefited me and my health, and I choose to get vaccinated. I choose to get vaccinated because I strongly believe in a way it helps build my immune system and keeps me from getting sick or catching diseases. However, people have different beliefs than mine. Therefore
The purpose of this paper is to focus on a subject within my educational field that I can research and inform the public about. I plan to become a veterinarian .which would require my daily contact with humans and animals. Zoonotic diseases are risk factors that I have to be aware of in order to protect myself as well as my patients and their owners. Luckily developments in medicine have made it possible to cure zoonotic diseases and even prevent them from ever being contracted.
Specific speech purpose: To persuade the class that emotional/mental health is important, and is in fact even more important than their physical health.