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The Yellow fever outbreak in 1793 affected most of the world with the deaths of many. Yellow fever first started when the refugees from the caribbean fled to Philadelphia. Yellow fever was one of the worst outbreaks in America 's history. The information provided in this research essay was found from multiple informational sites and books. The most important parts about Yellow fever are when it started and the symptoms followed, cause and how it 's transmitted, treatments, and Yellow fever now. The

The Yellow Fever virus came from Central or East Africa. With transmission between primates and humans, the virus has been spread from there to West Africa. The virus was probably brought to the Americas with the slave trade ships from 1492 after the first European exploration. The first case of Yellow fever was recorded in Mexico by Spanish colonists in 1648. Consequently, the virus started to spread also in North America. In Philadelphia in 1793, more than the 9% of the population die. The American

Student number :1065211 Unit : medical microbiology DESIRE IRAFASHA Yellow fever Yellow fever is defined as an acute haemorrhagic fever, sometimes associated with extensive hepatic necrosis and jaundice. The disease is said to be caused by insect-borne flavivirus that is also a single stranded RNA virus. (Strayer, R. R. D. (2011).Yellow fever virus is an Alpha virus belonging to the Flaviridae virus family that uses primates as monkeys as its primary reservoir and transmitted to hosts such as humans

Renee Wilda Ms. Vyse English II 15 April 2016 A Haunting Memory of Yellow Fever The fever of 1793 had spread over Philadelphia like a dark depressing blanket. Laurie Halse Anderson takes the audience on an emotional roller coaster as they explore Mattie Cook?s summer of 1793. The summer of 1793 hit Mattie Cook, her family, and her family owned coffee shop very hard. As she spends her days avoiding chores, she finds herself making plans to turn the coffee shop into one of Philadelphia?s finest. Then

Q fever, also known as Query fever, is a zoonotic bacterial infection normally acquired from farm animals. It is caused by the bacterium Coxiella burnetii which is a gram negative, obligate parasite related to the genus Rickettsia (CDC, 2015). Q fever is a world-wide disease that includes acute and chronic stages. The organism is extremely resilient and resistant to drying, heat and many common disinfectants because they dwell inside phagolysosome of phagocytes and form very resistant structures

Typhoid Fever Typhoid fever is an intestinal illness, which can result in great suffering and even death. At first it was commonly confused with other fever causing illnesses until 1869 when William Jenner performed a careful analysis and found differences in the different types of typhus fevers. In this paper, I will discuss the bacteria that causes typhoid fever, discuss the signs, symptoms, method of transmission, past and current epidemics, and whether or not there has been a decrease in

historical fiction novel, Fever, 1793, by Laurie Halse Anderson, this was something people lived with everyday, for a little longer than a few months. Matilda Cook, Mattie, lived in Philadelphia at this time, and had to live through the trading experience events the epidemic brought. The theme of Fever, 1793, is perseverance. If you have perseverance you will know you did everything you could, you will accomplish things, and things will get better if you keep going. In Fever, 1793, on reason why

In the historical fiction novel, Fever 1793, the citizens of Philadelphia face a great deal of problems. They were confronted by the horrid disease, Yellow Fever. They faced robbers in their homes. They faced starvation. They were trapped in a situation with only one real cure-frost. The only problem was, it was summer, and frost didn’t come until winter. This story focuses on Matilda Cook, or Mattie for short, and how she encountered all of the dangers that were listed. Mattie had no idea what was

will be your differential diagnoses for this patient? Differential diagnoses for the child includes, Pediatric Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Measles and Kawasaki Disease (Bennet, 2015). What specific physical exam findings support these differential diagnoses? Pediatric Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Clinical presentation of rocky mountain spotted fever includes, fever, headache, rash, myalgia, toxicity and confusion. Other symptoms may include gastrointestinal symptoms such as abdominal pain, nausea

For most of time Yellow Fever was an endemic specific to Africa, however, when world started to become more globalize the disease spread to America through infected mosquitos a broad ships. Because the mosquitos like the warm weather and lay their eggs in standing water, the souther climate of America was an ideal environment for them to thrive, during the summer months. One outbreak of Yellow Fever, in Memphis, had a great impact on the city. Although the Yellow Fever was prominent in the port cities