CONCEPTS OF EPIDEMIOLOGY Mfon Umanah Grand Canyon University: NRS 427V 11/29/2015 Tuberculosis is a bacterial disease that affects mainly the lungs, it is caused by germs that travels through the blood stream and the lymph node, TB is contagious infectious disease and can spread from person to person through the air. It can also affect brain, the kidneys, or the spine. An infected person can die if prompt treatment is not initiated. Tuberculosis is caused by bacteria named Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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Epidemiology Grand Canyon University Concepts In Community and Public Health NRS-427V-0102 Epidemiology The communicable disease that I have selected is Tuberculosis (TB). The purpose of my paper in to describe, in detail the communicable disease and its impact on the global nations over time. It also addresses the role of a community health nurse in breaking the chain of infection and preventing the spread of the deadly disease. On March 24, 1882, Dr. Robert Koch
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Epidemiology Paper: Tuberculosis Sara Abayneh NRS – 427V Grand Canyon University 12/22/2014 Tuberculosis is a multi-systematic infectious disease caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis, a rod-shaped bacterium, which most commonly affects the lungs, as well as any part of the body such as kidney, spine, lymph nodes, bones and, brain. According to CDC (2014), the universal symptoms of TB disease includes sickness, weight loss, weakness, fever and night sweat. The signs of lung (pulmonary) TB
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Rupinder Kaur Gurm Rhonda Tanner NRS-427V Grand Canyon University 06 November 2015 TUBERCULOSIS Tuberculosis which is also known as TB is a communicable disease that is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Which most commonly affect the lungs. Tuberculosis is spread via droplets from person to person from The throat and lungs of people who have the active disease. When person with active disease coughs, Sneezes or speaks TB bacteria travels through air and enter the other person
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Benchmark Assignment: The Epidemiology of Hepatitis B Andrea Elena Medina Grand Canyon University: NRS-427V Concepts in Community and Public Health Thursday, December 08, 2015 Benchmark Assignment: The Epidemiology of Hepatitis B A major global health issue impacting the international health community is Hepatitis B. Hepatitis B is viral condition that injures the liver due to the attempt to eliminate the virus, leading to progressive liver disease and cirrhosis (Hepatitis B (HBV, Hep B)
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Epidemiology: HIV Tomekia L. Dinham, RN Grand Canyon University Concepts in Community and Public Health NRS-427v Dr. A. Cline-Owens, RN, Ph.D. December 14, 2015 Epidemiology: HIV Epidemiology is the science of studying the history, causes and treatment of diseases and infections. Epidemiological information is used by nurses to identify high risk populations with preventable health conditions (Maurer & Smith, 2013). Human Immunodeficiency Virus, also referred to as HIV, is a preventable
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Epidemiology and HIV Jody Houghton Grand Canyon University Concepts in Community and Public Health NRS-427V-0191 Sandra White October 18, 2014 Epidemiology and HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus, HIV, is a virus that attacks specific cells in the human immune system weakening the body so it cannot fight off infection. HIV is a major public health concern in the United States with an estimated 1.1 million Americans infected, and 1 out of 5 people don’t even know they have it (www.healthypeople
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The Global Impact of HIV Grand Canyon University: NRS-427V The Global Impact of HIV Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a non-curable disease that was discovered in 1983. HIV attacks the body’s immune system, specifically the CD4 cells, also known as T cells. Over time HIV continues to multiply in the body and destroy the cells that help the body to fight infection. With the continuous break down of the body’s immune system the body becomes a target for opportunistic cancers and infections
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Epidemiology: HIV/AIDS Grand Canyon University: NRS 427V-0101 July 27, 2014 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a virus that can potentially lead to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The human body has the capability of clearing most viruses with T-cells or CD4 cells that are part of the immune system, but unlike most viruses, HIV is a virus the body cannot fight, it is for life. HIV is transmitted through bodily fluids such as semen, pre-seminal fluids, vaginal fluid, rectal fluids
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Running head: EPIDEMIOLOGY PAPER - HEPATITIS B 1 Epidemiology Paper - Hepatitis B Concepts in Community and Public Health NRS-427V-0102 EPIDEMIOLOGY PAPER - HEPATITIS B Epidemiology Paper - Hepatitis B 2 ―Communicable disease‖ means an illness caused by an infectious agent or its toxins that occurs through the direct or indirect transmission of the infectious agent or its products from an infected individual or via an animal, vector or the inanimate environment to a susceptible animal
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