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- 621: Discovering Sicke Cell Anemia
- ... In order for a child to have the disease, both parents must have the sickle cell gene(refer to diagrams 2.1 and 2.2 on page 6). The disease affects mostly African Americans in Africa, South America, Latin America, the West Indies, Greece, Spain, Italy, and Turkey. When the blockage of sickled red blood occurs, it can take place in any organ or joint of the body wherever a blood ...
- 622: Current Status of Malaria Vaccinology
- ... the whole of the whole disease. One must understand the disease and its enormity on a global basis. Malaria is a protozoan disease of which over 150 million cases are reported per annum. In tropical Africa alone more than 1 million children under the age of fourteen die each year from Malaria. From these figures it is easy to see that eradication of this disease is of the utmost importance. The ...
- 623: AIDS and HIV
- ... and parts of Latin America. In these areas most AIDS cases have been attributed to homosexual or bisexual activity and intravenous drug abuse. The second pattern is seen in areas of central, eastern, and southern Africa and in some Caribbean countries. Unlike pattern one most AIDS cases in these areas occur among heterosexuals, and the male-to-female ratio approaches 1 to 1. The third pattern of transmission occurs in regions ...
- 624: AIDS: Aquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
- ... in the National Cancer Institute developed tests for AIDS enabeling them to follow the transmission of the disease and to study the origin and it's mechanism. It is thought that AIDS was originated in Africa, because it is know to infect some african monkeys and alot of cases have been reported there. In 1990 the WHO(World Health Orginization) announced that there was 203,599 reported cases of AIDS in ...
- 625: Cholera
- ... however, is the Peruvian governmentΥs success in treating it. Two thousand people have died; less than 1 percent of the roughly 250,000 who got the disease. In the worldΥs last huge epidemic in West Africa in the early 1970Υs, the death rate was between 20 and 30 percent. Cholera has killed 2,000 people while 40,000 children under 5 die ea year from diarrhea in Peru. On January 23 ...
- 626: The Criminalization of Knowingly Transmitting AIDS
- ... independently in France in 1983 and in the United States in 1984. In the United States, it was initially identified in 1981. In 1986, a second virus, now called HIV- 2, was also discovered in Africa. HIV-2 also causes AIDS. AIDS is transmitted in three ways: From sexual contact without protection, from the mixing of ones blood with infected blood, and from an infected pregnant woman to her fetus. Infection ...
- 627: Marajuana: Effects and After Effects
- ... legalized, other people don't. In this essay, I hope to display the facts about this illegal narcotic, and explain many vie Marijuana has many different names such as "kif" in Morocco, "doggo" in South Africa and "gangi" in India. There are many slang terms for this type of drug such as "grass," "pot," "weed," "reefer," "mj," "boo," "broccoli," "ace'', "joint," "Colombian" Tetrahydrocnnabinal(THC) was not found until the mid 1960 ...
- 628: AIDS/HIV
- ... HIV virus. AIDS is a deadly disease that deteriorates the immune system. There are two groups of HIV (human immunodeficiency virus), HIV-1 that occurs throughout the world and HIV-2 that mainly occurs in Africa. The HIV virus enters the white blood cells and takes over the reproductive system of that cell and uses the system to reproduce itself. The white blood cell dies and the new HIV cells infect ...
- 629: AIDS
- ... HIV virus. AIDS is a deadly disease that deteriorates the immune system. There are two groups of HIV (human immunodeficiency virus), HIV-1 that occurs throughout the world and HIV-2 that mainly occurs in Africa. The HIV virus enters the white blood cells and takes over the reproductive system of that cell and uses the system to reproduce itself. The white blood cell dies and the new HIV cells infect ...
- 630: Nationalism In Europe
- ... empires. The build-up of armies and navies created fear between nations. France feared Germany, Germany feared Russia, Britain feared the German's expanding navy, and Italy was jealous of French and English colonies in Africa. The Ottoman Empire also struggled to survive in a hostile climate. Germany signed a secret alliance with Austria-Hungary and Italy, creating a Triple Alliance. France and Russia signed an Entente agreement which was later ...
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