Essays on Dengue Virus

Dengue virus is a positive sense single stranded RNA virus belonging to the Flaviviridae family. Dengue virus are classified into four phylogenetically and antigenetically distinct serotypes-serotype 1,2,3 and 4 (Holmes and Twiddy, 2003). Dengue is an enveloped virus with the enveloped coat derived from host cell lipid bilayer. Dengue virus genome is made up of 11kb long single positive- sensed RNA molecule encoding 10 proteins including 3 structural proteins, capsid (C), Membrane (M), envelope (E) and 7 nonstructural proteins (NS)…...

Abstract: We report a 39-year-old Indian male who presented with the onset of an acute febrile illness with fever, severe myalgia, and generalized fatigue. Dengue fever was confirmed with a positive IgM dengue. He was found to have an elevated creatine phosphokinase (CPK) of 290?U/L, leading to a diagnosis of dengue associated myalgia. He was aggressively hydrated and had close monitoring of his daily fluid intake, urine output, creatinine, and CPK levels. His hospital course was uneventful without the development…...

Dengue fever, also called dengue, is a potentially serious disease caused by a virus. There are four types of dengue virus that can cause illness in humans. Dengue viruses are transmitted between humans by the bite of an infected Aedes mosquito. Dengue is rare in the U.S., but is common and a serious public health threat in warm sub-tropical and tropical areas of the world. These include areas of Central and South America, Africa, Southeast Asia, China, India, the Middle…...

If I need to choose one of my family members, I may prefer to write about my superhero in my life that is my beloved father. Actually in my mind, I had three persons that always be my superheroes in my life. They are my elder sister that I call ‘Along’, my beloved mother and my beloved father. Each of them has their own achievement in their life that I think I should be proud and respect to them. Besides…...

INTRODUCTION The Department of Health initiated the National Dengue Prevention and Control Program since 1993.They are aiming for reducing morbidity and mortality from dengue infection by preventing the transmission of the virus from the mosquito vector human. In line with this their mission is to improve the quality of health of Filipinos by adopting an integrated dengue control approach in the prevention and control of dengue infection. According to them there are 62,503 cases of the mosquito-borne illness have been…...

Abstract Dengue fever is a debilitating tropical disease caused by one of five types of the dengue virus.(1) It is transmitted by mosquitos throughout the tropics and subtropics of not only Southeast Asia, but has now spread to Central and South America, and countries in the Pacific Ocean and America as well. Usually, most people who are infected with the virus are asymptomatic, with mild symptoms, whereas others develop life threatening dengue hemorrhagic fever. The usual diagnosis of this condition…...

Water is one of human beings most important basic needs. Human can survive without food for couples of days but somehow going without water, human will not survive. Using safe, clean, water is a basic human right. Mother Nature gifts us free water but selfish human beings keeps polluting the water with actions such as chemical leaks, littering into water, disposing industrial waste and also ship waste into the water. Water pollution may affects a lots of things in our…...

A very good morning to the principal, Mr. Gan, the senior assistant, Mrs. Lim, respected teachers and fellow friends. I am grateful for your presence and I am extremely delighted with this valuable opportunity to meet you all in this great morning. Frankly, it is honour to be entrusted to deliver a speech to you on the topic “……………………..” Undoubtedly, it is the responsibility of the property owner to prevent mosquito breeding sources. The immature stages of the mosquito so…...