Elephantiasis Essays

INTRODUCTION Epidemiology Soil-transmitted helminth infections are gotten through contact with soil contaminated with infected feces. STH infections were once common throughout the world, including the United States, and some occurrence are still seen in the U.S. each year. With proper sanitation, these infections are now common only in poorer countries. More than four billion people are at high risk throughout the world, with over one billion individuals already infected. The greatest numbers

they get from infected animals or other humans that are carrying the human pathogenic parasite that comes from the genus Trypanosoma. These lies are mostly found in areas with rural populations that depend on agriculture. Lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis) is a tropical disease that is transmitted to humans through mosquitos. The most common nematode (roundworms) that causes swelling of the lymphatic tissue would be Wuchereria bancrofti. When a mosquito bites an infected host the blood they ingest

Elephantiasis Congenita Angiomatosa is also known as Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber syndrome. This disease was named after the French physicians, Maurice Klippel and Paul Trenaunay who discovered the case of a person with several symptoms in 1900. In 1907, a London physician by the name of F. Parkes Weber reported three more cases. Giving credit to the physicians who discovered this disease, this disease was named after the physicians in 1918 (Perlstein, n.d.). Elephantiasis Congenita Angiomatosa is also

This filariasis is also known as elephantiasis which is a parasitic infection. Tanzania is one of the top ten counties to have this disease effecting 80% of the population. This disease can be transmitted by mosquitoes. Also can be caused by thread- like worms that live in the human lymph system

After the bacteria Wolbachia was first discovered in 1924, hundreds of scientists has been studying this organism and it is now known that it infects more than 70% of the insect species in the planet. It lives within the host cells, meaning it is an intracellular endosymbiont. It can be vertically transmitted, by the mother to the egg, or horizontally transmitted, from an organism that is not the parent. The relationship between the Wolbachia and the host may be parasitism, when one member is benefited

“Our Big Bet for the Future” was the 2015 annual letter written by Bill and Melinda Gates. In this letter, they describe the bet they made which was to better the lives of poor people at a faster rate than ever before. They plan on doing this by setting certain goals, or “breakthroughs” as they called them, which include eliminating certain diseases from the planet permanently and introducing “mobile banking” to people in Africa. These goals are certainly ambitious and progressive, but are they achievable

The years following Muhammad’s death were fundamental in creating a world which Islam could thrive in. This was undertaken by the Rashidun Caliphate, who led the Muslim armies after Muhammad’s passing; under the leadership of the Caliph the Muslim armies conquered countless cities, expanding their empire. The formative years of the Muslim empire are found within al-Balād̲hurī’s text, The Origins of the Islamic State, provides insight into how the Rashidun Caliphate operated and the nature of their

NAME: AKINSIKA EMMANUELLA OLUWATOSIN ID NUMBER: 01151720 CLASS: TRIMESTER 7 COURSE: PARASITOLOGY. ASSIGNMENT: Write a literature review paper of at least 1500 words and not exceeding 2000 words (excluding references and title) reviewing the current state of knowledge on the problems associated with Onchocerciasis in Africa and the challenges faced with eradicating it or keeping it under control. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES. The aim and objectives of this project work are to enlighten the reader on the

Cupping is an ancient traditional therapeutic technique that has been practiced, for thousands of years and till now, particularly in East Asian countries [1]. In Egypt and Arabic countries, cupping therapy is known as "Al-Hijamah”. Hijamah is Arabic word which literary means “to do cupping”. The process of Hijamah is also locally known as applying seenghi because in the ancient period it was done by using cow horns or other hollow animal horns [2]. Recently, the number of followers of this traditional

1.5 Epidemiology, parasitology and biology of lymphatic filariasis: (Distribution, causal agent, Life cycle, transmission dynamics and Culex vector) 1.5.1 Geographic Distribution: The distribution of lymphatic filariasis is limited to the tropical and subtropical countries mainly in Africa, the Mediterranean area and South East Asia (WHO, 1998). It is also occurs in Western Pacific and West Indies Islands. 1.5.2 Adult worm: The creamy white, thread like adults of both sexes lie

THE MORTUARY TEMPLE OF QUEEN HATSHEPSUT AT DEIR EL BAHARI ----------------------------------------------------------------- THE SITE- ----------------- -Deir el-bahari is a complex of mortuary temples and tombs located on the west bank of the Nile opposite to the city of luxor. -the main goddess of dier el bahari was {wrt mhyt} or the great flood, and it is considered to be one of the forms of goddess Hathor. -she was represented as a cow with a speckled body with trio foils and quatro foils