INFECTIOUS DISEASE

MALARIA

SYMPTOMS OF MALARIA

• Shaking chills that are moderate to severe.
• High fever
• Profuse sweating
• Headache
• Nause
• Vomiting
• Diarrhea
• Anemia
• Muscle pain
• Convulsions
• Coma
• Bloody stools

How does malaria spread?:
Malaria spreads by a bite from a infected Anopheles mosquito.

How does malaria affects the body?:
Malaria affects the body by when the parasite passes from the blood to the liver where it changes the form. After 1-4 weeks or longer in the liver, it re-enters the the blood and infects the cells.

What is the fatality rate of malaria?:
The new strategy aims to reduce malaria cases and death by 90% by 2030 from current levels.(That's all I can find.)

How Does malaria affect Africa?:
It affects Africa by disproportionately affects people who can't afford treatment or have limited access to health care, keeping tames and communities in poverty.

HOW TO FIGHT MALARIA

• Prophylactic drugs
• Mosquito eradication
• And prevention of mosquito bites.(insect repellent, cover up, and avoid them. )

EBOLA

SYMPTOMS

• Fever
• Sever headaces
• Muscle pain
• Weakness
• Fatigue
• Diarrhea
• Vomiting
• Abdominal (stomach pain)
• Unexplained hemorrhage (bleeding and brushing)
• Symptoms of Ebola may appear 2 to 21 days. The average days are 8 to 10 days.

How does it spread?:
There is no evidence indicating that Ebola virus is spread by coughing or sneezing. Ebola is transmitted through direct contact with infected blood or body fluids.

How does Ebola affect the body?:
Ebola is a infection that attacks every organ and tissue in the human body but the bones and muscles. It's the HF is marked by blood clotting and hemorrhaging Ebola is not known how the virus particles attack the cells.

What is the fatality rate of Ebola ?:
GENEVA- the death rate of Ebola has raise to 70 percent. This update was from October 14,2014.

How does Ebola affect Africa?:
Ebola affects Africa by

MAP OF EBOLA

What can we do to fight Ebola?:

What can we do to fight Ebola?:
There is no way Africa can fight Ebola, because they are not letting people such doctors who are trying to help. And it's also cost a lot of money to take care of them.

How does Ebola affect Africa?:
It affects them because people really don't wanna go to Africa and there not letting people in who are trying to help them.

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HIV

SYMPTOMS OF HIV

• Fever
• Fatigue
• Swollen lymphs nodes- often one of the first sighs of HIV infection.
• Diarrhea
• Weightloss
• Cough
• Shortness of breath

How can HIV spread?:
HIV spreads by having sex or sharing drug equipment such as needles.

What is the fatality rate of HIV?:
1988-1995, 78 percent of the deaths were caused by AIDS. It fell to 15 percent in the period of 2005-2010.

WHAT CAN WE DO TO FIGHT HIV

• Abstinence-Choose not to have sex
• Fewer Partners- the fewer you have the less you'll have it
• Use condoms

How does HIV affect Africa?:
One conflict in Africa that has taken a long time to get appropriate media attention, with regards to its severity, is that of the conflict of ordinary African people against HIV and AIDS.

Resources:
Healthline.com
Health.ny.gov,Malaria.com
Fightingmalaria.com,Nothingbutnet.net
CDC.com,Brighttub.com
Nypost.com,Mayoclinic.com