Blog Posts on communicable diseases

Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever by Nurseslabs — For All Your Nursing Needs! on Dec 21, 2011Dengue is transmitted by the bite of an Aedesmosquito infected with any one of the four dengue viruses. It occurs in tropical and sub-tropical areas of the world. Symptoms appear 3—14... Read more »Visit us at: Nurseslabs...

Legionnaire’s Disease Nursing Management by Nurseslabs — For All Your Nursing Needs! on Sep 18, 2011Legionnaire’s Disease is an acute bronchopneumonia produced by gram-negative bacillus, Legionella pneumophila. Legionnaire's Pneumonia case study.

Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever by Nurseslabs — For All Your Nursing Needs! on Jun 30, 2011Dengue is transmitted by the bite of an Aedesmosquito infected with any one of the four dengue viruses. It occurs in tropical and sub-tropical areas of the world. Symptoms appear 3—14... Read more »...

Japanese Firm Invents Mirror to Spot Flu by Magandang Ideya on Jan 13, 2011A Japanese technology firm unveiled on Tuesday a mirror-like thermometer that can identify a person who is feverish. “Thermo Mirror,“ which looks like a table mirror, measures the skin temperature of the person looking into it, without the need f...

Communicable Disease: Dengue Fever by Nursing Log on Mar 5, 2010Dengue Fever is one of the most common communicable disease(CD) in the Philippines. It is an acute febrile disease caused by one of the serotypes of dengue virus and is transmitted by a bite of mosquito specifically the Aedes egypti.Other Names:Break...

Women and Assisted Reproductive Techniques by on Oct 22, 2009Getting pregnant is perhaps the happiest moment in a woman’s life. Not only because pregnancy offers the way for giving a new life to this world but also because the condition is symbolic as the fulfillment of every woman’s dream of becoming a mo...

Scientists identify new lethal virus in Africa by on Jun 6, 2009Scientists have identified a lethal new virus in Africa that causes bleeding like the dreaded Ebola virus. The so-called “Lujo” virus infected five people in Zambia and South Africa last fall. Four of them died, but a fifth survived, perh...

Scientists identify new lethal virus in Africa by on Jun 6, 2009Scientists have identified a lethal new virus in Africa that causes bleeding like the dreaded Ebola virus. The so-called “Lujo” virus infected five people in Zambia and South Africa last fall. Four of them died, but a fifth survived, perh...