Endemic- a region based disease that continues to affect a certain area
Vaccine- something administered, usually in the form of a shot, to prevent a certain disease
Summary:
An experiment conducted in India proves that there is an affordable and also effective vaccine against Typhoid. The experiment, which lasted for two years, involved the citizens of Kolkata, a slum in India that has been prone to Typhoid. After all, in just one year typhoid affects a total
Typhoid Cells Through a Microscope
of 21 million people, ranging from 200,000 to 600,000 deaths.Obviously, the people do not have the right medication to prevent typhoid, so multiple scientists designed vaccines to create an inexpensive vaccine that works, trying to raise awareness of the degree of the disease. The team of scientists vaccinated over 37,000 individuals, half of them getting an injection called "Vi" and the other half getting an injection called "Hepatitis A." After two years, the group receiving the Vi vaccination had a 61% fewer cases than the patients who had the hepatitis shots. John Clemens of the International Vaccine Institute "believe[s] that this study will the strengthen the case for vaccinating against typhoid" because of its availability to more people.
Discussion:
Some topics in today's news seem to overpower the importance of what really is affecting our world, and this includes typhoid. 200,000 to 600,000 deaths is too many for a disease that can be cured, and people need to understand that it is harming people of different regions
Discussion:
Some topics in today's news seem to overpower the importance of what really is affecting our world, and this includes typhoid. 200,000 to 600,000 deaths is too many for a disease that can be cured, and people need to understand that it is harming people of different regions
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, not just the slums of India. I chose this article mainly to understand the urgency that the author was suggesting in the title. This article relates to what we have been studying because it relates to cells, however the cells that have been infected by typhoid are dying.
Questions:
Why are cells not being killed by this new vaccine?
What makes this vaccine more accessible and cheaper?
Why did the scientists wait 2 years to check back up on their data?
Resources:
Online Database Web link | Seppa, Nathan. "Typhoid Vaccine Proves Effective." Science Online. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Aug. 2010. =JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=sch&AN=43677185>. |
