What kind of diseases are in africa?
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Malaria, E-coli, Ebola, and AIDS.  I'm sure there are many more, but those are the biggies.
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a disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which kills or impairs cells of the immune system and progressively destroys the body's ability to fight infections and certain cancers. HIV is most commonly spread by sexual contact with an infected partner. The term AIDS applies to the most advanced stages of an HIV infection.
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There are many important cities in africa. Some are:\nNirobia (Kenya), Cairo (Egypt), johannesburg (South Africa).
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* Population\n* Pollution\n* Aids/HIV
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There was a WHO report on tropical diseases in 2004 that might be helpful:\n\n\nTropical disease death statistics by worldwide region: \n\nAbout 56,000 deaths from Tropical diseases in Africa 2002 (The World Health Report, WHO, 2004) \n\nAbout 16,000 deaths from Tropical diseases in The Americas 2002 (The World Health Report, WHO, 2004) \n\nAbout 36,000 deaths from Tropical diseases in South East Asia 2002 (The World Health Report, WHO, 2004) \n\nAbout 15,000 deaths from Tropical diseases in Eastern Mediterranean 2002 (The World Health Report, WHO, 2004) \n\nAbout 5,000 deaths in Western Pacific 2002 (The World Health Report, WHO, 2004)\n\n\nAlso, here are some statistics on yaws in southeast asia from the WHO web site:\n\nAbout 5,000 cases are reported annually, 4,000 in Indonesia, 1,000 in Timor-Leste and a few cases in India.\n\nThere is a lot on yaws on the WHO web site. I am not sure if it lists deaths due to yaws anywhere, however. What if you contacted the WHO and asked?\n\n----------------\n\nHere is another little bit of information from another site:\n\n"In 7157 West Indian cases treated in various hospitals there were only 185 deaths, a mortality of 25.8 per thousand (Nicholls)."\n\nfrom third reference.\n\n--------------------\n\nIn the early 50s, there were 25-100 million cases per year, world wide (from 4th reference).\n\n------------------------\n\nIndonesia reported 11414 cases of yaws in 1982 (5th reference)\n\n-----------------------\n\nthere were 17609 cases of yaws reported in the solomon islands in 2001 (6th reference)\n\n-----------------\n\nI am not sure if this is on the internet, to be honest. Or if it is, it might be in an obscure place.
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Europe, Asia and Africa
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Chikungunya is a relatively rare form of viral fever caused by an alphavirus that is spread by mosquito bites from the Aedes aegypti mosquito. The name is derived from the Makonde word meaning "that which bends up" in reference to the stooped posture developed as a result of the arthritic symptoms of the disease. The disease was first described by Marion Robinson[1] and W.H.R. Lumsden[2] in 1955, following an outbreak on the Makonde Plateau, along the border between Tanganyika and Mozambique, in 1952. Chikungunya is closely related to O'nyong'nyong virus[3].\n\nChikungunya is not considered to be fatal. However, in 2005-2006, 200 deaths have been associated with chikungunya on Réunion island.\n\nThe symptoms of chikungunya include fever which can reach 39°C, (102.2 °F) a petechial or maculopapular rash usually involving the limbs and trunk, and arthralgia or arthritis affecting multiple joints which can be debilitating. There can also be headache, conjunctival injection and slight photophobia.
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Chikungunya is a relatively rare form of viral fever caused by an alphavirus that is spread by mosquito bites from the Aedes aegypti mosquito. The name is derived from the Makonde word meaning "that which bends up" in reference to the stooped posture developed as a result of the arthritic symptoms of the disease. The disease was first described by Marion Robinson[1] and W.H.R. Lumsden[2] in 1955, following an outbreak on the Makonde Plateau, along the border between Tanganyika and Mozambique, in 1952. Chikungunya is closely related to O'nyong'nyong virus[3].\n\nChikungunya is not considered to be fatal. However, in 2005-2006, 200 deaths have been associated with chikungunya on Réunion island.
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HIV (āch'ī-vē') \nn.\nA retrovirus that causes AIDS by infecting helper T cells of the immune system. The most common serotype, HIV-1, is distributed worldwide, while HIV-2 is primarily confined to West Africa.\n\n\nHIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) is a retrovirus that infects cells of the human immune system. It is widely accepted that infection with HIV causes AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome), a disease characterized by the destruction of the immune system. In the United States and Europe, antibodies to HIV are one of the criteria for a diagnosis of AIDS.\n\n\nHIV is transmitted through penetrative (anal or vaginal) and oral sex, blood transfusion, the sharing of contaminated needles in health care settings and through drug injection, and between mother and infant during pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding according to a leading international health care source UN AIDS in UNAIDS transmission (http://www.unaids.org/en/Resources/faq/faq_transmission.asp#7). The use of physical barriers such as the latex condom is widely advocated to reduce the risk of sexual transmission of HIV.\n\nThe WHO estimated in 2000 that 25% of the units of blood transfused in Africa were not tested for HIV and 5% to 10% of cases of HIV infection in Africa were transmitted via blood.\n\n\nHIV enters a CD4+ helper T-cell by bonding with either CXCR4 or both CXCR4 and CCR5 depending on what stage the HIV infection is in. A cofactor protein (fusin) is required to assist binding of the viron to the membrane of the T-cell. During the early phases of an HIV infection typically both CCR5 and CXCR4 are bound while late stage infection often involve HIV mutations that only bind to CXCR4.\n\nOnce HIV has bound to the CD4+ T-cell a viral protein known as GP41 penetrates the cell membrane and the HIV RNA and various enzymes including but not limited to reverse transcriptase, integrase and protease are injected into the cell.\n\nThe host T-cell can process RNA into proteins (as in Polio virus) but this doesn't happen with HIV. Instead, HIV is stabilised by copying it into DNA and inserting it into the host cell's chromosomes. This means the virus can perform more subtle functions by using the host transcription machinery. The virus generates DNA from the HIV RNA using the reverse transcriptase enzyme to perform reverse transcription. This process can be inhibited by drugs. If this succeeds the pro-viral DNA must then be integrated into the host cell DNA using the integrase enzyme. If the pro-viral DNA becomes integrated into the host cell's DNA the cell is now fully infected but not actively producing HIV proteins. This is the latent stage of an HIV infection during which the infected cell can be an "unexploded bomb" for potentially a long time.\n\nTo actively produce virus, certain transcription factors need to be present in the cell. The most important is called NF-kB (NF Kappa B) and is present once the T cells becomes activated. This means that those cells most likely to be killed by HIV are in fact those currently fighting infection.\n\nThe production of the virus is regulated, like that of many viruses. Initially the integrated provirus is copied to mRNA which is then spliced into smaller chunks. These small chunks produce the regulatory proteins Tat (which encourages new virus production) and Rev. As Rev accumulates it gradually starts to inhibit mRNA splicing. At this stage the structural proteins Gag and Env are produced from the full-length mRNA. Additionally the full-length RNA is actually the virus genome, so it binds to the Gag protein and is packaged into new virus particles.\n\nInterestingly HIV-1 and HIV-2 appear to package their RNA differently - HIV-1 will bind to any appropriate RNA whereas HIV-2 will preferentially bind to the mRNA which was used to create the Gag protein! This may mean that HIV-1 is better able to mutate (HIV-1 causes AIDS faster than HIV-2 and is the majority species of the virus
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That is probably not a trypanosomiasis. Ever been to Africa recently?
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boarders, it's all about crossing boarders.\n\nEndemic: a disease that exists permanently in a particular region or population. Malaria is a constant worry in parts of Africa.\n \nEpidemic: An outbreak of disease that attacks many peoples at about the same time and may spread through one or several communities.\n \nPandemic: When an epidemic spreads throughout the world.
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asia, africa, south america
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1) WHO- World health Organization\n2) HIV- Human Immunodeficiency virus\n3) AIDS- Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome\n4) T.B.- Tuberculosis\n5) BCG- Bacillus Calmette Guerin\n6) DPT- Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus
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hiv among other things
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Chancroid \nChlamydia \nCrabs \nGonorrhea \nHepatitis \nHerpes \nHIV and AIDS \nHPV \nMolluscum Contagiosum \nNGU \nPID \nScabies \nSyphilis \nVaginitis/Trichomoniasis
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if you call children dying from hunger&aids normal???women getting raped by soldiers,disease everywhere normal???africa needs help-always did-always will!!!africans must stop having 50 million children,they must also learn to take care of themselves!!!!!
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go to www.africa.upenn.edu/org_Institutes/African_12088.html