Dissertations on Infectious Diseases

Infectious diseases are illnesses caused by organisms such as viruses or bacteria that are passed either directly or indirectly from one infected host (e.g., a person or animal) to another.

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Three Day Fever: Official and Personal Responses to the 1918 Influenza Pandemic

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This thesis demonstrates how the public, as well as health officials, responded to the disease. It reviews Spanish Influenza origination theories using evidence from various sources including those of biologists and epidemiologists....

Last modified: 21st Feb 2022

Interaction Between the Mucosal Vaccine Adjuvant CDG and Pulmonary DCs

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Adjuvants significantly enhance vaccine efficacy, in part, by targeting, modulating and activating key functions of dendritic cells (DCs)....

Last modified: 15th Feb 2022

Early Detection of Infectious Disease in Developing Countries

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Proposal for a project to develop a system to facilitate personalized medicine and clinical care pathway for Point-of-Care Testing....

Last modified: 1st Feb 2022

Covid-19 Herd Immunity in Africa

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Herd immunity is achieved when in a population, immune individuals are in a sufficiently large proportion. Neutralizing antibodies specific to SARS‑CoV‑2 that are produced following infection or vaccination are critical for controlling the spread of COVID‑19. The objective of the present work was to investigate the rate of SARS‑CoV‑2 natural immunization in Gabonese....

Last modified: 5th Jan 2022

Data Visualization Techniques for Disease Epidemiology

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This paper will research various data visualisation approaches and analyse their usefulness and restrictions and how they handle increasing data complexity and the user-data interactions....

Last modified: 27th Oct 2021

Plant Design and Manufacturing Principles in DNA Vaccine Production

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This report covers a detailed design and cost for a new manufacturing facility to produce DNA vaccines to be built on a greenfield site....

Last modified: 4th Oct 2021

Acute Viral Gastroenteritis Overview and Case Study

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Acute gastroenteritis, commonly known as infectious diarrhoea, is the inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract, which can result in vomiting, abdominal pain and persistent diarrhoea. ...

Last modified: 2nd Sep 2021

Development and Improvement on a Plant-derived Vaccine for Hepatitis B

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Contents Lay Summary Abstract Introduction What is a plant-derived edible vaccine? How do they work? Advantages and disadvantages? What edible vaccines are there at the moment? The Problem Target Eva...

Last modified: 16th Dec 2019

Receptors of the Innate Immune System Detect Conserved Determinants of Viral Origin

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The innate immune response is the first line of defense against infectious disease. The principal challenge for the host is to detect the pathogen and mount a rapid defensive response. Receptors of t...

Last modified: 16th Dec 2019

Analysis and Detection of Metamorphic Viruses

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Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Motivation Metamorphic Viruses are very special type of viruses which have ability to reconstruct into entirely new offspring which is completely different than the parent;...

Last modified: 12th Dec 2019

Preventing Dengue Fever in the Mauritius

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INTRODUCTION Mauritius is a small tropical island located at latitude 20ø 18′ 0 S and longitude 57ø 34′ 60 E. It has a tropical climatic condition. Mauritius has an area of about 2,040 ...

Last modified: 12th Dec 2019

Learning Experience of Infection Prevention and Control Module

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Learning experience in this Infection prevention and Control module (IPC).   Entry 1 30/08/17 Expectations of the module, my personal expectations, and the expected outcomes. Including how I feel an...

Last modified: 11th Dec 2019

Epidemiological Approaches in Prevention and Control of Infectious Disease of Fish in Aquaculture

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Epidemiological Approaches in Prevention and Control of Infectious Disease of Fish in Aquaculture; With Emphasis on Fish Vaccines: A Review   Introduction   Fisheries play a great role in food se...

Last modified: 9th Dec 2019

Evaluation of the Progress, Challenges and Recommendations towards Malaria Control and Prevention in Nigeria

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The Global Burden of Malaria Disease: The Evaluation of the Progress, Challenges and Recommendations towards Malaria Control and Prevention in Nigeria Abbreviations ACT-     Artemisinin-based com...

Last modified: 9th Dec 2019