In this article we will discuss about the diseases caused by mosquitoes. The diseases are: 1. Yellow Fever 2. Dengue Fever 3. Chikungunya. Disease # 1. Yellow Fever: It is transmitted by Aedes and other mosquitoes and is an acute specific viral fever of short duration, varying in severity. The severe cases are characterised by toxic jaundice, albuminuria and haemorrhages [...]
Polypeptide hormones are secreted into the blood stream and have endocrine functions in living animals. Polypeptide hormones are synthesized from amino acids according to an mRNA template, which is synthesized from a DNA template inside the cell's nucleus like other proteins. Polypeptide hormones are secreted from the pituitary gland. Pituitary gland consists of two lobes: (a) Anterior lobe or adenohypophysis. [...]
Diagnosis of infectious disease is initiated by medical history and physical examination. Detailed identification involves the culture of infectious agents (isolated from a patient) followed by their microscopic examination, detecting the presence of substances produced by pathogens, and by directly identifying an organism by its genotype. A micro-organism may be bacterial, fungal, viral or parasitic in a specimen sample can [...]