History 2195A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Arthropod, Yellow Fever, Germ Theory Of Disease
11 Sep 2018
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Vectors: vector is an insect usually an arthropod and in this case a mosquito, whats the technique to prove that its transmitted by mosquitos. Vaccine (theiler 1937: fight it by vaccination or kill all the mosquitos. Contagious: its not one or the other, it can be transmitter between people but it goes through the mosquito, once decided if it"s contagious or non-contagious, that determines how its treated. Past epidemics: pattern, dates very far back, one of the earliest outbreaks was in philidelphia, killed 10% of the population, nola was hit a few times, memphis, last official outbreak was in nola in 1905. By mid 19th c a southern disease: yellow fever disappears from american north and becomes a disease of the.
