HLSC 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Global Polio Eradication Initiative, Polio Vaccine, Shiitake

• School: Brock University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: HLSC 1F90
• Professor: Carolynn Pietrangeli

Document Summary

Microbiology study of (cid:498)invisible(cid:499) organisms: bacteria, viruses, fungi, prions, parasites, helminths, arthropods, virus retrovirus, bacterium lactobacillus sake, protista amoeba proteus, prion, High income countries: stroke and other cerebrovascular disease, trachea, bronchus, lung cancers, alzheimer and other dementias, lower respiratory. Worldwide, infectious diseases are responsible for more than 25% (~15 million) of deaths each year. Pathogens include bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoa, parasitic worms, and prions. 1867 tb is leading cause of death in canada. 1897 opening of first canadian tb sanitorium. 1902 first free sanatorium for tb treatment (muskoka) 1910 first polio outbreak in canada. 1918 public health campaign against veneral disease. 1928 provincial special hospital for infantile. 1943 first use of penicillin canadian soldiers overseas last case of smallpox diagnosed in canada. 1955 canadian introduction of the salk polio vaccine. 1959 last major canadian epidemic of polio: ~2,000 paralytic cases. 1982 first case of aids diagnosed in canada. 1994 canada certified (cid:498)polio free(cid:499) by global polio eradication initiative.