ANTHROP 2U03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Yellow Fever, Sedentism, Ebola Virus Disease
16 Oct 2018
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Epidemiology: whats upon the people literal translation of the word, causes and spread of disease in a society. It"s also the study of the determinants, dynamics and distribution of disease. Idea about major changes in disease patterns in european history: shifts in relative importance of, 1. Infectious disease action of microorganisms and capable of transmission with or without contact: ex. measles, 2. Chronic/degenerative disease: due to lifestyle, (ex. exercise, nutrition), environmental toxins, etc, ex. cancer, three main stages proposed by omran, 1. Age of pestilence and famine (until 1875: 2. Age of receding pandemics (1875 1930: 3. In the age of degenerative disease disease of early infancy, arteriosclerosis, diabetes mellitus, circulatory diseases. Restricted to eruopean data: emerging and resurging infections not foreseeable relatively short time sacle, in terms of millions of years of human history. Epidemiological transition theory: worldwide skeletal, dental, archaeolgoicla and documentary data.
