ANTHROP 2U03 Lecture 18: Anthrop-2U03-Nov-28
8 Jan 2019
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Cholera > greek term for gutter of a roof latin for heat. The main disease of the 19th century in european and north american cities. In historical docuemnts, it tells us that it came from somewhere else . Began suddenly > shock disease, and spread mysteriously (miasma, ingrained with the idea of cholera) Cholera in latin means heat, this is because of the immense fevers. Cholera > means bad news in hebrew, and arabic. Cholera > acute infectious disease that affects the small intestine. Immediate rapid water loss, caused by vibrio cholera known as the cholera bacillus. Human specific > human intestine is the reservoir of infection (so like smallpox) Mortality caused by other types of disease as well such as rotavirus. Vibrio infects the small intestine, but doesn"t penetrate thourhg the cells of the small intestine, not like e. cl. Once it colonizes, it secretes a enterotoxin (poison), which is made by certain genes of the vibrio.
