EARTHSC 2GG3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: System 6, Aids, Bubonic Plague
16 Sep 2016
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Diseases of all hazards, large scale diseases affect human populations most directly these hazards are different than others since they only impact people rather than property communicable disease are the leading cause of mortality in less developed countries. Pandemics of bubonic plague over the last 2000 years, plague has become widespread three times. 1st pandemic: from 542 to 546 ad, plague in asia, africa, and europe claimed nearly 100 million victims. 2nd pandemic: from 1347-1350 ad, plague claimed 50 million people, half were in asia and africa while the other half were in europe, in europe, of the population succumbed to this pandemic. Hiv/aids the human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) leads to aids (acquired immune deficiency. When the disease first surfaced, it was somewhat ignored because it was not affected the mainstream population it has claimed over 30 million lives it is estimated that 32 million people are currently infected.
