ANT220H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Rna Virus, Caffeine, Quinine
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Interactions between diseases in a population in relation to the social conditions that affect/cluster the disease(s) Interactions between diseases in a population in relation to the social. Binds to cell channels in small intestine = massive fluid loss. Who and cdc surveillance focused on campus surrounding port-au-prince (capital) Patients from artibonite and centre departments presented with acute, watery diarrhea. First cases from meille, small village run by a river that runs into the artibonite river. As recently as 1952 there were 58,000 cases of polio in the usa. Virus -> throat -> intestine -> bloodstream -> central nervous system. Irreversible damage to cardiovascular, central nervous, or musculoskeletal systems. Condyloma lata: highly contagious, painless, wart-like lesions in warm, moist sites. Palms, soles of feet, mucous membranes in mouth. Latency: secondary stage resolves without treatment after about six months treatment after about six months. Skin gummas painless, but bone lesions = deep, gnawing pain. ~1/4 untreated syphilis cases progress to tertiary stage.
