BIO370Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: 1918 Flu Pandemic, Bioterrorism, World War I
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Not all infection are going to be pathogenic. Zoonoses: primary occur in animals and can effect humans as well: can be carriers. Acute carriers are in the carrier state for a short period of time. Usually do not show symptoms of the disease. Typhoid marry: that cook story of the person who spread typhoid fever basic requirements for infections by pathogenic bacteria. The science of studying disease in the world. We"ll look at everything and is necessary for public health. Health: normal state of an organism and a disease is change in the health. They keep track of statistics of those diseases. When a new disease shows up, they go to the site and try to figure out the causing agents and try to control it: academic scientists study the organism itself. When we look at any disease theres always a degree of those diseases existing: scientists moniter these diseases. Sporadic: occasional irregular appearance of the disease in a population.
