ANTC68H3 Lecture Notes - Multi-Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, Bcg Vaccine
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Lecture # 9 tuberculosis social disease. Inside the body can stay latent for yars. Can survive outside body in dry state for weeks. Only starts producing symptoms when a person is immune-compromised. Up to 1/3 of the world"s population infected with mycobacterium. Will only lead to active tb in 5-10% of cases. Symptoms: active pulmonary coughing with blood, fever, night sweats, weight loss, airborne transmission. Other manifestations: lungs, central nervous system, lymphatic system, pott"s disease, Either started with agriculture 10000 ya or even earlier 35 000 ya. Present in both old world and new world before contact. Unclear whether human form came from cowas or both have common ancestor. More prevalent around 1600 due to urbanization. People affected: young, in the prime of life. Peak rates around 1800 main cause of death in victorian england. Called white death because of pallor of victims. Common in all levels of society, but still most prevalent in urban poor.
