ANTC68H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Multiple Drug Resistance, Avail, Sub-Saharan Africa
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Evolutionary: we lived in a tropical enviro. in af. before moving around. Regions that have lots of diversity supported by high rainfall/temp. /humidity - species can thrive year round because of these conditions. Deforestation: changing enviro. and could be losing crit. nat. resources like plants that could be turned into drugs; means people are coming into contact with diff. species, potentially new ones as they deforest; also disrupting animal habitat. Animal/plant/vegetation but also pathogens who also like plants and animals exist year round with short life cycles; can reprod. year round contrib to greater evolut. rate. Can result in dietary change e. g. malnutrition, higher infections espec. in infants. Greater pop. and greater fertility (* vs. less than 2 replacement rate in japan); children partic. in labour. Live in housing made for hotter temp. "s - more flimsy/perishable structures located near bodies of water b/c of argric. /sanitat. /etc.
