ANTC41H3 Lecture Notes - Plasmodium Falciparum, Point Mutation, Common Cold
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People have to acclimatize,adapt habituate to a major crisis. Major problem of studying crisis situation: ethics some times it may be not the right place to do a survey ie: in haiti, or in a war/poverty striken country. Expectation that you should help while there, but helping may compromise your research. Issue of helping one group versus another group: language barrier. **** exam question: what does ameliorate mean= to make something better. In haiti, their cell phones are the only way of communication. We are resourceful, as opposed to haiti. Born with a particular ailment, therefore you cannot change it. Ie: acquire adaptation to a disease, because you inherit it =those with sickle cell anemia develop adaptation to malaria. When malaria is constantly there in a specific population its called endemic. Common cold is an infectious disease that is endemic. Africa: particular region they suffer from sickle cell disease. Sickle cell disease and anemia occurs in canada.
