Class Notes for HLTB21H3 at University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC)

Could be more virulent than sars: patients suffer multiple organ failure, esp. renal failure; pneumonia. Novel sars-like coronavirus in the middle east

Remember: exposure to antibiotics will naturally select for the survival of organisms with genes for resistance. Overuse in different contexts: health

James colgrove wrote this article about thomas mckeown. Mckeown was a physician and demographic historian who wrote many articles and books. Mckeown at

Earliest description is attributed to rhazes (900ad) - separated smallpox and measles clinically but thought they proceeded from the same cause. Prevai

Some date back to the 15th century. Most are speci c to the 19th century - time when the germ theory" won the battle. The quests in searching for the c

Steadfastly refused to believe in the germ thoery. Drunk a vial of bacteria contaminated water. Believed the germ theory" announced by pasteur (1862) D

One of the oldest diseases known to mankind that continues to have huge social, economical and health consequences in many countries. Earliest records

Tutorial times: mondays at 10:00 - t1 in bv471, t2 in bv498, t3 in bv469, and t7 in bv462. Mondays at 11:00 t4 in bv471, t5 in bv498, t6 in bv469. Offi

Predominant diseases during hunter-gatherer society were those that had high transmission rates; had big parasites; and those that are sexually transmi

> very densely unpopulated: spread of infectious disease restricted by transitory lifestyles and broad geographical ranges of such groups, with migrati

Hard measles: rubella (german measles) , roseola. Sufficient population sizes to support measles did not exist prior to. 2500 bc: no record before that