CT203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Enzootic, Measles, Microorganism

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Week #1: disease & society january 7, 2016. But however secure and well-regulated civilized life may become, bacteria, Protozoa, viruses, infected fleas, lice, ticks, mosquitos, and bedbugs will always lurk in the shadows ready to pounce when neglect, poverty, famine, or war lets down the defenses. And even in normal times they prey on the weak, the very young and the very old, living along with us, in mysterious obscurity waiting their opportunities. People who are living in vulnerable situations are more likely to contract a disease due the environmental deficits. We don"t associate the tiny insects are devastating to human kind. Mosquitoes are the single biggest killer on the planet: malaria. Bedbugs can cause mental distress and/or ptsd. If you are in the developing world and make it to the age of 15; you are just as likely to live past the age of 65 as you would have in the developed world.

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