GG231 Lecture Notes - Ebola Virus Disease, World War I, Myalgia
Document Summary
9. 1 - epidemics: affect human populations most directly. 9. 2 - case study: bubonic plague (black death: disease spread by rodents fleas to rats to humans. Half in asia and africa, other half in europe: third pandemic hong kong carried by rats aboard steamships. Spread worldwide however preventative measures limited the deaths and outbreak: no noticeable groups had greater vulnerability. Religious gatherings: use of historic documents to understand local populations and impact of. Vulnerability diseases: a water-borne disease that comes from sewage and contaminated water supply. No cure drugs to extend life chronic disease now. Claimed 30 000 000 lives in two decades. Vulnerability: current trend increasing at a decreasing rate, region trend highest in africa (specifically southern) with asia next highest, age/domestic trend higher in urban areas. Higher in women: treatment levels are increasing in africa. Essentially eating infected poultry, contact with fecal matter of poultry or other liquid secretions can get you sick: mortality rate is 70% in humans.
