MCB 3020C Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Vaccinia, Aerosol Spray, Medical Microbiology
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Includes the study of factors and mechanisms for spread of diseases through population(s): ex. Outbreaks: investigation of infectious and non- infectious diseases, as hiv. Immunology: host resistance to disease: virology: viruses as agents of disease, host resistance, toxins, responsible for syndromes. Infectious diseases: major causes of death over 100 years ago: top 3 caused by microbes, today, non-microbial causes predominate, top 7 are non-microbial, microbes can still be a threat to survival even in developed countries. In developing countries, microbial diseases are a major cause of death: still have a major impact on health, even though they cause less deaths when (cid:272)o(cid:373)pared to the (cid:1005)9(cid:1004)(cid:1004)"s. Early history: (*no antibiotics existed to fight infections*) Influenza 1918-1919 (spanish flu: more americans died than were killed in wwi, wwii, korean, and. Vietnam wars: 2 million in us, pandemic (worldwide epidemic) spread across the world.
