ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Viral Hemorrhagic Fever, Dengue Fever, Orthohantavirus
13 Feb 2013
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3rd epidemiological transition emerging disease and human activity. Dams schistomsomiasis (waterborne disease associated with standing bodies of water) Cultivation haemorrhagic fever (diseases that cause really high fevers that cause haemorrhaging) This can include haemorrhaging of the tongue and lips. There is no cure for the flu and there is no cure for ebola. Transmission direct contract with blood or other secretions. Urine and droppings of deer mice contains virus. New virus appeared in us southwest in 1993. World"s population is at risk of dengue fever. Incomplete picture of disease in the past owing to nature of evidence. Humans create environments that are favourable for particular pathogens/diseases. Will continue to do so in the future. The way we deal with death is determined by our own cultural perspectives. Influenced by beliefs about life, death and the hereafter. Death is an enfeebled form of life. Rituals to transition the deceased into the afterlife. Rituals to reintegrate survivors back into the community.
