LIFESCI 2H03 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Waterborne Diseases, Lyme Disease, Global Hunger Index
20 Mar 2018
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***midterm**: key concepts, structure: 35 mcq, on lecture materials, articles that are covered in class, friday 1:30-2:20pm. ; some microbes replicate faster and increase infections and diseases: areas with more water, will have more infectious diseases (malaria, dengue) as compared to dry environments, dry areas (meningitis, immune system affected) as compared to wet areas. Reducing impacts of climate change: graph: mitigation can avoid some percent of health impacts: try n reduce magnitude of climate change, picture: red arrows-mitigation & green arrows-sustainable actions. Responses to risks: magnitude of these events increasing, compare three factors: exposure, vulnerability and weather and climate events -- Infectious diseases and the future climate: extreme events and infectious diseases, vector-borne diseases, migration and water-borne diseases, responses to diseases risk, 1. ), legionellosis (water borne: ans: west nile, future of malaria, see spread of malaria to new areas, more northern/ southern (previously colder climates, ex.
