HLTB21H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, Health Geography, Cholera Toxin
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1. (1816-1821) indian river british troops in bengal. 1832: cholera riots at physicians, victims went into hiding, fears of bodies being sold. 4. (1863-1873: (1881-1896) hygiene measure in n. Residential crowding, privies, closed working environments, lack of hygiene px) 1494: napoleon women in i taly spread it to. 1530: girolamo f racastoro: word syphilis: story of a little boy being punished by god. 1799-1889: philippe ricord: gonorrhoea not the same as syphilis, determined 3 stages. 1943: spread to europe and rest of world. Europe from the new world. (proof: skeletal remains in america, written record) Pre-columbian theory: the treponema family of spirochetes, with varying clinical manifestations evolved due to changes in the climate. > world wide there are 12 million cases/ year. > in usa, 32000 cases per year (2002) > after h iv, people started using condoms, > cases of syphilis became rare in canada (2002 it increased x4 in canada)
