HLTB21H3 Chapter Notes -Adaptive Immune System, Istanbul, Ectromelia Virus
28 Nov 2012
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Old world disease and an indiscriminate disease: has no relations to social class, economic status age, anyone is susceptible to small pox, human got this from fox like diseases. 10,000 bc - first agricultural settlements in ne africa and spread to. Earliest evidence on egyptian mummies (1570 1085 bc) Pharaoh ramses v (died 1156 bc) pockmarks: bears evidence of the disease, pock marks, the lesions from the disease, due to skin elasticity. Described1122 bc in china and is mentioned in ancient texts of. 100ad plague of antonine: first epidemic of small pox, not confirmed, smallpox and malaria had contributed to the decline of the roman empire. Europe - frequent epidemic during the middle ages. 16th century became a serious disease in england and europe. Plague of antonine (1st episode: decline of the roman empire is a result of this, started in mesopotamia.
