ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, Venezuelan Hemorrhagic Fever, Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome
27 Nov 2017
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Consequences of agriculture: 272 civilized pattern of disease trade, status distinctions/inequality, new social networks, population growth make it easier for disease to spread. Henry dobyns 90% of population in mesoamerica and andes died by mid-1500"s. Smallpox (originally zoonotic cattle to humans); 1519 rst outbreak affected. Ecological change brings humans into contact with pathogens. Interaction of social & environmental changes in a global ecology infectious diseases re-emerge. 3rd epidemiological transition - emerging diseases & human activity. Transmission direct contact with blood or other secretions. New" virus appeared in us southwest in 1993. >100 million cases of dengue fever each year. Incomplete picture of disease in the past owing to nature of evidence. Humans create environments that are favorable for particular pathogens/ diseases. Occurred many times in the past: will continue to do so in the future. Paleopathology the study of disease and injury in the human skeleton (& sometimes mummies) Establish presence of disease based on evidence from skeletal remains.
