INTST101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Artemisia Annua, West Nile Fever, Oropouche Virus
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How humans inadvertently give rise to/ amplify diseases (e. g. bse) Perception of health issues depend on their cultural background. Acquired from the kuru ( fore people from new york) , people who resorted to cannibalism. Spread by prion through cattle feed additives (meat and bone meals) Cattle were forced to eat the mbm"s in uk o o o o o o. Gov. warned that stockpiles of antivirals did not exist and it would take 6 months or more to produce. Potential emergence of h7n1 in china and mers-cova in saudi arabia. New disease continue to emerge due to change in environment o o o. Hemmorrahgic fever in argentina due to wheat production. Lyme disease, tick-bone disorder that uk as agricultural land reverted to forest. Structural inequities re: rules of the world giving rise to/sustaining global health inequities (e. g. indonesia and influenza vaccines, sweet wormwood/ artemisinin)